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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Lance Titan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jake Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Titan comes to the cage accompanied by . The crowd seem to be enjoying Young's choice of entrance music: Scorpions - The Zoo. Jake Young acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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180 cm
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182 lbs
8 - 4 - 0 |
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182 cm
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177 lbs
11 - 6 - 0 |
Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible |
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Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Lance Titan! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jake Young! The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Young throws a nice outside leg kick. Titan fails with a takedown attempt. Young misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Titan stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Young. Young dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Titan. That did some damage! Titan closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Young did well to prevent Titan getting side control. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Young trying to control from the bottom.
Young desperately trying to maintain half guard. Titan passes to full mount!
That's one minute gone in the round. Young is wriggling around trying to escape.
Titan seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but Young is holding on tight.
Young gets back to half guard. Young won't allow Titan to pass to mount. Titan not throwing his punches with enough precision this time. Titan is thwarting Young's attempts to control the position. Young is concentrating on defense, preventing Titan from advancing position.
That's two minutes gone in the round. A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd. Titan is pressing down on Young's thigh, looking to free his foot. Young is holding on for now. Titan stalling away here and it's allowed Young to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard. Titan postures up.
Titan pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Young is keeping the position for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Young keeping moving, preventing Titan from controlling successfully. Titan forces his way into half guard. Young is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though. We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Young can do anything to dispel that myth. Titan is figuring out what he wants to do next.
That's four minutes gone in the round. A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd. Young trying to control but Titan postures up.
Titan not doing much here.
Young trying to hold on to Titan's head to control him but Titan postures up.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up. Titan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Jake Young will probably get the nod. The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Young throws a body kick that digs right into the meat. Jake Young seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Young wants to clinch. Young throws a quick inside leg kick. Young lands a nice looking body kick. Titan fails miserably with a takedown attempt. Young throws a low kick but Titan moves out of range easily. Titan takes a kick to the side of the head. Young throws a leg kick but Titan sees it coming and moves out of range. Titan checks a leg kick. Good leg kick by Young there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Young fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Titan is out of range. Titan darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round. Young is not content to let Titan control the position. Titan is looking to stall here but Young recovers full guard. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Titan stopping the sweep attempt from Young. Young really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Titan. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out. Titan is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless. Titan wants to pass the guard but Young is keeping the position. Young is looking to stand up but Titan isn't so interested in that idea. Titan's corner is telling him to maintain position.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Young is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Jake Young was stalling too much, according to the referee. Young looks to land a body kick but Titan moved away. Young avoids the body shot from Titan.
Titan takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor. Young scores with a leg kick.
Horrible takedown by Titan or perhaps it was just good defense by Young which made him look bad. Young throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Titan throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Young's waist but Young gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Titan off to one side. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lance Titan. That's going to take a lot out of him. Titan looks to land a combination. Young sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots. Young fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Young motions for Titan to come forward. Young throws a leg kick but it misses it's target. Titan darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard. Titan is trying to work for a kimura but Young is defending well.
Young is trying to maintain the position but Titan is very close to passing his half guard. Young wants to get back to full guard. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jake Young showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards. 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. This is the final round!
Young getting the better of the striking in that exchange. Lance Titan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. Horrible takedown by Titan or perhaps it was just good defense by Young which made him look bad. An inside leg kick lands from Young. Young lands with a kick to the ribs.
Titan tries to clinch there but Young circles away.
Young lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh. Titan doesn't manage to clinch there - Young circles away.
Titan fails with a takedown attempt. Titan is looking to clinch but Young is avoiding it.
Good leg kick by Young there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Young scores with a slapping inside leg kick. Both fighters are breathing heavily. Titan on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Young connects with an inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round. Young wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection. Young throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Titan takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Titan moves out of range of the body kick. Young connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Titan momentarily.
Young lands a nice looking kick to the body. Titan takes a step back to recover. Young has managed to clinch.
Young softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage. Young breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Titan. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lance Titan. That's going to take a lot out of him. Titan gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Young. Young pushes Titan away with a front kick. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Young connects with a nice looking jab.
Jake Young is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Young lands with a nice body punch. Young lands a head kick. Titan smiles back at him and beckons him forward. Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Young!
Titan is rocked! Young drops Titan with a naaaaasty hook - Titan is in real trouble here! Young dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:22 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jake Young!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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