PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Andre Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Norman Philanski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Philanski is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by PISTOLERO: SLEEP WHEN YOUR DEAD. Norman Philanski has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Young
vs
Philanski

170 cm
24
145 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

169 cm
26
145 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Andre Young!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Norman Philanski!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Philanski keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Philanski throws a shot to the body.
Nice takedown defense from Philanski. No joy for Young on that attempt.

Philanski clinches with his opponent.
Young is trying to force a seperation but Philanski has the dominant position.
Young blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Young takes a shot to the head.
Young jumps guard but Philanski stands there with Young around his waist. Young gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andre Young. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Philanski is leaning against Young and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Young blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Philanski takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Philanski lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Young.
A left hand lands to the body for Philanski.
Philanski misses with some punches.
Philanski softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Philanski pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Philanski manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Philanski working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Philanski lands a body shot.
Philanski lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Young backwards.
A short uppercut from Philanski.
A short right from Philanski.

Young drags the fight down to the ground.
Philanski wants to control from the top but Young keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young throws some sloppy strikes off his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Philanski wants to control from the top but Young keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

Philanski got a little sloppy there for a moment and Young has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Philanski has managed to get both his arms back between Young's legs - danger averted.
Philanski not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Norman Philanski dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Young shoots in but no luck this time.
No luck for Young with that takedown attempt.
Philanski ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Young fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andre Young. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Young darts in trying to clinch
and Young takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A shot to the liver by Philanski. Beautiful body shot.
Andre Young seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Philanski rushes Young and presses him up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Young escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jab, jab by Philanski - just one landing.

Philanski closes the distance and clinches.
Philanski lands with a left to the head.
Young blocks an uppercut.
Young blocks an elbow strike from Philanski.
Philanski pushes Young back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Philanski lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Young backwards.
Young goes for a takedown attempt but Philanski pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Young throws a nice looking combination but Philanski bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Young shoots in looking for a takedown but Philanski manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Young's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Young fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young darts in trying to clinch
letting Philanski counter with a right hand.
Philanski lands a jab.

Philanski has taken the fight to the clinch.
Philanski lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Young has had enough of the clinch but Philanski keeps him there for the moment.
Philanski cracks Young with a nice body shot.
Young changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Philanski fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Young tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Philanski connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Young shoots in but Philanski avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Philanski scores with a jab. Young acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Philanski with a jab.
Young shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Philanski sprawls well. Philanski wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Young gets slowly back to his feet.
Andre Young is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Young darts in trying to clinch

and Philanski counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Come on Philanski - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Philanski lands a hook to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Philanski.

It looks like Andre Young has been cut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Philanski creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Young drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Philanski gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Philanski lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Young backwards.
Philanski presses Young against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A short right from Philanski on the inside.
Philanski lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short left from Philanski.
Philanski lands with a short shot to the head.
Philanski lands a hook to the side of the head.

Young is rocked!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Philanski.
A bit of stalling here from Philanski.
Philanski lands a left hand that snaps the head of Young backwards.
Oh Young is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Philanski gets through Young's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Philanski lands a shoulder strike.
Nice body punch from Philanski.
Philanski lands a right hand that snaps the head of Young backwards.
Young tries to pull guard but Philanski holds him up against the cage and eventually Young drops back down to his feet.
Philanski lands with a light punch inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Norman Philanski showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Andre Young's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Young has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Philanski finds it's way round the side to connect with Young's head.

Young gets tackled into the cage by Philanski. Philanski maintains the clinch.
Young seems to have got his legs back now.
Young is trying to drag Philanski to the mat but Philanski just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Young lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Philanski.
A right handed body shot lands from Philanski.
Philanski lands a nice shot to the body.
Young wants a takedown.
Young wants to break free but Philanski has control.
Philanski scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Philanski lands a nice uppercut.
Philanski lands with a right to the head.
Young jumps guard but Philanski stands there with Young around his waist. Young gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andre Young. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Philanski gets through Young's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Norman Philanski seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Philanski scores with a shoulder strike.
Young tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Philanski smiles and moves away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Young takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young misses with a takedown

and Philanski counters by clinching up.
Young tries to land knees in the clinch but Philanski avoids the damage to the body.
Young is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Philanski lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Philanski has Young pushed against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Philanski.
Philanski lands with a left to the head.
A short body shot lands from Philanski as the two fighters clinch.
Philanski lands a shot to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Philanski.
A short right from Philanski on the inside.
Philanski lands a hook to the side of the head.
Philanski working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Philanski scores with a nice hook to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Philanski.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Philanski lands a left hand that snaps the head of Young backwards.
A hook to the body from Philanski.
Philanski lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Young.
Philanski lands a nice uppercut.
Philanski pushes Young back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Philanski.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Philanski creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Philanski.
A nice right hand lands inside from Philanski.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Philanski.
A right hand to the body from Philanski.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Philanski lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short left from Philanski.
Philanski lands a left hand that snaps the head of Young backwards.
Nice body punch from Philanski.
A left hand lands to the body for Philanski.
Philanski lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Philanski tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Philanski pushes Young back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A left hand lands to the body for Philanski.
Philanski lands a hook that snaps the head of Young backwards.
Philanski lands a hook that snaps the head of Young backwards.
Philanski lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Philanski lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Philanski stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Young working aggressively here.
A right hook to the body lands for Philanski.
Philanski lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Young backwards.
Philanski scores with a shoulder strike.
Philanski lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Philanski working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Philanski lands a hook that snaps the head of Young backwards.
A body shot lands from Philanski.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Philanski creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Philanski lands with a left to the head.
Philanski scores with a nice hook to the head.
Philanski scores with a shot to the side of Young's head.
Philanski lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Philanski gets through Young's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Philanski lands a body punch in the clinch.
A short left from Philanski.
Young has Philanski pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Philanski manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
A right hook to the body lands for Philanski.
Philanski has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Philanski gets through Young's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Philanski prevents a takedown attempt there.
Philanski lands a right hand that snaps the head of Young backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Philanski creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Philanski lands a left hand that snaps the head of Young backwards.
Philanski gets through Young's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Philanski scores with a nice hook to the head.
Philanski gets through Young's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Philanski lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Philanski.
Philanski lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Philanski lands with a short shot to the head.
Young tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Philanski just stands there and leans against the cage.
Young is trying to break free.

Young's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Young moves to clinch but Philanski breaks away
and Philanski cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Young tries to clinch but Philanski moves away
and Philanski counters with a nice body shot.
Philanski fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Young has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Norman Philanski really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Andre Young's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Young throws a low kick but it's checked well by Philanski.
Young fails with the takedown.
Young shoots for a double leg takedown but Philanski sprawls well. He's pushed Young's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

Philanski forces Young back against the cage and clinches.
Young tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Philanski's elbow.
A short right from Philanski on the inside.
Philanski lands a left hand that snaps the head of Young backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Philanski throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Youngs head.
Young fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andre Young. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Young tries to land knees in the clinch but Philanski avoids the damage to the body.

Young manages to break the clinch.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Young looks for the body kick but Philanski saw that one coming.

Philanski clinches up with Young and pushes him back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Philanski slowing the pace effectively.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Philanski.
Philanski stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Philanski lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Young backwards.
Philanski lands a hook that snaps the head of Young backwards.
Philanski throws a knee to the head but misses.
Philanski lands a body shot.
A shot in the inside from Philanski.
Philanski scores with a nice hook to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Philanski.
Philanski will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Young up against the cage.
Philanski blocks a body shot from Young.
Philanski lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Philanski swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Philanski lands a hook that snaps the head of Young backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Philanski fails to land.
Young fails to pull the fight into his guard.
A short uppercut from Philanski.
A head punch on the inside from Philanski fails to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Philanski avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Philanski digs a right hand into Young's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Young's gas tank.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Philanski.
Philanski lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Philanski.
Young is trying to break the clinch but Philanski is controlling him.
Philanski lands a left hand.
Philanski softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Philanski scores with a nice hook to the head.
Young takes a shot to the head.
Young takes a shot to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Philanski.
With the fighters up against the cage, Young throws an elbow but misses.
Philanski scores with a shoulder strike.
Philanski lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Philanski lands with a right to the head.
Philanski working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Young wants to break the clinch but can't.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Philanski.
Philanski lands a shoulder strike.
Philanski lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Young.
Philanski lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Young blocks an elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young jumps guard but Philanski stands there with Young around his waist. Young gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Young jumps guard but Philanski stands there with Young around his waist. Young gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
A hook to the body from Philanski.
Philanski scores with a shot to the side of Young's head.
Young tries for a takedown but Philanski manages to get underhooks.
Young takes a shot to the head.
Young throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Young fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Young wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Philanski has him pressed against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Philanski.
Philanski lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A nice left hand lands by Philanski.
Philanski presses Young against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A short right from Philanski.
Philanski lands a shoulder strike.
Philanski lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Philanski pushes Young back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Philanski lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Philanski scores with a nice hook to the head.
Still in the clinch, Philanski scores with a nice short uppercut.
Come on Philanski - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Philanski lands with a short shot to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Philanski.

Young manages to break the clinch.

Philanski moves into range and clinches up with Young.
Philanski lands with a right to the head.
Philanski lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Philanski tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A short uppercut from Philanski.
Philanski fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Philanski works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Philanski scores with a shoulder strike.
Young jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Philanski walks away with a smile on his face. Young gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Young shoots in for a takedown but Philanski shows good takedown defense.
Philanski sizes up Young with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Young changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Philanski tries to avoid it but Young manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Philanski to the ground. Philanski escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Norman Philanski dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Andre Young's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Young gets tackled into the cage by Philanski. Philanski maintains the clinch.
Philanski misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Young.
Young is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Philanski pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Young jumps guard but Philanski stands there with Young around his waist. Young gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Philanski pushes Young back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Philanski blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Philanski lands with a right to the head.
Young is working for takedown but Philanski is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andre Young. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Philanski lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Philanski lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short uppercut from Philanski.
Young tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Young tries to pull guard but Philanski holds him up against the cage and eventually Young drops back down to his feet.
Philanski lands with a left to the head.
A short right from Philanski on the inside.
Young has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Philanski is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Philanski lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Philanski lands a left hand.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Still in the clinch, Philanski scores with a nice short uppercut.
Philanski lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Philanski lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Philanski scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short left from Philanski.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Philanski.
Philanski makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A short uppercut from Philanski.
Philanski pushes Young back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short left from Philanski.
Philanski scores with a shot to the side of Young's head.
Philanski prevents Young from breaking the clinch.
Philanski tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Young looking for a takedown.
Good body shot from Philanski.
Philanski lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Young or not.
Young's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A nice left hand lands by Philanski.
Philanski lands a right hand.
Philanski lands a body shot in the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Philanski.
Philanski lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Young tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Philanski just stands there and leans against the cage.
Philanski lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Norman Philanski is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A left hand lands to the body for Philanski.
Young can't get the takedown.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Philanski cracks Young with a nice body shot.
Philanski avoiding damage.
Young swings wildly with an uppercut but Philanski uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Philanski.
Philanski lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Philanski throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

Young pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Philanski.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Philanski connects with a body shot that sends Young's belly button to the back.
Young tries to score a power double leg takedown but Philanski sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Young somewhat.
Philanski jabs at Young's body.
Nice uppercut there from Philanski.
Young tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Young takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Philanski keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Young.
Nice uppercut lands for Philanski. That snapped Young's head back.

Philanski moves into range and clinches up with Young.
Nice body punch from Philanski.
Young fails to pull guard.
Young tries to pull guard but Philanski holds him up against the cage and eventually Young drops back down to his feet.
Philanski has a couple of punches blocked by Young.
Young tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Philanski's elbow.
Philanski softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Andre Young has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Young has a couple of punches blocked by Philanski.

And that's the end of the fight!
Norman Philanski comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Philanski winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 43:50
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 43:50
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 44:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Norman Philanski!
Norman Philanski is the new bantamweight champion!