PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Aaron Rivers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ha Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Aaron Rivers has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Aaron Rivers seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Rivers
vs
Young

185 cm
28
195 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

178 cm
22
195 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Aaron Rivers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ha Young!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Ivan Kurochkin and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rivers looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A head kick misses from Rivers.
Nice cross by Young.
Young circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rivers misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rivers keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Young.
Young lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Young connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Rivers's hands.
Rivers slips under a jab from Young.
Ha Young seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A looping hook to the body misses from Young. Rivers does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rivers doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Young counters with a shoot takedown. Rivers fights it but they end up in guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Rivers wants to control the position but Young says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Young takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Rivers misses with some strikes from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young lands with a punch from half guard.
Rivers is staying active underneath Young, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

Rivers looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Rivers is looking to improve his position.
Young passes the guard and advances to mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Young with shots to the head and body - Rivers looks very uncomfortable down there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Young in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Young in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Rivers has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Young breaks from Rivers's wrist control and lands an elbow.

Rivers is rocked!
Young postures up and throws a massive shot that knocks Rivers out cold! Two more strikes to his unconscious opponent for good luck and this one is all over! Young goes absolutely crazy with his corner! Wow, you can see how much that win means to him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Ha Young!