PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tony Stewart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Franky Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stewart comes into the arena with Motherlover blaring out of the sound system. Tony Stewart has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Stewart
vs
Young

167 cm
18
153 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

165 cm
18
150 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Good chin

Good takedowns
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tony Stewart!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Franky Young!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Viktor Lagutenko and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stewart misses with a takedown

and Young counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Stewart's guard now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Stewart wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Young is now in half guard.
Young wants to pass to mount but Stewart is defending the position.
Young is trying to control the action in half guard but Stewart is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Stewart wants to get back to full guard.
Stewart is looking to control Young's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Stewart avoid being mounted?
Young is trying to control the action in half guard but Stewart is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Young scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Young stops Stewart from getting back to his feet.
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!
Young passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Stewart!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stewart wants to control but Young is having none of it.
Stewart is trying desperately to improve position.
Stewart is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Stewart is trying desperately to improve position.
Young thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Young tries to control but Stewart wriggling away.

Young goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Stewart is on top in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stewart stopping the sweep attempt from Young.

Young is looking for a triangle but Stewart pushes his legs off easily.

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

Stewart avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Young utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stewart postures up in Young's guard and throws a big left but Young blocks it.
Stewart working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Stewart wants to control from the top but Young keeps moving.
Stewart throwing strikes from guard but Young blocks nicely.
Stewart throws a big elbow that misses.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Stewart's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Stewart pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Young is keeping the position for now.

Young is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Stewart is aware though and is defending well.
Young is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stewart connects with a couple of short punches.
Stewart is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Young is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Stewart defends well.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Young preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Young keeping full guard, as Stewart tries to pass.
Stewart keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Young's head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stewart throws a strike but Young rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Stewart preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Franky Young will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Young shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Stewart manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Young preventing the sweep.
Franky Young has got the better of the ground game so far.
Stewart has control of Young's left arm, preventing Young from doing any damage.
Stewart throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Young stands and throws Stewart's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Stewart tries to buck Young off but Young is having none of it.
Stewart on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Stewart tries to get out of the position.
Stewart stuck in half guard on the bottom here.
Stewart is trying to get back to half guard.

Young is trying to get an arm triangle but Stewart is defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young scoring with punches and elbows.

Young tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Young has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Stewart is trying to control Young's posture but Young avoids it.
Stewart tries to buck Young off but Young is having none of it.
Stewart looking for a sweep but Young has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Stewart can't escape the position.
Young can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Stewart is looking to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stewart is working to get back to half guard.
Stewart is squirming around, avoiding Young's attempts to control the action.
Young pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Stewart keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Young thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Young throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Stewart is wriggling around trying to escape.
Young tries to control but Stewart wriggling away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stewart is bucking up trying to escape but Young cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young landing strikes, looking to finish!
Stewart knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Young on the ground.
Stewart is trying to escape the mount.
Young throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Stewart is looking to improve his position but Young isn't that keen on the idea.
A nice elbow there by Young.
Young throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Stewart is working to get back to half guard.
Young raining down shots from the mount!
Young controlling from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stewart is in all sorts of trouble here.
Stewart bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stewart makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Stewart with a flurry of punches that miss.
Young is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Stewart trying to control but Young is working from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Young looking for a sweep. Not yet Young, not yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Franky Young showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Young swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Stewart bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Young sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Young wants to get back to full guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Young manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Stewart throws a big elbow that misses.
Young has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Stewart throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Young works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Stewart trying to control but Young is working from the bottom.
Stewart postures up in Young's guard and throws a big left but Young blocks it.
Young manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Young trying to control but Stewart is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young lands a big shot there that rocks Stewart but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Stewart gets back to half guard.
Stewart is doing well to control the position and prevent Young from advancing to side control.
Stewart trying to control here.
Young thows a huge punch but Stewart dodges it nicely.
Young trying to control from half guard but Stewart is working away.
Stewart blocking the ground and pound attempt from Young.
Stewart tries to get to full guard but Young has control of the leg.
Stewart is looking to get back to full guard here but Young has managed to pass to side control instead.
Franky Young is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stewart parries the strikes from Young easily there. Young is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Stewart to escape.
Stewart tries to bench press Young off him but Young keeps the position.
Young is staying tight to Stewart's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Stewart is trying to get back to half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Young is looking to take a break and control but Stewart is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Stewart is trying to control Young's posture but Young avoids it.
Tony Stewart has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stewart is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Young misses with the ground and pound.
Stewart is looking to reverse the position.
Stewart is trying to strike from the bottom but Young has passed into full mount.
Stewart working to try and regain half guard.
Young controlling the pace for now.
Stewart wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Young.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stewart is wriggling around trying to escape.
Young controlling his opponent.
Young raining down shots from the mount!
Young sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Stewart is trying to escape the mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stewart is squirming around, avoiding Young's attempts to control the action.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Franky Young.
Well Young has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Valeri Chadov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Franky Young!