PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Vercetti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alex Young has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Vercetti
vs
Young

198 cm
21
250 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

192 cm
28
265 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Insanely flexible

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Spartan Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Tommy Vercetti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Alex Young!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Roosa Järviläinen and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Young stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Young misses with a body shot.
Vercetti looks to land a right hand but Young moved out of range.
Young looks like he wants to counter punch here.

Vercetti clinches.

Young breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Young dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Vercetti. That did some damage!

Vercetti drives through and clinches with Young against the cage.
Young misses with a body punch.
Young blocks an elbow strike from Vercetti.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Vercetti.

It looks like Alex Young has been cut.
A bit of stalling here from Vercetti.
Vercetti throws an elbow but it misses.
Young avoids a wild elbow strike from Vercetti.
Vercetti throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Young being controlled against the cage.
Vercetti throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vercetti keeps control of Young as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
With the fighters up against the cage, Vercetti throws an elbow but misses.
Young is looking to break free of the clinch but Vercetti has double underhooks.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Vercetti.
Vercetti lands an elbow inside that Young shrugs off.
Young wants to get back to striking at distance but Vercetti won't allow it.
Vercetti creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Young is trying to break the clinch but Vercetti has him pressed against the cage.
Vercetti misses with an elbow over the top.
Young blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Young tries to break the clinch but Vercetti is controlling the position.
Vercetti lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Vercetti just misses with a elbow thrown towards Young's brow.
Young tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Nice elbow from Vercetti.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vercetti leaning his opponent against the cage.
Vercetti throws an elbow but it misses.
Vercetti misses with a knee to the head.
Vercetti throws an elbow but it misses.
Vercetti will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Young up against the cage.
Vercetti pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Young working hard to break the clinch.
Young dodges an elbow strike from Vercetti.
Young blocks an elbow strike from Vercetti.
Vercetti is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young takes an elbow to the forehead.
Vercetti displaying some good clinch control by pressing Young up against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Vercetti just misses with a elbow thrown towards Young's brow.
Young wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Vercetti has him pressed against the cage.
Young wants to break free but Vercetti has control.
Vercetti pushes off an throws an elbow but Young leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Young blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Young looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Vercetti gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Vercetti gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Young.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vercetti manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Young dodges an elbow strike from Vercetti.
Young working hard to break the clinch.

Young breaks the clinch.

Vercetti moves into the clinch successfully.
Vercetti creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Young's defenses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Vercetti throws an elbow but misses.
Young has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Vercetti avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Young blocks the elbow strike.
A frustrated look appears on Young's face as he tries to break the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Vercetti just misses with a elbow thrown towards Young's brow.
Young dodges an elbow strike from Vercetti.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vercetti misses with an elbow over the top.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tommy Vercetti dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alex Young's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Vercetti is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Young can do to turn this around?
Young avoids a wild elbow strike from Vercetti.
Vercetti throws an elbow that misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Vercetti throws an elbow but misses.
Vercetti comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Young lands a nice shot to the body.
Vercetti misses with a knee to the head.
Young blocks the elbow strike.
Young avoids a wild elbow strike from Vercetti.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Young avoids the elbow strike from Vercetti, against the cage.
Vercetti stalling in the clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Vercetti - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Vercetti throws an elbow but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vercetti creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Vercetti creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Young is trying to break the clinch but Vercetti has him pressed against the cage.
Young wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Vercetti misses with a hook to the ribs.
Young lands a good knee to the midsection. Vercetti won't want to take too many of those.
Young jumps guard but Vercetti turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Vercetti misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Young.

Young breaks the clinch.
Jab from Young.
Young comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

Vercetti clinches up with Young and pushes him back against the cage.
Young blocks an elbow strike from Vercetti.
Young avoids a wild elbow strike from Vercetti.
Young dodges an elbow strike from Vercetti.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young is trying to force a seperation but Vercetti has the dominant position.
Vercetti tries a knee to the head but Young blocks it.
Young is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Vercetti gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Vercetti lands an elbow just above Young 's eye.
Young blocks the elbow strike.
Vercetti pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Young wants to break free but Vercetti has control.
Vercetti keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Young's efforts to push away.
Vercetti creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vercetti creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Vercetti pushes off an throws an elbow but Young leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Young blocks an elbow strike from Vercetti.
Young tries to throw a body punch but Vercetti avoids it by throwing Young back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young blocks the elbow strike.
The referee is keeping an eye on Vercetti - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Young blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Vercetti lands an elbow inside.
Vercetti effectively controlling the action here.
Young wants to break the clinch but can't.
Vercetti creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Vercetti throws an elbow that misses.
Vercetti looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Vercetti has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Vercetti looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Vercetti displaying some good clinch control by pressing Young up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vercetti looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Vercetti lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That has opened up Alex Young's cut even more.
Young wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Young tries to circle away but Vercetti has him pinned against the cage.
Vercetti lands a nice elbow.
Vercetti misses with an elbow strike.
Young has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Vercetti after a bit of a struggle.
Tommy Vercetti has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alex Young.
Vercetti throws an elbow but it's blocked.

Young breaks the clinch.
Young is looking to clinch.
Vercetti is looking to clinch but Young is avoiding it.
No joy there for Young, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Young gets tackled into the cage by Vercetti. Vercetti maintains the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tommy Vercetti dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Alex Young's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Young walks into a stiff left hand from Vercetti.
Vercetti fails with an attempt to clinch.
A punch lands to the side of Vercetti 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Vercetti misses the shot to the body.
Young throws a body kick that misses.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Vercetti creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Vercetti has Young pressed against the cage. He pushes Young back and as he springs towards him off the cage, Vercetti throws a beautiful elbow that sends Young crashing to the floor! Vercetti piles on the pressure with more strikes! Young is flailing away but he's not defending himself and the referee steps in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:36 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tommy Vercetti!
After the big win, Tommy Vercetti made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Spartan Nutrition and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.