PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Prachuap Prasoetram (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Young has chosen Dont Sweat The Technique as his entrance music. James Young is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Prasoetram
vs
Young

170 cm
25
158 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

188 cm
26
151 lbs
10 - 10 - 0

BJJ White Belt
World class MT
KO power

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Prachuap Prasoetram!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, James Young!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, William Peck and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Prasoetram throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Prasoetram tries to clinch up.

Young drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Young slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

Young drops back looking for a leg! Prasoetram is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Prasoetram manages to kick Young off! Young jumps back into Prasoetram's guard.
Young looking to pass the guard.

Young drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Young jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Young drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Young jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Prasoetram keeping moving, preventing Young from controlling successfully.
Young is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Young trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Young drops back looking for a leg! Prasoetram is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Prasoetram manages to kick Young off! Young jumps back into Prasoetram's guard.

Young thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Young trying to control the position from guard on top but Prasoetram is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Young passes easily into side control. Nice work.

Young tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Young has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Prasoetram can't do much from the bottom here.
Young trying to control the action but Prasoetram is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Prasoetram stops Young from passing to mount.
Prasoetram knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Young on the ground.

Young tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Prasoetram is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Young asserts his dominance and retains side control.

Young looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Young working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Young wants to control but Prasoetram is keeping him busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prasoetram tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Young wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Young trying to control the action but Prasoetram is working from the bottom.

Young wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Prasoetram, who protects the arm well.

Young wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Prasoetram, who protects the arm well.
Prasoetram wants to control but Young postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Young trying to control the action but Prasoetram is working from the bottom.
Young prevents Prasoetram from escaping the position.
Prasoetram can't do much from the bottom here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young has knee on belly and moves into mount.

Prasoetram defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Young.

Young looking for a guillotine from mount but Prasoetram is having none of it.
Young trying to control but Prasoetram is having none of it.

Young is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Prasoetram can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.

Young with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Prasoetram is looking to get to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Young dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Prasoetram is looking to land body kicks.
Prasoetram misses with a body shot.
Prasoetram misses the shot to the body.
Prasoetram attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Young is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Prasoetram throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Prasoetram tries to clinch up but Young circles away and keeps his distance.
Prasoetram wants to clinch.

Young looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

Young seems to be looking for submissions.

Young is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Prasoetram is just riding it out for now. Young eventually gives up the hold.
Prasoetram is refusing to be controlled, as Young sits in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Young is looking for a kimura but Prasoetram is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Young to get the leverage.
Young seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Prasoetram does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Young stops Prasoetram from getting back to his feet.
Young takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Young moves nicely into side control.
Prasoetram wants to get back to his feet but Young drags him back down.
Prasoetram is being controlled here.

Young is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Prasoetram looks calm but he's in trouble here. Young gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Prasoetram is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Young lets go of the hold and Prasoetram can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:04 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). James Young!