PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Freddy Lloyd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Willis Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Willis Young is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Lloyd
vs
Young

176 cm
20
171 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

172 cm
18
166 lbs
4 - 2 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Freddy Lloyd!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Willis Young!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Ian Loll and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lloyd fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
No luck for Young with that takedown attempt.
Lloyd throws a nice outside leg kick.

Young bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Young is chipping away with strikes.
Lloyd is working to avoid the ground and pound but Young connects with a decent elbow.
Young misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lloyd tries to improve position but can't.
Young is chipping away with strikes.
Lloyd takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Young working away.
Lloyd gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.

Lloyd actively working from the bottom here.
Young thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Lloyd's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lloyd keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Young lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Lloyd avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Young.
Young throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Young is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Young looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Lloyd with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Young uses his free foot to push down on Lloyd's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Lloyd.
Lloyd working to try and regain half guard.
Lloyd is in a horrible position here. Young smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Lloyd is breathing heavily.
Lloyd tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lloyd is in a horrible position here. Young smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Young working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Young looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
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 Lloyd's face.
Young scoring with strikes but Lloyd is staying in there.
The referee warns Lloyd that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Young lands a big elbow.
Young raining down shots from the mount!
Lloyd taking shots to the head.
BOOM! Young connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Lloyd is trying to escape the mount.
Lloyd wants to control but Young is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Lloyd can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Lloyd is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Young in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
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 Lloyd's face.
Young connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Young cracks Lloyd with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Young in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Young lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Lloyd takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Lloyd is bucking up trying to escape but Young cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Young connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Young lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Lloyd hang on?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Young scoring with strikes but Lloyd is staying in there.
Young lands a heavy elbow.
Lloyd is desperately trying to improve his position but Young has a good base and remains in mount.
Young looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Young avoids the attempt from Lloyd to control.
Young working the ground and pound effectively.
The referee warns Lloyd that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Young unloading with bombs!
BOOM! Young connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Young putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Lloyd 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.

Willis Young dominated that round.
That's time! Lloyd's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Lloyd misses with a looping right.
Lloyd doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Young counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Young looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Young lands with a punch from half guard.
Young throwing shots but Lloyd is blocking nicely.
Young is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Lloyd on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Lloyd wants to control but Young is keeping busy.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Young lands strikes from half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Young seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Lloyd wants to improve his position but Young is controlling well.
Young scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Young seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Young thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Young scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Young slips a nice elbow through Lloyd's hands, connecting with Lloyd's forehead.
Young lands strikes from half guard.
Young seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Young seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Young winds up and cracks Lloyd with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lloyd wants to get back to his feet.
Young landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Young working over Lloyd with some ground and pound. Lloyd looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Young scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Lloyd trying to control here.
Young takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Lloyd has hold of Young's hands but Young slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Young stops Lloyd from getting back to his feet.
Willis Young has got the better of the ground game so far.
Young takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Young working over Lloyd with some ground and pound. Lloyd looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Young looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Lloyd with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Lloyd's head.
Young thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Lloyd is trying to stand.
Young lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Young working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Nice strikes from Young there.
Young lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Young lands a nice short elbow.
Lloyd gets full guard.
Lloyd looking to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Young looking to pass the guard.

Lloyd looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Young content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Young landing some decent shots from guard.
Young throwing strikes but missing.
Young thows a big elbow that misses.
Young lands a couple of elbows.
Young must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Young misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Lloyd lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Willis Young showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

No luck for Young with that takedown attempt.
Lloyd misses with the combination.
Young shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Lloyd counters with an outside leg kick.
Lloyd throws a sloppy head kick and Young moves out of range easily.

Lloyd looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Young keeping moving, preventing Lloyd from controlling successfully.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Young looking for a sweep. Not yet Young, not yet.
Young punching to the body, from the bottom.
Lloyd has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Young is proving hard to escape from.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Lloyd's guard.
Young is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Young distracts Lloyd with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Young throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Young lands a couple of elbows.
Young is in close to Lloyd's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Young makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Young postures up and lands a big shot to Lloyd's brow.

Lloyd throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Young is working Lloyd over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Willis Young is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Young has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Lloyd has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Young lands a couple of elbows.
Young passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Young is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Lloyd will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lloyd is pushing Young's head away, looking to escape. Young manages to hold on to the position though.
The referee asks Young politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Young prefers to stall for the moment though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Despite being in the dominant position, Willis Young just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Young scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Young trying to control the pace.
Young scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Freddy Lloyd has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Young with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Lloyd wants to improve his position but Young is controlling well.
Young is figuring out what he wants to do next.

And that's the end of the fight!
Willis Young comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Young winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 26:30
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 26:30
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 26:30

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