PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jerry Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robert St James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Young's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, cradle de Mudvayne. Jerry Young has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Young
vs
St James

180 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

180 cm
21
179 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jerry Young!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Robert St James!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Elvis Blanc and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St James throws a head kick that misses.
St James drops Young with a right and a left! St James comes rushing in but Young regains his composure and manages to keep St James in guard.

Young is rocked!

It looks like Jerry Young has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
St James wants to stand but Young has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Oh Young is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Young seems to have got his legs back now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Young controls St James momentarily but St James frees himself.
St James wants to get up but he can't break Young's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
St James won't allow Young to sweep him here.
St James has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Young is proving hard to escape from.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St James postures up.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
No luck for Young with that takedown attempt.

St James takes the fight into the clinch.
St James wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Young has him pressed against the cage.
Young tries to pull guard but St James holds him up against the cage and eventually Young drops back down to his feet.
St James looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Young as St James tries to tie him up.
St James has had enough of the clinch but Young keeps him there for the moment.
Young changes levels and goes for a takedown here. St James fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jerry Young. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Young is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
St James tries to clinch up.
Robert St James seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Young tries to move into range but St James moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
St James scores with a one two! Young had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
St James lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Horrible takedown by Young or perhaps it was just good defense by St James which made him look bad.
St James scores with a hook to the body. Young takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Nice shot lands for St James.
St James tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Young paws at him with a jab and circles away.
St James fakes the leg kick and cracks Young in the body.
Young blocks a head kick by St James.
St James tries to clinch but Young is having none of it.
St James scores with a hook to the body. Young takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Young keeps the fight on the outside.
Young blocks a head kick by St James.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice combination there by St James.
St James lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
St James tries to clinch but Young is having none of it.
A head kick from St James lands but Young takes it in his stride.
Young is trying hard to land a takedown here. St James sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
St James uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Young showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from St James.
Young fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
St James is looking to clinch.
St James throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Young's head.
St James lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Young shoots in but no luck this time.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Young. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
St James throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Young is defended easily by St James.
St James lands a lovely overhand right.
St James throws a series of punches but Young avoids them all with ease.

Young looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for St James!
Young looking to finish with strikes here!
Young controlling his opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Young looking to ground and pound but St James is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Robert St James dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jerry Young's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

St James doesn't manage to clinch there - Young circles away.
Young looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
St James fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
St James works over Young's head and body with a nice combination.
Young shoots in but St James avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Young on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Nice uppercut lands for St James. That snapped Young's head back.
Young dodges the punch combination from St James.
Robert St James seems to be getting the better of the standup.
St James throws a combination. Young tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Jerry Young is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
St James moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
St James tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Young paws at him with a jab and circles away.
St James scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Young takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for St James, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
St James stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jerry Young. That's going to take a lot out of him.
St James lands a head kick!
St James tries to clinch up but Young circles away and keeps his distance.
St James plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Young fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Young circles away from the clinch attempt.
St James is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Young fails with the takedown.
Young tries to close the distance and clinch up but St James swats him away and circles back towards the center.
St James throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
St James scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Young dives in and grabs St James's left leg, looking for a takedown. St James pushes down on Young's head and hops out.
Young avoids a punch combination nicely.
Some wild striking there from St James.
St James buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

Young shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. St James manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.

Young is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Young pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. St James is keeping the position for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Young decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
St James moves in looking to clinch but Young pushes him off.
St James lands a high kick!
Robert St James is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Young scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Young prevents St James from standing back up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young throwing shots but St James is blocking nicely.

St James pushes Young off, looking to escape but Young dives into side control. He's locked up a kimura now - that was fast! He's cranking on it and St James is forced to tap! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Jerry Young!