PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Taite Abrams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Reggie Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Abrams
vs
Young

190 cm
35
215 lbs
20 - 10 - 0

185 cm
28
202 lbs
8 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Zenith Nutrition (160q/225$)
Hellbent

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 20 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Taite Abrams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Reggie Young!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Steve Montenegro and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Abrams misses with an attempted mid kick.
Abrams lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Young doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Abrams throws a lazy right hand but Young sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Young lands with an uppercut that bounces Abrams off the cage and back into range.
Nice shot lands for Abrams.
Abrams tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Young with the counter takedown but Abrams avoids it easily.
Young misses with a jab, cross combination.
Abrams throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Young lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Abrams throws a leg kick
and Abrams takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Young has managed to clinch.
Young stalls.
Abrams tries a body shot but Young blocks it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Young tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Abrams swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Young softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Young lands a shoulder strike.
Abrams using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Young has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Abrams lands a damaging elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Abrams backwards.
Abrams throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Youngs head.
Abrams tries to land knees in the clinch but Young avoids the damage to the body.
Abrams pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Abrams throws an elbow but misses.
Abrams lands a left hand.
A shot in the inside from Young.
Abrams throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Young blocks an uppercut.
Young managing to block the knees to the body from Abrams.
Abrams with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Young lands with a left to the head.
Young misses with a knee strike.
Abrams lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Reggie Young has been cut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Young.
Nice elbow from Abrams.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Young lands a body punch in the clinch.
Young tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Abrams's elbow.
Young doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Abrams connects with a knee to the head.
Abrams pushes off an throws an elbow but Young leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Abrams throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young avoids the elbow strike from Abrams, against the cage.
Young slows down the pace here.
Young lands with a left to the head.
Abrams misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Young.
Abrams lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Young backwards.

Young is rocked!
Abrams lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Young to his knees! Abrams keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Taite Abrams!
Our winner, Taite Abrams, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.