PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sebastien Bartings (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricky Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sebastien Bartings has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Bartings
vs
Young

182 cm
20
183 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

188 cm
25
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Sebastien Bartings !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ricky Young!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Damien Edna and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sloppy strikes from Young. Those never looked like landing.
Young moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Young misses with the combination.
Bartings slips a straight right by Young.
Young works Bartings 's body with a nice hook.
Young tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A combination from Young does no damage.
Young swings for the body but Bartings moves out of range.
Young throws a jab when Bartings was well out of range.
Young throws a low kick but Bartings avoids it.
Bartings shoots for a takedown but Young saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Young lands a two punch combo.
Bartings closes this distance looking for a takedown but Young circles away.
Bartings takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Young ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bartings moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Bartings .
Bartings drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Young scores with a jab.
Young throws a right and a left that Bartings avoids nicely.
Young throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bartings takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Young pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Bartings tries for a takedown but Young sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sebastien Bartings . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bartings has a takedown stuffed.
Young scores with a body shot.
Young lands with a right hand.
Bartings avoids a kick to the body.
Bartings takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bartings tries to close the distance and clinch up but Young swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ricky Young is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Young throws a nice looking combination but Bartings bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bartings walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Young lands with a shot to the body.
Bartings showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Young.

Bartings takes the fight into the clinch.

Bartings jumps guard and drags Young to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Young wants to stand and escape but instead Bartings has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Young keeping moving, preventing Bartings from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bartings scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Bartings won't allow Young to get back to his feet.
Bartings pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Young is keeping the position for now.
Bartings trying to control the position from guard on top but Young is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bartings forces his way into half guard.
Young wants to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young wants to stand back up but Bartings manages to pass into side control.
Young pushes Bartings away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Bartings gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Bartings trying to control the action but Young is working from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Bartings decides to take the fight back to the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricky Young dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

No luck for Bartings with that takedown attempt.
Young just misses with a punch to the body.
Sebastien Bartings is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bartings takes a body punch but keeps moving.
No joy there for Young, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bartings shoots for a double leg takedown but Young sprawls well. He's pushed Bartings 's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Some wild striking there from Young.
Ricky Young seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bartings tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Young manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bartings shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Young sprawls well. Young wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Bartings gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sebastien Bartings . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bartings misses with a double jab.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Young lands a lovely overhand right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young works over Bartings 's head and body with a nice combination.
Young lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bartings circles away quickly and effectively.
Young throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bartings .
Young lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Young bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Bartings 's head.
Bartings blocks a head kick by Young.
Young lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Young scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Young throws a head kick that misses.
Young lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bartings circles away quickly and effectively.
A punch lands to the side of Bartings 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Young looks to land a combination but Bartings avoids it well.
Young misses with a wild body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bartings is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Young throws a body punch but Bartings moves out of range.
Young defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Bartings .
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bartings wants to clinch up but Young keeps it at a distance.
Young tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Bartings is able to avoid easily.
Bartings 's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Young connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Bartings scrambles back to his feet.
A left lands for Young.

Bartings closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Bartings takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Bartings wants to take a breather but Young is having none of it.
Bartings stops Young from getting back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bartings maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Young could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Bartings has cracked it and Young is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Bartings !

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Sebastien Bartings !