PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Huey Ball (ranked 22998 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dion Young (ranked 5474 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Ball
vs
Young

161 cm
27
140 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

195 cm
25
130 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Hates pizza

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Huey Ball!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dion Young !
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Valeri Chadov and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Ball breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Young misses with a takedown attempt - Ball sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Ball appears to be looking for a counter takedown.

Young gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Young pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Young shoots in looking for a takedown. Ball tries to sprawl out of it but Young keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Ball manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Ball attempts a counter takedown but Young avoids it well and moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Young closes the distance and pushes Ball back into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ball takes an elbow to the temple.
Young blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ball is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Young to keep the fight standing.
Ball doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Young looking for a takedown.
Huey Ball has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dion Young .
Young landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ball wants to stall.
Ball wants to get back to striking at distance but Young won't allow it.
Young unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Young obliges.
Ball can't break the clinch.
Young is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Young working Ball over with knees to the body.
Young is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Ball is trying to force a seperation but Young has the dominant position.
Young has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Ball is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Young is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Ball pulls him back up using the underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ball has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Young tries to pull guard but Ball holds him up against the cage and eventually Young drops back down to his feet.

Young manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Young managing to control the position.
Ball might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Young is trying to keep Ball in close.

Young throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Ball escapes and throws Young 's legs to the side, diving into side control!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Young is trying to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young manages to work his way to half guard, despite Ball's best efforts.
Young has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Ball is working away from the top position though.
Young wants to get back to full guard.

Ball is looking for a kimura here.
Young gets back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Young wants to control the position but Ball says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Young trying to control from the bottom.
Young keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Young wants to stand back up but Ball manages to pass into side control.
Young tries to bench press Ball off him but Ball keeps the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dion Young dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

A head kick misses from Ball.
Young throws a sloppy head kick and Ball moves out of range easily.

Young moves into the clinch successfully.
Young prevents Ball from breaking the clinch.
Young jumps guard but Ball turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Ball is trying to break the clinch but Young has him pressed against the cage.
Ball can't break the clinch.
Ball stalling in the clinch but Young improves position.
Young tries for a takedown but Ball manages to get underhooks.
Young is struggling to control the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ball tries to break free but Young pushes him back against the cage.
Ball tries for a takedown but Young manages to get underhooks.
Ball jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Young walks away with a smile on his face. Ball gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Young closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Ball gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Huey Ball has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dion Young .
A short uppercut from Young .
Young tries to pull guard but Ball won't allow it.
Ball looking to slow down the pace here.

Young 's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Horrible takedown attempt by Young or perhaps it was just good defense by Ball, which made it look bad.
Ball takes a kick to the side of the head.

Young gets tackled into the cage by Ball. Ball maintains the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Young drags the fight down to the ground.
Young working a defensive guard here.
Young looking for a sweep. Not yet Young , not yet.
Ball works over Young with some ground and pound from guard.
Ball with a flurry of punches that miss.

Young has his feet on Ball's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Young shoots for a takedown but Ball saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Young is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ball pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Young misses with a right hand

and Ball counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Young pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Young rushes Ball and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Young wants to take the fight to the mat but Ball manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Ball is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Young is keeping busy.
Young drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Ball looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ball is trying to maintain a safe position but Young gets an underhook and turns Ball into the cage.
Dion Young seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

Young breaks the clinch.

Young clinches with his opponent.
Ball fails to pull guard.
Young is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Ball is defending well.
Ball is trying to maintain a safe position but Young gets an underhook and turns Ball into the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ball tries to pull guard but Young won't allow it.

Ball breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Young circles away from the clinch attempt.

Young closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Ball wants to get back to striking at distance but Young won't allow it.
Ball wants to get back to striking at distance but Young won't allow it.
Ball is trying to break the clinch but Young is controlling him.
Ball with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ball tries to circle away but Young has him pinned against the cage.
Ball is trying to force a seperation but Young has the dominant position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ball tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Young smiles and moves away.
Young checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Dion Young seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ball is looking to clinch but Young is avoiding it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dion Young showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Young shoots in but no luck this time.
Ball displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Young .
Young fails with the takedown.
Huey Ball has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dion Young .
Young shoots in for a takedown but Ball shows good takedown defense.

Young scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Ball bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Young takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

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

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Ball.
Young tries to strike from the bottom.
Ball works over Young with some ground and pound from guard.
Ball engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

Young throws his legs up looking for a submission but Ball uses it to pass to side control.

That's two 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.
Young wants to control but Ball postures up.
Young is looking to reverse the position.
Young struggling a bit here.

Ball thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young can't do much from the bottom here.
Ball working the ground and pound but Young is defending the strikes.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Ball throws a head kick but Young moves out of range.
Ball defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Young .

That's four 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.

Young closes the distance and clinches.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Ball as Young tries to tie him up.
Ball is trying to break the clinch but Young has him pressed against the cage.
Young pushes Ball back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

Ball pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Young throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Ball's head.
Young with a lazy takedown attempt

and Ball counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Young pulls guard successfully.
Huey Ball overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ball controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Ball scoring with some ground and pound.

And that's the end of the fight!
Huey Ball showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Young has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dion Young !