PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dwayne Jack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Jack
vs
Young

175 cm
27
162 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

180 cm
28
160 lbs
7 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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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 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Dwayne Jack!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Alexander Young!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Andrew Berry and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jack uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Young.
Young looks to land a combination but Jack avoids it well.
Jack showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Young.
Jack misses with a body shot.
Jack throws a low kick but Young moves out of range easily.
Young swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Young throws a sloppy head kick and Jack moves out of range easily.
Jack takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Young looks to land a combination but Jack avoids it well.
Young looks to land a combination but Jack avoids it well.
Jack just misses with a punch to the body.
Jack throws a leg kick but Young sees it coming and moves out of range.
Young looks to land a combination but Jack avoids it well.
Jack throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jack drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jack moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Young looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jack moves out of range of the strikes.
Young pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Young checks a leg kick nicely.
Young throws a right hand that Jack ducks under and follows up with a left that Jack also avoids with ease.
Young throws a right and a left that Jack avoids nicely.
Young throws a series of punches but Jack moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by Young.
Jack misses with a low kick as Young jumps back.
Young misses with a series of wild punches.
Young misses with a few strikes there.
Young misses with a series of wild punches.
Young swinging wildly here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jack decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Jack is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Jack not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Young blocking the ground and pound attempt from Jack.
Ground and pound from Jack.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Jack is looking for a kimura but Young is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Jack to get the leverage.
Jack throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Jack seems to be working for a kimura but Young defends the submission attempt.
Jack sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Young defending well though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jack missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Young regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Jack.
Jack wants to pass the guard but Young is keeping the position.
Jack landing some decent shots from guard.
Jack postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Young avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Jack missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Jack throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Jack working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Jack throwing strikes from guard but Young blocks nicely.
Jack lands a couple of elbows.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jack postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jack working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Young's head.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Jack throws a strike but Young rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Young wants to stand but Jack has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jack looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dwayne Jack dominated that round.
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.

Young misses with the combination.
Young throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Young misses with a two punch combination.
Young throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jack.
Young looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Young throws a series of punches but Jack avoids them all with ease.
Young throws a right and a left that Jack avoids nicely.

Jack drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Jack postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Jack is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Jack is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Young can't keep his opponent in guard - Jack advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jack seems to be working for a kimura but Young defends the submission attempt.
Young has hold of Jack's hands but Jack slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Jack missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Young blocking the ground and pound attempt from Jack.
Young taking some punishment here, with Jack in his half guard.
Young pushes Jack off looking to stand but Jack dives back in and keeps control.

Jack seems to be looking for submissions.
Dwayne Jack overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Young is trying to stand up here but Jack is controlling him well.
Jack not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Jack missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Jack lands a nice short elbow.
Jack lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Jack lands strikes from half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jack throws a strike but Young avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Jack accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Jack is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Jack lands a couple of elbows.
Young avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Jack won't allow Young to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jack scoring with punches to the head and body.
Jack postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Jack lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Young working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Jack.
Jack throwing strikes from guard but Young blocks nicely.
Jack postures up in Young's guard and throws a big left but Young blocks it.
Jack stands up over Young, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Jack with a flurry of punches that miss.
Jack in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Jack throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Jack postures up in Young's guard and throws a big left but Young blocks it.

Jack is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Young is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Young has escaped and now he's on top!
Young wants to stand and escape but instead Jack has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jack stands up over Young, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Jack makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Jack working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Young's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dwayne Jack dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Jack takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Jack throws a hook to the side of Young's head but Young sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Young throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Jack feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Young is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Jack working some strikes from top position.
Jack working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Young's head.
Young wants to stand but Jack is controlling the position.
Jack throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Jack stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Young swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Jack throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jack landing with the ground and pound.
Young is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Jack is controlling him.
Jack postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Young working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Jack.
Jack works over Young with some ground and pound from guard.
Jack with a nice head shot there.
Jack is looking to work some ground and pound but Young has wrist control.
Jack lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Jack throwing strikes from guard but Young blocks nicely.
Jack postures up in Young's guard and throws a big left but Young blocks it.
Jack is looking to work some ground and pound but Young has wrist control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Young has his feet on Jack's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Young takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jack attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jack. Young does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jack moves out of range of the strikes.
Jack shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Young lands with a straight right. Jack didn't see that one coming.
Jack tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Young was well out of range. Poor timing from Jack.
Young looks to throw the jab but Jack is out of range.

Jack drives through with a takedown into Young's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Jack stands up over Young, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Jack landing with the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jack throws a big elbow that misses.
Jack is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Young can do to turn this around?
Jack postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Jack landing with the ground and pound.

Young manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Some bone on bone action there as Young checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Young misses with a wild combination.
Young swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Young avoids the body shot from Jack.
Alexander Young seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jack showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Young.
Young throws a right and a left that Jack avoids nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Jack bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Jack misses with the ground and pound.
Young is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jack landing strikes.
Check out the look on Jack's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Jack works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Jack postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Young is working to avoid the ground and pound but Jack connects with a decent elbow.
Jack landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jack lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Young down.
Jack working the ground and pound.
Alexander Young has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dwayne Jack is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Jack looks up at the clock and then as Young takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Jack smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!

And that's the end of the fight!
Dwayne Jack showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Jack, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:27
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dwayne Jack!