PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ricky Youngblood (ranked 1997 p4p, 1765 weight class) and Issac Vernon (ranked 265 p4p, 236 weight class). Youngblood's entrance music is Wake Up Hate. A fine choice. Ricky Youngblood is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Youngblood
vs
Vernon

172 cm
22
167
8 - 6 - 0

180 cm
23
165
7 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ricky Youngblood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Issac Vernon!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Youngblood throws a shot from downtown. Vernon moves away and avoids it.
Vernon is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Youngblood takes a swing at Vernon's ribcage but misses.
Youngblood cracks a nice hook into Vernon's ribs.
Vernon works Youngblood's body with a nice hook.
Youngblood has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Gunner's School of Combat in the buildup to the fight.
Youngblood uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Vernon.
Youngblood ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Vernon moves away.
Youngblood throws a body shot but no joy.
Youngblood misses with a looping right.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Youngblood swings widly with a right hand
and Vernon counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Nice defenses there by Vernon.
Youngblood with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Vernon avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vernon just misses with a punch to the body.
Youngblood misses with a body shot.
Vernon feints the counter takedown.
Vernon displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Youngblood throws out the jab.
Youngblood misses with the combination.
Vernon waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Youngblood.
It looked like Youngblood wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Youngblood pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A little jabbing left from Vernon on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Vernon connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Youngblood throws out a loose jab but Vernon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vernon throws a counter combo.
Youngblood fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Vernon manages to avoid it.
Youngblood moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vernon changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Issac Vernon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Youngblood's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Vernon connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Youngblood scrambles back to his feet.
Vernon cracks a nice hook into Youngblood's ribs.
Youngblood thows a left - swing and a miss!
Vernon now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Nice takedown defense from Youngblood. No joy for Vernon on that attempt.
A quick step to the side and Youngblood tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Youngblood is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Vernon.
Youngblood throws a jab but it's blocked by Vernon.
Youngblood uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Vernon.
Vernon shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Vernon lands with a right hand.
Vernon misses with a jab, cross combination.
Vernon slips under a jab from Youngblood.
Youngblood is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Vernon's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vernon scores with a jab to the head.
Vernon scores with a jab to the jaw.
Youngblood throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Vernon.
Vernon tries to move into range but Youngblood moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Vernon misses with a wild body shot.
Youngblood is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Vernon.
Youngblood throws a shot from downtown. Vernon moves away and avoids it.
Vernon missing with a left hand there. Youngblood was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A big left from Vernon misses.
Youngblood needs to keep his hands up - Vernon had a free shot at his head there.
Vernon shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Youngblood eats them both and turns towards Vernon to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vernon lands with a shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Youngblood connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Vernon showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Youngblood.
Vernon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Vernon scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Youngblood walks into a stiff left hand from Vernon.
Youngblood slips a straight right by Vernon.
Youngblood throws a hook to the side of Vernon's head but Vernon sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Youngblood looks to throw the jab but Vernon is out of range.
Vernon has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Vernon connects with a body shot.
Youngblood misses the shot to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Issac Vernon will probably get the nod.
That's time! Youngblood's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Youngblood loads up on a big right hand but Vernon slips the punch.
Vernon comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Vernon misses the jab.
Vernon slips under a jab from Youngblood.
Vernon tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Youngblood ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Youngblood is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Vernon lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Youngblood circles away quickly and effectively.
Youngblood's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Vernon connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Youngblood scrambles back to his feet.
Vernon pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vernon throws a body shot but no joy.
Youngblood is looking for a counter combo.
Youngblood misses the body punch
and Vernon counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Youngblood ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Youngblood jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Issac Vernon seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Youngblood connects with a right hand. Vernon shakes it off.
Youngblood missing with a left hand there. Vernon was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Youngblood swinging wildly here.
Vernon looks to score with a jab to the body but Youngblood is just out of range.
Youngblood throws a body punch but Vernon moves out of range.
Youngblood misses with a looping right.
Youngblood misses with a hook. Vernon ducked under it nicely.
Youngblood cracks Vernon with an open hand slap.
Vernon shoots in looking for a takedown but Youngblood manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Vernon's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
A slow jab from Youngblood misses its intended target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Youngblood misses with a combination
and Vernon counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Youngblood pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Youngblood swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Good exchange - Vernon coming out on top.
A big right from Vernon misses.
Vernon rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Youngblood moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vernon scores with a shot to the body.
Youngblood connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Vernon's hands.
Vernon lands a nice looking body shot.
Vernon scores with a hook to the body. Youngblood takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Youngblood keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Vernon.
Youngblood moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Vernon scores with a nice strike.
Youngblood takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

Vernon shoots in and bounces Youngblood off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Vernon looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Youngblood wants to get back to his feet but Vernon is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vernon throws a big right hand that misses.
Vernon throws a big right hand that misses.
Vernon stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Youngblood swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Vernon throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Vernon controlling from the top position.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Vernon gets the takedown into side control.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Issac Vernon 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! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Youngblood misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Vernon closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Vernon fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Vernon drops his hands momentarily and Youngblood takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Vernon jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Vernon's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Vernon duly obliges.
Youngblood throws an overhand right that lands on Vernon's shoulder, as Vernon tries to avoid the shot.
Vernon lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Youngblood circles away quickly and effectively.
Youngblood is looking to counter punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vernon slips under a jab.
Vernon steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Youngblood.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Vernon! But no joy.
Vernon will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vernon misses with a wild body shot.
It looked like Youngblood wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Youngblood swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Vernon looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Youngblood keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Youngblood swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Vernon connects with a good right hand that stumbles Youngblood. Youngblood circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Youngblood misses with an uppercut. Vernon saw that one coming.
It seemed like Vernon was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Youngblood misses with a hook.
Youngblood swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Vernon avoids the body shot from Youngblood.
Youngblood throws a looping overhand right but Vernon ducks down to avoid it.
Vernon lands a jab to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vernon fails with the takedown.
Youngblood pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Vernon drives through with a takedown into Youngblood's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Youngblood is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Vernon is controlling him.
Youngblood working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Vernon.
Youngblood working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Vernon.
Ricky Youngblood has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Vernon working some strikes from top position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vernon pushes down on Youngblood's leg and manages to get into half guard.

Vernon is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Vernon seems content to control.

Vernon looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Vernon moves into full mount! Youngblood won't be happy about that!
Issac Vernon is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Vernon landing strikes from the mount and Youngblood is in trouble!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Youngblood looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!

Vernon patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
Youngblood trying to control the position but Vernon manages to sink in the hooks.
Youngblood tries to roll but Vernon sticks to his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Vernon avoiding Youngblood 's attempts to control his hands.

Youngblood is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Vernon has Youngblood flattened out and is raining down punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
Issac Vernon comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Vernon 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Issac Vernon!
Issac Vernon decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.