PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Keith Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Sosha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sosha has chosen Hysteria-Muse as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Young
vs
Sosha

200 cm
24
262 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

183 cm
22
230 lbs
3 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Knockout power

[WOT] DTK Designs (Laundry)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Keith Young!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ryan Sosha!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Yves DeLean and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sosha tries to keep at a distance but Young has taken the fight into the clinch.
Young is pressed up against the cage. Sosha has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Young down to the mat. Young avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Young throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Young throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Sosha fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Young avoids it really well and circles away.
Sosha tries for a takedown but Young sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Keith Young has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ryan Sosha.
Sosha keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Young drives through and clinches with Sosha against the cage.
Young misses with a hook to the ribs.
Young is pushing Sosha up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Sosha prevents a body shot from Young.
A short body shot lands from Young as the two fighters clinch.
Young stalling in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sosha is working for takedown but Young is calmly controlling the position for now.
Sosha avoiding damage as Young throws knees to the body.
Young tries to throw a body punch but Sosha avoids it by throwing Young back against the cage.
Sosha misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sosha goes for a takedown in the clinch but Young prevents it.
Young stalling in the clinch.
Young landing knees to the body.
Sosha looks winded!
A body shot lands from Young.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Young pressing his opponent against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Young.
Young tries a body shot but Sosha blocks it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Young.
Young unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Young is working Sosha over against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Young.
Young landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Young trying to land knees to the body.
Young is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sosha is defending well for now.
Young missing with knees to the body.
Young trying to land knees to the body.
Young lands with a right to the head.
Sosha takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Ryan Sosha has been cut.
Young utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Young lands a knee to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Young digs a right hand underneath Sosha's ribcage. Sosha let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Young lands a body shot in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Young obliges.
Sosha managing to block the knees to the body from Young.
Young landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Young holding his opponent close, against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Young scores with a nice hook to the head.
Young using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Young is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Sosha on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Young using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sosha has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Young utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Nice body punch from Young - that landed with a thud.
Young missing with knees to the body.
Young tries to throw a body punch but Sosha avoids it by throwing Young back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A knee to the head by Young.
Young's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Young lands a knee to the body.
Young lands a left hand.
Young misses with a body punch.
Young lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sosha backwards.
Young has Sosha pushed against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Young throws a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Sosha avoids the body shot from Young.
Sosha keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Young tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sosha was well out of range. Poor timing from Young.
Young misses with a shot to the body

so Sosha counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Young controlling Sosha's posture.
Young looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Young has control of Sosha's left arm, preventing Sosha from doing any damage.
Young bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Sosha's guard.
Sosha is breathing heavily.
Young forces his way into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young wants to free his trapped foot but Sosha is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Young passes the guard and advances to mount!
Young punching from mount but Sosha doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Young trying to control but Sosha is having none of it.
Sosha in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Young sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Young sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Young trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Young is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sosha can do to turn this around?
Young lands a heavy shot. That's hurt Sosha! Young sees the opportunity and turns up the heat - strike after strike land to the defenseless Sosha and the ref dives in to save him! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Keith Young!
Keith Young decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.