PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Daft Young (ranked 750 p4p, 89 weight class) and Dexter Scarface (ranked 649 p4p, 81 weight class). Young comes to the cage accompanied by Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger. Scarface has chosen Blinded By Lights as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Young
vs
Scarface

166 cm
35
160 lbs
21 - 14 - 0

183 cm
34
162 lbs
19 - 11 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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 21 - 14 - 0, fighting out of London, Daft Young!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dexter Scarface!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Jonathan Paton and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Scarface jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Scarface jabs Young right on the nose. Young blinks but takes it well.
Young swings for the body but Scarface moves out of range.
Dexter Scarface seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Scarface misses the shot to the body.

Young has Scarface up against the cage in a clinch.
Scarface lands a body shot in the clinch.
Young struggles to land a body shot inside as Scarface controls his hands.
Young lands a right hand.
Scarface lands a nice uppercut.
Scarface misses with a hook from the clinch.
Young misses with a body punch.
Young misses with the head strike.
Scarface lands a hook to the side of the head.
Young blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
I was talking to Young's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A short right from Scarface on the inside.
Scarface blocking some punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Scarface tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Young misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nice body punch from Young - that landed with a thud.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young has a couple of punches blocked by Scarface.
Young working aggressively here.
Scarface fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Young throws a head punch that misses.
Scarface working aggressively here.
Scarface tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Young lands a shot to the body.
Scarface lands a body punch in the clinch.
Scarface swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Scarface throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Youngs head.
Young blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Scarface swings wildly with an uppercut but Young uses good head movement to avoid it.
Scarface misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short body shot lands from Young as the two fighters clinch.
Young misses with a body punch.
Scarface throws a head punch that misses.
Scarface working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Scarface struggles to land a body shot inside as Young controls his hands.
Young blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scarface prevents a body shot from Young.
Young blocking some punches.
Scarface swings wildly with an uppercut but Young uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Young.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Scarface swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Scarface misses with a short punch on the inside.
Young cracks Scarface with a nice body shot.
Scarface swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Young is leaning against Scarface and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Young.
Young tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Scarface's elbow.
Scarface has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Scarface working aggressively here.
Scarface throws a punch but it's blocked by Young.
Young lands a nice uppercut.
Young struggles to land a body shot inside as Scarface controls his hands.
Scarface misses with a punch on the inside.

Scarface manages to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scarface fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Young manages to avoid it.
Scarface uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Young.
Young looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Young tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Scarface was well out of range. Poor timing from Young.
Young is looking to clinch but Scarface is avoiding it.

Young takes the fight into the clinch.
Young swings wildly with an uppercut but Scarface uses good head movement to avoid it.
Young throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Scarfaces head.
Scarface misses with some punches.
Young works on Scarface's body with a couple of short punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Young.
A right hook to the body lands for Young.
Scarface misses with some punches.
Young blocks an uppercut.
A hook to the body from Young.
Scarface looks winded!
Scarface tries to circle away but Young has him pinned against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Scarface.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Scarface has had enough of the clinch but Young keeps him there for the moment.
Young lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Young blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Young lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Young presses Scarface against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Young has a couple of punches blocked by Scarface.
Young softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Young blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Young working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Scarface fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Scarface misses with a punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Young.
Scarface works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Scarface's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Scarface breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Young moves into range and clinches up with Scarface.
Young can't find room to land a body shot as Scarface controls the action.
Young blocks an uppercut.
Young blocks a body shot from Scarface.
Scarface throws a punch but it's blocked by Young.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Daft Young will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Young tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Scarface throws an overhand right that lands on Young's shoulder, as Young tries to avoid the shot.
Scarface lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Young circles away quickly and effectively.
Young throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Young with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Scarface swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jab by Scarface.
Young slips under a jab.
Young tries to counter by clinching up but Scarface breaks away and moves out of range.
Scarface throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Young sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Young misses with a looping right.
No joy there for Scarface, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Young lands with a straight right. Scarface didn't see that one coming.
Young fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Scarface manages to avoid it.
Young takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Scarface swats away the attempt to clinch by Young.
Scarface with a nice cross.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young looks to score with a jab to the body but Scarface is just out of range.

Young gets a clinch.
Scarface lands a left hand that snaps the head of Young backwards.
Scarface misses with some punches.
Young doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Young stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Scarface lands a hook that snaps the head of Young backwards.
Young works on Scarface's body with a couple of short punches.
Scarface blocking some punches.
Scarface misses with a punch on the inside.
Young is leaning against Scarface and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Young tries to work over Scarface's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Young scores with a nice hook to the head.
Scarface lands a hook that snaps the head of Young backwards.
Young goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Young swings wildly with an uppercut but Scarface uses good head movement to avoid it.
Young lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Scarface breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scarface thows a left - swing and a miss!
Scarface throws a lazy right hand but Young sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Scarface throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Scarface misses with a looping left.
Scarface blocks a head kick by Young.
Scarface swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Scarface scores with a decent looking hook.
A telegraphed right hand from Scarface misses the target.
Scarface takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Scarface looks to land a left hand but Young moved out of range nicely.
Scarface misses with a few strikes there.
Scarface throws out a loose jab but Young uses good head movement to avoid it.
Young throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Young scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Scarface doesn't seem bothered though.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Scarface in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Scarface takes a jab right on the kisser.
Scarface lands a jab.
Scarface loads up on a big right hand but Young slips the punch.
Young is looking to wear down Scarface with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jab from Scarface.
Scarface throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Scarface lands a glancing blow to the side of Young's head.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Young.
A jab lands there for Young.

Scarface is rocked!
A telegraphed right hand from Scarface misses the target.
It looked like Young was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Scarface.
Scarface is still on wobbly legs! Can Young finish him?
Scarface bobbing and weaving nicely... He's ducked under a jab and ducks again but ooooooh! Young comes at him with an uppercut from hell! Scarface falls to the canvas, unconscious! This one is all over! Oh man, looking at the replay that was right on the button! Scarface was out before he hit the floor!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Daft Young!
Daft Young thanked the fans post fight for their support.