PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jaylen Stout (ranked 108 p4p, 2839 weight class) and Malcolm Young (ranked 8 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Stout
vs
Young

170 cm
27
145
12 - 4 - 0

175 cm
27
149
6 - 6 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jaylen Stout!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Malcolm Young!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Peter Branson and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stout tries to clinch there but Young circles away.
Young circles away from the clinch attempt.
Young looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Stout tries to clinch up.
Stout tries to clinch up but Young circles away and keeps his distance.
Young shapes to counter with a head kick.
Stout seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Stout tries to clinch but Young moves out of range.
Young looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Stout fails in his attempt to clinch.
Stout wants to clinch.
Young shapes to counter with a head kick.
Stout moves in looking to clinch but Young pushes him off.
Young throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Young throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Stout is looking to clinch.
Stout fails with an attempt to clinch.
Young pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Young tries a head kick but it misses.
Stout tries to clinch up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stout tries to close the distance and clinch up but Young swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Young swats away the attempt to clinch by Stout.
Young misses with a head kick.
Stout fails with an attempt to clinch.
Stout is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Stout tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Young is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Stout tries to clinch there but Young circles away.
Young throws a head kick but Stout moves out of range.

Stout instigates a clinch.

Stout gets control of Young's arms and successfully pulls guard. Stout will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.

Stout has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Young doesn't defend quickly enough and Stout has managed to lock this one up! Can Young escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Stout on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Jaylen Stout!
A very excited looking Jaylen Stout made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.