PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Conan Kennedy (ranked 3515 p4p, 2491 weight class) and Ricky Youngblood (ranked 399 p4p, 301 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Kennedy
vs
Youngblood

177 cm
19
160
2 - 0 - 0

172 cm
19
167
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Urban Fighter
MKFC

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Conan Kennedy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ricky Youngblood!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Ben Zyskovitsi and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kennedy has taken the fight to the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A right handed body shot lands from Kennedy.
Kennedy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Youngblood taking a breather.
Kennedy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Youngblood is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Kennedy is keeping busy.
Still in the clinch, Kennedy scores with a nice short uppercut.
Youngblood wants to break free but Kennedy has control.
Youngblood fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kennedy scores with a nice hook to the head.
Youngblood looking to stall.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A nice left hand lands by Kennedy.
Youngblood lands a hook that snaps the head of Kennedy backwards.
Kennedy has a couple of punches blocked by Youngblood.
Youngblood throws a punch but it's blocked by Kennedy.
Kennedy lands a left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Kennedy on the inside.
Kennedy lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Youngblood backwards.
Youngblood struggles to land a body shot inside as Kennedy controls his hands.
Kennedy tries a body shot but Youngblood blocks it.
Youngblood prevents a body shot from Kennedy.
Kennedy scores with a shoulder strike.
Kennedy lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kennedy has a couple of punches blocked by Youngblood.
Youngblood wants to break free but Kennedy has control.
Kennedy pushes Youngblood back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Youngblood misses with a body punch.
Youngblood misses with the head strike.
Youngblood lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kennedy.
Youngblood pushes Kennedy back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
We've been informed that Youngblood has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Kennedy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Youngblood is stalling here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Youngblood tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Youngblood stalling in the clinch but Kennedy improves position.
Kennedy working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kennedy misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kennedy cracks Youngblood with a nice body shot.
Kennedy lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Nice body punch from Kennedy.
Kennedy tries to work over Youngblood's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Youngblood has a couple of punches blocked by Kennedy.

Kennedy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Kennedy has Youngblood up against the cage in a clinch.
Kennedy lands with a left to the head.
Kennedy throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kennedy misses with a punch to the body.
Kennedy gets through Youngblood's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Youngblood blocks a body shot from Kennedy.
Kennedy lands a body punch in the clinch.
Youngblood tries to stall but Kennedy uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Kennedy can't find room to land a body shot as Youngblood controls the action.
Youngblood lands a hook that snaps the head of Kennedy backwards.
Kennedy blocks a body shot from Youngblood.
Kennedy working aggressively here.
A hook to the body from Youngblood.
Kennedy doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short uppercut from Kennedy.
Youngblood throws a head punch that misses.
Kennedy blocks an uppercut.
Youngblood's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kennedy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short left from Kennedy.

Youngblood is rocked!
Kennedy lands an uppercut.
Youngblood is still on wobbly legs! Can Kennedy finish him?
Kennedy lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Youngblood to his knees! Kennedy keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Conan Kennedy!