PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Willis Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and iLL Nasty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). iLL Nasty will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Young
vs
Nasty

172 cm
18
163 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

179 cm
19
169 lbs
1 - 4 - 1

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Willis Young!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, iLL Nasty!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Steve Smith and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Young scores with a takedown into Nasty's guard.
Young throwing strikes but missing.
Young stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Nasty swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Nasty avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
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.
Young trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Nasty manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Young wants to sweep but no luck.
Young throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Young manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Young landing strikes from the mount and Nasty is in trouble!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Young landing strikes from the mount and Nasty is in trouble!
Young unloading with bombs!
Young sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Nasty tries to hold on but Young pushes him away.
Young in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Young lands a heavy elbow.
Young with the ground and pound from mount.
Young cracks Nasty with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Young lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Nasty hang on?
Young throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Nasty because Young loaded up on that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young looking to finish Nasty with some ground and pound. This is bad for Nasty!
Young lands a heavy elbow.
Nasty in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Nasty is in a horrible position here. Young smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Young with the ground and pound from mount.
Young throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Nasty because Young loaded up on that one.
Young throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Nasty because Young loaded up on that one.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nasty is trying to escape the mount.
Young postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Nasty looks a forlorn figure.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Nasty hang on?
Young looking to finish with strikes here!
Young is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Young putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Young throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Young unloads with some shots from mount but Nasty bucks and avoids them well.
A nice elbow there by Young.
Young lands a nice shot to the head.
Young lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Nasty hang on?
Nasty looks gassed!
Young unloading with bombs!
Nasty is trying desperately to improve position.
Young landing shots from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Young looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Young is landing with some decent strikes but Nasty is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Young looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Nasty is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Young in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Young postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Nasty looks a forlorn figure.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Willis Young dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Young steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nasty.
Nasty tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Young paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Young circles away from the clinch attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
No luck for Young with that takedown attempt.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Nasty tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nasty tries to close the distance and clinch but Young swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Horrible takedown by Young or perhaps it was just good defense by Nasty which made him look bad.
Nasty tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nasty tries to close the distance and clinch but Young swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Young shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Nasty but Nasty pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Willis Young. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nasty fails in his attempt to clinch.
Young fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Nasty tries to clinch up.
Nasty tries to close the distance and clinch up but Young swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nasty fails with an attempt to clinch.

Nasty moves into the clinch.
Nasty lands a knee to the head.
Nasty landing knees to the body.
Young can't get the takedown.
Nasty is pressed up against the cage. Young has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Nasty down to the mat. Nasty avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Nasty tries to clinch but Young moves out of range.
Jab by Nasty.
Nasty throws out a powerful jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Nasty tries to clinch but Young moves out of range.
Nasty misses with a looping left.
Nasty tries to clinch up but Young circles away and keeps his distance.
Nasty is looking to clinch but Young is avoiding it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nasty looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nasty missing with a left hand there. Young was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

iLL Nasty showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Young avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Young circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nasty tries a head kick but it misses.
A jab from Nasty misses.
Young circles away from the clinch attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nasty doesn't manage to clinch there - Young circles away.
iLL Nasty seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Nasty clinches with his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nasty gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Young drops down looking for an ankle pick but Nasty pulls his leg out and moves away.
Nasty tries to close the distance and clinch but Young swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Young shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Nasty pinned against the cage. Nasty gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
iLL Nasty is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Young keeps the fight on the outside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Young 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 chips away with some ground and pound.
Young throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Nasty works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Young working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Young's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Young in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Young trying to move into half guard but instead Nasty has managed to sweep!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Young will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Young tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Nasty must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Young is striking but Nasty is not phased and passes to half guard.
Young tries to roll over but Nasty keeps him under control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Nasty doesn't manage to clinch there - Young circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Young fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Willis Young. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Young circles away from the clinch attempt.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Nasty tries to clinch up.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Willis Young.
I think Young has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 28:28
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 28:28

The fight is ruled a majority draw!