PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dustin Nestor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Keith Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nestor comes to the cage accompanied by Ain't no grave. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Nestor
vs
Young

190 cm
24
260 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

200 cm
30
262 lbs
10 - 8 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Sparta Fightware

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dustin Nestor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Keith Young!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Young throws a series of punches but Nestor avoids them all with ease.
Young throws a body shot but no joy.
Young throws a lazy right hand but Nestor sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nestor listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Young lands with an uppercut that bounces Nestor off the cage and back into range.
Young throws a shot from downtown. Nestor moves away and avoids it.
Young swats away the attempt to clinch by Nestor.
A nice inside leg kick there by Nestor. That's going to slow Young down.
Young moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Jab by Young.

Nestor clinches.

Young turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nestor is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nestor parries the strikes from Young easily there. Young is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Nestor to escape.
Young misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Nestor is looking to reverse the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Young throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Young throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Young has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Nestor struggling a bit here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nestor tries to escape but Young is in control.
Young in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Young has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Nestor is trying to escape the mount.
Young is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Nestor sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Young not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Young is pressing down on Nestor's thigh, looking to free his foot. Nestor is holding on for now.
Young wants to control but Nestor is keeping him busy.

Nestor has managed to escape just enough to sneak back to his feet but Young is on him like a limpet, forcing Nestor back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young wants to get back to striking at distance but Nestor won't allow it.
Young lands a nice uppercut.
Nestor's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Nestor avoiding damage as Young throws knees to the body.
Nestor wants to break free but Young has control.
Young misses with a hook to the ribs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nestor misses with a knee to the head.
Young misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nestor on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nestor lands a hook to the side of the head.
Young has Nestor pressed against the cage, preventing Nestor from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Young misses with a punch to the body.
Young lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Nestor or not.
Young tries to score a body lock takedown but Nestor shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Young misses with a body punch.
Nestor tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Young just stands there and leans against the cage.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Nestor missing with knees to the body.
Young tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nestor avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Young is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nestor is defending well for now.

Young's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A lazy left from Young finds it's target.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Young is defended easily by Nestor.
Nestor scores with a sloppy right hand. Young should have avoided that one.
Young throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Young changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Young throws a jab when Nestor was well out of range.
Young throws a lazy right hand but Nestor sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Young throws a hook but Nestor blocks it.
A slow jab from Young misses its intended target.
Young fails with a takedown attempt.
Dustin Nestor has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Keith Young.
Nestor fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nestor scores with a sloppy right hand. Young should have avoided that one.
Nestor displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Young throws out the jab.
We've been informed that Young has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Young displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Nestor throws out the jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nestor throws a hook to the side of Young's head but Young sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nestor keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Young throws a hook but Nestor avoids it easily.
A big right from Young misses.
Young connects with a crisp jab.
Young swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Young might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Nestor misses the jab.
Dustin Nestor is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A big left from Young misses.
Young fails to land the takedown.
Nestor moves out of range as Young strikes.
Nestor staying out of range there.
Nestor tries to close the distance and clinch but Young swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Decent striking displayed by Young there.
Young uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Nestor.
Nestor turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Young swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Keith 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.

Nestor ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Young cracks a nice hook into Nestor's ribs.
Nestor tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nestor wants to clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Young tries to move into range but Nestor moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Young has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Nestor.
Young changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Nestor tries to avoid it but Young manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Nestor to the ground. Nestor escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Young swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Young shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Nestor defends it nicely.
Nestor misses with an uppercut. Young saw that one coming.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Nestor has Young up against the cage in a clinch.
Young misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nestor.

Young has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Nestor regains guard immediately.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Young trying to control but Nestor is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nestor keeping full guard, as Young tries to pass.
Young stops Nestor from standing up.
Young pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Nestor is keeping the position for now.
Nestor manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Young manages to get himself to full guard.

Young looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Nestor is looking to stand up but Young won't let him.
Young looking for a sweep. Not yet Young, not yet.
Nestor wants to stand but Young has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nestor postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Young wants to sweep but no luck.
Nestor trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Nestor is working hard here to advance position.
Nestor has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Young is proving hard to escape from.

Young is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Nestor preventing the sweep.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

Nestor moves into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nestor lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Young changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Nestor fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Dustin Nestor has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Keith Young.
Nestor uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Young.
Nestor lunges at Young with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Young's hand.
Nestor throws a lazy right hand but Young sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Young avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Young connects with a right hand. Nestor shakes it off.
Nestor slips under a jab.
Decent striking displayed by Nestor there.
Young lands a nice looking body shot.
Nestor punishes Young's body with a nice straight punch.
Nice body punch from Nestor.
Young is breathing heavily.
Nice sprawl there from Nestor as Young shoots in.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nestor misses with a two punch combination.
Keith Young seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nestor tries to clinch up.
Nestor connects with a good right hand that stumbles Young. Young circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Nestor takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nestor fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Nestor slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

Young is rocked!
Nestor finds Young's off switch, with a big overhand right that connects perfectly to the side of the head! Young flops back against the cage, eyes gazing into the distance. Nestor lands an unnecessary shot before the referee has time to step in and end the fight. Brutal stuff but I'm sure Young will be OK.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Dustin Nestor!