PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Chris The Great (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mitchael Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Young has chosen Young Forever- Jay Z ft. Mr Hudson as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

The Great
vs
Young

176 cm
24
170 lbs
14 - 5 - 0

195 cm
21
160 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin

TFP Graphics - Pit Inc
Brute

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Chris The Great!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Mitchael Young!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Steven Brown and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Young closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Nice shot by The Great.
The Great connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Young momentarily.

It looks like Mitchael Young has been cut.
Young shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as The Great sprawls well. The Great wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Young gets slowly back to his feet.
Young takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Young looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? The Great is fending him off so far but Young persists. Nope, The Great circles away and we're back to standing.
The Great jabs Young to the body, keeping him at a distance.
The Great throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Young shoots in looking for a takedown. The Great tries to sprawl out of it but Young keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. The Great manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Chris The Great has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mitchael Young.
Young gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and The Great counters with a nice uppercut.
The Great with a body punch. A glancing blow.

The Great scores a takedown into full mount!

The Great has control of Young's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Young regains control of the situation pretty easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
The Great takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Young is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Young is squirming around, avoiding The Great's attempts to control the action.
Young is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

The Great jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Young manages to avoid the submission attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The Great is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Young has escaped the position, nice work there.

The Great tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no The Great has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
The Great trying to control the position but Young is working away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The Great is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Young has escaped the position, nice work there.

The Great looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Young tries to escape but The Great is in control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The Great wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Young, who protects the arm well.

The Great is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Young has escaped the position, nice work there.

The Great is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Young knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Young is not content to let The Great control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chris The Great dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mitchael Young's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Young gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and The Great counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Young takes a shot to the body in his stride.
The Great swings for the body but Young moves out of range.
Mitchael Young seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Young shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. The Great defends it nicely.
No luck with that takedown attempt from The Great.
Young shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. The Great defends it nicely.
Chris The Great has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mitchael Young.

Young shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. The Great manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
The Great bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Young's guard.
The Great works a leg free and moves into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The Great is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Young sees it coming and defends easily.

The Great is looking for a kimura but Young is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for The Great to get the leverage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

The Great seems to be working for a kimura but Young defends the submission attempt.
Young tries to kick The Great off but The Great keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

The Great is working for a submission of some sort.

The Great is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Young has managed to free his arm - good work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young is not content to let The Great control the position.
Chris The Great overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

The Great seems to be looking for submissions.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The Great is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Young has managed to free his arm - good work.

The Great is trying for a kimura here. Young looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! The Great wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Chris The Great!
Chris The Great retains his lightweight title!
Chris The Great gave a mention to The Nutritionists (O.R.G) »Q155 only $49!« in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).