PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Zack Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kortas Kozeris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Young comes to the cage accompanied by you ain;t a killa - BigPun. Kortas Kozeris is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Young
vs
Kozeris

177 cm
25
159 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

185 cm
21
163 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

KAISER Nutrition (160!/220$)

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Zack Young!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kortas Kozeris!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Robert Twigg and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Young is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Kozeris lands a head kick!
Kozeris pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Young shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Kozeris eats them both and turns towards Young to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Young blocks a head kick by Kozeris.
Kozeris throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kozeris cracks Young with a right hand to the side of the head.
Young lands with a hook. Kozeris tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Kozeris throws a big shot that misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Young tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kozeris stuffs the takedown attempt from Young. Young gets slowly back to his feet.
Young tries to bum rush Kozeris with a series of wild strikes but Kozeris uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Young misses with a wild combination.
Young shoots for a takedown but Kozeris saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Kozeris throws a sloppy head kick and Young moves out of range easily.
Kozeris misses with a head kick.
Young uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kozeris.
Young shoots in and drives through. Kozeris sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Zack Young. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kozeris connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Young blocks a head kick by Kozeris.
Kortas Kozeris seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Young is trying hard to land a takedown here. Kozeris sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Kozeris takes one to the chin there.
Young blocks a head kick by Kozeris.

Kozeris moves into the clinch successfully.
Kozeris missing with knees to the body.

Kozeris pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Young lands a really nice looking cross but Kozeris seems unphased.
Young tries a low kick but Kozeris avoids it.
Kortas Kozeris is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nice takedown defense from Kozeris. No joy for Young on that attempt.
Kozeris moves in looking to clinch but Young pushes him off.
Kozeris connects with a solid leg kick.
Young is breathing heavily.
Kozeris tries to clinch there but Young circles away.
Kozeris tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kozeris scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Young shoots in and drives through. Kozeris sprawls well.
Kozeris has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Kozeris throws a head kick that misses.

Kozeris gets a clinch.
Kozeris slows down the pace here.
Kozeris using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Young has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kozeris lands a knee to the body.
Kozeris throws a knee to the head but misses.
Young is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Kozeris is defending well.
Young avoiding damage as Kozeris throws knees to the body.
Kozeris tries to land a knee to the head but Young blocks with his arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Kozeris pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Young slips under a jab.
Young throws a series of punches but Kozeris avoids them all with ease.
Young uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kozeris.
Kozeris misses with a head kick.
Kozeris loads up on a big right hand but Young slips the punch.
Kozeris tries to clinch there but Young circles away.
Young tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Kozeris swivels and escapes.
Young uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kozeris.
Kozeris throws a nice looking combination but Young bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A left and a right from Kozeris both land. Nice combination.
Kozeris throws a hook but Young blocks it.

Young gets a double leg takedown into Kozeris's guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Young throwing strikes but missing.
Young 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.
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!
Young won't allow Kozeris to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young passes into half guard.
Young seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Kozeris is staying active underneath Young, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kortas Kozeris dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Young throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Kozeris tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Young is in Kozeris's guard.
Young is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Young slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Young looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.

Young wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Kozeris, who protects the arm well.
Young advances to mount.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Kozeris can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Young is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Kozeris to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Kozeris shrugs it off.
Young throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Young unloading with bombs!
Young trying to control but he's not successful this time.

Young working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Kozeris really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Young. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Young looking to control but Kozeris is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Kozeris is bucking up trying to escape but Young cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Young takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young looking to finish with strikes here!
Young controlling from mount.
Kozeris is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.

Young is working for a guillotine from mount but Kozeris frees his head quite easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young looking to control but Kozeris is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Young landing punches.

Young is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Kozeris has managed to escape the submission attempt.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A nice elbow there by Young.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zack Young dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Kozeris throws a head kick but Young moves out of range.
Kozeris throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Young closes this distance looking for a takedown but Kozeris circles away.
Young blocks a head kick by Kozeris.
Young shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Kozeris defends it nicely.
Young fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Zack Young. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Good leg kick by Kozeris there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Kozeris lands a front kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kozeris. That's going to slow Young down.
Young shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Kozeris defends it nicely.
Kozeris fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kozeris throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Young misses with a double jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kozeris throws a head kick that misses.
Kozeris throws a series of punches but Young moves out of range.
Young shoots in for a double leg but Kozeris sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Kozeris throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Kozeris takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Young on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Kozeris waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Young.
Nice sprawl there from Kozeris as Young shoots in.
Kozeris connects with a jab.
Kortas Kozeris seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kozeris throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Kozeris lands a nice shot to the body.
Kozeris looks to score with a jab to the body but Young is just out of range.
Kozeris plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Young looks for a takedown but Kozeris sprawls well.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kozeris throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Horrible takedown by Young or perhaps it was just good defense by Kozeris which made him look bad.
Kozeris throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Young.
Kozeris throws a head kick that misses.
Young works over Kozeris's head and body with a nice combination.

Kozeris clinches with his opponent.
Young blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kozeris looking to slow down the pace here.
Kozeris using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Young has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Kozeris's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Young throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kozeris.
Kozeris falls off balance throwing a combination

and Young holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Kozeris escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Young throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Kozeris was covering up waiting for the punch and Young finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Young stands and throws Kozeris's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Young advances to full mount.
Kozeris avoids a series of strikes thrown by Young.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kozeris has given up his back here. Will Young look for the submission or keep pounding away?
Young keeps control of the position easily here as Kozeris tries to buck him off.

Young has the hooks in and he's looking for a rear naked choke here. Kozeris is defending well but eventually Young manages to get an arm under the chin and he's locked on the RNC! Kozeris has no choice but to tap now! He does! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:50 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Zack Young!
Zack Young really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that KAISER Nutrition (160!/220$) logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.