PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Luke Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and bjj penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Young
vs
penn

200 cm
18
260 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
18
270 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Likes ground

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Luke Young!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, bjj penn!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Colin Fotheringham and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Young gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Young breaks from the clinch.

Young scores a takedown into full mount!
penn is working to get back to half guard.
penn wants to control but Young is having none of it.
Young prevents penn from getting the reversal.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Young cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
penn regains half guard.
penn regains full guard. Nicely done.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young trying to control the position from guard on top but penn is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Young tries to free his leg and advance position but penn is retaining full guard.
Young trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Young in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Young wants to control from the top but penn keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
penn controls Young momentarily but Young frees himself.
Young wants to control from the top but penn keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Young moves into the clinch successfully.
A bit of stalling here from Young.
Young fails to pull guard.
penn swings wildly with an uppercut but Young uses good head movement to avoid it.

Young manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Young is trying to control the position from the bottom.
penn won't allow Young to sweep him here.
penn postures up.
penn trying to control but Young is working from the bottom.
penn trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

penn decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Young, up you get!
penn misses with a takedown

and Young counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Young.
penn looks gassed!
Young looking to sit in guard and control but penn gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Young trying to strike off his back.

penn thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
penn won't allow Young to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
penn wanted to stand there but Young had control of the position.
penn stops Young from standing up.
penn postures up.
penn wanted to stand there but Young had control of the position.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Nice sprawl there from penn as Young shoots in.

Young closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

Young decides to stand up, so the ref orders penn to his feet.

penn drives through with a takedown into guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luke Young dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Nice takedown defense from Young. No joy for penn on that attempt.
Young misses with a head kick.
penn doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Young counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in penn's guard now.
penn wants to sweep here but Young controlling him for the moment.
Young has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Young stays in close to penn's body and controls the position.
Young wants to stand but penn is controlling his posture from full guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

penn working for a triangle but Young defends it easily.
Young knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for penn on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
penn thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
penn trying to keep a closed guard but Young is proving a slippery customer.
penn has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
penn keeping moving, preventing Young from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Young stands and steps away. penn gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

Young forces penn back against the cage and clinches.
penn can't break the clinch.
Young is working for takedown but penn is calmly controlling the position for now.
Young fails to pull guard.

Young pulls guard.
penn should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
penn stops Young from standing up.
penn trying to control but Young is working from the bottom.

Young working for a triangle but penn defends it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
penn wants to control from the top but Young keeps moving.

penn gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
penn takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

Young closes the distance and clinches.
Young is trying to work for a single leg takedown but penn pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Luke Young. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
penn tries to break the clinch but Young is controlling the position.

Young breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Young avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Luke Young is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
penn with a poor takedown
and Young connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
penn checks the leg kick.
penn fails with the takedown.
Young looks to land a combination. penn sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Nice takedown defense from penn. No joy for Young on that attempt.
penn shoots and misses

and Young counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in penn's guard now.
penn wants to stand and escape but Young is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luke Young dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Young misses with a takedown attempt

and penn counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Young's guard now.
penn throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Young works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Young is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
penn advances to half guard.
Young wants to improve his position but penn is controlling well.

penn is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Young is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). bjj penn!