PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bob Bob (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bob Bob is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Young
vs
Bob

180 cm
25
160 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

175 cm
19
165 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Powerful

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Alexander Young!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Bob Bob!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, William Gold and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Young moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Young avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bob lands a jab-cross combination.
Bob throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Bob fails with the takedown
and Young counters with a left and a right that stings Bob.
Young throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Bob looks to land a left hand but Young moved out of range nicely.
Bob throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bob fails to land the takedown.
Bob misses with a lunging right hand
and Young counters with a three punch combo that has Bob backing up. Bob nods at Young to acknowledge the strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bob falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Young counter with a right hand.
A combination from Bob does no damage.
Bob falls off balance throwing a combination
and Young counters with a series of strikes. Bob will be more careful next time no doubt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Bob misses with a combination

and Young counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Young's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bob throws a series of punches but Young avoids them all with ease.

Young shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Bob is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Young knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Bob on the ground.
Bob looks gassed!
Young throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Bob gets back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Young scoring with strikes to the body and head.

Bob looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Young is looking to take a break and control but Bob is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Bob looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Young tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Bob tries to roll over but Young keeps him under control.

Bob is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Young pulls his head out easily.

Bob is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Young pulls his head out easily.
Bob tries to kick Young off in order to stand up. Young Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bob wants to control but Young postures up.

Young decides to stand back up.
Bob tries to bum rush Young with a series of wild strikes but Young uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Young throws a series of punches but Bob moves out of range.
Bob throws a combination that misses
and Young counters with a body kick that stops Bob in his tracks momentarily.
Young misses with a wild combination.
Young moves forwards but Bob connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Bob Bob seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Young looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Young slips a jab and a cross from Bob.
Bob throws a left and a right that both miss
and Young counters with a left and a right that stings Bob.
Bob misses with a hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Bob throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bob throws a left and a right that both miss

and Young counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Bob!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bob is bucking up trying to escape but Young cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Bob is trying desperately to improve position.
Young lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Bob is looking to improve his position but Young isn't that keen on the idea.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bob is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Alexander Young will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Bob looks to land a combination but Young avoids it well.
Bob fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Bob gets caught flat footed, as Young shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.

Young gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Bob misses with a two punch combination.

Young closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Bob has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Young lands a body shot in the clinch.
Young stalling the fight.

Young breaks the clinch.
Young showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bob.
Bob misses with a double jab

and Young counters by moving into the clinch.
Bob is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bob has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Bob wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Young pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bob throws a left and a right that both miss

and Young moves into the clinch.
Bob is looking to break free of the clinch but Young has double underhooks.
Bob has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A frustrated look appears on Bob's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Young has Bob pressed against the cage, preventing Bob from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bob tries to break the clinch but Young is controlling the position.
Bob is trying to break the clinch but Young is controlling him.
Young fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Bob has had enough of the clinch but Young keeps him there for the moment.

Young's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Young feints a jab promting Bob to slip. Young then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Bob slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Bob fails to land with a series of punches.
Young avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Young feints and as Bob raises his hands in defense, Young changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Young has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Bob is proving hard to escape from.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Young postures up.

Young gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
A punch combination from Young misses.
Bob fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Bob throws a right and a left that Young avoids nicely.

Young has Bob up against the cage in a clinch.
Bob tries to circle away but Young has him pinned against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young prevents Bob from breaking the clinch.
Young keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bob's efforts to push away.

Young manages to break the clinch.
Young tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Bob manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bob swinging wildly here.
Bob misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bob swinging wildly here.
Young connects with the punch.
Bob throws a combination that misses
and Young counters with a left and a right that stings Bob.

Young has Bob up against the cage in a clinch.

Young manages to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Bob.
Alexander Young has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bob Bob.
Bob takes a jab right on the kisser.
Bob misses with the combination.

Young gets a clinch.
Bob has had enough of the clinch but Young keeps him there for the moment.

Young breaks from the clinch.
Young bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Young looks to land a combination. Bob sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bob misses with a double jab
and Young counters with a one-two to the body.
Young dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bob. That did some damage!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexander Young dominated that second round.
That's time! Young's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Young shoots in and gets a takedown into Bob's guard.
Young would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

Young gets to his feet. Bob looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Bob rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Young moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bob misses with a double jab

and Young counters by moving into the clinch.
Bob is looking to break free of the clinch but Young has double underhooks.
Bob is trying to push Young away but Young has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Bob looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Young breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Young steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bob.
Bob takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Young tries to bum rush Bob with a series of wild strikes but Bob uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Danga de danga de dang - Young scores with a four punch combination!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bob misses with a double jab

and Young moves into the clinch.
Bob is trying to break free.
Young keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bob's efforts to push away.
Bob is trying to break the clinch but Young is controlling him.

Young pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bob will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bob throws a left and a right that both miss
and Young counters with a two punch combo.
Alexander Young is winning the standup battle so far.

Bob gets caught napping as Young dives in and scores a takedown. Bob manages to retain guard.
Young trying to control the position from guard on top but Bob is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Young tries to stand but Bob is controlling from the bottom.

Young stands up from guard. Let's bang!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bob throws a left and a right that both miss

and Young counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Young.
A nice right hand lands inside from Young.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Young keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bob's efforts to push away.

Young manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Bob sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Young's guard.
Young preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Bob moves nicely into side control.

Bob in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Young is tapping! That's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Bob Bob!