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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Drake Danger (ranked 2880 p4p, 2543 weight class) and Malcolm Young (ranked 187 p4p, 171 weight class). Malcolm Young told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight 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, Drake Danger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Malcolm Young!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, David Hoff and Sandra Marshall.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Young ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Danger moves away.
Young fails in his attempt to clinch.
Young misses with a double jab.
Young closes the distance and clinches.
Young lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Danger changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Young fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Danger scores with a nice head shot.
Danger wants to clinch.
Danger takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Danger stuns Young with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Young connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Young dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Danger. That did some damage!
Young digs a good hook to Danger's body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Good work by Danger as he checks the leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Danger checks a leg kick.
Malcolm Young seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Danger takes a swing at Young's ribcage but misses.
Danger lands with a hook. Young tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Danger feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Youngs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Young with the inside leg kick.
Danger cracks Young with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Danger throws an overhand right that lands on Young's shoulder, as Young tries to avoid the shot.
Danger displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Young throws out the jab.
Danger throwing a counter right hand but Young manages to avoid it.
Danger tries to clinch up but Young circles away and keeps his distance.
Young throws out a leg kick but Danger moves out of range and Young only half commits.
It looked like Danger wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A lazy left from Danger finds it's target.
Danger has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Young.
Danger looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Danger tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Young manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Donk. Danger catches Young right on the button with a cross.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Young pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Danger swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Danger moves away from the strike by Young.
Young throws a head kick that misses.
Young drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Danger has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Young.
Danger tries to clinch up but Young circles away and keeps his distance.
Young has managed to clinch.
Young lands a nice shot to the body.
Young working aggressively here.
Young lands a right hand.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Danger.
A frustrated look appears on Danger's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Nice body punch from Danger - that landed with a thud.
Danger escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Young moves out of range of the strikes.
A big right from Young misses.
Young throws a body kick that misses.
Young with a nice cross.
A telegraphed right hand from Danger misses the target.
A clash of legs there as Danger blocks the low kick.
Danger ducks under a wild hook from Young.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A left and a right from Young both land. Nice combination.
Danger is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Danger connects with a jab.
A leg kick checked by Danger.
Danger is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Danger tries to close the distance and clinch up but Young swats him away and circles back towards the center.
An inside leg kick lands from Young.
Young with a nice calf kick.
Danger checks a leg kick.
Danger swings for the body but Young moves out of range.
A low kick from Young is predictable there
and Danger counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Good exchange - Young coming out on top.
Danger uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Young.
Danger avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
It looked like Danger wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Malcolm Young is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Young throws the kick towards the body but Danger avoids it.
Danger throws a jab but it's blocked by Young.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Danger throws out a loose jab but Young uses good head movement to avoid it.
Young circles away from the clinch attempt.
Young has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Danger finds it's way round the side to connect with Young's head.
Young misses with a body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young dips to his left and cracks Danger with an uppercut!
Young with the inside leg kick.
Young tries a low kick but Danger avoids it.
Young throws a half hearted mid kick.
A nice leg kick from Young, right into the meat of the thigh.
Young with a hook.
Young looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Danger looks to score with a jab to the body but Young is just out of range.
Danger fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Young scoring well with a low kick there.
Young will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
An attempted straight right counter from Danger misses the target.
Danger wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A big left from Young misses.
Young throws a poor cross that misses
and Danger counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Young takes the fight into the clinch.
Danger has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Young is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Danger is defending well for now.
A head punch on the inside from Young fails to land.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Malcolm Young dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Young takes the fight into the clinch.
Young blocking some punches.
Danger blocks a body shot from Young.
Danger lands with a right to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Young.
Young lands a hook that snaps the head of Danger backwards.
Young misses with a short punch on the inside.
Danger swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Danger looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Young lands an uppercut.
Young misses with some punches.
A short uppercut from Danger.
Young lands with a light punch inside.
Young fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Young has a couple of punches blocked by Danger.
Danger lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
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!
Danger being controlled against the cage.
Danger tries to break free but Young pushes him back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Danger wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A short right from Danger on the inside.
Young tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Danger wants to break free but Young has control.
Young taking a breather.
Danger escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Young just misses with a punch to the body.
Young throws the left hand but Danger avoids the punch easily.
Young misses with a wild body shot.
Young connects with a jab.
Danger tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Young throws a solid leg kick but Danger takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Young.
Danger tries to clinch but Young moves out of range.
Young fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Danger, pushing him back against the cage.
Young misses with a punch on the inside.
Young just leaning against Danger, taking a breather.
Young lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Danger backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Danger scores with a hook to the body.
Young keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Danger's efforts to push away.
Danger scores with a shot to the side of Young's head.
Young scores with a shot to the side of Danger's head.
Danger is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Danger blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Oh Danger is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Young misses with the head strike.
Danger blocks an uppercut.
Young has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Young misses with the head strike.
Danger blocking some punches.
Danger is trying to break the clinch but Young has him pressed against the cage.
Danger blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Danger blocking some punches.
Young swings wildly with an uppercut but Danger uses good head movement to avoid it.
Young swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Young misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Young.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Young.
Young fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Young has a couple of punches blocked by Danger.
Young fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Young misses with a short punch on the inside.
Danger blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Danger blocking some punches.
Danger blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Young has a couple of punches blocked by Danger.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Danger.
Young throws a punch but it's blocked by Danger.
Young throws a head punch that misses.
Young misses with a short punch on the inside.
Young has a couple of punches blocked by Danger.
Danger is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Young working aggressively here.
Malcolm Young seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Young throws a head punch that misses.
Young misses with the head strike.
Young misses with a short punch on the inside.
Young fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Young throws a punch but it's blocked by Danger.
Young throws a punch but it's blocked by Danger.
Danger blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Young fails to land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young has a couple of punches blocked by Danger.
Young swings wildly with an uppercut but Danger uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Danger.
Young misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Young.
Young misses with some punches.
Danger blocks an uppercut.
Young misses with the head strike.
Young swings wildly with an uppercut but Danger uses good head movement to avoid it.
Danger blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Young misses with a punch on the inside.
Young swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Young misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Danger.
Young has a couple of punches blocked by Danger.
Young working aggressively here.
Young swings wildly with an uppercut but Danger uses good head movement to avoid it.
Young misses with a short punch on the inside.
Young misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Danger.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Danger.
Danger blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Danger blocking some punches.
Young fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Young has a couple of punches blocked by Danger.
Young tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short body shot lands from Young as the two fighters clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Young.
Young swings wildly with an uppercut but Danger uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Young misses with a hook from the clinch.
Young throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Young.
Young throws a punch but it's blocked by Danger.
Young throws a head punch that misses.
Young has a couple of punches blocked by Danger.
A head punch on the inside from Young fails to land.
Young misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Young.
Young swings wildly with an uppercut but Danger uses good head movement to avoid it.
Young is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Young misses with the head strike.
Young has a couple of punches blocked by Danger.
Young blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Danger seems to have got his legs back now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Danger's efforts to push away.
Danger is trying to push Young away but Young has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Danger blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Young lands with a left to the head.
Danger breaks the clinch.
Young throws a leg kick but Danger sees it coming and moves out of range.
Danger throws a jab but it's blocked by Young.
Danger rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Young moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Danger wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Young throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Danger tries to clinch but Young is having none of it.
Danger jabs at Young's body.
Danger cracks Young with a right hand to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A chopping leg kick lands by Young.
Young tries to clinch but Danger moves out of range.
Young tries to clinch there but Danger circles away.
Young is looking to clinch but Danger is avoiding it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Malcolm Young showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Danger scores with a jab to the head.
Danger is looking to clinch.
Danger displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Young throws out the jab.
Young misses with a kick to the body
and Young takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Danger misses with a looping left.
Young flicks out a counter leg kick but Danger steps away.
Young gets tackled into the cage by Danger. Danger maintains the clinch.
Young holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Danger lands a left hand that snaps the head of Young backwards.
Danger misses with a hook from the clinch.
Young has Danger pressed against the cage, preventing Danger from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Young creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Danger with a big uppercut! Danger tries to clinch up but Young pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Danger to the mat! Danger covers up and Young unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:45 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Malcolm Young!
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RATING
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