PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chase Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anupo Anubis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Chase Young has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Young
vs
Anubis

185 cm
23
205 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

180 cm
25
203 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Chase Young!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Anupo Anubis!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Eliza Hachem and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Anubis gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Young to score an easy takedown into full guard.

Anubis looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Anubis manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Young manages to get himself to full guard.
Anubis throwing strikes but missing.

Young looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Young throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Anubis slips nicely into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anubis sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Young defending well though.

Anubis stands up from half guard.
Young tries to clinch up.
Young fails with a takedown attempt.
Anubis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Anubis closes the distance and clinches.

Anubis pulls Young into guard.
Anubis is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.

Anubis manages to escape and get back to his feet.

Young decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Young is breathing heavily.
Anubis regains full guard. Nicely done.

Anubis has his feet on Young's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young tries for a takedown but Anubis sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

Anubis shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Young manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Anubis controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Anubis postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Young is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Anubis is aware though and is defending well.
Anubis seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Let's hope that Anubis has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young keeping moving, preventing Anubis from controlling successfully.
Young preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Anubis wants to control from the top but Young keeps moving.
Anubis is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Anubis in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Anubis scoring with some ground and pound.
Anubis showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Anubis trying to control the position from guard on top but Young is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Anupo Anubis.

Anubis shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Young manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Anubis postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Anubis prevents Young from getting back to his feet.
Anubis wants to control from the top but Young keeps moving.
Anubis not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Young keeping moving, preventing Anubis from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anupo Anubis dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Anubis feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Anubis scoring with punches to the head and body.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Anubis trying to control the position from guard on top but Young is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Young wants to sweep here but Anubis controlling him for the moment.
Anubis trying to control but Young is working from the bottom.

Anubis avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Anubis content to stall in guard here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anubis makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Anupo Anubis has got the better of the ground game so far.

Young looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Anubis passes into side control.

Anubis stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Chase Young is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Anubis darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Anubis has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Anubis trying to control from half guard but Young is working away.
Anubis works his way into side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Check out the look on Anubis's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Young is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Anubis is controlling him well.
Anubis working the body and head with strikes.

Anubis has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.

Anubis rushes Young and presses him up against the cage.

Anubis is trying to trip Young. He has hold of a leg but Young is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Anubis persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Young is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Anubis is aware though and is defending well.
Anubis advances position into side control!
Young tries to improve position but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young wants to get back to his feet.
Anubis advances nicely into full mount.
Young can't escape the position.
Anubis lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Young can't escape the position.
Anubis sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Young is in a horrible position here. Anubis smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Anubis controlling the pace for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anubis looking to control but Young is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Young squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Young trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Anubis dominating with strikes here.
Anubis pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Young is bucking up trying to escape but Anubis cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Anubis trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Anubis dominating with strikes here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anupo Anubis showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Anubis fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Young, pushing him back against the cage.
Young tries to break free but Anubis pushes him back against the cage.

Young pulls guard.
Anubis trying to control but Young is working from the bottom.
Anubis controlling from the top position.
Anubis content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Anubis content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Anubis postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Young looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Anubis passes into half guard.
Anubis is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Young!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young is in all sorts of trouble here.
Young is bucking up trying to escape but Anubis cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Anubis cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Anubis lands a nice shot to the head.

Anubis working for a submission but Young is keeping him at bay.
Anubis controlling from mount.
A nice elbow there by Anubis.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anubis prevents Young from getting the reversal.
Anubis has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Young's face.

Young is rocked!
Anubis content just to control the position here.
Oh Young is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Anubis unloading with bombs!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Anubis looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Young covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Anupo Anubis!