PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between John Crichton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Willis Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Crichton
vs
Young

172 cm
22
167 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

172 cm
18
166 lbs
5 - 2 - 1

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Granite chin

Hell's Balls Nutrition

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, John Crichton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Willis Young!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Alec Ball and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Young walks into a jab.
Crichton thuds a left hand into Young's body.
Crichton throws a lazy right hand but Young sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Crichton lands a nice shot to the body.
Crichton pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Young ducks under a wild hook from Crichton.
Young moves out of range as Crichton strikes.
Crichton throws out a loose jab but Young uses good head movement to avoid it.
Young staying out of range there.
A jab lands there for Crichton.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Crichton throws a big shot that misses.

Young drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young throwing strikes from guard but Crichton blocks nicely.
Crichton managing to control the position.
Young with a flurry of punches that miss.
Young with a flurry of punches that miss.
Young in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Crichton is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Crichton seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Crichton throws a hook to the side of Young's head but Young sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Crichton misses with an uppercut.
Young keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Crichton.
Crichton throws a lazy right hand but Young sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Crichton cracks Young with a right hand to the side of the head.
Young bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Crichton is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Young.
Young ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Crichton is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Nice jab there from Crichton.
Crichton stuffs the takedown.
Crichton misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young fails with the takedown.
Young slips a straight right by Crichton.
Young avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Young ducks under a wild hook from Crichton.
Young fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
John Crichton has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Willis Young.
Young fails with the takedown.
Crichton throws the left hand but Young avoids the punch easily.
Young shoots for a double leg takedown but Crichton sprawls well. He's pushed Young's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Young ducks under a wild hook from Crichton.
Crichton throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Young slips under a jab.
Young takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Young looks gassed!
Nice defenses there by Young.
Crichton lunges at Young with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Young's hand.
Young slips under a jab from Crichton.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Crichton connects with a crisp jab.
Young keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Crichton dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Crichton misses with a wild combination.
Young moves out of range as Crichton strikes.
Young on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Young slips a straight right by Crichton.
Young on the wrong end of a nice hook.
John Crichton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Crichton fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Young closes the distance and clinches up with Crichton, looking for a takedown. Young pushes Crichton against the cage but Crichton circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Crichton misses with an uppercut.

Young looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Crichton!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Young misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Crichton can't escape the position.
Young throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Young is landing with some decent strikes but Crichton is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Crichton is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Young is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Crichton can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Young throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Crichton because Young loaded up on that one.
Young with a couple of short strikes.
Young throwing strikes here but Crichton is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Young is breathing heavily.
Crichton really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young cracks Crichton with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Young cracks Crichton with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Crichton manages to work a leg through to get back to half guard here. Good work there by Crichton, under a barage of strikes from Young.
Crichton is controlling Young's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Crichton blocking the ground and pound attempt from Young.
Young slips a nice elbow through Crichton's hands, connecting with Crichton's forehead.
Young not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Crichton avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Young.
Young throwing shots but Crichton is blocking nicely.
Young not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crichton makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Crichton.
Young won't allow Crichton to get back to his feet.
Crichton working a defensive guard here.
Young throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Crichton works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Young shoots in and drives through. Crichton sprawls well.
Nice jab there from Crichton.
Crichton connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Young misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
John Crichton has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Willis Young.
Crichton throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Young on the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crichton lunges at Young with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Young's hand.
Crichton throws an overhand right that lands on Young's shoulder, as Young tries to avoid the shot.
Crichton looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A combination from Crichton does no damage.
John Crichton is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Crichton lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Crichton throws a hook but Young avoids it easily.
Young shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Crichton as he jumps to the side.
Young shoots in looking for a takedown. Crichton tries to sprawl out of it but Young keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Crichton manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Crichton dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Crichton stuffs the takedown attempt from Young. Young gets slowly back to his feet.
Crichton lands a head shot.
Young shoots in looking for a takedown. Crichton tries to sprawl out of it but Young keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Crichton manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Young.
John Crichton has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Willis Young.
Young takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Crichton throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Crichton is fending him off so far but Young persists. Nope, Crichton circles away and we're back to standing.
Crichton misses the shot to the body.
Crichton waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Young.
Crichton throws a nice looking combination but Young bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Young fails with the takedown.
Young takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Good exchange - Crichton coming out on top.
Young bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young slips under a jab.
Crichton misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Crichton misses the jab.
Crichton swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Young.
Young will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Young closes this distance looking for a takedown but Crichton circles away.
Crichton missing with a left hand there. Young was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
John Crichton is winning the standup battle so far.
Young closes this distance looking for a takedown but Crichton circles away.
Young takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young shoots in for a double leg but Crichton sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Crichton scores with a crisp jab that stopped Young in his tracks.
Some wild striking there from Crichton.
Crichton loads up on a big right hand but Young slips the punch.
Crichton misses with a series of wild punches.
Crichton scores with a jab.
Young uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Crichton.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Crichton swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Young ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Crichton wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Crichton throws a jab but it's blocked by Young.
Willis Young has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Crichton jabs at Young's body.
Crichton misses with a straight left.
Crichton throws a nice looking combination but Young bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Crichton fails to land with a series of punches.
Young blocks a jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
John Crichton showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Crichton, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Crichton!