PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Denny Young (ranked 8926 p4p, 611 weight class) and Chris Chandler (ranked 24442 p4p, 671 weight class). Chris Chandler has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Young
vs
Chandler

170 cm
20
125 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

171 cm
22
145 lbs
2 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Denny Young!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Chris Chandler!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Chandler shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Chandler showed some decent athleticism there.
Young keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Young missing with punches from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Young holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Young lands with a few short shots to the body.
Young controlling the position for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Young is trying to stand back up but Chandler is controlling him
Young is pressing down on Chandler's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chandler looking to sit in guard and control but Young gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Chandler really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Young. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Young with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Young really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Young is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Young working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Chandler has momentary wrist control but Young slips an elbow through the middle.
Young lands a couple of digs.
Chandler throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Chandler is trying to control the position but Young postures up.
Young postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Young's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Chandler is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

Chandler has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Young can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Young wants to pass the guard but Chandler is keeping the position.
Young working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Chandler's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young passes Chandler's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Young working the head and body with strikes.
Young landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice strikes from Young there.
Young has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Young scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Chandler wants to get back to his feet.

Chandler looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Chandler taking some punishment here, with Young in his half guard.
Chandler has hold of Young's hands but Young slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Young working Chandler over with strikes.
Young is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Young connects with a nice short shot to Chandler's temple.

Chandler is rocked!
Young moves nicely into side control.
Chandler is still in real trouble! Can Young finish him?
Young working the head and body with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chandler taking punishment in the form of punches.
Young lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Chandler down.
Young lands an elbow.
Young creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

Young has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Chandler is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Young yanks on the arm and Chandler is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Young.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Denny Young!
In defeat, Chris Chandler stepped up to the mic, saying 'Ok, no problem!'.