PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Glenn Wauler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimmy Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wauler comes to the cage accompanied by Good 'ol Boy. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Wauler
vs
Young

168 cm
25
169 lbs
13 - 7 - 0

175 cm
26
158 lbs
17 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Glenn Wauler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jimmy Young!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Reed Andrews and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wauler throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Young, as that shot connected.
Young cracks Wauler with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Wauler swings for the body but Young moves out of range.
Young moves out of range of the strikes.
Donk. Young catches Wauler right on the button with a cross.
A jab from Wauler does it's job there.
Wauler on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Young shoots in and drives through. Wauler sprawls well.
Wauler stuns Young with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Wauler lands with a shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice shot lands for Wauler.
Young ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Young moves out of range of the strikes.
Young thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jimmy Young seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wauler doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Wauler moves out of range as Young strikes.
Young pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Young scores with a jab to the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young connects with a looping right hand.
Young takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Young misses with a looping right.
Wauler defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Young.
Young lands a lovely overhand right.
Young lands with a cross.
Young tries for a takedown but Wauler sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Glenn Wauler has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jimmy Young.
Young ducks right into an uppercut from Wauler.
Young takes one to the chin there.
Wauler works Young's body with a nice hook.
Glenn Wauler is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Young throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Wauler's waist but Wauler gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Young off to one side.
Wauler cracks Young with a good jab.
Young misses the shot to the body.
Young throws a lazy right hand but Wauler sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Young connects with a single shot there.
Young scores with a body shot.
Young fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Wauler avoids it really well and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Wauler stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Wauler scores with a decent looking hook.
Young throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wauler throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jab from Young.
Young lands with a right hand.
Wauler stuffs the takedown attempt from Young. Young gets slowly back to his feet.
Young tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Young scores with a leg kick.

Young throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Wauler was covering up waiting for the punch and Young finishes the takedown easily into guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Young's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Young trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Wauler manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wauler showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Wauler won't allow Young to sweep him here.
Young throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Young wants to sweep but no luck.
Young is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Young striking off his back but it's not causing Wauler any problems.
Young can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Wauler controls the pace.
Wauler preventing the sweep.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wauler is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Glenn Wauler.
Young works Wauler's body with a nice hook.
Wauler with a nice cross.
Wauler is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Young.
Young scores with a one two! Wauler had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Young swings for the body but Wauler moves out of range.
Wauler swings for the body but Young moves out of range.
Wauler checks the leg kick.
Young on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Jab, jab by Wauler - just one landing.
Young takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Young fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wauler swings for the body but Young moves out of range.
Wauler throws a jab but it's blocked by Young.
Young looks to land a right hand but Wauler moved out of range.
Wauler connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
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 Glenn Wauler will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Wauler thuds a left hand into Young's body.
Wauler with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A telegraphed right hand from Wauler misses the target.
Wauler thows a left - swing and a miss!
Wauler swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Young misses with a takedown attempt - Wauler sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Young defending well as Wauler loads up on a big left hand.
Wauler lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Young has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Wauler takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A low kick from Young is predictable there
and Wauler counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Young has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Young there as he acknowledges the shot.
Young throws a combination that misses
and Wauler counters with a nice uppercut.
Wauler throws a looping overhand right but Young ducks down to avoid it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wauler will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Young thows a body shot but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wauler takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Wauler misses with a straight left.
Wauler displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Young.
Wauler misses with a wild body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Wauler misses the target.
Wauler connects with a crisp jab.
Young throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A leg kick checked by Wauler.
Wauler throws a hook to the side of Young's head but Young sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Wauler drives through and clinches with Young against the cage.

Young pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Young closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Wauler managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Young.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Wauler is in a bad spot here and he knows it... just holding on for now.
Young prevents Wauler from escaping the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young tries to advance to mount but Wauler denies him.
Young connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Wauler some visible discomfort.
Young wants to lay and pray for a moment but Wauler keeps working.
Wauler regains half guard, as Young was trying to land strikes.

Young is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Wauler regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Young.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young wants to control from the top but Wauler keeps moving.
Wauler pulls Young in close to prevent any damage.
Young connects with a couple of short punches.
Young throws an elbow that misses. Wauler uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Young's guard. Nice move by Wauler!
Wauler is fighting to break Young's control of his arms but Young is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Wauler wants to control from the top but Young keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Glenn Wauler.
Wauler slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Wauler missing with a left hand there. Young was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Wauler cracks Young with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wauler is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wauler throws a hook to the side of Young's head but Young sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A lazy left from Young finds it's target.
Young steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Wauler.
Young moves out of range of the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Glenn Wauler dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Wauler throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Young uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Wauler.
Young feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Waulers jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Wauler misses the jab.

Young fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Wauler to the ground. Young is now in Wauler's guard.
Wauler wants to sweep but no luck.
Young working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Young loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Young throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Young working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Wauler's head.

Young is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Wauler is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Wauler has escaped and now he's on top!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Young looking for a sweep. Not yet Young, not yet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young trying to keep a closed guard but Wauler is proving a slippery customer.
Young looking to hit a scissor sweep but Wauler is one step ahead there.
Young is still trying to improve position.
Wauler throwing strikes but missing.
Wauler pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Young is keeping the position for now.

Wauler stands up and waves to Young to follow him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Young manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Wauler on his heels. He'll look to pass Wauler's guard now, I'm sure.
Wauler looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Young wants to control from the top but Wauler keeps moving.
Young works over Wauler with some ground and pound from guard.
Young in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Wauler keeping moving, preventing Young from controlling successfully.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Young throws a big elbow that misses.
Wauler is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Young throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Wauler works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Young wants to control from the top but Wauler keeps moving.
Young working some strikes from top position.
Wauler keeping moving, preventing Young from controlling successfully.
Wauler looking to control.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Wauler gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Wauler trying to keep a closed guard but Young is proving a slippery customer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wauler is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Young is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Young throws a big elbow that misses.
Wauler working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Young.
Young prevents Wauler from getting back to his feet.
Young postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Jimmy Young has got the better of the ground game so far.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Young pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Wauler is keeping the position for now.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Young missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Young cracks Wauler with a solid left hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jimmy Young comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Wauler 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 Steve Montenegro scores the fight 29:28
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 29:28
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Glenn Wauler!
After winning the bout, Glenn Wauler thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.