PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Danny Young (ranked 6521 p4p, 4450 weight class) and Moses King (ranked 657 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Young
vs
King

180 cm
18
182
2 - 1 - 0

185 cm
25
186
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Danny Young!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Moses King!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Dirk Anderson and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King slips a jab and a cross from Young.
King tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Young paws at him with a jab and circles away.
King lands a really nice looking cross but Young seems unphased.
King lunges at Young with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Young's hand.
King avoids a punch combination nicely.

Young closes the distance and clinches.

Young escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
King's coach down at Cozad The Island was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on King's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Young misses the body punch
and King counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Young thinking.

Young forces King back against the cage and clinches.
King is trying to pull guard but Young turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
King has had enough of the clinch but Young keeps him there for the moment.
Young lands a right hand.
Young scores with a shot to the side of King's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Young pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A combination from King does no damage.
King looks winded!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young leaves King with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

Young rushes King and presses him up against the cage.

Young escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
No joy there for Young, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Young gets a clinch.
King tries to pull guard but Young forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Danny Young has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Moses King.
King tries to circle away but Young has him pinned against the cage.

Young breaks the clinch.

Young instigates a clinch.
Young throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Young tried to land a shot to the body but connects with King's elbow.

Young pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Young pushes King up against the cage in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Young breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Young drives through and clinches with King against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Young.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Young lands with a right to the head.

Young's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
King uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Young.

Young closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Young breaks the clinch.

Young moves into the clinch.
Young doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Young breaks from the clinch.

Young closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Young.

Young breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Young has King up against the cage in a clinch.
Young manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young lands a body punch.
Young lands a left hand.

Young escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Danny Young is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
King looks to score with a jab to the body but Young is just out of range.
Young scores with a one two! King had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Young avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Young closes the distance and clinches.

Young's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The fight stays on the outside here - Young looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Young tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Young closes the distance and clinches.

Young pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Young has King up against the cage in a clinch.
King is looking to break free of the clinch but Young has double underhooks.
Young tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and King avoids it.
Young tries to work over King's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
King prevents a body shot from Young.
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!
King changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Young fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Young closes the distance and clinches.
Young digs a right hand into King's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on King's gas tank.

Young breaks the clinch.
Young throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Danny Young dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Young closes the distance and clinches.

Young manages to break the clinch.
Danny Young is winning the standup battle so far.

Young rushes King and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Young escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Young tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. King manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Young tries to clinch but King is having none of it.
Young tries to clinch up but King circles away and keeps his distance.

Young gets a clinch.
Young is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that King can do to turn this around?
King goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Young manages to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Young clinches.
King wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Young manages to break the clinch.
Young is looking to clinch.
King looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
King is breathing heavily.
Young darts in trying to clinch
and King counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young moves in looking to clinch but King pushes him off.
King tries to close the distance and clinch but Young swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
King pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Young back to the cage. King follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.

Young has managed to clinch.

Young pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Young throws a series of punches but King avoids them all with ease.
A combination from Young does no damage.

Young gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Young lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Young lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Young lands a left hand.

Young manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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 tries to clinch there but King circles away.
Danny Young is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Young tries to bum rush King with a series of wild strikes but King uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Young works over King's head and body with a nice combination.
King connects with the punch.
Young tries to clinch but King moves out of range.
Young tries to close the distance and clinch but King swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
King misses with a jab, cross combination.

Young fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with King, pushing him back against the cage.

Young breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Young gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Young digs a right hand underneath King's ribcage. King let out a lung full of air as it connected.

Young manages to break the clinch.
Young tries to clinch but King moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young fails with an attempt to clinch.

Young rushes King and presses him up against the cage.

Young's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
King swats away the attempt to clinch by Young.
As Young backs off King throws a huge counter combo but Young manages to avoid it all.
King fails with a takedown attempt.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Young pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A punch combination from Young misses.
A combination from Young does no damage.
King misses with a wild combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
King connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Young's hands.

Young closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Young pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
No joy there for Young, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
King unleashes a big counter combination but Young bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
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 misses with a few strikes there.

Young has taken the fight to the clinch.

Young breaks the clinch.

Young moves into the clinch.
Nice body punch from Young.
Young softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Young's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Danny Young dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Young misses with a series of wild punches.
King is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.

Young closes the distance and pushes King back into the cage.
King wants to break free but Young has control.

Young's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Young looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
A combination from Young does no damage.
King displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

Young moves into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Young breaks from the clinch.
King takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Young rushes King and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Young.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young displaying some good clinch control by pressing King up against the cage.

Young pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Some wild striking there from King.
King takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

Young has managed to clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Young.
Young unloads a knee to the mid-section.

Young breaks the clinch.

Young moves into range and clinches up with King.
Young leaning against his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young tries to throw a body punch but King avoids it by throwing Young back against the cage.

Young breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Young has King up against the cage in a clinch.
Young gets through King's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Young lands a body shot in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for King.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Young has King pressed against the cage.

Young breaks from the clinch.

Young pushes King up against the cage in a clinch.
King is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Young working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Young.
Young tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Still in the clinch, Young scores with a nice short uppercut.
Young lands with a left to the head.
King being controlled against the cage.
Young stalling.

Young breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Young misses with a few strikes there.
Young tries to close the distance and clinch up but King swats him away and circles back towards the center.
King tries to clinch there but Young circles away.

Young forces King back against the cage and clinches.
Young has King pressed against the cage.

Young breaks from the clinch.
Danny Young is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young tries to bum rush King with a series of wild strikes but King uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Young lunges at King with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by King's hand.
Young misses with a wild combination.

Young gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
The referee calls for Young to work.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Young breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Young throws a right and a left that King avoids nicely.

Young has closed the distance and engaged King in a clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Danny Young showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Young has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Sandra Marshall scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bart Greer scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Danny Young!
A victorious Danny Young thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.