PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Trevor Young (ranked 3682 p4p, 369 weight class) and Pietro De Negri (ranked 4575 p4p, 451 weight class). Pietro De Negri has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Young
vs
De Negri

180 cm
25
165 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

169 cm
28
150 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Hates pizza

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Trevor Young!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Pietro De Negri!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Felipe Paraventi and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Young shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. De Negri manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
De Negri has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Young has passed into side control.
De Negri is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Young off and has taken his back!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Young is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
De Negri gets his hands free as Young looks to control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Young turns into De Negri and is now in his guard.
Young looking to sit in guard and control but De Negri gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
De Negri stopping the sweep attempt from Young.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Negri chips away with some ground and pound.
Young wants to control but De Negri passes easily into half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. De Negri lands a nice short elbow.
Young has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. De Negri is working away from the top position though.
De Negri winds up and cracks Young with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
De Negri prevents Young from improving his position.
Young is refusing to be controlled, as De Negri sits in half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Negri trying to control the pace.
De Negri wants to lay and pray for a moment but Young keeps working.
De Negri is nestled in close to Young, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Well, if De Negri is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Young blocking the ground and pound attempt from De Negri.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Negri stalling.
Young is looking to improve his position.
Young is looking to escape.
De Negri winds up and cracks Young with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
De Negri is looking to take a break and control but Young is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
De Negri stalling.
Young is pressing down on De Negri's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

De Negri drops back, looking for a kneebar! Young looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Young looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Young!

Young taking a breather here.
De Negri can't do much from the bottom here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
De Negri looks to move to half guard but instead Young has passed into mount! Damn!
De Negri wants to control but Young is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Pietro De Negri will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

De Negri leaves Young with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

De Negri shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. De Negri showed some decent athleticism there.

Young has one foot on De Negri's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.

De Negri closes the distance and clinches.
De Negri tries to score a body lock takedown but Young shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Young misses with a punch on the inside.
De Negri lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Young or not.

Young manages to pull guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Young is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young being controlled here, momentarily.
Young seems keen to control De Negri's posture.
De Negri must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
De Negri won't allow Young to get back to his feet.
Young wants to sweep but no luck.
Young is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
De Negri trying to control but Young is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Young stuffs the takedown.
Young looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.

De Negri closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Young quickly recovers to half guard.
Young slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Young is trying to control the position but De Negri postures up.

Young is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Young working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. De Negri doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. De Negri manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
De Negri content to stall in guard here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Negri trying to control but Young is working from the bottom.
Young throws a nice elbow from the bottom.

De Negri gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Young tries for a takedown but De Negri sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

Young shoots in and gets a takedown into De Negri's guard.

De Negri is working an open guard so Young takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
No luck for De Negri with that takedown attempt.
Trevor Young has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pietro De Negri.
Nice takedown defense from De Negri. No joy for Young on that attempt.
De Negri fails with the takedown.
A head kick misses from De Negri.
De Negri is looking to land body kicks.
De Negri rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Young moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
De Negri fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

De Negri gets caught napping as Young dives in and scores a takedown. De Negri manages to retain guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Trevor Young dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

De Negri looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Young is fending him off so far but De Negri persists. Nope, Young circles away and we're back to standing.
De Negri tries to bum rush Young with a series of wild strikes but Young uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Young tries to clinch but fails miserably

and De Negri decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Young's guard.
Young will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Young trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
De Negri prevents Young from getting back to his feet.
Young is trying to control the position but De Negri postures up.
De Negri stopping the sweep attempt from Young.
De Negri prevents Young from getting back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Young tries to land a sweep but no joy.
De Negri trying to control but Young is working from the bottom.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young shoots in but De Negri avoids the takedown attempt easily.
De Negri will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
De Negri wants to clinch up but Young keeps it at a distance.
Young tries to clinch but De Negri moves away

and De Negri counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
De Negri is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
De Negri is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

Young looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Young wants to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

De Negri is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Young keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Young manages to get to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

De Negri stands and steps away. Young gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

De Negri throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Young was covering up waiting for the punch and De Negri finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Young trying to keep a closed guard but De Negri is proving a slippery customer.
De Negri slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young wants to control but De Negri postures up.
De Negri lands a few punches from side control.
Young wants to control but De Negri postures up.
Pietro De Negri has got the better of the ground game so far.

De Negri stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Young shoots in but De Negri avoids the takedown attempt easily.

De Negri shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
De Negri controlling the action here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pietro De Negri comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well De Negri has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 28:29
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pietro De Negri!