PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bob The Man (ranked 5139 p4p, 464 weight class) and Denny Young (ranked 5779 p4p, 505 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Bob The Man has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Bob The Man seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

The Man
vs
Young

160 cm
20
155 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

170 cm
20
120 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

Good takedowns
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Determined

Juggernaut And Gladiators

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bob The Man!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Denny Young!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Anni Minnemäki and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Young takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Young fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but The Man avoids it really well and circles away.
Young takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Young lands a nice leg kick that just misses The Man's sensitive parts.
Young tries to work over The Man's front leg with a kick but The Man checks it.
The Man ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Young moves away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Young! But no joy.

Young gets caught napping as The Man dives in and scores a takedown. Young manages to retain guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Young trying to control the position.

Young throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
The Man trying to control the position from guard on top but Young is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young trying to keep a closed guard but The Man is proving a slippery customer.
Young trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
The Man controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
The Man pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Young is keeping the position for now.
The Man is working hard here to advance position.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
The Man misses the jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
The Man throws out a loose jab but Young uses good head movement to avoid it.
Young takes a shot to the body in his stride.
The Man misses with a hook.
The Man misses with an uppercut.
The Man on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
The Man throws a jab when Young was well out of range.
Good standup being displayed there by The Man as he connects with a hook.
Young gets cracked there but stands up to it.

Young is rocked!
BOOM! The Man lands a beautiful left hook that drops Young. Young tries to recover but The Man is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Young lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bob The Man!