PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Manny Mayweather (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charles Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Mayweather might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Mama said knock you out!. Young has chosen Shut 'Em Down as his entrance music. Charles Young is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Mayweather
vs
Young

180 cm
20
220 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

198 cm
22
205 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
KO power

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

1337 ANZAC

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Manny Mayweather!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Charles Young!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mayweather swinging wildly here.
Young misses with a body shot.
A punch combination from Mayweather misses.
Young tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mayweather was well out of range. Poor timing from Young.
Young misses with a series of wild punches.
Mayweather fails to land with a series of punches.
Young throws a body punch but Mayweather moves out of range.
Young misses with a wild body shot.
Young throws a hook to the side of Mayweather's head but Mayweather sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Young uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Mayweather has time to react.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young misses with a looping right.
Young swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Mayweather connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
No joy there for Mayweather, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mayweather throws a looping overhand right but Young ducks down to avoid it.
Young will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mayweather takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Mayweather keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Young takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young loads up on a big right hand but Mayweather slips the punch.
Mayweather tries to bum rush Young with a series of wild strikes but Young uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The fighters circle momentarily. Young darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Manny Mayweather is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mayweather slips a straight right by Young.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice defenses there by Mayweather.
Mayweather steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Young.
Young looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Mayweather misses with a straight left.
Young lands a nice shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mayweather tries to bum rush Young with a series of wild strikes but Young uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Young has a takedown stuffed.
Young connects with the punch.
Charles Young seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mayweather keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Young lands a jab to Mayweather's midsection.
Young takes a swing at Mayweather's ribcage but misses.
Mayweather misses with a hook
and Young counters with a stiff right hand.
Mayweather lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Young pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mayweather scores with a three punch combo!
Young misses with a hook. Mayweather ducked under it nicely.
Mayweather takes a shot right to the bread basket.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Young lands a lovely overhand right.
Mayweather throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Young fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Young lands with a cross.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mayweather throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Young lunges at Mayweather with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Mayweather's hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charles Young dominated that round.
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.

Young bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Young takes a swing at Mayweather's ribcage but misses.
Young fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Young is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
A punch combination from Young misses.
Young closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Young misses with a hook
and Mayweather counters with a straight right hand.
Young looks to score with a jab to the body but Mayweather is just out of range.
Young throws a series of punches but Mayweather avoids them all with ease.
Young pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young scores with the left hand. Mayweather knows he should have avoided that one.
Young drops his hands momentarily and Mayweather takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Young connects with a body shot.
Mayweather lands a nice hook to Young's body. Young takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Young misses with a looping right.
Mayweather throws a right and a left that Young avoids nicely.
Mayweather lands with a hook. Young tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Young throws a series of punches but Mayweather moves out of range.
A jab from Young misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Mayweather, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mayweather lands a lovely overhand right.
Young throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Young scores with a nice head shot.
Mayweather misses with a series of wild punches.
Young connects with a body shot.
Young misses the shot to the body.
Young looks to score with a jab to the body but Mayweather is just out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young lands a jab to Mayweather's midsection.
A cross from Mayweather lands.
Mayweather moves away from the strike by Young.
Mayweather will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mayweather is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Young throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mayweather uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Young.
Nice jab there from Young.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young misses with an uppercut. Mayweather saw that one coming.
Mayweather throws a right and a left that Young avoids nicely.
Young swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Mayweather.
Young lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Young slips a straight right by Mayweather.
A combination from Mayweather does no damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mayweather throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
enabling Young to counter with a crisp jab.
Mayweather takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Mayweather misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charles 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!

Young with a hook.
Young missing with a left hand there. Mayweather was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Mayweather misses with a straight right.
Mayweather throws a series of punches but Young avoids them all with ease.
Young comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Mayweather defending well as Young loads up on a big left hand.
Young lands with a nice body punch.
Young misses with a hook. Mayweather ducked under it nicely.
Young throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Young scores with a punch to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young dips to his left and cracks Mayweather with an uppercut!
Young misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mayweather.
Young darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Young moves out of range as Mayweather strikes.
Young sizes up Mayweather with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Young throws a hook but Mayweather avoids it easily.

Young drives through with a takedown into guard.
Young wants to get up but he can't break Mayweather's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Mayweather is looking to sweep but instead, Young has passed into half guard.
Manny Mayweather has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Young is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Mayweather holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.

Young is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mayweather is trying to stand back up but Young is controlling him
Young perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Young seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Mayweather does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Mayweather is defending against the submission attempts here by Young.

Young is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Mayweather sees it coming and defends easily.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Mayweather trying to control here.
Young takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Charles Young is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young stops Mayweather from getting back to his feet.
Young wants to stand up but Mayweather is controlling the position.
Mayweather is staying active underneath Young, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Mayweather pushes Young off but Young dives into side control.
Mayweather knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Young on the ground.
Mayweather wants to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Young trying to control the position but Mayweather is working away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Young controls the position from side control.

And that's the end of the fight!
Charles 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 Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 27:30

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