PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Chris Seamon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Barry Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chris Seamon could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Barry Young's chin.

Seamon
vs
Young

180 cm
25
150 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

170 cm
25
151 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Chris Seamon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Barry Young!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Colin Fray and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Young gets a double leg takedown into Seamon's guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Young postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Young connects with a couple of short punches.
Young throws a big right hand that misses.
Young throwing strikes but missing.
Young has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Young connects with a couple of short punches.
Seamon utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Seamon looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Young scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Young accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Seamon knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Young on the ground.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Young throws a big right hand that misses.
Young loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Young throwing strikes but missing.
Seamon is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Seamon looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Young is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Young throwing strikes but missing.
Young postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Young lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Young throws an elbow that misses. Seamon uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Young's guard. Nice move by Seamon!
Young bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Seamon's guard.
Young is working Seamon over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Young is looking to work some ground and pound but Seamon has wrist control.
Young keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Seamon's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Young scoring with some ground and pound.
Young makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Seamon working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Young.
Seamon utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Seamon is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young landing with the ground and pound.
Young cracks Seamon with a solid left hand.
Young is in close to Seamon's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Young chips away with some ground and pound.
Young with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Young postures up and lands a big shot to Seamon's brow.
Seamon is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Young keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Seamon's head.
Young is in close to Seamon's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Young lands a couple of elbows.
Young with a nice head shot there.
Young is working Seamon over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Young is in close to Seamon's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Young lands a couple of elbows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young lands a couple of digs.
Young working some strikes from top position.
Young postures up and lands a big shot to Seamon's brow.
Young landing some decent shots from guard.
Young scoring with some ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Young's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Young cracks Seamon with a solid left hand.
Young is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Young content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Young scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Young postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Young lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Young's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Young's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Seamon is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Young is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Young postures up and lands a big shot to Seamon's brow.
Young landing with the ground and pound.
Young landing with the ground and pound.
Young won't allow Seamon to get back to his feet.
Young connects with a couple of short punches.
Young scoring with some ground and pound.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Young lands a couple of elbows.
Young postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Young landing some decent shots from guard.
Young with a nice head shot there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Young scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Seamon wants to improve his position but Young is controlling well.
Young landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Nice strikes from Young there.
Young takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Young working over Seamon with some ground and pound. Seamon looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Young slips a nice elbow through Seamon's hands, connecting with Seamon's forehead.
Young scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Young lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Young has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Young scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Young is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Barry Young has got the better of the ground game so far.
Seamon has hold of Young's hands but Young slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Young scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Young lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Seamon is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Young scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Young connects with a nice short shot to Seamon's temple.
Young slips a nice elbow through Seamon's hands, connecting with Seamon's forehead.
Young scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Young takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Young drops an elbow to the side of Seamon's head.
Young trying to pass the guard but Seamon defending well.
Young lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Young connects with a nice short shot to Seamon's temple.
Young working over Seamon with some ground and pound. Seamon looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Young scoring with strikes to the body and head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Young lands with a punch from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seamon is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Young scores with a couple of nice shots.
Young slips a nice elbow through Seamon's hands, connecting with Seamon's forehead.
Young scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Young takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Seamon tries to roll over but Young keeps him under control.
Seamon is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Young scores with a couple of nice shots.
Seamon has hold of Young's hands but Young slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Ground and pound from Young.
Young working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Ground and pound from Young.
Seamon wants to get back to his feet.
Young working over Seamon with some ground and pound. Seamon looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Young working Seamon over with strikes.
Young is nestled in close to Seamon, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young lands with a punch from half guard.
Young looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Seamon with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Young lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Seamon is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Young scores with a couple of nice shots.
Young working the head and body with strikes.
Nice strikes from Young there.
Seamon taking some punishment here, with Young in his half guard.
Young working Seamon over with strikes.
Seamon taking some punishment here, with Young in his half guard.
Young working Seamon over with strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Young scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Young lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Young lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Seamon with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Seamon is rocked!
Young scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Young lands a nice short elbow.
Young working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Young working over Seamon with some ground and pound. Seamon looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Young lands with a punch from half guard.
Young winds up and cracks Seamon with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Young connects with a nice short shot to Seamon's temple.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Young looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Young winds up and cracks Seamon with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Oh Seamon is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Young scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Seamon seems to have got his legs back now.
Ground and pound from Young.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Barry Young showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Young bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Young lands a nice forearm strike.
Young scoring with punches and elbows.
Young lands a decent elbow from side control.
Young cracks Seamon with a big elbow.
You can see the frustration on Seamon's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Young lands a few punches from side control.
Young working the head and body with strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Seamon is working to avoid the ground and pound but Young connects with a decent elbow.
Young lands a decent elbow from side control.
Young cracks Seamon with a big elbow.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Seamon takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Young working the ground and pound.
Young connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Seamon some visible discomfort.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young looks up at the clock and then as Seamon takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Young smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Young cracks Seamon with a big elbow.
Young working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Young working the body and head with strikes.
Young scores with punches from side control.
Young working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Young landing a few strikes.
Young lands a decent elbow from side control.
Young working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Seamon is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Young asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Young lands a nice forearm strike.
Young lands a few punches from side control.
Young landing a few strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young is chipping away with strikes.
Young is putting a hurting on Seamon here, landing some big shots from side control.
Young connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Seamon some visible discomfort.
Young lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Seamon down.
Young cracks Seamon with a big elbow. Oh, he's hurt! Young immediately mounts and start dropping bombs! Seamon is done! The referee jumps in and saves him from any more punishment - a quick and decisive finish by Young!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Barry Young!