PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matt Youngblood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kelemi Seia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Youngblood comes to the cage accompanied by DJ Khaled - All I do is win. The crowd seem to be enjoying Seia's choice of entrance music: The Offspring - All i Want. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Youngblood
vs
Seia

183 cm
26
218 lbs
17 - 6 - 0

190 cm
26
209 lbs
13 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Conquer

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Matt Youngblood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kelemi Seia!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, David Schapiro and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Seia, right into the meat.
Youngblood ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Seia throws a head kick that misses.
Youngblood misses with a leg kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Seia blocks the leg kick.
Youngblood misses with a body kick.
Youngblood dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Seia. That did some damage!
Seia throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Youngblood counters with a stiff right hand.
Seia misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Youngblood.
Youngblood connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Seia looks to throw the jab but Youngblood is out of range.
Seia looks to land a left hand but Youngblood moved out of range nicely.
Youngblood changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head kick by Seia misses
and Youngblood counters with a thumping low kick.
Seia misses the shot to the body.
Youngblood gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Seia uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Youngblood.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Youngblood lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Youngblood catches Seia with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Youngblood fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Seia has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Youngblood throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Seia on the side of the head.
Youngblood misses with a low kick.
Seia blocks a low kick nicely.
Seia on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A nice leg kick lands there from Seia.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A slapping leg kick lands for Seia.
Seia wants to slow Youngblood down by chopping away at his legs.
Youngblood looks to throw the jab but Seia is out of range.
Seia scores with a nice head shot.
Seia throws a big shot that misses.
A big right from Youngblood misses.
Youngblood chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Seia checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seia throws a body punch but Youngblood moves out of range.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Seia.
Youngblood uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Seia.
Youngblood swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Youngblood takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Youngblood gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Youngblood fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Seia looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Seia thumps Youngblood with a low kick.
Both fighters circling a little - Youngblood finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Seia. Youngblood does a little dance to reset his feet.
Seia feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Youngblood's calf.
Youngblood misses with a low kick as Seia jumps back.
Youngblood on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Seia. Seia obviously looking to wear him down.
Seia keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Seia avoids a kick to the body.
Seia lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seia throws a nice outside leg kick.
Seia on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Seia has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Seia misses with a looping right.
Seia uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Youngblood.
Youngblood looks to score with a jab to the body but Seia is just out of range.
Seia is looking to land body kicks.
Seia takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Youngblood misses with a body kick.
Seia tries to land a front kick but Youngblood steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Youngblood misses with a body kick.
The fighters circle momentarily. Youngblood darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Youngblood is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Youngblood throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Seia checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A nice inside leg kick there by Seia. That's going to slow Youngblood down.
Seia waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Youngblood.
Youngblood is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Youngblood throws a leg kick that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Youngblood lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Seia at a distance.
Youngblood tests Seia's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Seia wants to clinch.
Youngblood thows a body shot but no joy.
Some bone on bone action there as Seia checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A punch lands to the side of Seia 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Youngblood steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Seia. That one must have hurt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Seia lands a leg kick that knocks Youngblood off balance momentarily.
Seia thuds a left hand into Youngblood's body.
Youngblood displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Seia throws out the jab.
Youngblood tries to clinch up
and Seia counters with a nice kick to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Matt Youngblood will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Seia swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Seia throws a leg kick which misses Youngblood's front leg but catches the back leg as Youngblood tries to avoid it.
Seia cracks Youngblood with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

Seia gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Seia tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Youngblood's elbow.
Youngblood makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Seia lands with a light punch inside.

Youngblood pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Youngblood slips a straight right by Seia.
Youngblood ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Seia moves away.
Seia tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Youngblood was well out of range. Poor timing from Seia.

Seia closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Seia throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Seia.
Youngblood misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Seia breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A leg kick checked by Seia.
Matt Youngblood is winning the standup battle so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Seia lands with a straight right. Youngblood didn't see that one coming.
Seia moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Seia tries to land a leg kick but Youngblood saw it coming and moves away.
Good exchange - Seia coming out on top.
A head kick misses from Seia.
Youngblood ducks under a wild hook from Seia.
Seia misses with a two punch combination.
A slow jab from Youngblood misses its intended target.
A cross from Youngblood lands.
Decent striking displayed by Youngblood there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Youngblood avoids the head kick by Seia.
Youngblood misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Seia.
Seia misses with a kick to the body.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Youngblood - that will leave a mark!
Seia moves away from the strike by Youngblood.
Seia misses with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Youngblood connects with the punch.
Seia bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Seia keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Youngblood blocks a low kick nicely.
A jab from Seia does it's job there.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Seia lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Youngblood has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Youngblood and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Youngblood ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Seia avoids a kick to the body.
A bone on bone clash there as Seia blocks the leg kick.
Seia scoring well with a low kick there.
Youngblood feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Seia's calf.
Youngblood thows a body shot but no joy.
Youngblood tries a low kick but Seia avoids it.
Youngblood avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Seia tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seia misses the jab.
Seia takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Youngblood misses the shot to the body.
Seia swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Seia scores with a jab to the head.
Youngblood swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Youngblood wants to slow Seia down by chopping away at his legs.
Youngblood connects with a nice looking jab.
Seia misses with a head kick.
Seia gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Youngblood cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A slow jab from Seia misses its intended target.
Seia throws a sloppy head kick and Youngblood moves out of range easily.
Youngblood moves out of range of the body kick.
Seia doesn't manage to clinch there - Youngblood circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Seia goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Seia misses with a low kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Seia pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Youngblood digs a good body shot into Seia's ribs.
Youngblood fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Seia.
Seia checks a leg kick.
A big right from Seia misses.
Seia looks for the body kick but Youngblood saw that one coming.
Youngblood throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Youngblood scores with a nice strike.
Youngblood keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Seia throws a front kick that sends Youngblood stumbling back into the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Seia slips under a jab.
Seia chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Youngblood can pounce on him.
An inside leg kick from Youngblood misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Kelemi Seia will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Seia avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Youngblood moves out of range as Seia strikes.
Youngblood swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Youngblood connects with an inside leg kick.

Seia rushes Youngblood and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Youngblood is trying to maintain a safe position but Seia gets an underhook and turns Youngblood into the cage.
Seia stalling in the clinch but Youngblood improves position.
Seia tries to work over Youngblood's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Seia blocking some punches.
Youngblood lands a nice uppercut.
Youngblood throws a head punch that misses.

Youngblood breaks the clinch.
Seia throws a leg kick but Youngblood sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Seia scores with a shot to the body.
Youngblood misses with a body shot
and Seia counters with a head kick. That will keep Youngblood thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Seia avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Youngblood tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Seia was well out of range. Poor timing from Youngblood.
Seia lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Youngblood throws a jab when Seia was well out of range.
Seia tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Seia throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Seia thows a body shot but no joy.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Seia checks a leg kick.
Youngblood feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Seia's calf.
Seia misses the shot to the body.
Youngblood throws a series of punches but Seia moves out of range.
Seia gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Seia, right into the meat.
Seia moves out of range of the leg kick from Youngblood.
Youngblood avoids the head kick by Seia.
Youngblood fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Seia checks it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seia ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Youngblood throws a lazy right hand but Seia sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Youngblood throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Youngblood misses with a kick to the body.
Seia lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Youngblood buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Youngblood is looking to land body kicks.
Youngblood punishes Seia's body with a nice straight punch.
Youngblood moves out of range as Seia throws a body kick.
Youngblood loads up on a big right hand but Seia slips the punch.
Seia pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Youngblood tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Seia is able to avoid easily.
Seia throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Youngblood throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seia throws a head kick but Youngblood moves out of range.
Youngblood lands a really nice looking cross but Seia seems unphased.
Seia throws a head kick but Youngblood moves out of range.
Youngblood lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Seia circles away quickly and effectively.
Youngblood delivers a nice body kick.
Youngblood scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Seia takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A jab from Youngblood misses.
Seia misses with a looping right.
Seia doesn't manage to clinch there - Youngblood circles away.
Seia with a nice cross.
Youngblood chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Seia can pounce on him.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Youngblood throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Seia throws a low kick but Youngblood moves out of range easily.
Seia chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Youngblood ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Seia moves away.
Youngblood throws a nice outside leg kick.
Seia misses with an attempted mid kick.
A low kick from Youngblood misses
and Seia counters with a left to the body.
Crunch! Seia slams his shin into Youngblood's torso.
A shot to the liver by Youngblood. Beautiful body shot.
Seia scores with a nice strike.
Youngblood throws a hook but Seia blocks it.
Youngblood throws a hook but Seia blocks it.
Youngblood tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Youngblood goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Seia staying out of range there.
Youngblood connects with a jab.
Seia getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Matt Youngblood.
I think Youngblood has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 John Kavanagh scores the fight 29:28
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 30:28
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Matt Youngblood!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Matt Youngblood waved his t-shirt featuring KAISER Nutrition (160!)'s logo in front of the cameras.