PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ryder Young (ranked 535 p4p, 874 weight class) and Ricky Thompson (ranked 34 p4p, 53 weight class). Young's entrance music is Of Monsters and Men - Destroyer. A fine choice. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Young
vs
Thompson

197 cm
31
276
14 - 7 - 0

190 cm
35
280
30 - 19 - 0

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Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ryder Young!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 19 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ricky Thompson!
The judges for this bout are Chris Dean, Hugh Johnson and Ben Hemmingworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Young throws a body punch but Thompson moves out of range.

Thompson drives through with a takedown into guard.

Young wriggles free and stands up.
Thompson darts in looking for a takedown but Young gets double underhooks and turns Thompson into the cage.
Thompson takes a swing at Young's ribcage but misses.
Thompson slips under a jab.

Thompson throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Young tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Thompson is in Young's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thompson landing some decent shots from guard.
Thompson scoring with some ground and pound.
Thompson prevents Young from getting back to his feet.
Thompson lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Young wants to stand but Thompson is controlling the position.

Young has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Thompson is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Young looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young prevents a takedown attempt there.
Young tries to land knees in the clinch but Thompson avoids the damage to the body.
Thompson has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Young after a bit of a struggle.
Ryder Young has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ricky Thompson.
Young looking to slow down the pace here.
Young struggles to land a body shot inside as Thompson controls his hands.
I was talking to Young's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Young tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Thompson's elbow.
Thompson is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Young pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Thompson changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Young fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Thompson looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Thompson stands up over Young, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Young is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Thompson looking to pass the guard.
Thompson won't allow Young to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young keeping moving, preventing Thompson from controlling successfully.
Young is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Thompson dives into side control.
Thompson is chipping away with strikes.
Young bucks up and tries to throw Thompson off but instead Thompson has got his back!
Young is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Thompson scores with punches to the body.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Young wants to get back to his feet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.
Young is trying to stand back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thompson lands shots from the back.
Thompson is landing with strikes. Young can't take much more of this.
Can Young hold on?! Thompson is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
Young trying to get back to his feet but Thompson is in full control for now.
Young grimaces as he takes a shot to the body.
Young is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Thompson.

It looks like Ryder Young has been cut.
Thompson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Thompson loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Young hold on?
Young is covering up but some of the strikes from Thompson are getting through and doing damage.

Young is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thompson throwing damaging strikes from the back! Young could be in trouble here!
Oh Young is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Thompson is landing big shots and Young is squirming looking to escape! He can't escape though and the ref jumps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ricky Thompson!
Ricky Thompson made sure to mention his sponsor, Voodoo Nutrition in his post fight interview.
In defeat, Ryder Young stepped up to the mic, saying 'I don’t know mate. Someone said the pub was this way but I don’t see a fucking bar, do you?'.