PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cross Dresser (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Young is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Go Hard Or Go Home . Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dresser
vs
Young

180 cm
23
220 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

189 cm
22
208 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Machina Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cross Dresser!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Paul Young!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Steve Montenegro and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Young lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Dresser looks to land a combination. Young sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Young avoids a punch combination nicely.
Dresser lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Young circles away quickly and effectively.
Cross Dresser seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dresser swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Young throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Dresser counters with a one-two to the body.

It looks like Paul Young has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dresser fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Dresser throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Young misses with a two punch combination.
Dresser scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Young tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dresser swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Young throws a nice looking combination but Dresser bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Young throws a right hand that Dresser ducks under and follows up with a left that Dresser also avoids with ease.
Dresser scores with a hook to the body. Young takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Young looks gassed!
Dresser stuns Young with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Dresser lands a with a good body shot.

Dresser lands a left and a right that send Young crashing to the mat, dazed. Dresser thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Dresser lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Young circles away quickly and effectively.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dresser scores with a hook to the body. Young takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Young throws a sloppy head kick and Dresser moves out of range easily.
Dresser throws a right hand that Young ducks under and follows up with a left that Young also avoids with ease.
Dresser misses with the combination.
Young walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Dresser swings for the body but Young moves out of range.
Dresser misses with a body kick.
Young looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Dresser misses with a body shot.
Young is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Young moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Young on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Young swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Dresser counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dresser looks to land a combination. Young sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Young looks to clinch
and Young takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A punch combination from Dresser misses.
Dresser fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A slapping leg kick lands for Young.
Dresser missing with a left hand there. Young was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Young lands a head kick!
Young tries to clinch but Dresser moves away
and Dresser counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Young thinking.
No joy there for Dresser, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Young is looking to clinch but Dresser is avoiding it.
Dresser showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Young.
Dresser fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dresser throws a left and a right that both miss
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Young throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dresser avoids a punch combination nicely.
Dresser just misses with a punch to the body.
Young will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dresser lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Young circles away quickly and effectively.
Young wants to clinch but Dresser slips to the side
and Dresser counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A head punch on the inside from Young fails to land.
Dresser manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Young wants to break free but Dresser has control.
Young tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dresser lands a nice uppercut.
Young throws a punch but it's blocked by Dresser.

That's four 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.

Young manages to break the clinch.
Dresser falls off balance throwing a combination
and Young counters with a nice leg kick.
Dresser cracks Young with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Dresser is looking to wear down Young with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Young buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Young throws a right hand that Dresser ducks under and follows up with a left that Dresser also avoids with ease.
Young steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dresser.
Dresser scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Dresser is working the combinations to good effect here.
Young avoids the body shot from Dresser.
Young tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dresser paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Young misses with a series of wild punches.
Dresser misses with a wild combination.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dresser misses the shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cross Dresser dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Paul Young's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Dresser throws a series of punches but Young moves out of range.
A combination from Young does no damage.
Young misses with a few strikes there.
Young throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Dresser misses with a few strikes there.
Young wants to clinch but Dresser slips to the side
and Dresser counters with a nice body shot.
Dresser keeps the fight on the outside.
Dresser thuds a left hand into Young's body.
Young throws a head kick but Dresser moves out of range.
Left hook, right uppercut from Dresser.
Dresser lands a jab-cross combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dresser throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dresser looks to land a combination. Young sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Dresser swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A head kick from Young lands but Dresser takes it in his stride.
Dresser misses with a series of wild punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dresser throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Young counters with a head kick.
Young closes the distance looking to clinch
and Dresser counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dresser misses with a series of wild punches.
Young swinging wilding here.
Dresser digs a good body shot into Young's ribs.
Dresser falls off balance throwing a combination
and Young counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Dresser looks to land a combination but Young avoids it well.
Young dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Dresser. That did some damage!
Young wants to clinch
and Dresser counters with a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Young throws a head kick that Dresser semi-blocks.
Cross Dresser is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dresser throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Young closes the distance and pushes Dresser back into the cage.
Dresser blocking some punches.
Young throws a punch but it's blocked by Dresser.
Young keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Dresser's efforts to push away.
Dresser tries to break the clinch but Young is controlling the position.
Dresser keeps control of Young as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Dresser working hard to break the clinch.
Young trying to land knees to the body.
Dresser blocking some punches.
Dresser is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Dresser stalling against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dresser is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Dresser as Young tries to tie him up.
Dresser blocks a body shot from Young.
Young fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dresser blocking some punches.
Young tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dresser lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Dresser is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Young can do to turn this around?
Young fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dresser blocks an uppercut.
Dresser lands a right hand.
Dresser gets through Young's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Dresser blocks an uppercut.
Dresser lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Young takes a shot to the head.
Dresser lands a right hand that snaps the head of Young backwards.
Young misses with the head strike.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Dresser takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

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 tries to land a knee to the head but Dresser blocks with his arms.
Young works on Dresser's body with a couple of short punches.
Young with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dresser blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Dresser manages to break the clinch.
Young moves away from the strike by Dresser.
Young throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Dresser on the side of the head.
Young is looking to clinch but Dresser is avoiding it.
Left hook, right uppercut from Dresser.
Dresser throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Young counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dresser blocks a head kick by Young.
The fight stays on the outside here - Young looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Young throws the left hand but Dresser avoids the punch easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cross Dresser dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Paul Young's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Dresser lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
An inside leg kick lands from Young.
Dresser throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Young tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dresser paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dresser missing with a left hand there. Young was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Dresser throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dresser lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Young circles away quickly and effectively.
A slow jab from Dresser misses its intended target.
Young pushes Dresser away with a front kick.
Young with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Young misses with the combination.
Young lands a front kick.
Young throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dresser.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Young throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dresser falls off balance throwing a combination
and Young counters with a head kick. That will keep Dresser thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young scores with a jab to the head.
Dresser punishes Young's body with a nice straight punch.
A combination from Young does no damage.
Young lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Young fails with an attempt to clinch.
Young throws a series of punches but Dresser avoids them all with ease.
Young is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Young fails with an attempt to clinch.
Left hook, right uppercut from Young.
Young tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dresser swats him away and circles back towards the center.
No joy there for Dresser, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Young moves into the clinch successfully.
Young misses with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dresser throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Youngs head.
Dresser blocks a body shot from Young.
Dresser being controlled against the cage.
Young misses with a punch on the inside.
Dresser slows down the pace here.
Young with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A head punch on the inside from Young fails to land.
Dresser blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Young misses with the head strike.
Dresser lands an uppercut.
Dresser pushes Young back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Young wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Dresser manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Young trying to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dresser scores with a shot to the side of Young's head.
Dresser is struggling to control the position.
Dresser lands a shoulder strike.

Dresser breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dresser goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Dresser lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Young circles away quickly and effectively.
Dresser tries to bum rush Young with a series of wild strikes but Young uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Cross Dresser is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Young throws a body punch but Dresser moves out of range.
Young avoids a punch combination nicely.
Dresser takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Young throws a nice inside leg kick.
Young throws a right hand that Dresser ducks under and follows up with a left that Dresser also avoids with ease.
Young takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Dresser misses with a body punch
and Young counters with a thumping low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Young looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A lazy left from Dresser finds it's target.
Young tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dresser paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cross Dresser is winning the standup battle so far.
Dresser with a jab.
Dresser throws a shot to the body.
Dresser throws a series of punches but Young avoids them all with ease.
Dresser swats away the attempt to clinch by Young.
Young uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dresser.
The fight stays on the outside here - Young looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dresser tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Young was well out of range. Poor timing from Dresser.
Paul Young has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dresser throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Cross Dresser.
Well Dresser has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:28
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 29:28
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cross Dresser!