PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Nathan Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fernando Velasquez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nathan Young had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 157.3lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Nathan Young has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Young
vs
Velasquez

190 cm
25
168 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

174 cm
26
155 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Nathan Young!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Fernando Velasquez!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Daniel Bishop and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Young misses with a takedown attempt
and Velasquez counters with a body kick.
Fernando Velasquez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Young closes the distance and clinches up with Velasquez, looking for a takedown. Young pushes Velasquez against the cage but Velasquez circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Velasquez dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Young. That did some damage!
Velasquez lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Velasquez tries to bum rush Young with a series of wild strikes but Young uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Velasquez misses with a body punch

and Young counters with a takedown into side control.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.

Young looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Young tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

Young looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Young has hold of Velasquez's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Velasquez seems comfortable defending it but Young has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Velasquez is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Velasquez is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Young couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Nathan Young!