PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bringem Young (ranked 5287 p4p, 5260 weight class) and Deepen Cider (ranked 548 p4p, 544 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Young
vs
Cider

190 cm
18
215
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
205
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bringem Young!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Deepen Cider!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Roosa Järviläinen and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Young avoids the head kick by Cider.
Young defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Cider.
Young pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cider throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Young closes the distance and clinches.
Cider wants a takedown but no success here.

Cider drags the fight down to the ground.
Young is stalling in the full guard.
Cider trying to strike off his back.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Young avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Young loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's one minute gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Cider is on top in guard.

Young keeping moving, preventing Cider from controlling successfully.

Young throws his legs up looking for a submission but Cider uses it to pass to side control.
Young is trying to get back to half guard.
Young is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Cider tries to stand but Young is controlling his head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Young is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Cider is pressing down on Young's thigh, looking to free his foot. Young is holding on for now.
Young is looking to control Cider's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Young avoid being mounted?
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Young throws a strike from the bottom but Cider passes into side control!
Bringem Young has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Deepen Cider is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Cider tries to advance to mount but Young denies him.

And that's the end of the fight!
Deepen Cider comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Cider 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 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight for Deepen Cider!
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight for Deepen Cider!
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight for Deepen Cider!

Deepen Cider wins by unanimous decision!
Deepen Cider decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.