PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Guthrum Oskar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Reggie Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Oskar
vs
Young

183 cm
28
200 lbs
10 - 8 - 0

185 cm
25
202 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Guthrum Oskar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Reggie Young!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Robert Douchet and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Young missing with a left hand there. Oskar was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Young moves in looking to clinch but Oskar pushes him off.
A slow jab from Oskar misses its intended target.
And Young tries to counter it with a takedown but Oskar pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Young throws a series of punches but Oskar avoids them all with ease.
Oskar tries to counter with a takedown but Young is quick to defend against it.
Young has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Oskar is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Young looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A big right from Oskar misses.
Oskar looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Young will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Young closes the distance and clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Young fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Oskar blocking some punches.
Young swings wildly with an uppercut but Oskar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Young tries to land a knee to the head but Oskar blocks with his arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oskar avoiding damage as Young throws knees to the body.
Young swings wildly with an uppercut but Oskar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Young is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Young trying to control the position but instead, Oskar has worked for underhooks and has pushed Young into the cage.

Oskar breaks the clinch.
Oskar lands a jab to the head.

It looks like Reggie Young has been cut.

Young moves into range and clinches up with Oskar.
Young connects with a knee to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Young tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Oskar's elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young throws a punch but it's blocked by Oskar.
Young slows down the pace here.
Young has a couple of punches blocked by Oskar.
Young throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Oskars head.
Oskar is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Young is defending well.
Oskar prevents a body shot from Young.
Young throws a punch but it's blocked by Oskar.
Young struggles to land a body shot inside as Oskar controls his hands.
Young tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Oskar's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Oskar swings for the body but Young moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Oskar manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Good exchange - Oskar coming out on top.
Oskar throws a leg kick but Young sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Oskar throws a leg kick
and Young counters with a nice uppercut.
Oskar tries a head kick but it misses.
Young looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Oskar ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Young moves away.
Young looks to land a right hand but Oskar moved out of range.
Oskar misses with a hook
and Young counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Young scores with a punch to the head.

Oskar is rocked!

Young gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Young misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Oskar tries for a takedown. No joy.
Young doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Young stops a takedown attempt from Oskar.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Guthrum Oskar. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A knee to the head by Young.
Oh Oskar is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

It looks like Guthrum Oskar has been cut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Oskar managing to block the knees to the body from Young.
Young has a couple of punches blocked by Oskar.
Young misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Oskar.
Young throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Oskar blocks it with crossed arms.
Oskar seems to have got his legs back now.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Young lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Oskar or not.
Young landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Young tries a knee to the head but Oskar blocks it.
Young looking to throw knees to the head but Oskar is blocking nicely.

Oskar has picked Young up - he's going for a ride! Oskar dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Oskar prevents Young from improving his position.
Young is staying active underneath Oskar, 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.

Reggie Young dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!

Young wants to clinch up but Oskar keeps it at a distance.
Young slips under a jab.
Oskar ducks under a wild hook from Young.
Oskar 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.
Good exchange - Young coming out on top.
Young tries to clinch up.
A counter left hand to the body from Oskar misses its target.
Young swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Some wild striking there from Oskar.
Reggie Young is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Oskar thows a left - swing and a miss!
Oskar throws a shot from downtown. Young moves away and avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Young throws a lazy right hand but Oskar sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Young drops Oskar with a beautiful combination! Oskar stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Young is looking for the KO!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Oskar misses with a double jab.
Young dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Oskar throws a jab when Young was well out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Young! Oskar is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:08 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Reggie Young!
The defeated Guthrum Oskar had this to say: 'Sometimes by losing a battle you find a new way to win the war.'.