PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Andre Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George Huang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Huang is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Special Agent Huang. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Young
vs
Huang

170 cm
28
145 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

163 cm
29
146 lbs
9 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Andre Young!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, George Huang!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Young drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Huang wants to stand up but Young is controlling him.
Young forces his way into half guard.
Young sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Huang defending well though.
Young slips a nice elbow through Huang's hands, connecting with Huang's forehead.
Young tries to pass the half guard into mount. Huang knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Huang wants to control but Young is keeping busy.

Young stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Huang to get to his feet.
Young misses with a two punch combination.
Young misses with the combination.
Young tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Huang swivels and escapes.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Sloppy strikes from Huang. Those never looked like landing.
Young dodges the punch combination from Huang.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Huang throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Young.
Huang throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Huang takes the fight into the clinch.
Young has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Huang is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Huang with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Huang misses with a short punch on the inside.
Huang is trying to pull guard but Young has him pressed against the cage.
Huang avoiding damage as Young throws knees to the body.
Young can't find room to land a body shot as Huang controls the action.
Young landing knees to the head.
Young misses with a punch to the body.

Young breaks the clinch.
Nice takedown defense from Huang. No joy for Young on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andre Young. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Huang steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Young. That one must have hurt.

Young moves into the clinch successfully.
Young gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Huang.
Huang is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Young is defending well.
Huang tries to score a body lock takedown but Young shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Huang dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

Young decides to pull guard.
Huang preventing the sweep.

Young is looking for a triangle but Huang pushes his legs off easily.
Huang stops Young from standing up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Young has his foot on Huang's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Huang works his way back into a safe position though.

Huang decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Young, up you get!
Huang swings for the body but Young moves out of range.
Huang fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A slow jab from Huang misses its intended target.
Huang shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Young pinned against the cage. Young gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Young throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Huang moves in looking to clinch but Young pushes him off.
A low kick from Young misses
and Huang counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Young has a takedown stuffed.

Young shoots in and gets a takedown into Huang's guard.
Young is breathing heavily.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Huang throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Young trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Young throwing strikes from guard but Huang blocks nicely.

Huang working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Young doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Young manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Young gets to his feet. Huang looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Huang leaves Young with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Huang looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Huang fails in his attempt to clinch.
Young checks a leg kick.

Huang gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Huang decides to pull guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andre Young dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Huang wants to clinch.
Young changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Huang tries to avoid it but Young manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Huang to the ground. Huang escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Andre Young is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Huang misses with a two punch combination.
Young will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Huang pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Young feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Huang is on top in guard.
Young keeping moving, preventing Huang from controlling successfully.

Young looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Young trying to strike off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Huang wanted to stand there but Young had control of the position.
Huang is looking to work some ground and pound but Young has wrist control.
Huang trying to stand up but can't free himself from Young's guard.
Andre Young overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Young looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Huang wants to control from the top but Young keeps moving.
Young thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Young has momentary wrist control but Huang slips an elbow through the middle.
Young keeping moving, preventing Huang from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Young looking for a guillotine here but Huang defends easily.
Huang missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Young has his foot on Huang's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Huang works his way back into a safe position though.
Huang wants to get up but he can't break Young's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Young trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Young has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Huang throwing strikes but missing.

Young has his foot on Huang's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Huang works his way back into a safe position though.
Huang must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Young has his foot on Huang's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Huang works his way back into a safe position though.
Huang is stalling in the full guard.

Young throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Young has a closed guard, preventing Huang from standing up.
Huang preventing the sweep.

Huang avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Huang won't allow Young to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young being controlled here, momentarily.
Young manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Huang slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Huang is pressing down on Young's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Huang working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Young.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Young wanted to stand there but Huang had control of the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Young avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Young content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Andre Young will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Huang misses with a jab, cross combination.
Young doesn't manage to clinch there - Huang circles away.
Huang lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Huang.
Young stuns Huang with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Huang doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Young counters with a big head kick but Huang shrugs it off.
Young throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Huang.

Young gets a double leg takedown into Huang's guard.
Huang wants to sweep here but Young controlling him for the moment.
Young makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

Huang is looking for a triangle but Young pushes his legs off easily.
Young slips nicely into half guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Huang looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Huang on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Young has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Young has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Huang's face.
Young scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Huang?
Huang trying desperately to get to his feet.
Huang in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

Young has hold of Huang's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Huang manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Young scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Young pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Young landing shots from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Huang taking shots to the head.
Huang is in all sorts of trouble here.
Young breaks from Huang's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Young landing strikes, looking to finish!
Young lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Huang hang on?
Young is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Huang can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
BOOM! Young connects with a massive shot to the dome!

Huang is rocked!
Huang really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Young unloading with bombs!
Huang is still in real trouble! Can Young finish him?
Young with shots to the head and body - Huang looks very uncomfortable down there.

Young has control of Huang's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Huang regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Young landing strikes from the mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Huang can't escape the position.

Young has hold of Huang's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Huang manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Young fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Young with the ground and pound from mount.
Huang seems to have recovered his senses.
Young throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.

Huang somehow manages to escape the mount and get back to his feet!

Excellent takedown into side control there by Young.
Huang takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Young lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Huang down.
Huang gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Young is looking for a kimura but Huang is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Young to get the leverage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Huang wants to get back to full guard.
Young working Huang over with strikes.
Huang won't allow Young to pass to mount.
Huang keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Young missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Young thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Huang's head.

Huang is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Young pulls his head out easily.
Huang wants to get back to his feet.

Huang looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Young lands with a punch from half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Huang is looking to improve his position.
George Huang has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Andre Young is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Young decides to return to a standing position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Andre Young showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Young, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Andre Young!
During a confident post fight interview, Andre Young thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.