PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Runihura Ojore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Connor Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Ojore
vs
Young

195 cm
20
180 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

180 cm
24
175 lbs
7 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Runihura Ojore!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Connor Young!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Viktor Lagutenko and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ojore checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Young swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Young shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.

Young gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ojore is trying to drag Young to the mat but Young just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Young is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Ojore to keep the fight standing.
Ojore is trying to drag Young to the mat but Young just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.

Ojore gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Ojore sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Young is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ojore controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Ojore postures up in Young's guard and throws a big left but Young blocks it.
Ojore slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Runihura Ojore.
Young stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Young wants it to stay on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Runihura Ojore. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Young misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Young looks to land a combination but Ojore avoids it well.
Ojore slaps away a takedown attempt from Young, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Ojore shoots in and gets a takedown into Young's guard.
Ojore really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Ojore slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Young has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Ojore has passed into side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young is trying to escape the position but Ojore is controlling the position.
Ojore has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Young is trying to improve his position.
Young is not in a great position here, taking some shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ojore remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Young manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Ojore works his way into full mount!
Ojore looking to control and managing it successfully.
Young is looking to get to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ojore landing strikes, looking to finish!
Ojore controlling the pace for now.
Ojore's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ojore avoids the attempt from Young to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Runihura Ojore dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Young stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Young wants it to stay on the feet.
Ojore misses with a takedown attempt - Young sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Ojore fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Young avoids it really well and circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Runihura Ojore. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ojore looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Young jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Young misses with a straight right.

Young cracks Ojore with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Young has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Ojore to stand back up!

Ojore is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Young stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Young wants it to stay on the feet.
Oh Ojore is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ojore looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Young throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ojore shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Ojore seems to have got his legs back now.
Young misses with a two punch combination.
Ojore stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Ojore wants it to stay on the feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ojore shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Young sprawls well. Young wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Ojore gets slowly back to his feet.
Young throws a right hand that Ojore ducks under and follows up with a left that Ojore also avoids with ease.
Young displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Ojore.
Some wild striking there from Young.
Ojore has a takedown stuffed.
Connor Young seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Young swinging wildly here.
Young throws a series of punches but Ojore avoids them all with ease.

Ojore shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Ojore was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Young keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ojore in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Young keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young regains half guard.
Ojore content to control rather than advance.
Runihura Ojore overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young wants to improve his position but Ojore is controlling well.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Ojore in particular looking to stall.

We're going to have a standup here because Runihura Ojore wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Young shoots in but Ojore avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Connor Young seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Ojore scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Young wants to control but Ojore is keeping busy.
Ojore trying to control the pace.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Connor Young showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Ojore shoots in and drives through. Young sprawls well.
Young looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ojore dodges the punch combination from Young.
Young throws a sloppy head kick

and Ojore counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Ojore stalling.
Young makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Young.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Young is on top in guard.

Young drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Ojore manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Young has Ojore in his guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young wants to sweep here but Ojore controlling him for the moment.

Young is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Young looking for a guillotine here but Ojore defends easily.
Ojore will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Ojore working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Ojore lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Ojore controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Ojore seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Young for as long as he can get away with.
Ojore pushing down on Young's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ojore perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Ojore uses his free foot to push down on Young's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Young.
Young is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Ojore tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.

We're going to have a standup here because Runihura Ojore wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Ojore shoots and misses
and Ojore takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ojore fails to land the takedown.

And that's the end of the fight!
Runihura Ojore showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Ojore has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 29:28
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 29:28
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Runihura Ojore!