PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Craig Broffy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gerald Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gerald Young acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Broffy
vs
Young

198 cm
30
265 lbs
16 - 11 - 0

198 cm
25
265 lbs
12 - 11 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power

Powerful takedowns
Good low kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Craig Broffy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 11 - 1, fighting out of London, Gerald Young!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Daniel Bishop and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Broffy with a poor takedown
and Young counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

It looks like Craig Broffy has been cut.
Broffy with a poor takedown
and Young counters with a nice low kick that buckles Broffy's knee momentarily.
Young tries a head kick but it misses.
A combination from Young does no damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Broffy with a poor takedown

and Young counters with a right hand that sends Broffy tumbling to the canvas! Can Young finish him? He dives into Broffy's guard looking to do just that!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Craig Broffy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Broffy is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Young is looking to stand up but Broffy won't let him.
Young stops Broffy from standing up.
Broffy on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Broffy tries to get out of the position.

Broffy scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Broffy shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Young as he jumps to the side.

Broffy closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Young did well to prevent Broffy getting side control.
Broffy thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Ground and pound from Broffy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Broffy missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Broffy winds up and cracks Young with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Broffy missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Broffy throws a strike but Young avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Young wants to stand up but Broffy is controlling him.
Broffy 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 has momentary wrist control but Broffy slips an elbow through the middle.
Young avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Broffy is looking to work some ground and pound but Young has wrist control.
Broffy missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Young avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Broffy in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Broffy throws a big right hand that misses.
Young avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Young wants to stand up but Broffy is controlling him.
Broffy throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Young preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Broffy loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Young is looking to stand up but Broffy isn't so interested in that idea.
Broffy trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Broffy working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Broffy working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Broffy postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Young working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Broffy.
Broffy throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Young wants to stand but Broffy is controlling the position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Broffy accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Broffy thows a big elbow that misses.
Broffy with a nice head shot there.
Broffy missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Broffy is in close to Young's body, working some short punches and elbows.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Broffy lands a couple of digs.
Broffy postures up in Young's guard and throws a big left but Young blocks it.

Broffy drops back looking for a leg! Young is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Young manages to kick Broffy off! Broffy jumps back into Young's guard.
Broffy postures up and lands a big shot to Young's brow.
Young really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Broffy. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Broffy trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Broffy throwing strikes from guard but Young blocks nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Young avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Broffy postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Craig Broffy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Craig Broffy's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Broffy shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Young is trying to defend but Broffy finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Young regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Broffy.
Broffy postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Young wants to stand and escape but Broffy is having none of it.
Broffy throwing strikes from guard but Young blocks nicely.
Broffy landing with the ground and pound.
Broffy throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Young works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Broffy is looking to work some ground and pound but Young has wrist control.
Broffy postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Broffy works over Young with some ground and pound from guard.
Broffy landing with the ground and pound.
Broffy throwing strikes but missing.

Broffy thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Broffy lands a couple of elbows.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Broffy accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Broffy in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Broffy missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Broffy postures up in Young's guard and throws a big left but Young blocks it.

Broffy drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Broffy seems to have locked his on tight now - Young screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Broffy, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Craig Broffy!