PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between William Hatfield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Franky Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hatfield comes to the cage accompanied by Country Boy Can Survive. On his way into the cage it seems that William Hatfield has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily William Hatfield seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Hatfield
vs
Young

169 cm
26
143 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

165 cm
25
137 lbs
16 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, William Hatfield!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Franky Young!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Jorge Garcia and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Young has taken the fight to the clinch.
Young tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hatfield's elbow.
Hatfield wants to take the fight to the mat but Young manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Hatfield blocks an uppercut.
Young doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Hatfield breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hatfield shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Young but Young pushes him off and we're back to square one.

Young closes the distance and clinches.

Hatfield works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Hatfield trying to control but Young is working from the bottom.
Hatfield throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Young works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Young trying to control the position.
Hatfield pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Young is keeping the position for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Young looking for a guillotine here but Hatfield defends easily.
Hatfield not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hatfield trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Hatfield is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

The ref stands the fighters back up. William Hatfield wasn't doing enough on the ground.

Hatfield closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Young quickly recovers to half guard.
Hatfield prevents Young from improving his position.
Young has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Hatfield is working away from the top position though.
Hatfield prevents Young from improving his position.
Young really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hatfield. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Hatfield thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Hatfield works his way into full mount!
Hatfield throwing strikes here but Young is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Hatfield forces the positional change into back control.

Hatfield is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Young is defending well though. Hatfield let's go of the attempt for now.

Hatfield has got one arm under Young's chin. This could be trouble... Young trying to control the other hand but Hatfield gets it free and sqeezes tight - just a matter of time now! Yep, Young has tapped out! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). William Hatfield!
William Hatfield made sure to mention his sponsor, HGH Nutrients Q160 Tycoons Best Quality supps in his post fight interview.