PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jax Teller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daft Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Young has chosen Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Teller
vs
Young

183 cm
40
156 lbs
41 - 24 - 0

166 cm
29
160 lbs
13 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Voodoo Nutrition

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 41 - 24 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jax Teller!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Daft Young!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Teller scores with a jab.

Young clinches.
Teller pushes off an throws an elbow but Young leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Young lands a body shot.
The referee calls for Young to work.
Young throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Young misses with some punches.
Teller takes a shot to the head.
Young is stalling here.
Young works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Teller using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Young has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Teller lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Teller struggles to land a body shot inside as Young controls his hands.
Teller trying to land knees to the body.
A body shot lands from Young.
Young gets through Teller's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A left hand lands to the body for Teller.
Young misses with a knee to the head.
Teller misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Young just misses with a elbow thrown towards Teller's brow.
Teller lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Teller is trying to stall.
Young misses with a punch to the body.
Teller fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Teller tries a body shot but Young blocks it.
Young's coach down at LOD: Top Team was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Young's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Teller throws an elbow but it misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Teller.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Young.
Young lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Teller comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Young avoiding damage.
Young leaning against his opponent.
Young lands with a short shot to the head.
Teller can't find room to land a body shot as Young controls the action.
Teller throws an elbow that misses.
A right handed body shot lands from Teller.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Teller gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Young avoiding damage as Teller throws knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Young throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Tellers head.
Young lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Teller is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Teller with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A short body shot lands from Young as the two fighters clinch.
Young misses with a body punch.
Young avoids the elbow strike from Teller, against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Teller.
Young lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Young misses with the head strike.
Young misses with the head strike.
Teller lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Young scores with a shot to the side of Teller's head.
Young has Teller pressed against the cage.
Teller struggles to land a body shot inside as Young controls his hands.
Teller lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Teller presses Young against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Young throws a punch but it's blocked by Teller.
Teller takes a knee to the side of the body.
Teller comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Teller landing knees to the head.
Young lands a right hand that snaps the head of Teller backwards.
Teller throws a head punch that misses.
Young lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Young effectively controlling the action here.
Teller pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Young lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Young lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Teller is rocked!
Teller tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Young throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Teller blocks it with crossed arms.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Young misses with a body punch.
Young throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Teller lands an elbow inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Teller's elbow.
The referee calls for Young to work.
Young throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Teller blocks it with crossed arms.
Young scores with a nice hook to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Teller.
Teller throws an elbow but it misses.
Teller throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Teller missing with knees to the body.
Teller tries to land knees in the clinch but Young avoids the damage to the body.
Teller gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Young.
Come on Young - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Young lands a body punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Young stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Young pushes Teller back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Teller is breathing heavily.
Young lands a right hand that snaps the head of Teller backwards.
Young effectively controlling the action here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Daft Young will probably get the nod.
That's time! Teller's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Teller takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Young throws a nice head kick!
Oh Teller is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Young throws a jab when Teller was well out of range.
Daft Young seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Teller throws a jab when Young was well out of range.
Teller seems to have got his legs back now.
Teller on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Young checks a low kick from Teller.
Teller looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Young lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Young misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Young gets a clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Young.
Teller trying to control the position but instead, Young has worked for underhooks and has pushed Teller into the cage.
Young misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Teller lands a good knee to the midsection. Young won't want to take too many of those.
Teller tries to work over Young's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Young scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Young gets through Teller's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Teller lands a knee to the head.
Teller can't break the clinch.
Young blocking some punches.
Teller being controlled against the cage.
Teller on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Teller tries to land a knee to the head but Young blocks with his arms.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Teller.
Young displaying some good clinch control by pressing Teller up against the cage.
Young can't find room to land a body shot as Teller controls the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Teller tries to land knees in the clinch but Young avoids the damage to the body.
Young working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Young scores with a shot to the side of Teller's head.
Teller tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Young's elbow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Young can't find room to land a body shot as Teller controls the action.
Young has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Teller throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Teller goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Young lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Teller.
Teller is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Young throws a head punch that misses.
Teller struggles to land a body shot inside as Young controls his hands.
Young avoids a wild elbow strike from Teller.
Young misses with a punch on the inside.
Teller lands an elbow inside.
Young misses with a body punch.
Teller looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Teller avoiding damage as Young throws knees to the body.
Young doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Teller lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Young.
Young is pushing Teller up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Young creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Young content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Young tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Teller lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Young scores with a shoulder strike.
Teller makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Teller lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Teller misses with a punch on the inside.
Teller lands a damaging elbow.
Young tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Young effectively controlling the action here.
Teller pushes off an throws an elbow but Young leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Teller on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Teller.
Young avoids a wild elbow strike from Teller.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Young scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Teller lands an elbow inside.
Young lands a right hand that snaps the head of Teller backwards.
A short body shot lands from Young as the two fighters clinch.
Daft Young seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Teller lands an elbow that stopped Young in his tracks for a moment.
Young misses with a hook from the clinch.
Young stalling against the cage.
Young can't find room to land a body shot as Teller controls the action.
Young scores with a shoulder strike.
Young lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Teller presses Young against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Teller.
Young makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daft Young showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Teller's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Young looks to land a right hand but Teller moved out of range.
Young doesn't manage to clinch there - Teller circles away.
Teller was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Young cracks the inside of Teller's front leg.
Young misses with a two punch combination.
Young defending well as Teller loads up on a big left hand.
Young dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Young moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Young swings for the body but Teller moves out of range.
Young tries to clinch up but Teller circles away and keeps his distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Teller throws a hook to the side of Young's head but Young sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Young misses with a body kick.
Young fails with an attempt to clinch.
As Young backs away, Teller returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Daft Young seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Young throws a lazy right hand but Teller sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Teller misses the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young jabs at Teller's body.

Young takes the fight into the clinch.
Teller tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Young avoiding damage.
Young working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A head punch on the inside from Young fails to land.
Teller blocks an uppercut.
Young misses with a punch to the body.
Young lands a right hand that snaps the head of Teller backwards.
Young scores with a nice hook to the head.
Teller with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Teller tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Teller blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Young wants to stall.
Young lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Teller comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Teller misses with a hook to the ribs.
Young lands with a short head shot on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Young lands a nice uppercut.
Teller throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Still in the clinch, Young scores with a nice short uppercut.
Clinched against the cage, Young lands a big elbow that drops Teller! The ref dives in to save him from more shots - Teller is complaining that he's OK but he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Daft Young!
After winning the bout, Daft Young thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.