PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Nikola Tesla (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Angus Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tesla comes to the cage accompanied by AC/DC's Thunderstruck. Young has chosen AC/DC - Live Wire as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Tesla
vs
Young

177 cm
28
154 lbs
17 - 5 - 0

175 cm
30
153 lbs
17 - 1 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

SPARTA FIGHTWARE-GTI

۞ AFFAKETIΘN ۞
Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Nikola Tesla!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Angus Young!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Alexandre Firmino and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Young throws a leg kick which misses Tesla's front leg but catches the back leg as Tesla tries to avoid it.
Young is looking to land body kicks.
Young tries to land a front kick but Tesla steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Young throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Young connects with a body shot that sends Tesla's belly button to the back.
A left and a right from Tesla both land. Nice combination.
Young scores with a jab to the jaw.
Nice body punch from Tesla.
Tesla chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nikola Tesla seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Young instigates a clinch.
Young connects with a knee to the head.
Young keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tesla's efforts to push away.
Young misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tesla is trying to break the clinch but Young is controlling him.
Young throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Teslas head.

Tesla breaks from the clinch.
Tesla misses with an attempted mid kick.
Tesla lands a jab to the nose.
Tesla scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Young doesn't seem bothered though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tesla throws a leg kick that misses.
Young throws the kick towards the body but Tesla avoids it.
Young tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tesla was well out of range. Poor timing from Young.
Tesla lands with a shot to the body.
Young throws a low kick but Tesla avoids it.
Young is looking to clinch.
Young has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Tesla.
Tesla misses with a lunging right hand
and Young counters with an inside leg kick.
Young finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Tesla throws the kick towards the body but Young avoids it.
Young lands with a thumping leg kick.
Tesla checks a leg kick.
Young moves out of range of the body kick from Tesla.
Tesla blocks the body kick.
Tesla swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A nice leg kick lands there from Young.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Young checks a leg kick.
Tesla keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Young.

Young moves into the clinch successfully.
A short right from Young.
Young with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Young lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tesla gets through Young's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Tesla misses with the head strike.
Young tries to throw a body punch but Tesla avoids it by throwing Young back against the cage.
Tesla managing to block the knees to the body from Young.
Young misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tesla.
Young blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Tesla manages to break the clinch.
Tesla lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Young defending well as Tesla loads up on a big left hand.
Tesla looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Tesla takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Tesla throws a hook but Young avoids it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tesla is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Tesla chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Young can pounce on him.
Young does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Tesla jabs Young to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Young tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Tesla manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Tesla on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Tesla misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Young.
Tesla wants to slow Young down by chopping away at his legs.
Young misses with the combination.
Tesla looks to land a left hand but Young moved out of range nicely.
Tesla throws a body punch but Young moves out of range.
Young tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tesla paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tesla throws an overhand right that lands on Young's shoulder, as Young tries to avoid the shot.
Tesla moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Tesla throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tesla throws a hook but Young avoids it easily.
Young fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Tesla has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tesla looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Tesla misses the shot to the body.
The fighters circle momentarily. Tesla darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Young connects with a solid leg kick.
A combination from Young does no damage.
Young looks to land a body kick but Tesla moved away.
Young is looking to land body kicks.

Young closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Tesla wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Tesla.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Young misses with a hook from the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Tesla as Young tries to tie him up.
Tesla blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Young misses with a knee strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Angus Young dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Tesla ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Young moves away.
Young takes one to the chin there.
Tesla throws a half hearted mid kick.
That kick from Young tenderised Tesla's leg. Tesla is trying to keep his angry face on.
Tesla lands a nice looking body shot.
Tesla checks a low kick from Young.
Tesla misses with a looping right.
Tesla missing with a left hand there. Young was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Young is looking to clinch.
Young takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A bone on bone clash there as Tesla blocks the leg kick.
Young throws a head kick but Tesla moves out of range.
Young drops his hands momentarily and Tesla takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Tesla bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tesla uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Young has time to react.
Tesla looks to score with a jab to the body but Young is just out of range.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Young in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Young.
Young steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tesla.
Tesla thows a body shot but no joy.
Young stalks Tesla and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Tesla's face. Tesla staggers backwards, shaken.
Tesla checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A slapping leg kick lands for Young.
Tesla misses the shot to the body.
Tesla misses with a hook. Young ducked under it nicely.
Tesla misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Young.
Tesla takes a jab right on the kisser.
Tesla thows a leg kick but Young checks it
and Young connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nice shot lands for Tesla.
A solid leg kick lands there for Young.
Young looks to land a right hand but Tesla moved out of range.
Young's jab looks to have found its range, popping Tesla under the eye.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tesla connects with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tesla takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Young looks to land a right hand but Tesla moved out of range.
Tesla throws a body punch but Young moves out of range.
A slapping leg kick lands for Young.
Young throws a hook to the side of Tesla's head but Tesla sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tesla checks the leg kick.
Tesla is looking to wear down Young with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A bone on bone clash there as Tesla blocks the leg kick.
Young walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Tesla checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Young looks to throw the jab but Tesla is out of range.
Tesla throws a leg kick
enabling Young to counter with a crisp jab.
Young avoids the body shot from Tesla.
Young swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Young scoring well with a low kick there.
Tesla misses with a body shot.
A good leg kick by Young.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Young clinches up with Tesla and pushes him back against the cage.
Tesla tries to break the clinch but Young is controlling the position.
Young misses with a body punch.
Tesla managing to block the knees to the body from Young.
Young looking to stall.
Young trying to land knees to the body.
Young working Tesla over with knees to the body.
Tesla is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Young connects with a knee to the head.

Tesla breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tesla circles away from the clinch attempt.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Tesla, as that shot connected.
Tesla misses with a combination
and Young counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Tesla misses with the combination.
Angus Young seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Tesla steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Young.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Tesla throws a leg kick but Young moved away.
Young misses with a body kick.
Nice cross by Tesla.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tesla thows a body kick. Young tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Tesla has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Young.
Young fails to land with a series of punches.
Young bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Nice uppercut lands for Tesla. That snapped Young's head back.
Tesla throws out a loose jab but Young uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tesla lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Young at a distance.
Tesla takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Young dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Tesla. That did some damage!
Young cracks the inside of Tesla's front leg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Angus Young showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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 connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Young wants to clinch up but Tesla keeps it at a distance.
A jab from Tesla misses.

Young has taken the fight to the clinch.
Tesla is trying to break free.
Young connects with a nasty looking knee right to Tesla's face.
Young misses with a punch to the body.
Young misses with a knee strike.
Young lands a knee to the body.
Young tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Young crunches a lovely knee into Tesla's ribcage.
Young misses with a punch to the body.
Young with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tesla blocks a body shot from Young.
Young tries a knee to the head but Tesla blocks it.
A knee to the head by Young.

Tesla is rocked!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Young jerks Tesla's head down, straight into the path of a devastating knee! Tesla drops to the floor in a crumpled heap! Young goes to throw a finishing haymaker but pulls out - good sportsmanship from Young because Tesla 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 1:02 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Angus Young!