PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dan Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bryant Ward (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Young
vs
Ward

185 cm
25
219 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

195 cm
24
217 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dan Young!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bryant Ward!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Josh West and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Young pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Young misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Young tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Ward manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Donk. Ward catches Young right on the button with a cross.
Young throws a head kick that misses.
Young lands a head shot.
Young tries to score with a low kick but Ward moves his leg out of the way.
Left hook, right uppercut from Young.

It looks like Bryant Ward has been cut.
Ward connects with a good right hand that stumbles Young. Young circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Young throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Ward's head.
Young tries to clinch but Ward is having none of it.
Young swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Young smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A swing and a miss from Young.
Young moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ward tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Young was well out of range. Poor timing from Ward.
Young throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
A punch combination from Young misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Ward misses.
Ward shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Young throws a head kick but Ward moves out of range.
Young lands a nice shot to the body.
Ward fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Young manages to avoid it.
Young throws a series of punches but Ward moves out of range.
Ward dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Young lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Young misses with a double jab.
A slow jab from Ward misses its intended target.

Ward shoots in and gets a takedown into Young's guard.
Ward prevents Young from getting back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ward controlling from the top position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Young wants to stand but Ward is controlling the position.
Ward engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Bryant Ward wasn't active enough on the ground.
Ward swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Young fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ward manages to avoid it.
Ward uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Young.
Ward swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Young bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Ward's head backwards.
Young wants to clinch up but Ward keeps it at a distance.
Young misses with a body shot
and Ward counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Ward takes a kick to the side of the head.
Ward lands a nice shot to the body.
Young takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Young on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Dan Young seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Young takes one to the chin there.
Ward uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Young.
Ward has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Young lands a nice hook to Ward's body. Ward takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Young defending well as Ward loads up on a big left hand.
Ward bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nice shot by Young.
Young misses with a head kick.
Young scores with a head kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Young is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Young lunges at Ward with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Ward's hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Ward. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Ward.
Young tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ward swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ward looks to score with a jab to the body but Young is just out of range.
Ward keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Young.

Ward gets tackled into the cage by Young. Young maintains the clinch.
Ward takes an elbow to the forehead.
Young lands an elbow just above Ward 's eye.
Ward wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Young scores with a knee to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Young.
Young landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Young.
A head punch on the inside from Ward fails to land.
Young gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Young lands an elbow inside that Ward shrugs off.

That has opened up Bryant Ward's cut even more.
Young is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ward is defending well for now.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Ward wants to get back to striking at distance but Young won't allow it.
Young lands with a light punch inside.
Ward looking to stall.
Young tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ward.
Ward blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Stalling in the clinch from Ward.
Ward is trying to break free.
Ward swings wildly with an uppercut but Young uses good head movement to avoid it.
Young lands a damaging elbow.
Young is working Ward over against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Ward.
Ward is trying to break the clinch but Young has him pressed against the cage.
Young tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Young is trying to stall.
Ward tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Young lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Young creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ward's defenses.
Young letting Ward take a breather here.
Ward takes an elbow to the forehead.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Young lands a nice elbow.

The cut above Bryant Ward's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Young lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ward backwards.
Young blocking some punches.
Ward blocks a body shot from Young.
Ward is trying to stall.
Young tries to land knees in the clinch but Ward avoids the damage to the body.
Young comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Young gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Bryant Ward's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Bryant Ward's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Dan Young!