PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Cook (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Keith Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cook's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qRYiBuywZU. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Cook
vs
Young

205 cm
23
260 lbs
8 - 8 - 1

200 cm
32
262 lbs
11 - 11 - 0

Good takedowns
Decent elbows
Experienced

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, John Cook!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Keith Young!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cook shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Young pinned against the cage. Young gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Young misses with a right hand

and Cook counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Cook is in a tricky position. We've heard reports from his gym mates at Death Valley Training Facility that he's been drilling escapes, so let's see if he can get back to his feet.
Cook sitting in guard here, content to control.
Cook wants to control from the top but Young keeps moving.
Young wants to hit a switch here but Cook passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Young there!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Young bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Cook trying to control the position.
Young passes into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cook trying to control from the bottom.
Young is looking to advance position but Cook won't allow it.
Cook trying to control but Young postures up.
Young is trying to control. Cook wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Young has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
The referee warns Cook that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Young sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Cook keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young tries to control but Cook wriggling away.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Young cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Cook is in all sorts of trouble here.
Cook regains half guard.
Young has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Cook is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Young's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Young's back!
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Young rolls, trying to escape but Cook keeps control of the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Will Cook go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
Young wants to escape the position.
Young rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cook prevents Young from improving his position.

Young is defending against the submission attempts here by Cook.
Young wants to get back to full guard.
Young manages to get to full guard.
Cook won't allow Young to sweep him here.
Cook wants to pass the guard but Young is keeping the position.
Cook is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Cook wants to pass the guard but Young is keeping the position.
Young is trying to keep Cook in close.
Young lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Cook working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Young.
Cook utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Cook tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Cook keeping moving, preventing Young from controlling successfully.
Young tries to free his leg and advance position but Cook is retaining full guard.
Cook trying to keep a closed guard but Young is proving a slippery customer.

Young gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Keith Young dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Young throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

Cook scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Young looks like he's trying to stand up.
Cook is looking to stall here but Young recovers full guard.

Young had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Cook defends it easily.
Our spies down at at Main Event Gym inform us that Young has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Cook slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cook stopping the sweep attempt from Young.
Cook trying to control the position from guard on top but Young is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Young not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cook looking to sit in guard and control but Young gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Young trying to control the position from guard on top but Cook is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cook is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Young wants to control from the top but Cook keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cook looking to control.
Young stopping the sweep attempt from Cook.
Young wants to control from the top but Cook keeps moving.
Young passes into half guard.
Young throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Young wants to free his trapped foot but Cook is holding on for dear life with his legs.

Young is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Young is looking to take a break and control but Cook is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Young perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Young looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Young has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Cook misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Cook manages to get to full guard.
Cook keeping moving, preventing Young from controlling successfully.
Cook avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cook trying to keep a closed guard but Young is proving a slippery customer.
Cook is trying to hold Young in close to prevent damage but Young has managed to pass into half guard.
Cook wants to improve his position but Young is controlling well.
Young looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Cook slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

Cook looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Young wants to control from the top but Cook keeps moving.
Cook avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Young pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Cook is keeping the position for now.
Cook wants to improve his position but instead Young has moved into half guard.

Cook is defending against the submission attempts here by Young.
Young works his foot free and advances to mount.
Young controlling from the full mount.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Young can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Cook is looking to escape.
Cook is in a horrible position here. Young smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Keith Young showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

A telegraphed takedown attempt from Cook is defended easily by Young.

It looks like John Cook has been cut.
Young throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Cook wants to clinch.
Cook fails to land the takedown.
Cook fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Cook. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Young steps in with a hook that catches Cook right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Young follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Cook looks absolutely devastated.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:48 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Keith Young!
After the fight, Keith Young was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
John Cook spoke after the fight, saying 'Thank your for the great fight.'.