PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chadwick Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joel Laston (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Joel Laston will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Young
vs
Laston

173 cm
25
279 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

200 cm
25
270 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Very confident

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Chadwick Young!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Joel Laston!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Laston darts in and clinches Young up against the cage.
Nice body punch from Laston.
Laston is working Young over against the cage.
A short left from Laston.
A short right from Laston on the inside.

It looks like Chadwick Young has been cut.
Young with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Laston is leaning against Young and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Young has Laston pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Laston manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Laston lands a left hand that snaps the head of Young backwards.
Young is breathing heavily.
Laston lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Laston lands a body punch in the clinch.
Laston cracks Young with a nice body shot.
Laston scores with a hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Laston.
Nice body punch from Laston.
Laston scores with a shot to the side of Young's head.
Laston lands a shot to the body.
Laston gets through Young's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Young is rocked!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Laston.
Oh Young is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Laston misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Laston fails to land.
Young blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Laston throws a head punch that misses.
Young is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Laston to keep the fight standing.
Young blocks an uppercut.
Young really is a fat lump.
A head punch on the inside from Laston fails to land.
Young seems to have got his legs back now.
Laston lands a body shot in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laston loads up on a right hand - it lands flush and knocks Young senseless! What a punch!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Joel Laston!