PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Goran Spaten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Spaten comes to the cage accompanied by Knockin Boots by Candyman. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Spaten
vs
Young

185 cm
33
168 lbs
10 - 14 - 0

180 cm
33
160 lbs
15 - 23 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Goran Spaten!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 23 - 0, fighting out of London, Alexander Young!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Sam Margolis and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Spaten wants to clinch.
Spaten displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Young.
Spaten throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Young lands a nice shot that snaps Spaten's head back.

Spaten moves into range and clinches up with Young.
Spaten tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Young pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Spaten thows a body shot but no joy.
Young avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Young misses with a looping left.
Young lands with a hook. Spaten tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Young displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

Young scores with a takedown into Spaten's guard.

Spaten is rocked!
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Young wants to stand but Spaten has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Oh Spaten is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Spaten wants to get back to his feet but Young is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Spaten seems to have got his legs back now.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Young gets to his feet - Spaten follows without any prompting.
Young feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Spatens jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Young lands with an uppercut that bounces Spaten off the cage and back into range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Spaten.
Young looks for a takedown but Spaten sprawls well.
Young misses with a lunging right hand
and Spaten counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Spaten closes the distance but Young moves to the side
and Young counters with a left and a right... And another left! Spaten is down! He's done! The ref dives in to save him and that's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alexander Young!
A very excited looking Alexander Young made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.