PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kyro Tecahchi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anthony Boss (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Boss has a pretty significant injury - he really shouldn't be fighting right now but he's a warrior and he's here none the less! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Tecahchi
vs
Boss

189 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

185 cm
21
180 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Determined

S.W.A.T.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kyro Tecahchi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Anthony Boss!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Sosuke Kotani and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Tecahchi clinches.
Boss looks gassed!
Tecahchi wants a takedown.
Tecahchi landing knees to the body.

Tecahchi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Tecahchi scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Tecahchi wants to control but Boss is keeping him busy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Tecahchi tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Tecahchi has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Tecahchi scoring with punches and elbows.
Boss prevents Tecahchi from improving position.

Tecahchi decides to stand back up. Tecahchi steps back and let's Boss get back to his feet.

Tecahchi darts in and clinches Boss up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tecahchi landing knees to the body.
Tecahchi lands a knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Tecahchi.
Tecahchi scores a nice knee to the body.

Tecahchi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tecahchi shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Boss but Boss pushes him off and we're back to square one.

Tecahchi has Boss up against the cage in a clinch.
Tecahchi using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Boss letting Tecahchi take a breather here.
Tecahchi lands an elbow that stopped Boss in his tracks for a moment.
Boss on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Tecahchi.
A knee to the head by Tecahchi.
Boss drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Tecahchi has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Boss is trying to keep an underhook but Tecahchi manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Tecahchi with the ground and pound but Boss uses the opportunity to regain guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boss striking from his own guard.
Tecahchi throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Tecahchi wants to stand but Boss has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Boss working a defensive guard here.
Tecahchi would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Tecahchi lands a couple of elbows.

Tecahchi gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Boss avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Tecahchi gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Boss tries for a takedown but Tecahchi manages to get underhooks.
Tecahchi manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Tecahchi manages to break the clinch.
Kyro Tecahchi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Tecahchi closes the distance and clinches.
Tecahchi trying to land knees to the body.

Tecahchi manages to break the clinch.

Tecahchi fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Boss sprawls well initially but Tecahchi persists and gets the takedown into half guard.

Tecahchi is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Tecahchi lands strikes from half guard.
Tecahchi is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Boss is refusing to be controlled, as Tecahchi sits in half guard.
Tecahchi missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tecahchi lands with a punch from half guard.
Tecahchi knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Boss on the ground.

Tecahchi decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Tecahchi has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kyro Tecahchi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tecahchi shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Boss as he avoids it easily.
Boss swats away the attempt to clinch by Tecahchi.
Tecahchi shoots in but no luck this time.
Tecahchi throws a wild body kick that Boss sees coming a mile off.
Boss circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tecahchi fails with an attempt to clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Both fighters circling a little - Tecahchi finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Tecahchi moves in looking to clinch but Boss pushes him off.
Tecahchi shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Boss pinned against the cage. Boss gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tecahchi tries to clinch there but Boss circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kyro Tecahchi dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Tecahchi moves into range and clinches up with Boss.
Boss gets underhooks to prevent Tecahchi's takedown attempt.
Tecahchi landing knees to the body.
Tecahchi crunches a lovely knee into Boss's ribcage.
Tecahchi is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Boss pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Tecahchi controlling the action here for a moment.
Tecahchi lands a nice knee to the body.
Tecahchi slows down the pace here.
Tecahchi keeps control of Boss as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Tecahchi breaks from the clinch.

Tecahchi forces Boss back against the cage and clinches.
Tecahchi scores a nice knee to the body.
Tecahchi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Boss.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tecahchi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Boss.
Tecahchi tries to land knees in the clinch but Boss avoids the damage to the body.
Tecahchi taking a breather.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tecahchi seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Boss drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Tecahchi gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Tecahchi landing knees to the body.
Boss drops down looking for an ankle pick but Tecahchi pulls his leg out and moves away.
Tecahchi lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Tecahchi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tecahchi scores with a kick to the body.
Boss swats away the attempt to clinch by Tecahchi.
Boss tries to clinch but Tecahchi is having none of it.
Boss circles away from the clinch attempt

and Boss counters by clinching up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boss managing to block the knees to the body from Tecahchi.
Tecahchi lands an elbow just above Boss 's eye.

Tecahchi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Tecahchi rushes Boss and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Boss on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tecahchi drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kyro Tecahchi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
With the fighters up against the cage, Tecahchi throws an elbow but misses.
Tecahchi is working for takedown but Boss is calmly controlling the position for now.
Boss takes an elbow to the temple.

Tecahchi is trying to trip Boss. He has hold of a leg but Boss is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Tecahchi persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Tecahchi has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Tecahchi stands up from Boss's guard - Tecahchi perhaps looking for a knockout.
Tecahchi wants to clinch up but Boss keeps it at a distance.

Tecahchi moves into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boss avoiding damage as Tecahchi throws knees to the body.
Tecahchi landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Boss avoiding damage as Tecahchi throws knees to the body.
Tecahchi lands a nice knee to the body.
Tecahchi just leaning against Boss, taking a breather.
Knees in the clinch landing for Tecahchi.
Tecahchi lands a knee to the body.

Tecahchi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tecahchi feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Boss's calf.
Tecahchi wants to clinch.

Tecahchi clinches with his opponent.

Tecahchi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Tecahchi works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Boss changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Tecahchi fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Tecahchi drives through and clinches with Boss against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boss tries to land knees in the clinch but Tecahchi avoids the damage to the body.
Tecahchi lands a knee to the body.
Tecahchi stops a takedown attempt from Boss.
Tecahchi landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Tecahchi lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Tecahchi lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Tecahchi.
Knees in the clinch landing for Tecahchi.
Boss on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Tecahchi.

Tecahchi gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Boss regains guard.

Boss is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Tecahchi rolls with it to try and escape but Boss cranks on the arm and Tecahchi is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Anthony Boss!