PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between PitPat Spokesthing (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Franky Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Spokesthing
vs
Young

171 cm
23
142 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

165 cm
23
137 lbs
15 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, PitPat Spokesthing!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Franky Young!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Jorge Garcia and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Spokesthing connects with the punch.

Young clinches with his opponent.
Spokesthing swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Spokesthing lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Spokesthing lands a hook to the side of the head.
Spokesthing has a couple of punches blocked by Young.
Spokesthing tries a body shot but Young blocks it.
Young tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Spokesthing's elbow.
Young swings wildly with an uppercut but Spokesthing uses good head movement to avoid it.
Spokesthing blocks an uppercut.
Spokesthing lands with a light punch inside.
Young swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Spokesthing misses with some punches.
Spokesthing blocks an uppercut.
Spokesthing tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Spokesthing breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Young misses the jab.
Young is looking to clinch but Spokesthing is avoiding it.
That kick from Spokesthing tenderised Young's leg. Young is trying to keep his angry face on.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Young.
Young tries to close the distance and clinch but Spokesthing swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Young misses with a jab, cross combination.
Young lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Spokesthing missing with a left hand there. Young was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Spokesthing misses with a two punch combination.
Spokesthing walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Young checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Young gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Spokesthing.
Spokesthing scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Spokesthing throws a body punch but Young moves out of range.
Young throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Young walks into a left hand.
Spokesthing misses with a hook
and Young counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Spokesthing throws the left hand but Young avoids the punch easily.
Spokesthing lands a slapping body shot.
Young tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Spokesthing manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Spokesthing swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Young wants to clinch.
Young tries to clinch up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young tries to close the distance and clinch up but Spokesthing swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Spokesthing looks to score with a jab to the body but Young is just out of range.
Young slips under a jab from Spokesthing.
Young throws a looping overhand right but Spokesthing ducks down to avoid it.
Young tries to clinch but Spokesthing is having none of it.
Nice defenses there by Young.
Young throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Young moves in looking to clinch but Spokesthing pushes him off.
Spokesthing lands with a nice body punch.
Young looks to clinch
and Spokesthing counters with an outside leg kick.
A slow jab from Spokesthing misses its intended target.
Young shoots in looking for a takedown but Spokesthing manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Young's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Spokesthing misses with a looping left.
Young fails with an attempt to clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Young blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young throws a punch but it's blocked by Spokesthing.
Young lands with a left to the head.
A short uppercut from Young.
Spokesthing misses with a short punch on the inside.
Spokesthing blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Young lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Young lands a shoulder strike.
Spokesthing makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Spokesthing.
Young lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Young blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Young lands an uppercut.
Young fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Spokesthing manages to break the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Spokesthing misses with a wild body shot.
Spokesthing misses with a leg kick.
Young is looking to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A short right from Young on the inside.
Young is working Spokesthing over against the cage.

Young breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Young gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Spokesthing scores with a nice hook to the head.
Young misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Spokesthing blocks a body shot from Young.
Spokesthing fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Spokesthing swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Spokesthing fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Spokesthing fails to land.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Spokesthing breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Spokesthing throws a big shot that misses.
Young takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
We've been told by Spokesthing's head coaches at Darwinism that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Young doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Young wants to clinch.
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 PitPat Spokesthing will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

The fight stays on the outside here - Young looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Young slips a straight right by Spokesthing.
Spokesthing looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Spokesthing keeps the fight on the outside.
Spokesthing thows a left - swing and a miss!
Young tries to clinch but Spokesthing is having none of it.
PitPat Spokesthing is winning the standup battle so far.
Spokesthing lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Young at a distance.
Young wants to clinch
and Spokesthing counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Spokesthing takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Spokesthing lands a jab to the head.
Spokesthing keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Spokesthing on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Young tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Spokesthing throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Franky Young is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Young pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Spokesthing back to the cage. Young follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Spokesthing with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Spokesthing digs a good body shot into Young's ribs.
Spokesthing misses with a looping left.
Spokesthing throws a shot from downtown. Young moves away and avoids it.
Spokesthing lands an overhand right.
Young changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Franky Young seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Spokesthing moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Young staying out of range there.
Spokesthing dodges the punch combination from Young.
Spokesthing fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Young manages to avoid it.
Spokesthing throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Spokesthing looks to land a right hand but Young moved out of range.
Spokesthing looks to score with a jab to the body but Young is just out of range.
Young tries to clinch there but Spokesthing circles away.
Spokesthing misses with a body shot.
Young tries to clinch up.
Young ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Young throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Spokesthing.
Spokesthing circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Spokesthing misses.
Young tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Spokesthing paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Young tries to clinch but Spokesthing is having none of it.
Young doesn't manage to clinch there - Spokesthing circles away.
Spokesthing misses with a jab, cross combination.
Spokesthing throws a hook but Young avoids it easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Young slips a straight right by Spokesthing.
Spokesthing throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Young tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Spokesthing paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Spokesthing loads up on a big right hand but Young slips the punch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Young looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Young displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Spokesthing throws out the jab.
Young checks the leg kick.
Spokesthing thuds his right hand into Young's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Nice sprawl there from Spokesthing as Young shoots in.
Young wants to clinch up but Spokesthing keeps it at a distance.
Spokesthing circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young tries to close the distance and clinch but Spokesthing swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Good leg kick by Spokesthing there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Young takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Young wants to clinch up but Spokesthing keeps it at a distance.
Young tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Spokesthing manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Young moves in looking to clinch but Spokesthing pushes him off.
Spokesthing scores with a leg kick.
Young swinging wildly here.
Spokesthing throws an overhand right that lands on Young's shoulder, as Young tries to avoid the shot.
Young takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Young looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Spokesthing keeps the fight on the outside.
Spokesthing lands with a thumping leg kick.
Spokesthing avoids a punch combination nicely.
Young lands a right hook to the body.
Spokesthing lands a jab to the nose.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spokesthing misses the jab.
Young takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Young fails to land with a series of punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Spokesthing lands the left hand.
Spokesthing lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Young fails to land with a series of punches.
Young wants to clinch up but Spokesthing keeps it at a distance.
Spokesthing throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Young misses with a looping right.

Spokesthing instigates a clinch.
Spokesthing can't find room to land a body shot as Young controls the action.
A shot in the inside from Young.
Young's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

Spokesthing breaks the clinch.
Spokesthing staying out of range there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A punch combination from Young misses.
Young slips under a jab from Spokesthing.
Young avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Spokesthing connects with a good right hand that stumbles Young. Young circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

PitPat Spokesthing dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Young misses with a two punch combination.
Decent striking displayed by Spokesthing there.

Young closes the distance and clinches.
Young misses with a short punch on the inside.
Young lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Young is trying to force a seperation but Spokesthing has the dominant position.
Spokesthing blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Spokesthing lands a right hand.
Young misses with a punch on the inside.
Spokesthing lands a nice uppercut.
Spokesthing throws a punch but it's blocked by Young.
A right hand to the body from Spokesthing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Spokesthing lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Spokesthing pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Young displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Spokesthing throws out the jab.
Young is looking to clinch.
A jab from Spokesthing misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Spokesthing scores with a hook to the body. Young takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Young tries to close the distance and clinch but Spokesthing swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Young on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Spokesthing lands with an uppercut that bounces Young off the cage and back into range.
Spokesthing showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Young.
Young throws a right and a left that both miss.
Young tries to clinch but Spokesthing moves out of range.
Young is looking to clinch.
Young swings for the body but Spokesthing moves out of range.
Good standup being displayed there by Spokesthing as he connects with a hook.
Spokesthing scores with a hook to the body. Young takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
No joy there for Young, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Young misses with a jab, cross combination.
PitPat Spokesthing is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Young misses with a series of wild punches.
Spokesthing connects with the punch.
Spokesthing scores with a hook to the body. Young takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Franky Young has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spokesthing thuds his right hand into Young's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
A slow jab from Spokesthing misses its intended target.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Young misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Young throws a right and a left that Spokesthing avoids nicely.
Young moves in looking to clinch but Spokesthing pushes him off.
Spokesthing misses the jab.
Young throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Spokesthing counters with a nice body shot.
Nice shot by Spokesthing.
Young needs to keep his hands up - Spokesthing had a free shot at his head there.
Young tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Young tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Spokesthing paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Spokesthing connects with a solid leg kick.
Young takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

Young is rocked!
Young walks into a jab.
Young is still on wobbly legs! Can Spokesthing finish him?
Young gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Spokesthing gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). PitPat Spokesthing!
During a confident post fight interview, PitPat Spokesthing thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.