PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dwayne Jack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Jack
vs
Young

175 cm
27
162 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

180 cm
27
160 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Fossington & Blythe: Gentlemen's Fight Attire

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 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Dwayne Jack!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Alexander Young!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, James Atkins and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jack tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Young is able to avoid easily.
Alexander Young seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Young swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Young misses with a jab, cross combination.
Young cracks Jack with an open hand slap.

Jack moves into the clinch.
Jack goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Young wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jack has a couple of punches blocked by Young.
Jack swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Young blocks an uppercut.
Jack misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jack working aggressively here.
A frustrated look appears on Young's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Young misses with a knee strike.
Jack doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jack misses with a punch on the inside.
Young blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jack tries a body shot but Young blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jack swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jack can't find room to land a body shot as Young controls the action.
Jack misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jack misses with a punch on the inside.
Jack misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jack tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Young's elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Young.
Young can't break the clinch.

Young escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Young throws a right hand that Jack ducks under and follows up with a left that Jack also avoids with ease.

Jack forces Young back against the cage and clinches.
Young blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jack.
A short left from Young.
Jack fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Young breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Alexander Young is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young connects with a high kick.

Jack throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Young was covering up waiting for the punch and Jack finishes the takedown easily into guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Young wants to stand but Jack is controlling the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jack postures up in Young's guard and throws a big left but Young blocks it.
Young wants to stand but Jack is controlling the position.
Jack lands a couple of digs.
Young avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Jack is working Young over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Jack stands up over Young, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jack postures up in Young's guard and throws a big left but Young blocks it.
Jack throwing strikes from guard but Young blocks nicely.
Jack throwing strikes but missing.
Jack postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Young scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Some wild striking there from Young.
Young throws a right hand that Jack ducks under and follows up with a left that Jack also avoids with ease.
Jack dodges the punch combination from Young.

Jack rushes Young and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jack doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Jack tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jack.
Jack swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jack misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jack throws a punch but it's blocked by Young.
Young is trying to force a seperation but Jack has the dominant position.
Young blocks a body shot from Jack.
Jack misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Young.
Jack tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Young's elbow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Young blocking some punches.
Jack misses with the head strike.
Young blocks an uppercut.
Jack misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dwayne Jack dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Jack clinches.
Jack misses with a punch on the inside.
Young blocks an uppercut.
Jack fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Young tries to circle away but Jack has him pinned against the cage.
Jack fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jack misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Young.
Jack throws a punch but it's blocked by Young.
Young can't break the clinch.
Young blocking some punches.
Dwayne Jack has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Young has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jack.
Jack misses with the head strike.
Young has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Young is trying to push Jack away but Jack has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Jack swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Young.
Jack digs a right hand underneath Young's ribcage. Young let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Jack swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jack misses with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jack.
Young tries to circle away but Jack has him pinned against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Young.
Jack blocks the elbow strike.
Jack tries a body shot but Young blocks it.
Young prevents a body shot from Jack.
Jack swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jack doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Young blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jack misses with a short punch on the inside.
Young blocking some punches.
Jack swings wildly with an uppercut but Young uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jack prevents Young from breaking the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Young.
Jack blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Young breaks from the clinch.
Jack is looking to clinch but Young is avoiding it.
Young lands a jab-cross combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Young rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jack moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jack takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Young fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Young throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Young throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jack wants to clinch up but Young keeps it at a distance.
Young throws a one two combo.

Jack is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Oh Jack is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Young looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Young throws a series of punches but Jack moves out of range.
Young is breathing heavily.
Young throws a right and a left that Jack avoids nicely.
Jack wants to clinch.
Young looks to land a combination but Jack avoids it well.

Young clinches.
Jack seems to have got his legs back now.
Young is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jack tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jack misses with a short punch on the inside.
Young blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jack misses with a punch on the inside.
Jack doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jack misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jack misses with a punch on the inside.
Young goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Jack fails to land.
Young prevents a body shot from Jack.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young is trying to push Jack away but Jack has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Jack working aggressively here.
Young blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jack misses with a hook from the clinch.
Young is trying to break the clinch but Jack is controlling him.
Young blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jack tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jack.
Jack misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jack throws a head punch that misses.
Young wants to get back to striking at distance but Jack won't allow it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jack throws a punch but it's blocked by Young.
Jack misses with a punch to the body.
Jack throws a punch but it's blocked by Young.
Jack misses with the head strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Dwayne Jack will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Jack closes the distance and clinches.
Jack working aggressively here.

Young breaks from the clinch.
Young looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A punch combination from Young misses.

Jack closes the distance and clinches.
Young is trying to break the clinch but Jack has him pressed against the cage.
Young blocks a body shot from Jack.
Young blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Young gets through Jack's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Jack tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Young.
Young is trying to break free.
Jack swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Young is trying to break free.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Jack fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Jack fails to land.
Young blocks a body shot from Jack.

Young manages to break the clinch.
Young looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Jack fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Young avoids it really well and circles away.
Young lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jack circles away quickly and effectively.
Young closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Jack walks forward, straight into a front kick from Young.
Jack is looking to clinch.

Jack shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Jack was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Jack lands a heavy elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young taking shots to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jack dominating with strikes here.
Jack lands with some strikes.

Jack is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Young is surviving well by controlling Jack's body position as best he can.
Jack with the ground and pound from mount.
Young takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Jack connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

Jack jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Young is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Young and Jack has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Jack is trying to ground and pound but Young uses the momentary lack of control by Jack to regain half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Jack.
Jack seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Young avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Jack.
Jack throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Jack slips a nice elbow through Young's hands, connecting with Young's forehead.
Jack drops an elbow to the side of Young's head.
Young keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Jack thows a huge punch but Young dodges it nicely.

Jack is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Jack working Young over with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jack winds up and cracks Young with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Young avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Jack.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Young kicks off Jack and gets to his feet.
Alexander Young seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Young drives through and clinches with Jack against the cage.
Jack working aggressively here.
Jack misses with some punches.
Jack misses with a short punch on the inside.
Young is trying to break the clinch but Jack has him pressed against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jack has a couple of punches blocked by Young.
Young working hard to break the clinch.
Alexander Young has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dwayne Jack is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Young blocks a punch to the side of the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dwayne Jack showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Jack, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:28
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dwayne Jack!