PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tom Wopat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gerald Young III (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Wopat
vs
Young III

187 cm
27
190 lbs
8 - 13 - 0

185 cm
27
185 lbs
6 - 10 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

Powerful takedowns
Great elbows
Heavy handed

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 8 - 13 - 0, fighting out of London, Tom Wopat!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Gerald Young III!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Chris Edwards and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

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

Young III breaks the clinch.
Young III is looking to clinch but Wopat is avoiding it.
Young III tries to close the distance and clinch but Wopat swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Young III looks to clinch
and Wopat counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Young III closes the distance and pushes Wopat back into the cage.
Wopat can't break the clinch.

Young III's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wopat swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Young III holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Wopat wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Wopat is looking to break free of the clinch but Young III has double underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young III is struggling to control the position.
Wopat looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Young III creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Wopat's defenses.

It looks like Tom Wopat has been cut.
Young III lands an elbow that stopped Wopat in his tracks for a moment.

Young III breaks the clinch.
A punch combination from Wopat misses.
Wopat throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Young III counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Young III.
Young III keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Wopat's efforts to push away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Young III breaks the clinch.
Wopat keeps the fight on the outside.
Some wild striking there from Wopat.
Nice defenses there by Young III.
Young III tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Wopat counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Young III fails with an attempt to clinch.
Young III fails in his attempt to clinch.
Young III closes the distance but Wopat moves to the side
and Wopat counters with a one-two to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wopat lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Young III circles away quickly and effectively.
Wopat throws a combination that misses

and Young III moves into the clinch.
Wopat being controlled against the cage.

Young III manages to break the clinch.
Young III tries to clinch up
and Wopat counters with a series of strikes. Young III will be more careful next time no doubt.
Wopat is breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wopat throws a right and a left that both miss.

Young III drives through and clinches with Wopat against the cage.

Young III's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Young III tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Wopat manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Young III moves in looking to clinch but Wopat pushes him off.
Young III tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Wopat counters with a series of strikes. Young III will be more careful next time no doubt.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wopat throws a combination that misses

and Young III counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gerald Young III dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tom Wopat's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Young III fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wopat misses with a double jab

and Young III holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Young III throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wopat blocks it with crossed arms.
Wopat wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Young III breaks the clinch.
Wopat throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Young III counters by clinching up.

Young III's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Young III tries to clinch up.
Wopat falls off balance throwing a combination

and Young III counters by moving into the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wopat tries to break the clinch but Young III is controlling the position.
Wopat wants to break free but Young III has control.
A frustrated look appears on Wopat's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Young III creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Wopat's defenses.

Young III escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wopat throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Young III counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Young III.

Young III pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wopat lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Wopat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wopat swats away the attempt to clinch by Young III.
Young III wants to clinch up but Wopat keeps it at a distance.
Young III tries to clinch up.
Young III tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wopat paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Young III closes the distance and clinches.

Young III's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Young III is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Young III wants to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young III tries to close the distance and clinch but Wopat swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Young III doesn't manage to clinch there - Wopat circles away.
Young III tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wopat swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Young III tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wopat swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Young III moves in looking to clinch but Wopat pushes him off.
Young III tries to close the distance and clinch but Wopat swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wopat keeps the fight on the outside.
Tom Wopat is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young III tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Wopat manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Young III tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wopat swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Young III closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Young III escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Young III tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Wopat manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Young III closes the distance and clinches.

Young III breaks from the clinch.
Young III fails with an attempt to clinch.
Young III moves in looking to clinch but Wopat pushes him off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gerald Young III showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Tom Wopat'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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Wopat circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wopat keeps the fight on the outside.
Wopat throws a left and a right that both miss

and Young III counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Young III.
Wopat has had enough of the clinch but Young III keeps him there for the moment.

Young III manages to break the clinch.
Gerald Young III seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wopat throws an off balance right hand

and Young III counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Young III.
Wopat has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Nice elbow from Young III.

Young III breaks the clinch.
Wopat misses with a series of wild punches.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Young III wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young III is looking to clinch but Wopat is avoiding it.
Wopat misses with a combination

and Young III counters by clinching up.

Young III connects with a massive knee from the clinch and Wopat goes down! Young III jumps into full mount looking to finish!

Wopat is rocked!
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

Young III stands up from mount. Strange move.
Oh Wopat is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Young III breaks the clinch.

Young III takes the fight into the clinch.

Young III manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Young III clinches.

Young III's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Young III takes the fight into the clinch.
Young III gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Young III breaks from the clinch.

Young III gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Young III lands an elbow just above Wopat 's eye.
Young III jerks Wopat's head down, straight into the path of a devastating knee! Wopat drops to the floor in a crumpled heap! Young III goes to throw a finishing haymaker but pulls out - good sportsmanship from Young III because Wopat was completely out of it. That was a nice finish - just the right level of brutality to send everyone home happy.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:21 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Gerald Young III!