PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nate Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Disis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Disis comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Polly Jean Harvey - Angry Johnny kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Young
vs
Disis

182 cm
22
192 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

183 cm
22
192 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Nate Young!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Johnny Disis!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, John Mangel and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Disis lands with a nice combination. Young backs away looking to recover.
Young misses with a takedown attempt - Disis sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
A jab from Disis misses.
Disis fails to land with a series of punches.
Disis missing with a left hand there. Young was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nice sprawl there from Disis as Young shoots in.
Nice defenses there by Young.
Disis throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Young sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Disis throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Young sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Disis fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
No luck for Young with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nate Young. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Young slips a jab and a cross from Disis.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young fails with the takedown.
Disis throws a hook to the side of Young's head but Young sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Disis misses with a two punch combination.
Young shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Disis pinned against the cage. Disis gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Young ducks under a wild hook from Disis.
Young blocks a jab.
Disis getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Disis misses the jab.
Young shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Disis as he avoids it easily.
Young will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Young fails to land the takedown.
Disis will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Disis tries to bum rush Young with a series of wild strikes but Young uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Disis misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Young throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Disis's waist but Disis gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Young off to one side.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Young.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Disis swivels and escapes.
Disis misses with a two punch combination.
Disis throws a jab but it's blocked by Young.
Young has a takedown stuffed.
Disis throws a shot from downtown. Young moves away and avoids it.
Young avoids a punch combination nicely.
Disis stuffs the takedown attempt from Young. Young gets slowly back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Disis lands a nice shot to the body.
Young is breathing heavily.
Disis misses with a wild combination.
Young shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Disis but Disis pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Young dodges the punch combination from Disis.
Disis throws a right hand that Young ducks under and follows up with a left that Young also avoids with ease.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Disis dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Young misses with a takedown attempt - Disis sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Disis lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Disis might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Young uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Disis.
Disis throws out a loose jab but Young uses good head movement to avoid it.
Young bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Young looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Disis is fending him off so far but Young persists. Nope, Disis circles away and we're back to standing.
Johnny Disis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Young darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Disis is looking to escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young is looking to take a break and control but Disis is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Young trying to pass the guard but Disis defending well.
Young stops Disis from getting back to his feet.
Young wants to lay and pray for a moment but Disis keeps working.

Young is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

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.

Disis kicks off Young and gets to his feet.
Disis keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nate Young. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Young fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Young closes this distance looking for a takedown but Disis circles away.
A jab from Disis misses.
Disis swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Disis throws a series of punches but Young moves out of range.
Disis misses with an uppercut.
Disis misses with a straight left.
Disis swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Disis throws a hook to the side of Young's head but Young sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Disis thows a left - swing and a miss!

Excellent takedown into side control there by Young.
Disis is not content to let Young control the position.
Disis stops Young from passing to mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Disis can't do much from the bottom here.
Young has knee on belly and moves into mount.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Young misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Young looking to control but Disis is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nate Young dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Disis misses with a wild combination.
Disis connects with a looping right hand.
Disis keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Young showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Disis.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Disis fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nice defenses there by Young.
Disis takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young shoots in looking for a takedown. Disis tries to sprawl out of it but Young keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Disis manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
A jab from Disis misses.
Young misses with a takedown attempt - Disis sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nate Young. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Young will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Young has a takedown stuffed.
Young fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Young shoots in looking for a takedown. Disis tries to sprawl out of it but Young keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Disis manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Nate Young is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Young fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Disis slow jab from Young misses its intended target.
Young moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Disis scores with a decent looking hook.
Disis lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Disis just misses with a punch to the body.
Disis throws a big shot that misses.
Disis's corner calls for a 1-2. Disis obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Disis misses with a wild combination.

Young drives through with a takedown into guard.
Young stopping the sweep attempt from Disis.
Young prevents Disis from getting back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young trying to control the position from guard on top but Disis is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Young looking to sit in guard and control but Disis gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Young throws his legs up looking for a submission but Disis uses it to pass to side control.

Disis decides to stand back up.

And that's the end of the fight!
Johnny Disis comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Disis has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Bruno Hogan scores the fight 28:29
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johnny Disis!