PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Cave Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Franky Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Johnson
vs
Young

165 cm
24
140 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

165 cm
24
137 lbs
16 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Firebird Designs - 10% Laundry commission

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Cave Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Franky Young!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Columbo Gatti and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Young keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Johnson.
Young moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Young connects with a looping right hand.
Young tries to clinch up.
Young moves in looking to clinch but Johnson pushes him off.
Young is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Johnson throws a low kick but it's checked well by Young.
Young throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Johnson counters with a leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Young looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Young swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Johnson throws a push kick but Young slaps the foot to one side.
Young fails in his attempt to clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Johnson lands with a light punch inside.
Johnson swings wildly with an uppercut but Young uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Young.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Young.
A head punch on the inside from Young fails to land.
Johnson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Johnson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Young lands a shoulder strike.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Young.
A nice left hand lands by Johnson.
A body shot lands from Johnson.
Young tries a body shot but Johnson blocks it.
Johnson working aggressively here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Johnson.
Johnson tries a body shot but Young blocks it.
A nice left hand lands by Young.
A shot in the inside from Johnson.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Young misses with a punch on the inside.
Young doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Young doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Johnson can't find room to land a body shot as Young controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Young.
Young is trying to break free.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Young.
Young blocks an uppercut.
I was talking to Johnson's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Johnson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Johnson digs a right hand underneath Young's ribcage. Young let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Young lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Johnson takes a shot to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Young fails to land.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A short uppercut from Young.
Young misses with the head strike.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Johnson.
Johnson misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young has a couple of punches blocked by Johnson.
Nice body punch from Johnson.
Young blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Young misses with some punches.
Johnson can't find room to land a body shot as Young controls the action.
A nice left hand lands by Johnson.
Johnson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Young lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Johnson.
Young tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Johnson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Johnson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Johnson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Johnson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Young working hard to break the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Johnson.
Johnson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Young backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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 tries to work over Johnson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A right handed body shot lands from Young.
Young lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Johnson or not.
Young lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Young lands a left hand.
Johnson throws a head punch that misses.
Johnson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Johnson misses with the head strike.
Young can't find room to land a body shot as Johnson controls the action.
Johnson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Young misses with a body punch.
A right hand to the body from Johnson.
Young blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Johnson throws a head punch that misses.
Young is trying to stall.
Young misses with a hook to the ribs.
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.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Johnson thuds his shin into the meat of Young's side.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Johnson.
Young tries to clinch up.
Johnson takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Young moves to clinch but Johnson breaks away
and Johnson counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Young thinking.
Young tries to clinch up but Johnson circles away and keeps his distance.
Johnson thows a left - swing and a miss!
A telegraphed right hand from Young misses the target.
Johnson does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Johnson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Johnson swats away the attempt to clinch by Young.
Sloppy strikes from Young. Those never looked like landing.
Johnson keeps the fight on the outside.
Johnson misses with an attempted mid kick.
Franky Young is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Young tries to close the distance and clinch but Johnson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Young looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Young wants to clinch up but Johnson keeps it at a distance.
Young misses with a looping right.
Young takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Both fighters circling a little - Johnson finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Young fails with a takedown attempt.
A telegraphed right hand from Johnson misses the target.
The fighters circling - Young throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Young lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Johnson circles away quickly and effectively.
Johnson buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Young throws a sloppy body shot
and Johnson counters with a slapping leg kick.
Young takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Young connects with a single shot there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Johnson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Young is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Johnson throws the left hand but Young avoids the punch easily.
Franky Young seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johnson wants to land a leg kick but Young is out of range.
Young with a nice cross.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Young misses with a double jab.
Young wants to clinch

and Johnson counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
A shot in the inside from Young.
Johnson can't find room to land a body shot as Young controls the action.
Johnson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Young has a couple of punches blocked by Johnson.
Johnson taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Johnson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Young doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young is trying to stall.
Young misses with a short punch on the inside.
Johnson stalls.
Johnson gets through Young's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Johnson - that landed with a thud.
Johnson lands a body punch.
Johnson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Young is struggling to control the position.
Young wants to stall.
Johnson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Young prevents a body shot from Johnson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Johnson as the two fighters clinch.
Johnson lands an uppercut.
Young misses with a hook to the ribs.
Johnson lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Young blocks an uppercut.
Young misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A shot in the inside from Johnson.
Young fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Johnson lands with a light punch inside.
A head punch on the inside from Johnson fails to land.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Johnson.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Johnson working aggressively here.
Johnson lands a hook to the side of the head.

Young is rocked!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Johnson.
Young is still on wobbly legs! Can Johnson finish him?
Young working aggressively here.
Johnson lands a big right hand that drops Young! The killer instinct kicks in and Johnson finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Johnson!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cave Johnson!
Cave Johnson seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.