PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ross Woods (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Patrick Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Woods
vs
Young

180 cm
23
168 lbs
12 - 10 - 0

185 cm
26
160 lbs
15 - 14 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
KO power

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Ross Woods!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 14 - 0, fighting out of London, Patrick Young!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, James Atkins and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Woods throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Young throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Woods counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Young takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Woods swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Young counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Woods misses with the body kick
and Young connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Young tries a head kick but it misses.
A punch combination from Young misses.
Woods moves into range and connects with a jab.
Young swings widly with a right hand
and Woods counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Woods misses with an uppercut
and Young counters with a nice uppercut.
Woods avoids the head kick by Young.
Young misses with a two punch combination.
Young thows a body shot but no joy.
Woods lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Woods takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Young scores with a punch to the head.
Young on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Woods. Woods obviously looking to wear him down.
A good leg kick by Young.
Woods blocks a head kick by Young.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Woods scores with a crisp jab that stopped Young in his tracks.
Woods shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A swing and a miss from Woods.
Young feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Woods's calf.
Woods swings away with a body shot that misses
and Young counters with a nice uppercut.
Young throws a right hand that Woods ducks under and follows up with a left that Woods also avoids with ease.
Woods throws a lazy right hand but Young sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Young dodges the punch combination from Woods.
Young keeps the fight on the outside.
Young throws a right hand that Woods ducks under and follows up with a left that Woods also avoids with ease.
Woods throws a lazy uppercut
and Young counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

It looks like Ross Woods has been cut.
Young fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Woods wants to clinch but Young slips to the side
and Young counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Young chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Woods can pounce on him.
Woods ducks under a wild hook from Young.
The fighters circling - Young throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Woods throws out the jab.
Woods throws a leg kick which misses Young's front leg but catches the back leg as Young tries to avoid it.
Young pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nice jab there from Woods.
Woods throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Woods takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Woods swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Young.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Woods comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Woods misses with a lunging right hand
and Young counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Woods looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Young scores with a body shot.
Woods misses with a hook
and Woods takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Woods takes a swing at Young's ribcage but misses.
Woods throws a poor cross that misses
and Young counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Woods is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Woods rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Young counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The fight stays on the outside here - Woods looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Woods.
Young throws a series of punches but Woods moves out of range.
Woods throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Woods has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Young finds it's way round the side to connect with Woods's head.
Young tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A big left from Young misses.
Woods just misses with a punch to the body.
Woods slips a jab and a cross from Young.
Young misses with a two punch combination.
Woods waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Young.
Woods scores with a kick to the midsection.
Woods goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Woods throws the left hand but Young avoids the punch easily.
A head kick by Young misses

and Woods counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Woods.

Young manages to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Woods. Young does a little dance to reset his feet.
Young throws a combination. Woods tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Young swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Young is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Woods had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Young misses with a leg kick
letting Woods counter with a right hand.
Young throws a low kick but Woods avoids it.
Woods misses with a hook to the body
and Young counters with a series of strikes. Woods will be more careful next time no doubt.
Woods throws a shot from downtown. Young moves away and avoids it.
Woods misses with a right hand
and Young counters with a series of strikes. Woods will be more careful next time no doubt.
Young pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Woods moves in looking to clinch but Young pushes him off.
Woods blocks the body kick.
Woods throws a lazy right hand but Young sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sloppy strikes from Woods. Those never looked like landing.
Woods feints and then cracks Young's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Young down.
Woods misses with a left hand
and Young counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Young throws a body kick the misses
and Woods counters with a straight right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Patrick Young dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ross Woods's cut.
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 misses with a double jab.
Young misses with a two punch combination.

Woods shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Young's guard.
Young wants to get back to his feet but Woods is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

Young wriggles free and stands up.
Woods connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Young momentarily.
Sloppy strikes from Young. Those never looked like landing.
Woods thuds his shin into the meat of Young's side.
Young looks to land a right hand but Woods moved out of range.
Young throws a head kick that misses.
Young leaves Woods with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Young blocks the body kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Woods.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Woods throws the kick towards the body but Young avoids it.
Young connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Young keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Woods lands a head shot.
Young throws a nice looking combination but Woods bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Woods moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Woods scores with a spinning back kick!
Patrick Young is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Woods connects with a right hand. Young shakes it off.
Woods tests Young's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Young throws a lazy uppercut
and Woods counters with a solid body kick.
Young lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Woods connects with a solid leg kick.

Young gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Young is looking to stand up but Woods isn't so interested in that idea.
Young is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Young preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Young is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Woods is controlling him.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Woods accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Woods won't allow Young to get back to his feet.
Woods with a flurry of punches that miss.
Woods lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Woods is in close to Young's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Woods trying to control the position from guard on top but Young is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Woods throwing strikes from guard but Young blocks nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young wants to stand up but Woods is controlling him.
Woods throwing strikes from guard but Young blocks nicely.
Woods working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Woods won't allow Young to get back to his feet.
Woods postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Young scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Young has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Woods.
Young slips a straight right by Woods.
Young moves away from the strike by Woods.
Woods throws a poor cross that misses
and Young counters with a left and a right that stings Woods.
Young misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Woods.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Woods with a nice cross.
Young stuffs the takedown attempt from Woods. Woods gets slowly back to his feet.
Woods swings for the body but Young moves out of range.
Young feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Woodss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

Woods forces Young back against the cage and clinches.

Young breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Woods throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Woods takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Woods scores with a nice right hand.
Woods misses with a wild body shot.
Young staying out of range there.
A combination from Young does no damage.
Young misses with a few strikes there.
Woods smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Woods avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Woods dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ross Woods dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ross Woods's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Young scores with a three punch combo!
Woods looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Woods throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Young counters with a three punch combo that has Woods backing up. Woods nods at Young to acknowledge the strikes.
Woods fakes the leg kick and cracks Young in the body.
A solid body kick from Woods.
A combination from Woods does no damage.
Young takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Woods walks into a straight right hand from Young.
Woods pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Young moves out of range as Woods throws a body kick.
Patrick Young seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Woods comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Woods pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Woods - that will leave a mark!
Young throws a leg kick which misses Woods's front leg but catches the back leg as Woods tries to avoid it.
Woods throws the left hand but Young avoids the punch easily.
Woods throws a half hearted mid kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young fails to land with a series of punches.
Young throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Young throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Woods is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Young.
Young slips a straight right by Woods.
Woods misses with a straight left.
Some wild striking there from Young.
Woods with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Nice straight punches there by Woods. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Woods.
Nice body kick from Woods.
Woods tries to clinch
letting Young counter with a right hand.
Woods throws a poor cross that misses
and Young connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Young misses with a double jab
and Woods connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Woods throws a push kick but Young slaps the foot to one side.
A jab lands there for Woods.
Woods shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Young but Young pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Woods shoots for a double leg takedown but Young sprawls well. He's pushed Woods's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Woods swings widly with a right hand
and Young counters with a head kick. That will keep Woods thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Woods throws a right hand that misses
and Young counters with a two punch combo.
Woods blocks a head kick by Young.
Young misses with the combination.
Young fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Woods fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ross Woods. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Woods throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Woods misses with a right hand
and Young counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Woods looks to throw the jab but Young is out of range.
Young blocks the body kick.
No joy there for Young, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A shot to the liver by Young. Beautiful body shot.
Young plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Woods misses the shot to the body.
Young throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Young pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Woods fails in his attempt to clinch.
Patrick Young is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Woods tries to clinch up
and Young counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Woods with a poor takedown
and Young makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
A clash of legs there as Young blocks the low kick.
Young stalks Woods and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Woods's face. Woods staggers backwards, shaken.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young misses with an uppercut. Woods saw that one coming.
Woods fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Young on the side of the head.
Young thuds his right hand into Woods's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Young swings for the body but Woods moves out of range.
Woods chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Young ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Woods ducks under a wild hook from Young.
Woods lands a nice hook to Young's body. Young takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Woods tries to close the distance and clinch up but Young swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Woods misses with a body punch
and Young counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Woods rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Young counters with a left and a right that stings Woods.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Young swinging wildly here.
Young ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Woods moves away.
Young displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Woods.

And that's the end of the fight!
Patrick Young comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Young has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Patrick Young!