PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Shelby (ranked 576 p4p, 77 weight class) and Daft Young (ranked 838 p4p, 106 weight class). Young has chosen Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger as his entrance music. Daft Young is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Shelby
vs
Young

176 cm
25
155 lbs
13 - 8 - 0

166 cm
36
160 lbs
23 - 16 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

KOMBAT KLOTHING
Sully's Bar & Grill

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 13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Tommy Shelby!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 16 - 0, fighting out of London, Daft Young!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, John Roberts and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Young closes the distance and pushes Shelby back into the cage.
A short right from Shelby.
A frustrated look appears on Shelby's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Shelby doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Shelby breaks the clinch.
Shelby takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Young waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Shelby.
Shelby moves out of range as Young strikes.
Shelby ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Shelby jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A jab from Shelby finds it's way through Young's defenses.
Shelby misses the shot to the body.
Young tries to counter with a clinch but Shelby shakes him off and moves away.
Young throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Shelby looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A big right from Young misses.
Young takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Shelby stuns Young with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Shelby jabs Young to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Jab from Young.
Young dodges the punch combination from Shelby.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shelby swings for the body but Young moves out of range.
Young lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

Young rushes Shelby and presses him up against the cage.
Shelby cracks Young with a nice body shot.
Young scores with a shot to the side of Shelby's head.
Shelby cracks Young with a nice body shot.
Shelby tries a body shot but Young blocks it.
Young misses with a body punch.
Young misses with a punch to the body.
A short right from Shelby on the inside.
Young working aggressively here.
Shelby takes a shot to the head.
Young blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Young.
Young tries to throw a body punch but Shelby avoids it by throwing Young back against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Young.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shelby tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Young's elbow.
Shelby can't break the clinch.
Young lands with a light punch inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Shelby breaks from the clinch.
Shelby throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Young sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Young misses with a head kick.
A shot to the body from Shelby misses

and Young counters by clinching up.
Shelby blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Young.
Young has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Shelby seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Young can turn it around.
Young goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Shelby has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Young keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Shelby's efforts to push away.
Shelby has had enough of the clinch but Young keeps him there for the moment.
Young lands a hook that snaps the head of Shelby backwards.
Young prevents a body shot from Shelby.
Young working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Shelby.
Young lands a hook to the side of the head.
Shelby tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Shelby.
Shelby is trying to break the clinch but Young has him pressed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shelby blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Young tries to throw a body punch but Shelby avoids it by throwing Young back against the cage.
Young has a couple of punches blocked by Shelby.
Shelby has had enough of the clinch but Young keeps him there for the moment.
Shelby tries to work over Young's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Young pushes Shelby back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Young prevents a body shot from Shelby.
Young prevents a body shot from Shelby.
Young misses with a punch to the body.
Young lands with a short shot to the head.
Young blocking some punches.
Young misses with a body punch.
Shelby has a couple of punches blocked by Young.
Young lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Shelby working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Shelby pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Shelby throws out a loose jab but Young uses good head movement to avoid it.
Young just misses with a punch to the body.
Shelby is looking to counter punch.
Young on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Young misses with a wild body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Young clinches up against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Shelby misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Shelby working aggressively here.
Young blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short left from Young.
Shelby struggles to land a body shot inside as Young controls his hands.

Shelby pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Young punishes Shelby's body with a nice straight punch.
Nice jab there from Shelby.
Shelby lands a jab to Young's midsection.
Tommy Shelby seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Shelby throws a right hand that misses
enabling Young to counter with a crisp jab.

Shelby is rocked!
Shelby rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Young counters with a huge left! Shelby is in big trouble! He's backing up but Young isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Shelby from any more damage. A dominating finish by Young!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Daft Young!
A very excited looking Daft Young made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.