PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Romeo Young (ranked 25280 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roland Gilmour (ranked 5078 p4p, 525 weight class). Romeo Young has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Young
vs
Gilmour

210 cm
19
161 lbs
0 - 6 - 0

170 cm
25
160 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Determined

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 0 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Romeo Young!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Roland Gilmour!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shirou Masuda and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Young fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Gilmour, pushing him back against the cage.
Gilmour misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gilmour is trying to break free.
Young is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Gilmour to keep the fight standing.
Young misses with a knee to the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Young.
Gilmour is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Young is keeping busy.

Young pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Young fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gilmour jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gilmour keeps the fight on the outside.
Gilmour drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Young defends it well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gilmour throws a body punch but Young moves out of range.
Gilmour swings for the body but Young moves out of range.
Young wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gilmour blocks a head kick by Young.
Gilmour misses with a body shot.
Young throws a big counter combination but Gilmour scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.

Young gets a clinch.

Young breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gilmour throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Young avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Young appears to be looking for a counter takedown.

Young gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Gilmour working aggressively here.
Young goes for a takedown in the clinch but Gilmour prevents it.
Young is looking to take this one to the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Romeo Young. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gilmour fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Young as Gilmour tries to tie him up.
Young with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Young is trying to pull guard but Gilmour turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.

Young pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gilmour throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Young sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Young drops down looking for a counter takedown but Gilmour sprawls and moves away.
Young fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gilmour looks to score with a jab to the body but Young is just out of range.
As Gilmour tries to get set, Young tries to push him back and clinch up but Gilmour manages to avoid the attempt.
Gilmour throws a hook but Young blocks it.
It looked like Young wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

Gilmour gets a double leg takedown into Young's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gilmour landing some decent shots from guard.
Gilmour lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Gilmour lands a couple of elbows.
Gilmour works over Young with some ground and pound from guard.
Young utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Gilmour engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Young will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Young trying to strike off his back.
Gilmour distracts Young with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

Gilmour drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Gilmour jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Gilmour pushing down on Young's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gilmour is nestled in close to Young, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

Young is rocked!
Gilmour working over Young with some ground and pound. Young looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Oh Young is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Gilmour lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked Young! More strikes land and this one is all over! Gilmour jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Roland Gilmour!