PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Son Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ichabod Crane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Young
vs
Crane

175 cm
21
130 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

165 cm
19
136 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Son Young!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ichabod Crane!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Young closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Young throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Crane avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Young.
Still in half guard, Young seems content to control.
Young's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Crane wants to get back to full guard.
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.
Young is figuring out what he wants to do next.

Son Young has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Crane jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crane just misses with a punch to the body.
Crane bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Young's head.
Crane throws a series of punches but Young avoids them all with ease.

Young throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Crane was covering up waiting for the punch and Young finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Young is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Young thows a big elbow that misses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Crane looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Crane has momentary wrist control but Young slips an elbow through the middle.
Crane wants to sweep but no luck.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Crane can do anything to dispel that myth.
Young postures up and lands a big shot to Crane's brow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Young loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Young keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Crane's head.
Crane has momentary wrist control but Young slips an elbow through the middle.
Young scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Young passes into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Crane blocking the ground and pound attempt from Young.
Young is taking a breather. Crane 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.
Young frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Crane takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young lands a big elbow.
Young lands with some strikes.
Young connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Young cracks Crane with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Young has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Crane's face.
Young putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Young controlling his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Young is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Crane can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Son Young dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Young lands a nice shot to the body.
Crane throws a right hand that misses
and Young makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Crane swings widly with a right hand
and Young counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Young ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Young uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Crane.
Crane misses with a hook
and Young counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Young dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ichabod Crane seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Crane throws a poor cross that misses

and Young counters with a single leg into guard. Crane didn't expect that.
Crane avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Young controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Young missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Young loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young advances to half guard.
Young thows a huge punch but Crane dodges it nicely.
Young takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Crane taking some punishment here, with Young in his half guard.
Young seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Still in half guard, Young seems content to control.
Ground and pound from Young.
Young frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Young landing strikes from the mount and Crane is in trouble!
Crane is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young landing punches.
Young with shots to the head and body - Crane looks very uncomfortable down there.
Crane is in a horrible position here. Young smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Young has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Young landing strikes from the mount.
Young controlling the pace for now.
Crane takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Young looking to finish Crane with some ground and pound. This is bad for Crane!
The referee warns Crane that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Young postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Crane looks a forlorn figure.
Young controlling from the full mount.
Young in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young landing strikes from the mount.
Young scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Young controlling from the full mount.
Young lands with some strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Son Young dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Young darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Crane avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Young.
Young looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Crane avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Young.
Young lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Young missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Son Young overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Young connects with a nice short shot to Crane's temple.
Young looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Crane with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Crane's head.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Young in particular looking to stall.
Crane avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Young.
Crane avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Young.
Crane on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Young drops an elbow to the side of Crane's head.
Young thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young is taking a breather. Crane 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.
Young lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Crane has hold of Young's hands but Young slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Young performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Crane on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Crane's head.
Crane avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Young.
Young thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Crane's head.
Crane has hold of Young's hands but Young slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Young takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Ichabod Crane has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Son Young is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Crane takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Young uses his free foot to push down on Crane's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Crane.

And that's the end of the fight!
Son Young showed his dominance in that final round.
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 Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 30:25
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 30:26
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Son Young!