PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between James Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sako Polumenta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Young comes to the cage accompanied by Dont Sweat The Technique. Polumenta has chosen Igraj as his entrance music. Sako Polumenta has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Young
vs
Polumenta

188 cm
24
151 lbs
8 - 7 - 0

179 cm
24
167 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, James Young!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sako Polumenta!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Trevor Gratis and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Polumenta connects with a body shot.
Young throws a head kick that misses.
A combination from Polumenta does no damage.
Polumenta misses with a looping left.
Polumenta ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Young moves away.

Young darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Young is controlling the pace.
Young trying to control from Polumenta's half guard. Polumenta has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Young wants to control from the top but Polumenta keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Polumenta wants to stand but Young is controlling the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Young passes easily into side control. Nice work.
An elbow from Young crashes against the mat.

Young looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
The strikes coming from Young are missing the target in this wave of attacks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Polumenta tries to escape but Young is in control.
Young controls the position.
Young trying to control the action but Polumenta is working from the bottom.
Young wants to take a breather but Polumenta manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Young.
Young wants to control from the top but Polumenta keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Young prevents Polumenta from breaking the clinch.
Young wants a takedown but no success here.
Young looking to stall.
Young goes for a takedown in the clinch but Polumenta prevents it.
Young goes for a takedown in the clinch but Polumenta prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for James Young. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Polumenta is looking to break free of the clinch but Young has double underhooks.
Polumenta tries to break free but Young pushes him back against the cage.
Young can't get the takedown.
Young tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Polumenta gets underhooks to prevent Young's takedown attempt.

Polumenta's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Polumenta's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Polumenta duly obliges.
A nice combination there by Polumenta.
Polumenta throws a shot from downtown. Young moves away and avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young tries to clinch but Polumenta is having none of it.
No luck for Young with that takedown attempt.
Young takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Young really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Polumenta thows a body shot but no joy.
Young fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Young is breathing heavily.
Young fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Polumenta throws a series of punches but Young moves out of range.
The crowd cheers as Polumenta lands an impressive looking overhand right. Young doesn't seem phased though.
Polumenta scores with a jab. Young acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Polumenta misses with a series of wild punches.
Polumenta circles away from the clinch attempt.
Polumenta scores with a jab to the body.
Polumenta scores with a decent looking hook.
Young moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

Young is rocked!
Sako Polumenta seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Polumenta scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sako Polumenta dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Young misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Young moves away from the strike by Polumenta.
Young fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Polumenta avoids it really well and circles away.
Young throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Polumenta is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Polumenta throws a good cross that connects.
Polumenta tests Young's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Oh Young is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Young pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Good standup being displayed there by Polumenta as he connects with a hook.
Young walks into a stiff left hand from Polumenta.
Young wants to clinch.
Polumenta circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Young to the canvas! Young doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Polumenta keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sako Polumenta!