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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kevin Masterson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ming Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Masterson's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Legend of Back Wind. This should be a great matchup!
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187 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
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200 lbs
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Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
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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
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kevin Masterson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ming Young!
The judges for this bout are , and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Young fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Masterson sprawls well initially but Young persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Masterson gets back to full guard.
Young preventing the sweep.
Young is working Masterson over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Masterson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Young.
Young throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Masterson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Masterson trying to keep a closed guard but Young is proving a slippery customer.
Young postures up in Masterson's guard and throws a big left but Masterson blocks it.
Young working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Masterson throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Masterson throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Masterson escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Young gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Masterson thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Masterson is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Young is controlling him.
Young really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Masterson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Young throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Masterson manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Young manages to get himself to full guard.
Masterson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Young swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Young strikes from his own guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Young is on top in guard.
Masterson 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 with a flurry of punches that miss.
Young throws a big right hand that misses.
Young is in close to Masterson's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Young throwing strikes but missing.
Masterson is adopting a defensive guard.
Masterson is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Young is controlling him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Masterson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Young scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Young pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Masterson is keeping the position for now.
Masterson is trying to control the position but Young postures up.
Young working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Young won't allow Masterson to get back to his feet.
Masterson not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Young postures up in Masterson's guard and throws a big left but Masterson blocks it.
Young preventing the sweep.
Young working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Masterson wants to sweep here but Young controlling him for the moment.
Young keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Masterson's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Masterson is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Young keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Masterson's head.
Young wants to control from the top but Masterson keeps moving.
Young works over Masterson with some ground and pound from guard.
Masterson is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Masterson is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Young stopping the sweep attempt from Masterson.
Young lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young trying to control but Masterson is working from the bottom.
Young distracts Masterson with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Young scoring with punches to the head and body.
Masterson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Young.
Masterson keeping moving, preventing Young from controlling successfully.
Masterson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Young pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Masterson is keeping the position for now.
Young postures up in Masterson's guard and throws a big left but Masterson blocks it.
Young working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Masterson's head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Young is pushing down on Masterson's leg trying to pass to half guard. Masterson is fighting to maintain full guard but Young has managed to sneak the leg through.
Young throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Young is looking to take a break and control but Masterson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Masterson won't allow Young to pass to mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ming Young dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Young tries to close the distance and clinch up but Masterson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Masterson will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Young looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Masterson is fending him off so far but Young persists. Nope, Masterson circles away and we're back to standing.
Masterson shoots for a takedown but Young saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Young shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Masterson sprawls well. Masterson wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Young gets slowly back to his feet.
Masterson tries to score a power double leg takedown but Young sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Masterson somewhat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kevin Masterson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Masterson shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Young is looking to clinch.
Kevin Masterson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Young 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.
Young won't allow Masterson to sweep him here.
Young tries to free his leg and advance position but Masterson is retaining full guard.
Young postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Masterson wants to stand but Young is controlling the position.
Masterson has momentary wrist control but Young slips an elbow through the middle.
Young lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Ming Young has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Masterson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Young content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Young postures up and lands a big shot to Masterson's brow.
Young scoring with punches to the head and body.
Masterson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Young preventing the sweep.
Young lands a couple of digs.
Masterson tries to land a sweep but no joy.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Young accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Young makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Young is breathing heavily.
Masterson is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Young is trying to stand.
Young is refusing to be controlled, as Masterson sits in half guard.
Young is looking to control Masterson's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Young avoid being mounted?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young pushes Masterson off looking to stand but Masterson dives back in and keeps control.
Masterson performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Young keeps control of the position for the meantime.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Kevin Masterson.
Masterson stuffs the takedown.
Masterson looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Masterson keeps the fight on the outside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Masterson tries for a takedown but Young circles away easily
and Young counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Masterson tries for a takedown but Young sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Masterson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Masterson gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Young counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Masterson slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Young must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Young postures up and lands a big shot to Masterson's brow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ming Young showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Masterson tries to score a power double leg takedown but Young sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Masterson somewhat.
Young closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Young working the ground and pound.
Young throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Young throws an elbow but Masterson slips to the side and avoids it well.
Masterson wants to control but Young postures up.
Young scoring with punches from side control.
Masterson manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Young throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Masterson works his way to full guard. Good work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Young postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Masterson is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Young is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Young scoring with some ground and pound.
Masterson has his foot on Young's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Young works his way back into a safe position though.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Young landing some decent shots from guard.
Young postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Young trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Young makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Young lands a couple of digs.
Masterson is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Masterson looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Masterson seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young wants to get back to full guard.
Young has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Masterson is working away from the top position though.
Masterson wants to work for an arm triangle but Young is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Masterson is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Young sees it coming and defends easily.
Young keeping control of the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Masterson is thwarting Young's attempts to control the position.
Young is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Young wants to control but Masterson is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Young avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Masterson.
Young tries to get to full guard but Masterson has control of the leg.
Masterson is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Young defends it well.
Young is looking for a sweep. Masterson is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Young can do anything to dispel that myth.
Masterson is looking to advance position but Young won't allow it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young regains full guard. Nicely done.
Masterson gets to his feet. Young looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Young tries to clinch up.
Young dives in and grabs Masterson's left leg, looking for a takedown. Masterson pushes down on Young's head and hops out.
Young slaps away a takedown attempt from Masterson, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Masterson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Masterson tries to clinch there but Young circles away.
Kevin Masterson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ming Young is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Masterson shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ming Young comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Young has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ming Young!
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