PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gerald Young III (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gerald Young I (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Gerald Young I was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Young III
vs
Young I

185 cm
20
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

200 cm
22
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Gerald Young III!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Gerald Young I!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Colin Fotheringham and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Young III dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Young III misses with a double jab.
Young I is looking to clinch.
Young I tries to close the distance and clinch up but Young III swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Young III throws a series of punches but Young I moves out of range.
Young III thows a body shot but no joy.
Young I tries to clinch but Young III moves out of range.
Young III lands with a nice body punch.
Young III bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Young I's head.
Young I fails with an attempt to clinch.
Young I moves in looking to clinch but Young III pushes him off.
Young III rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Young I moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Young I fails in his attempt to clinch.
Young I takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Young I wants to clinch.
Young III moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young I fails in his attempt to clinch.
Young I takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Young I on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Young I tries to clinch up.
The fighters circle momentarily. Young III darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Young III throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Young I.
Young III throws a nice looking combination but Young I bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Young I tries to clinch but Young III is having none of it.
Young I doesn't manage to clinch there - Young III circles away.
Young III is looking to wear down Young I with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Young I tries to close the distance and clinch up but Young III swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Young III lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
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 III connects with a single shot there.

Young I clinches up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young III is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Young I is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Young III wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Young I has him pressed against the cage.
Young III wants to break the clinch but can't.
Young I keeps control of Young III as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Young I throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Young III blocks it with crossed arms.
Young III is trying to break free.
Young III wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Young III is looking to break free of the clinch but Young I has double underhooks.
Young I with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Young III wants to break free but Young I has control.
Young III is trying to break the clinch but Young I has him pressed against the cage.
Young I comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Young III wants to break free but Young I has control.
Stalling in the clinch from Young I.
Young III wants to break the clinch but can't.

Young III's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Young I tries to close the distance and clinch up but Young III swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Young III is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Young III moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young III misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Young I wants to clinch up but Young III keeps it at a distance.
Young III throws a series of strikes that have Young I backpedaling.
Young III scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Young I doesn't manage to clinch there - Young III circles away.
Young III thuds a left hand into Young I's body.
Young III misses with a few strikes there.
Young I tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Young III paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Young III punishes Young I's body with a nice straight punch.
Young I looks gassed!
Some wild striking there from Young III.
Young III lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Young I circles away quickly and effectively.
Young III throws a right and a left that Young I avoids nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young III punishes Young I's body with a nice straight punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Young III lands with a straight right. Young I didn't see that one coming.
Young III misses with a series of wild punches.
Young III scores with a jab to the jaw.
Young III with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Young III scores with a jab to the body.
Young I tries to close the distance and clinch but Young III swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Young III throws a series of punches but Young I avoids them all with ease.
Young III dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Young III misses with a two punch combination.
Young III scores with a nice right hand.
Nice cross by Young III.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gerald Young III dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Young I is looking to clinch.
Gerald Young III is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Young I wants to clinch up but Young III keeps it at a distance.
Young I showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Young III.
Young I is looking to clinch but Young III is avoiding it.
Young III fails to land with a series of punches.
Young III rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Young I moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Young III keeps the fight on the outside.
Young I tries to clinch up but Young III circles away and keeps his distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Young III lands a lovely overhand right.
Young III is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Young I can do to turn this around?
Young III swinging wilding here.
Young I showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Young III.
Young III takes a swing at Young I's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young III will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Young III changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Young III fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Young I walks into a left hand.
Young I dodges the punch combination from Young III.
Young I moves in looking to clinch but Young III pushes him off.
Young III dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Young I moves in looking to clinch but Young III pushes him off.
Young I tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Young I dodges the punch combination from Young III.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young III thows a body shot but no joy.
A combination from Young III does no damage.
Young III misses with a series of wild punches.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Young I in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.

Young III tries to keep at a distance but Young I has taken the fight into the clinch.
Young I creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Young III's defenses.
Young III is trying to break free.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Young I.
Young III can't break the clinch.
Young I prevents Young III from breaking the clinch.
Young I pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Young I comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Young I escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young I tries to clinch but Young III is having none of it.
A left lands for Young III.
Young I fails with an attempt to clinch.
Young I takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Left hook, right uppercut from Young III.
Young I is looking to clinch.
Young I with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Young III to score with a decent uppercut.
Young I tries to clinch but Young III is having none of it.
Young I tries to clinch up but Young III circles away and keeps his distance.
A combination from Young III does no damage.
Young I dodges the punch combination from Young III.
The fight stays on the outside here - Young I looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young III throws a right and a left that Young I avoids nicely.
Young III scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Young I tries to clinch up but Young III circles away and keeps his distance.
Young I tries to clinch there but Young III circles away.
Young I is looking to clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Young III can't break the clinch.

Young I's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Young III avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Young III swats away the attempt to clinch by Young I.

Young I moves into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gerald Young III dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Young III throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Young I.
Young I staying out of range there.
Young III drops Young I with a left right combo! Young III follows him down to the ground into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Young III tries to get to his feet but Young I is in the middle of advancing position himself and ends up with Young III in his guard.

Young I scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Young I fails with an attempt to clinch.
Young I tries to clinch but Young III moves out of range.
Young I is looking to clinch.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Young III.
The crowd cheers as Young III lands an impressive looking overhand right. Young I doesn't seem phased though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young III Rushes Young I and starts throwing punches like they are going out of style! Young I is up against the cage and has nowhere to go. Young III Piles on the pressure and Young I crumples to the floor! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:09 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gerald Young III!