PBP Commentary

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

Young
vs
Sailo

188 cm
25
200 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

188 cm
24
197 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Determined

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ricky Young!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bruno Sailo!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Hugh Johnson and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sailo fails with the takedown.
Young throws a nice looking combination but Sailo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sailo is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Young misses with a double jab.
Sailo shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Young pinned against the cage. Young gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Sailo changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Young tries to avoid it but Sailo manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Young to the ground. Young escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Ricky Young has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bruno Sailo.
Young throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Young scores with a punch to the head.
Young lands with a nice combination. Sailo backs away looking to recover.
Sailo takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Young is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Young takes a swing at Sailo's ribcage but misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sailo. Young does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young misses with a body shot.
Young throws a nice looking combination but Sailo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Young wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Young throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sailo.
Young scores with a sloppy right hand. Sailo should have avoided that one.
Young misses with a series of wild punches.
Sailo looks to score with a jab to the body but Young is just out of range.
Sailo takes one to the chin there.
Sailo moves out of range of the body kick.
Young scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Young rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sailo moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Young tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sailo was well out of range. Poor timing from Young.
A shot to the liver by Young. Beautiful body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young misses with a combination

and Sailo counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Young can't keep his opponent in guard - Sailo advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

Sailo is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Young is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Bruno Sailo!
A very excited looking Bruno Sailo made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.