PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Brent Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Davi Thiago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Young
vs
Thiago

190 cm
23
186 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

185 cm
18
185 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Gold Standard Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brent Young!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Davi Thiago!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Alan Glass and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Young wants to clinch up but Thiago keeps it at a distance.

Thiago decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Young slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Thiago passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Thiago is looking to take a break and control but Young is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Thiago tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Young being controlled for a moment.
Young sneaks back into half guard.
Young trying to control from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thiago wants to control but Young is keeping him busy.
Young tries to roll over but Thiago keeps him under control.
Young wants to control but Thiago is keeping busy.
Thiago tries to pass to full mount but Young defends it.
Young wants to control but Thiago passes into side.

Thiago looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Thiago working away.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Young tries to clinch there but Thiago circles away.
Thiago shoots for a double leg takedown but Young sprawls well. He's pushed Thiago's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

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.
Young fails in his attempt to clinch.

Thiago drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.

Young has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Thiago can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Young escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Thiago gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Young is looking for a triangle but Thiago pushes his legs off easily.
Young is breathing heavily.
Thiago throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Young works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Young keeping moving, preventing Thiago from controlling successfully.
Thiago looking to pass the guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Thiago accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Young is looking for a triangle but Thiago pushes his legs off easily.
Young keeping full guard, as Thiago tries to pass.

Young has his foot on Thiago's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Thiago works his way back into a safe position though.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Thiago accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Thiago trying to control the position from guard on top but Young is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Thiago pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Young is keeping the position for now.
Thiago trying to control but Young is working from the bottom.

Young working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Thiago doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Thiago manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Thiago thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Young has his foot on Thiago's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Thiago works his way back into a safe position though.
Thiago wants to control from the top but Young keeps moving.
Young controls Thiago momentarily but Thiago frees himself.
Thiago pushing down on Young's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Davi Thiago will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Thiago circles away from the clinch attempt.
Young fails with the takedown

and Thiago counters with a nice double leg into guard.

Young looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Thiago wants to pass the guard but Young is keeping the position.

Young is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Young being controlled here, momentarily.
Thiago trying to control the position from guard on top but Young is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Thiago looking to pass the guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Young has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Thiago can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Young looking for a guillotine here but Thiago defends easily.

Thiago drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Thiago jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Thiago darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

Young looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Thiago pushes past his half guard into mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Thiago is going olschool here, as he tries to force Young to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Young shrugs it off.
Thiago trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Thiago takes Young's back. Could be looking for a rear naked choke here - either way, Young is in trouble.

Young fending off the submission attempt from Thiago.
Thiago trying to control momentarily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Young is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Thiago gets his way!
Young trying to control the position but Thiago manages to sink in the hooks.

Young is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Young breaks Thiago's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Young with a flurry of punches that miss.
Young trying to control but Thiago is working from the bottom.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Young misses with a hook. Thiago ducked under it nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Young tries to clinch up

and Thiago counters with a takedown into side control.

Thiago looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Young is looking for a sweep.
Thiago wants to control but Young is keeping him busy.
Thiago creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Young sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Davi Thiago 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 closes the distance and pushes Thiago back into the cage.
Young wants a takedown but no success here.
Young displaying some good clinch control by pressing Thiago up against the cage.
Thiago avoids the elbow strike from Young, against the cage.
Thiago fails to pull guard.
Thiago stops a takedown attempt from Young.
Young with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Young pushes off an throws an elbow but Thiago leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Thiago has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Young is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Thiago content to slow the pace in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Young lands an elbow inside that Thiago shrugs off.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Young looking to throw knees to the head but Thiago is blocking nicely.
Young tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Thiago just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brent Young. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Young tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Thiago just stands there and leans against the cage.

Thiago drags the fight down to the ground.
Thiago looking to hit a scissor sweep but Young is one step ahead there.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Young drops back, looking for a kneebar! Thiago looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Thiago looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Thiago!

Thiago tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Thiago has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Thiago is trying to get an arm triangle but Young is defending well.
Young avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Thiago.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Thiago looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Young regains half guard.
Young tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Davi Thiago has got the better of the ground game so far.

Young looking for submissions off his back.

Thiago is trying to work for a kimura but Young is defending well.
Thiago content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young is looking to improve his position.

Young looking for submissions off his back.
Thiago seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Young does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Young closes the distance looking to clinch

and Thiago counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

Young looking for submissions off his back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thiago is thwarting Young's attempts to control the position.
Thiago is keen to just control but Young is a slippery customer.
Young is in trouble now - Thiago has advanced to mount!
Young sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Brent Young has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Young wants to get back to full guard.
Thiago passes the guard and advances to mount!

Thiago with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.

And that's the end of the fight!
Davi Thiago comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Thiago 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Davi Thiago!