PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between RJ Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alfredo Sausalito (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Young
vs
Sausalito

190 cm
25
225 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

200 cm
25
270 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

Sully's Bar & Grill

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 The Island, RJ Young!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Alfredo Sausalito!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Daniel Franklin and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Young has closed the distance and engaged Sausalito in a clinch.
Young tries to land knees in the clinch but Sausalito avoids the damage to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Sausalito.
Sausalito tries to work over Young's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Young connects with a knee to the head.
Sausalito misses with a punch to the body.
Young tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sausalito avoids it.
Sausalito throws a punch but it's blocked by Young.
Young creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sausalito's defenses.
Young lands a body shot.
Young trying to stall but Sausalito improves his position.
Young misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sausalito.

Sausalito breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sausalito looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Young tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Sausalito manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Young tries to clinch up but Sausalito circles away and keeps his distance.
Young tries to clinch up.
Young tries to clinch but Sausalito moves away
and Young takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Young tries to clinch up but Sausalito circles away and keeps his distance.
Young tries to clinch but Sausalito moves away
and Sausalito cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Young is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Young closes the distance and clinches.
Young taking a breather.
Young misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sausalito.
Come on Young - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Young blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sausalito lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sausalito.
A body shot lands from Sausalito.
Sausalito tries a body shot but Young blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sausalito.
Young trying to control the position but instead, Sausalito has worked for underhooks and has pushed Young into the cage.
Sausalito is struggling to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sausalito throws a punch but it's blocked by Young.
Young looking to stall.
Nice body punch from Sausalito - that landed with a thud.
Sausalito lands with a light punch inside.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Sausalito avoiding damage as Young throws knees to the body.
Sausalito has a couple of punches blocked by Young.
Young leaning his opponent against the cage.
Sausalito lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Young backwards.
Young tries to land knees in the clinch but Sausalito avoids the damage to the body.
Young looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.

Sausalito breaks from the clinch.
Sausalito circles away from the clinch attempt
and Sausalito cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young takes one to the chin there.
The crowd cheers as Sausalito lands an impressive looking overhand right. Young doesn't seem phased though.
Young ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Sausalito has managed to clinch.
Sausalito slows down the pace here.
Sausalito can't find room to land a body shot as Young controls the action.
Young lands a nice elbow.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Sausalito misses with a punch on the inside.
Sausalito slowing the pace effectively.
Sausalito misses with a hook from the clinch.
Young can't find room to land a body shot as Sausalito controls the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sausalito lands with a right to the head.
Sausalito lands a left hand that snaps the head of Young backwards.
Young struggles to land a body shot inside as Sausalito controls his hands.
Young misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sausalito.
Young looking to slow down the pace here.
Sausalito lands a hook that snaps the head of Young backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sausalito lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Young.
Young is breathing heavily.
Sausalito softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Sausalito will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Young up against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Young.
Young missing with knees to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sausalito.
Sausalito slowing the pace effectively.
Sausalito has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Sausalito tries to throw a body punch but Young avoids it by throwing Sausalito back against the cage.
Sausalito leaning against his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alfredo Sausalito dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Sausalito lands a nice shot to the body.
Sausalito dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Young misses with a wild body shot.
Young moves to clinch but Sausalito breaks away
and Sausalito counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Young keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sausalito.
Sausalito throws a hook but Young avoids it easily.
Sausalito scores with the left hand. Young knows he should have avoided that one.
Alfredo Sausalito seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Young wants to clinch
and Sausalito counters with a straight right hand.
Young moves to clinch but Sausalito breaks away
and Sausalito counters with a straight right hand.
Sausalito might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Young tries to grapple but his opponent circles
letting Sausalito counter with a right hand.
Sausalito lands a jab to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young tries to clinch up.

Sausalito fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Young, pushing him back against the cage.
Young stalling in the clinch but Sausalito improves position.
Sausalito has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Young takes a shot to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Sausalito fails to land.
Young prevents a body shot from Sausalito.
Young missing with knees to the body.
Sausalito throws a head punch that misses.
A hook to the body from Young.
Young will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Sausalito up against the cage.
Young lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Young blocks an uppercut.
Young tries to stall but Sausalito uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Young avoiding damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young tries to stall but Sausalito uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Sausalito is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Young misses with an elbow over the top.
Sausalito is trying to stall.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sausalito.
Stalling in the clinch from Young.
Sausalito doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Young tries to stall but Sausalito uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Sausalito misses with a short punch on the inside.
Young pushes Sausalito back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Young is trying to maintain a safe position but Sausalito gets an underhook and turns Young into the cage.
Sausalito avoids a wild elbow strike from Young.
Young crunches a lovely knee into Sausalito's ribcage.
A bit of stalling here from Young.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by RJ Young.
Young tries to close the distance and clinch but Sausalito swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Young just misses with a punch to the body.
Sausalito looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Young ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sausalito moves away.
Sausalito looks to land a right hand but Young moved out of range.
Young moves in looking to clinch but Sausalito pushes him off.
Sausalito avoids the body shot from Young.
Young tries to clinch there but Sausalito circles away.
Young is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sausalito swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

Sausalito clinches up against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Sausalito wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sausalito tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sausalito looking to stall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sausalito fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sausalito tries to break the clinch but Young is controlling the position.
Sausalito fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sausalito lands with a right to the head.
Young just leaning against Sausalito, taking a breather.
Sausalito misses with a hook to the ribs.
Young taking a breather.
Young tries to stall but Sausalito uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Sausalito gets through Young's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sausalito digs a right hand into Young's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Young's gas tank.
With the fighters up against the cage, Young throws an elbow but misses.
Young lands a knee to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Young.
Young lands an elbow that stopped Sausalito in his tracks for a moment.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short left from Young.
Sausalito lands a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alfredo Sausalito showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Young on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Sausalito lands with a right hand.
Young doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Alfredo Sausalito seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Young on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

Young fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Sausalito, pushing him back against the cage.
Sausalito tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sausalito avoiding damage as Young throws knees to the body.
Sausalito lands a nice uppercut.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Sausalito as Young tries to tie him up.
Young manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sausalito lands with a short shot to the head.
The referee is keeping an eye on Young - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Alfredo Sausalito seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Young blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young is looking to control Sausalito's arms but Sausalito gets an underhook and turns him. Now Young has his back to the cage.
Sausalito wants to stall.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Young.
Sausalito swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sausalito is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Young obliges.
Young trying to land knees to the body.
Sausalito swings wildly with an uppercut but Young uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sausalito throws a head punch that misses.
Sausalito dodges an elbow strike from Young.
Young throws a head punch that misses.
Young trying to land knees to the body.
Sausalito avoiding damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sausalito tries a body shot but Young blocks it.
Young stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Sausalito lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Young misses with an elbow strike.
Young trying to stall but Sausalito improves his position.
A right handed body shot lands from Sausalito.
Sausalito misses with a punch on the inside.
Sausalito tries to stall but Young uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Sausalito throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Youngs head.
Sausalito tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sausalito scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sausalito tries to throw a body punch but Young avoids it by throwing Sausalito back against the cage.
Young tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sausalito avoids it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sausalito.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Knees in the clinch landing for Young.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sausalito misses with a punch to the body.
Young landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Sausalito looking to stall.
Young is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Sausalito blocks an uppercut.
Sausalito misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sausalito on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Young trying to stall but Sausalito improves his position.
Sausalito has a couple of punches blocked by Young.
Sausalito takes an elbow to the forehead.
Sausalito leaning against his opponent.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
A short right from Sausalito on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for Young to work.
Young creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sausalito's defenses.
Young looking to slow down the pace here.
Young tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sausalito's elbow.
Young creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sausalito's defenses.

It looks like Alfredo Sausalito has been cut.
Sausalito cracks Young with a nice body shot.
Sausalito slowing the pace effectively.
Sausalito scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Sausalito manages to break the clinch.

Young rushes Sausalito and presses him up against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sausalito avoids a wild elbow strike from Young.
RJ Young has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Young utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Young throws a punch but it's blocked by Sausalito.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Alfredo Sausalito.
Well Sausalito has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Santiago Holmes scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alfredo Sausalito!
A victorious Alfredo Sausalito thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.