PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fernando Sela (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cung Youlee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sela comes to the cage accompanied by Darude - Sandstorm. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Sela
vs
Youlee

185 cm
25
202 lbs
4 - 8 - 0

178 cm
26
213 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Fernando Sela!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Cung Youlee!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice sprawl there from Youlee as Sela shoots in.
Sela dodges the punch combination from Youlee.
Youlee misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Youlee lands with a slapping head kick.
Youlee throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Youlee is looking to clinch but Sela is avoiding it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Youlee tries to clinch but Sela moves out of range.
Sela slips a jab and a cross from Youlee.
Youlee connects with a high kick.
Sela shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Youlee pinned against the cage. Youlee gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Youlee fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Sela.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sela fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fernando Sela. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Donk. Youlee catches Sela right on the button with a cross.
Youlee stuffs the takedown attempt from Sela. Sela gets slowly back to his feet.
Cung Youlee is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sela takes a shot to the body in his stride.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Youlee goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Sela throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Youlee's waist but Youlee gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Sela off to one side.
Cung Youlee seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Youlee misses with a wild combination.
Youlee misses with an uppercut. Sela saw that one coming.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Youlee lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Sela avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Youlee lands a nice shot to the body.
Sela will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Sela gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cung Youlee dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Youlee lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Youlee throws a quick inside leg kick.
Youlee fails with an attempt to clinch.
Youlee bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Youlee misses with a series of wild punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Youlee throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Sela on the side of the head.
Youlee scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Sela shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Youlee sprawls well. Youlee wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Sela gets slowly back to his feet.
Youlee pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Youlee thows a body shot but no joy.
The fight stays on the outside here - Youlee looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Youlee jabs Sela to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Youlee lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sela keeps the fight on the outside.
Sela with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Youlee to score with a decent uppercut.
Sela has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Sela there as he acknowledges the shot.
Youlee tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sela paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Sela drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

Sela tries for a kimura but Youlee is defending well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Youlee is trying to buck Sela off.

Sela goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Youlee rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Sela's guard! Nice work there by Youlee!
Youlee wants to get up but he can't break Sela's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

Sela working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Youlee doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Sela is tightening it up a little... Youlee has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Youlee reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Youlee taps out! nice BJJ there by Sela!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Fernando Sela!