PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Yen Askren (ranked 2290 p4p, 281 weight class) and Young Blood (ranked 3860 p4p, 424 weight class). Askren comes to the cage accompanied by Hello from the Askren Side. Yen Askren could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Young Blood's chin.

Askren
vs
Blood

178 cm
21
185 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

225 cm
26
185 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Determined

Freebok (85% Laundry)

IniTech Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Yen Askren!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Young Blood!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Jeff Smith and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blood walks into a stiff left hand from Askren.
Askren looks to score with a jab to the body but Blood is just out of range.
A big left from Askren misses.
Blood thinks about the counter body kick.

Blood fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Askren sprawls well initially but Blood persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Askren keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Blood seems to be looking for submissions.
Blood is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Askren moves into full guard.
Askren bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Blood's guard.

Askren gets to his feet - Blood follows without any prompting.
Blood shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Askren counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Askren scores with a nice strike.
Askren throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Blood stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Askren with a nice cross.

Blood is rocked!

Askren lands a big uppercut and Blood crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Blood looks OK. Askren waves Blood back to his feet!
Blood is still on wobbly legs! Can Askren finish him?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Blood shoots in for a double leg but Askren sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Askren lunges in with a left hook that violently twists Blood head around and knocks him out cold! Askren hops onto the cage and yells out at the top of his lungs - Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaah! They're showing the replay on the big screens now; that was nasty! I hope one of the photographers got a good shot of it.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Yen Askren!
Yen Askren very nearly forgot to thank Freebok (85% Laundry) amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.