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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Eddie Young (ranked 1201 p4p, 2436 weight class) and Sam Holt (ranked 105 p4p, 211 weight class). Young comes to the cage accompanied by Evanescence - Bring Me To Life. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
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Excellent boxer
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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 13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Eddie Young!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Sam Holt!
The judges for this bout are Ron Honeybunn, Eliza Hachem and John Mangel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Holt just misses with a punch to the body.
Eddie Young seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Young throws a looping overhand right but Holt ducks down to avoid it.
Holt swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Young lands with an overhand left.
Young misses with a low kick.
Young connects with a single shot there.
Nice jab there from Holt.
A chopping leg kick lands by Young.
Holt fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Young looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Young lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Young throws a wild body kick that Holt sees coming a mile off.
Holt slips under a jab from Young.
Holt connects with a single shot there.
Holt blocks a leg kick.
Holt misses with a body shot.
Young misses with a straight right.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Holt ducks under a wild hook from Young.
Holt appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Young falls off balance throwing a combination
and Holt counters with a nice uppercut.
Young throws a series of punches but Holt moves out of range.
Holt looks to land a right hand but Young moved out of range.
Holt ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A countering left hand to the body from Holt misses.
Holt fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Young manages to avoid it.
Young throws a big shot that misses.
Young misses with a straight right.
Young moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Young throws a jab but it's blocked by Holt.
Young swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Young with a hook.
Young uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Holt.
Holt throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Holt scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Holt is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Young rather than just go for the knockout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holt takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
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!
Holt avoids the head kick by Young.
Holt appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Young tries to work over Holt's front leg with a kick but Holt checks it.
Young throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Holt on the side of the head.
Young dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Holt. That did some damage!
Nice defenses there by Holt.
A countering left hand to the body from Holt misses.
Young scoring well with a low kick there.
Holt ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Young moves away.
Holt tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Young was well out of range. Poor timing from Holt.
Young is looking to counter punch.
Holt bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Young's head backwards.
Holt pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Young fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Holt checks it well.
Holt throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jab from Holt.
Young gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Holt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holt lands a nice hook to Young's body. Young takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Young getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Holt misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Young.
Holt throws a series of punches but Young moves out of range.
An inside leg kick from Young misses.
Holt scores with a jab.
Holt lands a body shot.
Young throws a right hand that misses
and Holt counters with a nice body shot.
Young avoids the body shot from Holt.
Young is looking to counter punch.
Holt throws the left hand but Young avoids the punch easily.
Young looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Young moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Holt lands a right hook to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice jab there from Young.
Young throws a head kick but Holt moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young lands with an overhand left.
Holt takes one to the chin there.
Young throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Holt.
Holt is rocked!
It looks like Sam Holt has been cut.
Young connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Holt's hands.
Holt is still on wobbly legs! Can Young finish him?
Holt thows a left - swing and a miss!
A jab-cross combination lands for Young and sends Holt crashing to the mat! Young follows him down to the mat - Holt regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!
Young wants to pass to mount but Holt is defending the position.
Holt looks like he's trying to stand up.
Young is taking a breather. Holt says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Holt felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Young decides to stand up.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Eddie Young dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sam Holt's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Young takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Holt seems to have recovered his senses.
Young avoids the body shot from Holt.
Holt keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Young.
Holt checks a leg kick nicely.
Holt bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Young connects with a single shot there.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Holt in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Holt slips a straight right by Young.
Young jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Young throws a low kick, looking for Holt's leg but Holt calmly moves out of range.
Eddie Young is winning the standup battle so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Holt slips a jab and a cross from Young.
Young lands a leg kick that knocks Holt off balance momentarily.
Young throws a hook to the side of Holt's head but Holt sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Young missing with a left hand there. Holt was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Young swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Young throws the left hand but Holt avoids the punch easily.
Nice defenses there by Young.
Young wants to slow Holt down by chopping away at his legs.
Young lands a lovely overhand right.
Young is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Holt.
Holt misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Young.
Holt with a hook.
Young waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Holt.
Holt throws a right and a left that both miss.
Young throws out a powerful jab.
Young lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Holt fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Holt uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Young.
Young listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Holt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Young misses with a jab, cross combination.
Young thows a leg kick but Holt checks it
and Holt counters with a nice uppercut.
Holt displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Young throws out the jab.
Holt now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Holt misses the shot to the body.
Holt lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Holt slips under a jab from Young.
A jab lands there for Young.
Young buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Young is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Holt can do to turn this around?
Young with a nice cross.
A head kick misses from Young.
Young tries to score with a low kick but Holt moves his leg out of the way.
A telegraphed right hand from Young misses the target.
Holt misses with a wild body shot.
Young dodges the punch combination from Holt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Young.
Holt comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Young uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Holt.
Holt takes a swing at Young's ribcage but misses.
Young tries to bum rush Holt with a series of wild strikes but Holt uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Young tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Young throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Holt sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Holt throws a hook but Young avoids it easily.
Young appears to be looking for a big counter.
Holt uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Young.
Holt swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Young scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
A leg kick checked by Holt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
It seemed like Holt was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Young lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Holt circles away quickly and effectively.
Good leg kick by Young.
Holt throws a good cross that connects.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Young scores with the left hand. Holt knows he should have avoided that one.
Young avoids the body shot from Holt.
Young looks to land a left hand but Holt moved out of range nicely.
Young throws a hook to the side of Holt's head but Holt sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Young throws the left hand but Holt avoids the punch easily.
Young throws an off balance right hand
and Holt counters with a nice uppercut.
Holt misses with a body shot.
Holt avoids the head kick by Young.
Holt bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Eddie Young dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Sam Holt's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Holt moves away from the strike by Young.
Young throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Holt.
Young throws a poor cross that misses
and Holt counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Young stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Young wants to land a leg kick but Holt is out of range.
Holt looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Holt moves away from the strike by Young.
It seemed like Holt was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Holt checks a leg kick.
Young scores with a nice head shot.
Young takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Young looks to land a left hand but Holt moved out of range nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Holt throws an overhand right that lands on Young's shoulder, as Young tries to avoid the shot.
Young scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Young scores with the left hand. Holt knows he should have avoided that one.
Holt misses with a left hand
and Young counters with a low kick, right behind Holt 's knee.
Young uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Holt.
Young feinted there with a counter leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Holt checks the leg kick.
Young on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Holt has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Young throws a series of punches but Holt avoids them all with ease.
Holt throws out a counter right but Young avoids it with no problem.
A looping hook to the body misses from Holt. Young does a little dance to reset his feet.
Young throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Holt sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Young lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Holt circles away quickly and effectively.
Young throws a lazy right hand but Holt sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
It seemed like Holt was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Young walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Holt checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Young drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Young fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Young connects with a good right hand that stumbles Holt. Holt circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Young throws a combination that misses
and Holt counters with a left to the body.
Holt swinging wildly here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holt misses with a combination
and Young counters with a nice uppercut.
Young throws a quick inside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Holt misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Holt lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
A low kick from Young misses
and Young takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A swing and a miss from Holt.
Young throws an overhand right that lands on Holt's shoulder, as Holt tries to avoid the shot.
Holt throws out a counter right but Young avoids it with no problem.
Holt fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Young manages to avoid it.
Holt thows a left - swing and a miss!
Young moves out of range of the strikes.
Young throws a hook but Holt avoids it easily.
Holt slips a jab from Young.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holt showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Young.
Holt moves out of range of the strikes.
Young throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Holt doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Holt fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Young manages to avoid it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Young.
A low kick from Young misses
and Holt counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Holt fails to land with a series of punches.
Young seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
A telegraphed right hand from Young misses the target.
Some bone on bone action there as Holt checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Young avoids the body shot from Holt.
It looked like Young wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A leg kick checked by Holt.
Young plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Sam Holt has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holt fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Holt takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Holt has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Holt there as he acknowledges the shot.
Young takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Holt throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Young on the side of the head.
Young keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Young throws a left and a right that both miss
and Holt counters with a stiff right hand.
Young turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Young throws a jab but it's blocked by Holt.
Holt on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Holt swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Holt fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
It looked like Young wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Young throws a big shot that misses.
Holt missing with a left hand there. Young was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Eddie Young.
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 Ron Honeybunn scores the fight 30:27
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eddie Young!
A relieved looking Eddie Young thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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