PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ricky Tact (ranked 23816 p4p, 494 weight class) and Rick Young Young (ranked 24073 p4p, 513 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Tact
vs
Young Young

185 cm
20
235 lbs
0 - 6 - 0

184 cm
26
209 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Big heart

Good takedowns
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ricky Tact !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rick Young Young !
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Wesley Smith and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tact tries to clinch up

so Young counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Tact looking for subs off his back but Young has passed one foot through into half guard.

Young is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Tact pushes Young off looking to stand but Young dives back in and keeps control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tact won't allow Young to pass to mount.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Young is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Tact sees it coming and defends easily.
Tact trying to control from the bottom.
Young is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Tact has a hand on Young 's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Young takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Poor strikes thrown by Young there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Young raining down hammerfists from mount.
Young tries to control but Tact wriggling away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young controlling from mount.
Young connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Young takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Young avoids the attempt from Tact to control.
Young working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Young can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Tact is looking to escape.
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.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Young content just to control the position here.
BOOM! Young connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Tact tries to hold on but Young pushes him away.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Young cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Young sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Tact tries to hold on but Young postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Tact takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Tact is trying to stand up.
Young with the ground and pound from mount.
Young lands a heavy elbow.
Young controlling the position easily from mount.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Young fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Tact shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Tact shoots for a takedown but Young saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Young lands a really nice looking cross but Tact seems unphased.
Tact misses with a takedown attempt

and Young counters with a crisp one two that drops Tact ! Young thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Tact to his feet! Tact is in big trouble!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ricky Tact . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Young avoids a punch combination nicely.

Young sends Tact crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Young is motioning to the referee to let Tact up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

Tact is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Young drives through with a takedown into guard.
Tact wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Young manages to pass to side control.

Young prevents Tact from improving his position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
It looks like Young is going to stand back up.
Tact is trying to control but can't.
Tact is refusing to be controlled, as Young sits in half guard.
Young prevents Tact from improving his position.
Young has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Young sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Rick Young Young has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Tact is trying to control but Young passes into side control!
Tact takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Young working the ground and pound.
Tact manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Young working Tact over with strikes.
Tact is trying to stand.
Young tries to stand and escape but Tact is controlling the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Young is stalling here. Tact is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Young seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Tact has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Tact wants to stand but Young is controlling his arm.
Young keeping his opponent close.
You can see the frustration on Young 's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Tact is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Tact cracks Young with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Young is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Tact scoring with strikes but Young is staying in there.
Young is trying to escape the mount.
Tact lands a heavy elbow.
Tact is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Tact controlling the position easily from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rick Young Young showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Young gets the takedown into side control.
Tact trying his best to control but Young has mounted him.
Young controlling the position easily from mount.
Young cracks Tact with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tact is working to get back to half guard.
Young dominating with strikes here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young wants to get back to his feet but Tact is holding on tight.
Young raining down hammerfists from mount.
Young takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Young avoids the attempt from Tact to control.
Tact tries to control Young 's body but Young pushes him off. Tact squirms to his side and now Young has his back!
Young is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Tact up.
Tact staying busy and making it hard for Young to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young keeps control of the position easily here as Tact tries to buck him off.
Young is landing with strikes. Tact can't take much more of this.

Tact is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Young punishes Tact with strikes from the back mount.
You can see the frustration on Tact 's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Tact could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Young is working for the choke. It looks like he might have got it... has he...? Yes! Tact is tapping out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Rick Young Young !