PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hughtavious Mingo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Youngblood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Youngblood has chosen Linkin Park - Numb as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Mingo
vs
Youngblood

193 cm
27
215 lbs
19 - 12 - 0

183 cm
40
214 lbs
36 - 26 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Voodoo Nutrition

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 19 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hughtavious Mingo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 36 - 26 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Matt Youngblood!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Chris Edwards and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Youngblood darts in and clinches Mingo up against the cage.
Youngblood is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mingo is defending well for now.

Youngblood breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Youngblood misses with a jab, cross combination.
Youngblood tries to clinch up
and Mingo counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Youngblood thinking.

Youngblood gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Mingo breaks from the clinch.
Youngblood staying out of range there.
Youngblood takes one on the button.
Mingo throws the left hand but Youngblood avoids the punch easily.
Youngblood throws a left and a right that both miss
and Mingo counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Mingo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Youngblood moves away.

Youngblood darts in and clinches Mingo up against the cage.

Youngblood breaks from the clinch.
Mingo looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Mingo just misses with a punch to the body.
Youngblood tries to clinch but Mingo moves out of range.
Mingo misses with a looping right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Mingo.
Mingo lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Mingo scores with a jab to the head.
Mingo misses with a two punch combination.

Mingo lands a left and a right that send Youngblood crashing to the mat, dazed. Mingo thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Youngblood is rocked!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Mingo throws a lazy right hand but Youngblood sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Youngblood misses with a jab, cross combination.

Youngblood rushes Mingo and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Youngblood breaks the clinch.
Youngblood throws a right and a left that both miss.
Youngblood checks a leg kick.
Matt Youngblood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mingo takes a swing at Youngblood's ribcage but misses.
Youngblood lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Mingo throws a series of punches but Youngblood moves out of range.
Youngblood throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Youngblood has managed to clinch.

Mingo breaks from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mingo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Youngblood manages to avoid it.
Youngblood doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Youngblood breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Youngblood fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Mingo, pushing him back against the cage.
The referee is keeping an eye on Mingo - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

Youngblood escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mingo lands a jab to the nose.
Youngblood misses the body punch
and Mingo counters with a straight right hand.
Mingo rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Youngblood counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Youngblood uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mingo.
Youngblood lands a nice hook to Mingo's body. Mingo takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Youngblood misses with a few strikes there.
A counter left hand to the body from Mingo misses its target.
Mingo getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Youngblood lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mingo circles away quickly and effectively.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Youngblood lands a two punch combo.
A swing and a miss from Mingo.
Youngblood is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Mingo.
A jab lands there for Youngblood.
Youngblood staying out of range there.
Youngblood takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Youngblood fails in his attempt to clinch.
Youngblood swinging wildly here.
Mingo attempts a counter takedown but Youngblood avoids it well and moves away.
Mingo throws a nice looking combination but Youngblood bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Youngblood is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mingo clobbers Youngblood with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A head kick by Youngblood misses

and Mingo counters with a nice right hand that sends Youngblood toppling to the canvas! Youngblood scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Mingo finish him?!
Youngblood is still on wobbly legs! Can Mingo finish him?
Mingo fires a straight punch through the middle that cracks Youngblood square on the jaw! Damn, Youngblood is out cold on his feet and topples face first to the canvas! Wow, I haven't seen a knockout that brutal in a long time!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Hughtavious Mingo!
Hughtavious Mingo thanked the fans post fight for their support.
In defeat, Matt Youngblood stepped up to the mic, saying 'I`ll be BACK'.