PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Norman Pederson (ranked 4021 p4p, 458 weight class) and Ernst Young (ranked 4395 p4p, 479 weight class). Young has chosen Eye Of The Tiger as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Pederson
vs
Young

195 cm
32
220 lbs
11 - 18 - 0

195 cm
45
215 lbs
38 - 16 - 3

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Norman Pederson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 38 - 16 - 3, fighting out of London, Ernst Young!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Wagner Zegers and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Young uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pederson.
Pederson has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Death Valley Training Facility in the buildup to the fight.
A jab from Young misses.
Pederson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Young.
Pederson falls off balance throwing a combination
and Young counters with a nice uppercut.
Norman Pederson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A lazy left from Pederson finds it's target.
Young takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Pederson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
It appears Pederson was looking to counter with a kick there.
Pederson looks to land a left hand but Young moved out of range nicely.
Young scores with a one two! Pederson had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Young fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Pederson looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Pederson lands with a straight right. Young didn't see that one coming.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Young pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Pederson takes a swing at Young's ribcage but misses.
Pederson scores with a three punch combo!
Young throws a lazy right hand but Pederson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pederson missing with a left hand there. Young was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Pederson misses the jab.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Young! But no joy.
Pederson swings widly with a right hand
and Pederson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young throws the left hand but Pederson avoids the punch easily.
Pederson connects with a high kick.
Pederson swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Young counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Young avoids the head kick by Pederson.
A jab from Pederson misses.
Young misses with a jab, cross combination.
Young throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pederson.
Pederson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Young throws a counter combo.
Pederson tries to bum rush Young with a series of wild strikes but Young uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Pederson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Young counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Pederson works over Young's head and body with a nice combination.
Young lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Young staying out of range there.
Young throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pederson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Pederson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Young manages to avoid it.
Pederson throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Young throws a right and a left that Pederson avoids nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pederson shoots in looking for a takedown. Young tries to sprawl out of it but Pederson keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Young manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Young on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Young might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Young throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Young misses with a hook. Pederson ducked under it nicely.
Young slips a straight right by Pederson.
Pederson misses with a wild combination.
Pederson scores with a jab.
Pederson throws a combination that misses
letting Young counter with a right hand.
Young looks to land a combination but Pederson avoids it well.
Pederson throws a big counter combination but Young scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Pederson throws out a loose jab but Young uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pederson staying out of range there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pederson jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Pederson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Young throws a right and a left that Pederson avoids nicely.
Young misses with an uppercut.
It looked like Pederson was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Pederson ducks under a wild hook from Young.
Ernst Young is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Young avoids the body shot from Pederson.
Young is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
A right-left combo lands from Young.
Pederson connects with a single shot there.
A right-left combo lands from Young.
Pederson shoots for a double leg takedown but Young sprawls well. He's pushed Pederson's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Pederson misses with a kick to the body.
Young is looking for the big counter here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pederson scores with a nice body kick.
Young swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Pederson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Pederson lands a jab to the nose.
Pederson staying out of range there.
Pederson appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pederson cracks Young with a right hand to the side of the head.
Young lands with a right hand.
Pederson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Young.
Pederson fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Norman Pederson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pederson looks to score with a jab to the body but Young is just out of range.
Pederson throws a sloppy head kick
and Young counters with a nice uppercut.
Nice uppercut there from Pederson.
A punch lands to the side of Young 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Sloppy strikes from Young. Those never looked like landing.
Young connects with a jab.

Pederson drives through with a takedown into Young's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.

Young uses the cage to get back to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jab by Young.
A looping hook to the body misses from Young. Pederson does a little dance to reset his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Ernst Young will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Pederson tries to land a front kick but Young steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Young misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pederson looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Pederson scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Young avoids the body shot from Pederson.
Pederson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A head kick misses from Pederson.
Young misses with a hook. Pederson ducked under it nicely.
Young bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Pederson's head.
Pederson lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Pederson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Young throws out the jab.
Pederson misses with an uppercut
and Young counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Pederson throws a hook to the side of Young's head but Young sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice defenses there by Pederson.
Pederson shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Young sprawls well. Young wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Pederson gets slowly back to his feet.
Young keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Ernst Young seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Young misses with a combination
enabling Pederson to counter with a crisp jab.
Young uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pederson.
Pederson throws a body punch but Young moves out of range.
A little jabbing left from Young on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Pederson connects with a nice looking jab.
Pederson misses with a head kick.
Young connects with a leg kick. Pederson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Pederson does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Pederson ducks under a wild hook from Young.
Pederson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Young throws a leg kick

and Pederson moves into the clinch.
Young lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Young lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Pederson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Young misses with a punch on the inside.
Young misses with some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pederson working hard to break the clinch.
Pederson blocks a body shot from Young.

Pederson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Young avoids a punch combination nicely.
Pederson moves away from the strike by Young.
Young scores with a jab to the head.
Pederson closes the distance and lands a one-two.
A punch combination from Pederson misses.
Pederson throws a right hand that misses
letting Young counter with a right hand.
A big left from Pederson misses.
Pederson slips under a jab from Young.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
A right-left combo lands from Young.
Pederson goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Pederson drops his hands momentarily and Young takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Young fails to land with a series of punches.
Young lands a jab to the nose.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pederson misses with a head kick.
Young explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Pederson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
It seemed like Young was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Young moves out of range as Pederson strikes.
Young looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Young cracks Pederson with a right hand to the side of the head.
Young throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Pederson on the side of the head.
Pederson fails to land the takedown.
Pederson scores with a jab.
Young ducks under a wild hook from Pederson.
Young lunges at Pederson with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Pederson's hand.
Pederson digs a good body shot into Young's ribs.
Pederson throws a looping overhand right but Young ducks down to avoid it.
Young misses with an uppercut.
Good leg kick by Young there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pederson falls off balance throwing a combination
and Young counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Pederson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Young connects with a jab.
Young misses with a wild combination.
Young throws a big shot that misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Young misses the target.
Young lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Pederson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pederson missing with a left hand there. Young was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Young throws out a counter right but Pederson avoids it with no problem.
Pederson keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Young throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ernst Young showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Pederson throws a shot from downtown. Young moves away and avoids it.
Pederson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pederson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Young. Young obviously looking to wear him down.
Pederson ducks under a wild hook from Young.
Young connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Pederson momentarily.
Young blocks the body kick.
Young stalks Pederson and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Pederson's face. Pederson staggers backwards, shaken.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Young!
Young displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pederson lands with a nice combination. Young backs away looking to recover.
Young walks forward, straight into a front kick from Pederson.
Pederson connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Pederson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Young.
Young throws a big shot that misses.
Young swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Pederson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Pederson digs a good hook to Young's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Pederson throwing a counter right hand but Young manages to avoid it.
Young scores with a nice head shot.
Young dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Young slips under a jab.
Young throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pederson.
Pederson misses with a few strikes there.
Norman Pederson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Young walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Pederson checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Pederson throws a low kick but it's checked well by Young.
Pederson misses with a two punch combination.
Pederson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Young clobbers Pederson with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Young looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nice defenses there by Pederson.
Young loads up on a big right hand but Pederson slips the punch.
As Young looks to move away, Pederson throws a big counter combo but Young just gets out of the way.
Young misses with a two punch combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Pederson. Pederson obviously looking to wear him down.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Young lands the left hand.
That kick from Pederson tenderised Young's leg. Young is trying to keep his angry face on.
Pederson throws a nice looking combination but Young bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pederson is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Young.
Young blocks a head kick by Pederson.
Young throws out a loose jab but Pederson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Young cracks Pederson with a right hand to the side of the head.
Young throws a nice looking combination but Pederson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pederson swings for the body but Young moves out of range.
Young misses with an uppercut.
Pederson cracks Young with an open hand slap.
Pederson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Young.
Pederson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Young takes a swing at Pederson's ribcage but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young needs to keep his hands up - Pederson had a free shot at his head there.
Young throws a lazy right hand but Pederson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pederson misses with a lunging right hand
and Young counters with a straight right hand.
Pederson moves away from the strike by Young.
A right-left combo lands from Young.
Pederson misses with the combination.
Pederson looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Young moves out of range as Pederson strikes.
Young throws a jab but it's blocked by Pederson.
Young fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Pederson on the side of the head.
Young slips a straight right by Pederson.
Pederson throws an off balance right hand
and Young counters with a three punch combo that has Pederson backing up. Pederson nods at Young to acknowledge the strikes.
Young has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Young swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pederson is looking to slow Young down with leg kicks.
Young has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Pederson walks into a left hand.
A jab from Young misses.
Young misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nice shot lands for Pederson.
Young missing with a left hand there. Pederson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Young throws a hook but Pederson avoids it easily.
Young takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Pederson misses with an uppercut. Young saw that one coming.
Young throws out a loose jab but Pederson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jab, jab by Pederson - just one landing.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Good leg kick by Pederson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Pederson looks for a takedown but Young sprawls well.
Young appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Norman Pederson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Young scores with a one two! Pederson had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ernst Young comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Young has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Daniel Blasius scores the fight 27:30
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 27:30
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ernst Young!
A less than humble Ernst Young misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.