PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rick Young Young (ranked 24128 p4p, 541 weight class) and Lane Tate (ranked 24126 p4p, 505 weight class). Rick Young Young has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Young Young
vs
Tate

184 cm
26
209 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

180 cm
19
212 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rick Young Young !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lane Tate!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Cecil Peabody and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Young shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Tate but Tate pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Tate changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

Young forces Tate back against the cage and clinches.

Young manages to break the clinch.
Tate comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Young defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Tate.
Tate moves in looking to clinch but Young pushes him off.

Tate rushes Young and presses him up against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tate wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Young has him pressed against the cage.
Tate taking a breather.
Tate wants to break free but Young has control.
Tate tries to break the clinch but Young is controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Young breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tate moves in looking to clinch but Young pushes him off.
Tate looks to land a right hand but Young moved out of range.
Young tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Tate is able to avoid easily.
Young will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Young tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Tate counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Young stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Young wants it to stay on the feet.
Tate tries to close the distance and clinch but Young swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Young swats away the attempt to clinch by Tate.
Tate wants to clinch.
Young is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Tate.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Young feints and as Tate raises his hands in defense, Young changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.

Tate manages to escape and get back to his feet.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Young stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Young wants it to stay on the feet.
Rick Young Young has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lane Tate.
Tate dives in and grabs Young 's left leg, looking for a takedown. Young pushes down on Tate's head and hops out.

Young shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Tate manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Young 's corner is telling him to maintain position.

Tate looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Young wants to get up but he can't break Tate's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Young is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Tate really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Young . If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Tate misses with a takedown

and Young counters by moving into the clinch.
Tate is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Young goes for a takedown in the clinch but Tate prevents it.
Tate is looking to take this one to the mat.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Tate is trying to push Young away but Young has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Tate jumps guard but Young turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Rick Young Young will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Tate avoids the head kick by Young .
Tate should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Tate gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Young counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Young gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Young trying to control but Tate is working from the bottom.
Tate is looking to sweep but instead, Young has passed into half guard.
Tate is not content to let Young control the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Young is trying to work for a kimura but Tate is defending well.
Young content to control rather than advance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tate has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Young is working away from the top position though.
Young not doing much here.
Tate keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Young passes into side control, despite Tate's attempt to control the position.
Tate is working to avoid the ground and pound but Young connects with a decent elbow.
Tate tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Young wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Tate is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Young wants to control but Tate is keeping him busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tate trying to remain calm as Young controls from the top position.
Young grinds an elbow into Tate's temple.
Young is looking to take a break and control but Tate is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Young looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tate manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Young works his way into full mount!
Young controlling his opponent.
Young is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tate can do to turn this around?
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Young seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Tate for as long as he can get away with.
Tate is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rick Young Young dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Tate tries to clinch but Young is having none of it.
Young tries to bum rush Tate with a series of wild strikes but Tate uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tate misses the shot to the body.

Young closes the distance and clinches.
Young is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Tate is trying to stall.
Tate looking for a takedown.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Young just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tate's brow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tate is trying to maintain a safe position but Young gets an underhook and turns Tate into the cage.
Tate is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Young breaks from the clinch.
Tate shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Young as he jumps to the side.
Rick Young Young has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lane Tate.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Tate shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Young napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Young keeping his opponent close.
Young wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Who's going to make the next move?
Tate working away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young is holding Tate down, trying to stall.
Tate is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Young will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Young keeps Tate under control for a moment.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Young wants to control but Tate postures up.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Tate is trying hard to land a takedown here. Young sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

Young forces Tate back against the cage and clinches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tate is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Young gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

Young breaks from the clinch.
Tate dives in and grabs Young 's left leg, looking for a takedown. Young pushes down on Tate's head and hops out.
Tate takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A head kick misses from Tate.

Young darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Young works his way into full mount!
Tate really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Tate?

Young with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Young raining down shots from the mount!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Young has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! Tate is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Rick Young Young !