PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Willis Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Chops (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chops has chosen Mafia as his entrance music. Matt Chops will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Young
vs
Chops

172 cm
18
166 lbs
3 - 2 - 1

175 cm
18
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid 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 3 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Willis Young!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Matt Chops!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Alec Ball and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chops swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Young shoots in and bounces Chops off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Young won't allow Chops to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Young connects with a couple of short punches.
Young throws a strike but Chops rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Chops decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Chops tries for a takedown but Young circles away easily

and Young decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Chops's guard.
Chops wants to get back to his feet but Young is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Chops working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Young.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Young makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Chops wants to stand and escape but Young is having none of it.
Chops utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Young postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Young is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Chops looks gassed!
Young stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Chops swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Young connects with a couple of short punches.
Young loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Young stands up over Chops, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Young connects with a couple of short punches.
Young scoring with punches to the head and body.
Young is looking to work some ground and pound but Chops has wrist control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young cracks Chops with a solid left hand.
Young working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Chops's head.
Young connects with a couple of short punches.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Chops wants to stand and escape but Young is having none of it.
Young loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Young missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Young wants to pass the guard but Chops is keeping the position.
Chops avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Young wants to pass the guard but Chops is keeping the position.
Young throws a big right hand that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Young closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Chops is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Young asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Young scores with punches from side control.
Young lands a few punches from side control.
Young scoring with punches and elbows.
Young looks up at the clock and then as Chops takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Young smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Young landing a few strikes.
Young creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Chops taking punishment in the form of punches.
Young working the head with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young scoring with punches from side control.
Chops is working to avoid the ground and pound but Young connects with a decent elbow.
Young in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Young lands a few punches from side control.
Young postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Young connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Chops some visible discomfort.
Chops is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Young asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Chops is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Young is working Chops over with some ground and pound from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Willis Young dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Young fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Chops sprawls well initially but Young persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Young throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Chops avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Young.
Young is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Young throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Young prevents Chops from standing back up.
Young is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Willis Young overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Young lands strikes from half guard.
Chops keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Chops taking some punishment here, with Young in his half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Young thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Chops's head.
Chops is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Young scores with a couple of nice shots.
Young missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Young sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Chops defending well though.
Young throwing shots but Chops is blocking nicely.
Chops pushes Young off looking to stand but Young dives back in and keeps control.
Young scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Chops looks like he's trying to stand up.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Young shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young raining down shots from the mount!
Chops is in a horrible position here. Young smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Young fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Young lands a big elbow.
Young scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Young won't let Chops get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Chops in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Chops is trying to stand.
Young fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young lands a heavy elbow.
Young connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Chops takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Chops taking shots to the head.
Young working Chops over with strikes here.
Young lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Young scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Young lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Chops hang on?
Chops is in a horrible position here. Young smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Chops squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young landing strikes from the mount.
BOOM! Young connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Young connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
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!
Young with shots to the head and body - Chops looks very uncomfortable down there.
Young thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
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 Chops's face.
Young thowing shots but they're missing.
Young dominating with strikes here.
Chops wants to get back to his feet.
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 Chops's face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Willis Young dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Chops tries to bum rush Young with a series of wild strikes but Young uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Young drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Young cracks Chops with a big elbow.
Chops tries to escape but Young is in control.
Young is putting a hurting on Chops here, landing some big shots from side control.
Young scores with a couple of short elbows.
Chops wants to get back to his feet but Young drags him back down.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Young working the head and body with strikes.
Young cracks Chops with a big elbow.
Young lands a decent elbow from side control.
Young working the ground and pound from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chops takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Chops is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Check out the look on Young's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Chops is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Young has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Chops takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Young looks up at the clock and then as Chops takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Young smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Young is trying to ground and pound but Chops uses the momentary lack of control by Young to regain half guard.
Young throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Young missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Young takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Willis Young is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Young controlling the action here.
Chops looks like he's trying to stand up.
Young thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Chops's head.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Young in particular looking to stall.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chops looks like he's trying to stand up.
Young wants to pass the guard but Chops is defending well.
Young content to control rather than advance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Young has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Willis Young just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Chops tries to bum rush Young with a series of wild strikes but Young uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Young closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Chops to the mat! Chops manages to get full guard.
Young is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Matt Chops has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Young trying to control but Chops is working from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
Willis Young showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Young has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 30:26
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 30:27

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