PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Altansarnai Shinjo (ranked 3835 p4p, 294 weight class) and Jedidiah Young (ranked 22836 p4p, 402 weight class). Shinjo comes to the cage accompanied by DJ KATCH - The Horns. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Shinjo
vs
Young

170 cm
22
153 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

173 cm
22
153 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Altansarnai Shinjo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jedidiah Young!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Gregory Folan and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Young thumps Shinjo with a low kick.
Shinjo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nice shot by Young.
We've been told by Shinjo's head coaches at Rokugan that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Shinjo throws out a loose jab but Young uses good head movement to avoid it.
Young throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Shinjo misses with a wild body shot.
Shinjo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Young.
Young misses with a hook.
Shinjo half committed to a counter leg kick.
Young uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Shinjo.
Young lands a nice shot to the body.
Young lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Shinjo cracks a nice hook into Young's ribs.
Young misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Shinjo.
Jedidiah Young seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big right from Shinjo misses.
Shinjo misses with a looping right.
Shinjo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Young lands a nice shot that snaps Shinjo's head back.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The fighters circling - Shinjo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Shinjo misses with a hook.
Young scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young throws an overhand right that lands on Shinjo's shoulder, as Shinjo tries to avoid the shot.
Shinjo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Young.
Shinjo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Young.
Shinjo throws a jab when Young was well out of range.
Young connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Shinjo's hands.
A lazy left from Young finds it's target.
Shinjo throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Young counters with a nice uppercut.
Young moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Shinjo throws an overhand right that lands on Young's shoulder, as Young tries to avoid the shot.
Altansarnai Shinjo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Shinjo tests Young's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Jab from Young.
Shinjo misses the shot to the body.
Shinjo throws an overhand right that lands on Young's shoulder, as Young tries to avoid the shot.
Shinjo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Shinjo takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Young ducks under a wild hook from Shinjo.
Young tries a quick counter leg kick but Shinjo is wise to it.
Shinjo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Young.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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.
The crowd cheers as Young lands an impressive looking overhand right. Shinjo doesn't seem phased though.
Young with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Young misses with a looping left.
Young moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Shinjo gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Young.
Shinjo misses with a hook. Young ducked under it nicely.
Shinjo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Young.
Young scores with a crisp jab that stopped Shinjo in his tracks.
Young ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Young scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Young connects with a nice looking jab.
Young throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The fighters circling - Shinjo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Shinjo thows a left - swing and a miss!
Shinjo throws a shot from downtown. Young moves away and avoids it.
Young swings for the body but Shinjo moves out of range.
Shinjo throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Young to counter with a crisp jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shinjo slips a straight right by Young.

Shinjo closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Shinjo lands a body punch in the clinch.
Shinjo throws a punch but it's blocked by Young.
Shinjo blocking some punches.
Young misses with a punch to the body.
Young scores with a shot to the side of Shinjo's head.
Young scores with a shoulder strike.

Shinjo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Shinjo misses with a body shot.
Young throws a jab when Shinjo was well out of range.
Shinjo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Shinjo misses with an uppercut.
Shinjo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Young.
Young appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Shinjo throws a series of punches but Young moves out of range.
Young scores with a nice head shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shinjo takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Young's corner calls for a 1-2. Young obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Young scores with a punch to the head.
Young lands with a thumping leg kick.
Shinjo closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Shinjo misses with a looping left.
Young ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Young throws a hook to the side of Shinjo's head but Shinjo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Young slips under a jab from Shinjo.
A little jabbing left from Young on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Shinjo moves away from the strike by Young.
Young ducks under a wild hook from Shinjo.
Young feints a counter leg kick.
Shinjo throws a jab when Young was well out of range.
Young tries to clinch but Shinjo is having none of it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Shinjo on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Shinjo looks to throw the jab but Young is out of range.
Shinjo throws a body punch but Young moves out of range.
Young looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Shinjo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A slow jab from Shinjo misses its intended target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Young lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Young keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Young looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Young throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Shinjo stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Young lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Young throws a low kick but it's checked well by Shinjo.
Young has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Shinjo throws a leg kick
and Young cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Young moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Shinjo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Shinjo is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Shinjo throws a right and a left that Young avoids nicely.
Shinjo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Shinjo misses with a straight right.
Young works the jab nicely.
Shinjo chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Young can pounce on him.
Shinjo throws a front kick aimed at Young's knee but Young avoids it well.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shinjo throws a hook but Young avoids it easily.
Shinjo on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Young works Shinjo's body with a nice hook.
Shinjo moves away from the strike by Young.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shinjo misses the shot to the body.
Young lands a jab to the nose.
Shinjo cracks Young with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Young avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Young scores with a decent looking hook.
Young throws a looping overhand right but Shinjo ducks down to avoid it.
Shinjo throwing a counter right hand but Young manages to avoid it.
Young jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Shinjo misses with an uppercut.
Shinjo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Young manages to avoid it.
Shinjo throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Young counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Shinjo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Young throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Young swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Young throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Young takes a swing at Shinjo's ribcage but misses.
Shinjo just misses with a punch to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shinjo throws a shot from downtown. Young moves away and avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shinjo lands with a straight right. Young didn't see that one coming.
Young blocks a jab.
Young has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Young lands a nice leg kick that just misses Shinjo's sensitive parts.
Shinjo is looking to score with low kicks.
Shinjo loads up on a big right hand but Young slips the punch.
Young feints a jab promting Shinjo to slip. Young then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Shinjo slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

Shinjo instigates a clinch.
Young is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Shinjo is keeping busy.
Shinjo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Young manages to break the clinch.
Shinjo lands a nice hook to Young's body. Young takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Shinjo looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A jab lands there for Young.
Shinjo throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Young stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A swing and a miss from Shinjo.
Shinjo wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young shoots in and drives through. Shinjo sprawls well.
Shinjo misses the shot to the body.
A swing and a miss from Young.
Shinjo slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Young is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Shinjo on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Shinjo has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Shinjo there as he acknowledges the shot.
Nice straight punches there by Young. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Young.
Jedidiah Young seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Shinjo throws a right hand that misses
and Young counters with a nice low kick that buckles Shinjo's knee momentarily.
Shinjo lands a head shot.
Young moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Young has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Shinjo finds it's way round the side to connect with Young's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Young takes a swing at Shinjo's ribcage but misses.
Shinjo is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Young throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Shinjo cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Shinjo misses with a series of wild punches.
Shinjo throws a hook but Young blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young walks into a stiff left hand from Shinjo.
Shinjo throws a right hand that misses
and Young counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Young scores with a jab to the body.
Young misses with a body shot.
Young uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Young looks to land a right hand but Shinjo moved out of range.
Young pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Young throws a jab but it's blocked by Shinjo.
Shinjo throws a hook to the side of Young's head but Young sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Shinjo avoids a kick to the body.
Shinjo tried to counter with a leg kick but Young avoided it.
Shinjo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Young.
A counter left hand to the body from Shinjo misses its target.
Shinjo thows a left - swing and a miss!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A big left from Shinjo misses.
Young slips under a jab.
Shinjo connects with a crisp jab.
Young thows a left - swing and a miss!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jedidiah Young showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Young scores with a three punch combo!
Shinjo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Shinjo walks into a left hand.
Shinjo looks to throw the jab but Young is out of range.
Shinjo connects with a body shot that sends Young's belly button to the back.
Shinjo stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Young.
Shinjo thows a left - swing and a miss!
Young lands a lovely overhand right.
Young scores with a decent looking hook.
The fight stays on the outside here - Young looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Shinjo takes a jab right on the kisser.
Shinjo takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Young throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Shinjo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Young uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Shinjo.
A looping hook to the body misses from Shinjo. Young does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shinjo swings away with a body shot that misses
enabling Young to counter with a crisp jab.
Young misses with a straight right.
Shinjo looks to throw the jab but Young is out of range.

Young tries to keep at a distance but Shinjo has taken the fight into the clinch.
Young is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

Shinjo breaks the clinch.
Young lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Young throws an overhand right that lands on Shinjo's shoulder, as Shinjo tries to avoid the shot.
Good shot there by Young.
A lazy body kick from Shinjo
letting Young counter with a right hand.
Young takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Shinjo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Young misses with an uppercut
and Shinjo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Young walks into a straight right hand from Shinjo.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Young uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Shinjo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Shinjo misses with a right hand
and Young counters with an outside leg kick.
Shinjo scores with a jab to the body.
Young lands with a hook. Shinjo tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A big right from Shinjo misses.
Shinjo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Young.
Young avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Shinjo misses with a jab, cross combination.
Young looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Young lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Shinjo misses with a straight right.
A jab from Young finds it's way through Shinjo's defenses.
Young throws a shot from downtown. Shinjo moves away and avoids it.
Shinjo tried to counter with a leg kick but Young avoided it.
Young digs a good hook to Shinjo's body.
Shinjo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Young misses with a hook.
Shinjo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shinjo digs a good hook to Young's body.
Shinjo throws a half hearted mid kick.
Young doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Shinjo takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Shinjo takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Shinjo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Shinjo misses the target.
Young displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Shinjo throws out the jab.
Young misses with a takedown
and Shinjo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Young closes this distance looking for a takedown but Shinjo circles away.
Shinjo takes a swing at Young's ribcage but misses.
Young lands with a straight right. Shinjo didn't see that one coming.
Young lands a slapping body shot.
Shinjo misses with a double jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Shinjo scores with the left hand. Young knows he should have avoided that one.
Altansarnai Shinjo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shinjo ducks under a wild hook from Young.
Young fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Nice body punch from Young.

Shinjo closes the distance and clinches.

Shinjo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Young missing with a left hand there. Shinjo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Shinjo throws a hook but Young blocks it.
Young throws a nice inside leg kick.
Shinjo swings for the body but Young moves out of range.
Shinjo misses with a looping right.
Shinjo attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Young looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Young ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Shinjo moves away.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Shinjo throws the left hand but Young avoids the punch easily.
Young takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Shinjo takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Shinjo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Jedidiah Young.
I've got Young winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jedidiah Young!
In defeat, Altansarnai Shinjo stepped up to the mic, saying 'I'm not completely useless, I can still serve as a bad example.'.