PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ming Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jordan Ratz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ming Young has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Young
vs
Ratz

180 cm
19
200 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

190 cm
23
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ming Young!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jordan Ratz!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ratz doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Young counters with a takedown into side control.
Young postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Young lands a few punches from side control.
Young connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Ratz some visible discomfort.
Ratz dodges the ground and pound from Young.
Ratz is working to avoid the ground and pound but Young connects with a decent elbow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Young misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Young throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Young working the ground and pound but Ratz is defending the strikes.
The strikes coming from Young are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Young in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ratz managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Young.
Young in side control, throwing shots but Ratz defends.
Young landing strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ratz avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Young.
The strikes coming from Young are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Young working the ground and pound but Ratz is defending the strikes.
Young working the ground and pound from side control.
Ratz looks gassed!
Ratz taking a bit of punishment here - Young scoring with strikes.
Young is looking to take a break and control but Ratz is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Young lands a decent elbow from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young cracks Ratz with a big right hand but Ratz just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Young working the ground and pound.
Young landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Ratz defending against the ground and pound.
Young is chipping away with strikes.
Ratz defending against the ground and pound.
Ratz wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Young working the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young cracks Ratz with a big right hand but Ratz just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Young lands some shots froms side control.
Young connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Ratz some visible discomfort.
Young trying to control the position but Ratz is working away.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Young cracks Ratz with a big elbow.
Ratz takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Young lands an elbow.
Ratz taking punishment in the form of punches.
Young landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Check out the look on Young's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Ratz is working to avoid the ground and pound but Young connects with a decent elbow.
Young scores with punches from side control.
The ground and pound from Young seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Ratz taking punishment in the form of punches.
Ratz takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Ratz taking a bit of punishment here - Young scoring with strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Young creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Ratz sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Young working the ground and pound from side control.
Young scores with punches from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ming Young dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Young throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Ratz was covering up waiting for the punch and Young finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Young throws a big right hand that misses.
Young keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Ratz's head.
Young forces his way into half guard.
Ratz keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Ratz can do anything to dispel that myth.
Young with the ground and pound but Ratz uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Young trying to control but Ratz is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young chips away with some ground and pound.
Ratz is breathing heavily.
Young works over Ratz with some ground and pound from guard.
Ratz has momentary wrist control but Young slips an elbow through the middle.
Young wants to control from the top but Ratz keeps moving.
Young is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Young slips nicely into half guard.
Young is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ratz can do to turn this around?
Young looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Ratz with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young working Ratz over with strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Young takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Ratz blocking the ground and pound attempt from Young.
Ratz blocking the ground and pound attempt from Young.
Young passes the guard and advances to mount!
Young looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

Ratz is rocked!
Young tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Young has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Ratz's face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young working the ground and pound effectively.
Young postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Ratz looks a forlorn figure.
Ratz is still in real trouble! Can Young finish him?
Young cracks Ratz with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Young has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Young lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Ratz seems to have recovered his senses.
Young is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Ratz can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ratz takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Young's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:04 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ming Young!