PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Henri Lafitte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Reggie Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lafitte's entrance music is Concrete Blondes - Bloodletting. A fine choice. Henri Lafitte has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Lafitte
vs
Young

193 cm
27
213 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

185 cm
28
202 lbs
8 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
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 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Henri Lafitte!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Reggie Young!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, John Kavanagh and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lafitte misses with a body shot.
Lafitte on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Young misses with a few strikes there.
Young lands with a shot to the body.
A shot to the liver by Lafitte. Beautiful body shot.
Lafitte on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A combination from Young does no damage.
Young will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Young lands a nice looking body shot.
Young misses with a hook. Lafitte ducked under it nicely.

Young takes the fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Young fails to land.
Lafitte has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Young holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Lafitte gets through Young's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Lafitte blocks a body shot from Young.
Lafitte working aggressively here.
Lafitte scores with a shoulder strike.
A shot in the inside from Lafitte.
Come on Young - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Lafitte avoiding damage as Young throws knees to the body.
Young lands a left hand that snaps the head of Lafitte backwards.
Young with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Young struggles to land a body shot inside as Lafitte controls his hands.
Young connects with a knee to the head.
Young struggles to land a body shot inside as Lafitte controls his hands.
Lafitte lands a nice shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Lafitte pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Young throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lafitte lands a leg kick that knocks Young off balance momentarily.
Young scores with a body shot.
Lafitte throws a head kick that misses
and Young counters with a left and a right that stings Lafitte.
Young misses with a straight left.
Lafitte fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Young is out of range.
A countering left hand to the body from Young misses.
Young wants to clinch up but Lafitte keeps it at a distance.
Young wants to clinch up but Lafitte keeps it at a distance.
Young looks to score with a jab to the body but Lafitte is just out of range.
Reggie Young seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Young slips a jab and a cross from Lafitte.
Lafitte tries a low kick but Young avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lafitte throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Young takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Lafitte throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Lafitte takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Lafitte misses with a leg kick
and Young counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Lafitte throws a body punch but Young moves out of range.
A jab from Young does it's job there.
Lafitte punishes Young's body with a nice straight punch.
Young swings widly with a right hand
and Lafitte counters with a nice body kick.
Lafitte lands a leg kick that knocks Young off balance momentarily.
Young misses with a body punch
and Lafitte counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
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!
Young misses with a straight left.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lafitte thuds a left hand into Young's body.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Lafitte, right into the meat.
Lafitte throws a low kick but it's checked well by Young.
Young lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Lafitte keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Young.
Young's corner calls for a 1-2. Young obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Lafitte fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Young.
Young lands with a right hand.
Young has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Lafitte with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Lafitte is looking to wear down Young with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Lafitte scores with a sloppy right hand. Young should have avoided that one.
Lafitte throws an overhand right that drops Young like a sack of potatoes! Lafitte dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Henri Lafitte!