PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Wm Trujillo (ranked 25764 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jordan Young (ranked 8465 p4p, 641 weight class). Jordan Young has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Wm Trujillo's chin.

Trujillo
vs
Young

214 cm
22
162 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

179 cm
22
158 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Hates pizza

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Likes musicals

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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wm Trujillo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jordan Young!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Cecil Peabody and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Young tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Young scoring well with a low kick there.
Trujillo swats away the attempt to clinch by Young.

Young dives in and scores a takedown into Trujillo's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Trujillo punching to the body, from the bottom.

Trujillo has his feet on Young's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.

Young drives through with a takedown into guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Trujillo can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Young controls the pace.
Young passes easily into side control. Nice work.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young working away.
Young wants to lay and pray for a moment but Trujillo keeps working.
Young in side control, throwing shots but Trujillo defends.
Trujillo is looking to regain half guard here but Young keeps moving and retains side control.
Trujillo is not content to let Young control the position.
Young controlling from side mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Trujillo is not content to let Young control the position.
Trujillo is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Young asserts his dominance and retains side control.

Young decides to stand up, so the ref orders Trujillo to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Young drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Young in the domination position with Trujillo hanging on.
Trujillo tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.
Young gets his hands free as Trujillo looks to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here.

Young is persistently looking for the submission but Trujillo is defending it well.
Young is hanging on to Trujillo's back as he tries to escape.
Trujillo trying to control the action but Young just sinks the hooks in.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Young struggling to land strikes to the head as Trujillo covers up.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Trujillo defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jordan Young dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Young throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Trujillo.
Trujillo really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Trujillo scores with a punch to the head.

Young closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Trujillo quickly recovers to half guard.
Trujillo is staying active underneath Young, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Trujillo keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Young wants to stand up but Trujillo has a hold of him and won't allow it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Trujillo is trying to stand.
Young tries to stand but his arm is trapped.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young trying to control from Trujillo's half guard. Trujillo has other ideas though and has regained full guard.

Young decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Young tries to clinch up but Trujillo circles away and keeps his distance.
As Young looks to move away, Trujillo throws a big counter combo but Young just gets out of the way.

Young drives through with a takedown into Trujillo's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Trujillo is adopting a defensive guard.
Young looking to sit in guard and control but Trujillo gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trujillo lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Young is controlling Trujillo's posture.
Trujillo makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Trujillo makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Young working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Trujillo.
Young has momentary wrist control but Trujillo slips an elbow through the middle.
Trujillo lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Young is breathing heavily.
Young is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Trujillo distracts Young with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trujillo lands a couple of elbows.
Trujillo 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 working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Trujillo.
Trujillo chips away with some ground and pound.
Trujillo landing some decent shots from guard.
Trujillo working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Trujillo scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Trujillo postures up.
Trujillo in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Trujillo will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Young looking to control.
Trujillo lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Young working a defensive guard here.
Wm Trujillo overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Young looking for a sweep. Not yet Young, not yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trujillo with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Trujillo chips away with some ground and pound.
Young is looking to sweep but instead, Trujillo has passed into half guard.
Trujillo is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Trujillo lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Trujillo lands a nice short elbow.
Trujillo looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Young with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Trujillo slips a nice elbow through Young's hands, connecting with Young's forehead.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Trujillo looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Young with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Trujillo working over Young with some ground and pound. Young looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wm Trujillo dominated that second round.
That's time! Trujillo's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Trujillo scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Young takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Young takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Trujillo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Young can do to turn this around?
Trujillo cracks Young with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Young tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Trujillo connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Young some visible discomfort.
Young is looking for a sweep.

Young throws Trujillo to one side and escapes!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Young fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Trujillo sprawls well initially but Young persists and gets the takedown into half guard.

Trujillo kicks off Young and gets to his feet.
Young takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Trujillo closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Trujillo lands in his opponent's guard.
Trujillo scoring with some ground and pound.
Trujillo landing with the ground and pound.
Trujillo postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Trujillo scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Trujillo scoring with punches to the head and body.
Trujillo scoring with punches to the head and body.
Trujillo connects with a couple of short punches.
Trujillo is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trujillo lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Trujillo scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Trujillo connects with a couple of short punches.
Trujillo cracks Young with a solid left hand.
Trujillo lands a couple of digs.
Young wants to get back to his feet but Trujillo is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Trujillo postures up and lands a big shot to Young's brow.
Trujillo distracts Young with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Trujillo is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Trujillo with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Trujillo working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Young's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trujillo postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Young looking to hit a scissor sweep but Trujillo is one step ahead there.
Trujillo is in close to Young's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Young is looking to stand back up but Trujillo counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Young.
Trujillo working the head and body with strikes.
Trujillo stops Young from getting back to his feet.
Trujillo winds up and cracks Young with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young is trying to stand up here but Trujillo is controlling him well.
Trujillo looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Trujillo looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Young taking some punishment here, with Trujillo in his half guard.
Trujillo working the head and body with strikes.
Trujillo working over Young with some ground and pound. Young looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Trujillo working over Young with some ground and pound. Young looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Trujillo 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.
Trujillo takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Trujillo lands strikes from half guard.
Trujillo landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Trujillo lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

And that's the end of the fight!
Wm Trujillo showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Trujillo has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wm Trujillo!