PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yar Bol (ranked 639 p4p, 735 weight class) and Charles Tucker (ranked 99 p4p, 112 weight class). Tucker has chosen Faith of The Heart as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Bol
vs
Tucker

188 cm
28
213
13 - 8 - 0

187 cm
27
220
17 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Voodoo Nutrition

Bondi MMA 🏝️

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Yar Bol!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Charles Tucker!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, James Glass and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tucker tries to move into range but Bol moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Tucker throws the left hand but Bol avoids the punch easily.
Bol changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

Tucker gets a clinch.
Tucker blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tucker takes a shot to the head.
Bol tries to work over Tucker's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bol blocks a body shot from Tucker.
Bol swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tucker scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Bol managing to block the knees to the body from Tucker.
Tucker can't break the clinch.
Tucker tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bol blocks a body shot from Tucker.
Tucker struggles to land a body shot inside as Bol controls his hands.

Tucker escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tucker takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bol swats away the attempt to clinch by Tucker.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tucker throws a series of punches but Bol avoids them all with ease.
Bol rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Tucker counters with a nice uppercut.

It looks like Yar Bol has been cut.
Tucker lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Bol stuns Tucker with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Bol scores with the left hand. Tucker knows he should have avoided that one.
Bol misses with a looping right.
Tucker has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Bol digs a good body shot into Tucker's ribs.
Bol wants to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tucker sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Tucker bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bol misses with an uppercut
and Tucker counters with a good low kick that Bol was not able to check.
Tucker is looking to clinch.
Tucker misses with a leg kick
and Bol counters with a nice body kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bol swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Tucker.
Tucker throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tucker moves away from the strike by Bol.
Bol throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bol slips under a jab from Tucker.
Tucker throws a series of punches but Bol moves out of range.
Bol tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Tucker manages to circle out of the way.
A left lands for Bol.
Tucker throws an off balance right hand
and Bol counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Tucker swings widly with a right hand

and Bol counters by clinching up.

Tucker breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tucker throws the left hand but Bol avoids the punch easily.
Bol lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bol connects with a jab.
Tucker uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Bol has time to react.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tucker tries to clinch
and Bol counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bol dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Tucker. That did some damage!
Tucker throws a lazy uppercut
and Bol counters with a straight right hand.
Tucker misses with a straight right.
A quick step to the side and Bol tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bol misses with a looping left.
Tucker looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Bol throws the kick towards the body but Tucker avoids it.
Tucker looks to score with a jab to the body but Bol is just out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Yar Bol dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Yar Bol's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Bol connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Bol takes a swing at Tucker's ribcage but misses.
Bol throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tucker lands a jab to the head.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Bol checks a leg kick.
Bol wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Tucker throws a left and a right that both miss
and Bol counters with a thumping low kick.
Nice straight punches there by Bol. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Bol.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tucker misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Bol counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bol tries to clinch but Tucker moves out of range.
Tucker swats away the attempt to clinch by Bol.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bol lands with a hook. Tucker tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Tucker throws a lazy right hand but Bol sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bol appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Bol is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tucker can do to turn this around?
Tucker moves out of range of the body kick.
Tucker ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bol moves away.
Tucker throws a sloppy body shot

and Bol counters by clinching up.
Tucker misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bol.
Tucker is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Tucker's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Tucker softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Tucker misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tucker blocks a body shot from Bol.
Bol struggles to land a body shot inside as Tucker controls his hands.
Bol scores with an uppercut up the middle.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bol creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Bol stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Bol makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bol lands with a light punch inside.
Bol throws a head punch that misses.
Tucker misses with some punches.
Tucker throws a head punch that misses.
Bol gets through Tucker's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

It looks like Charles Tucker has been cut.
Bol scores with a nice hook to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bol.
Bol blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bol misses with a punch to the body.
Bol lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Tucker takes a shot to the head.
Bol lands with a light punch inside.
Tucker is breathing heavily.
Tucker lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A bit of stalling here from Bol.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bol tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bol throws a punch but it's blocked by Tucker.
Tucker tries to throw a body punch but Bol avoids it by throwing Tucker back against the cage.
Tucker tries to work over Bol's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short uppercut from Tucker.
Bol misses with a punch to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Tucker.
A nice left hand lands by Tucker.
Bol struggles to land a body shot inside as Tucker controls his hands.
Bol makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Tucker.
Bol working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Tucker using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bol has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bol misses with a punch to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Tucker.
Bol avoiding damage as Tucker throws knees to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Bol.
A left hand lands to the body for Bol.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bol can't find room to land a body shot as Tucker controls the action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tucker.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bol.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tucker.
Tucker swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tucker takes a shot to the head.
Bol fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bol lands with a right to the head.
Bol lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bol.
Bol lands a nice uppercut.
Bol lands a right hand.
Bol blocks a body shot from Tucker.
A left hand lands to the body for Bol.
Tucker takes a shot to the head.
A short right from Bol on the inside.
Bol working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A right hand to the body from Bol.
Bol lands with a light punch inside.

Tucker is rocked!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Yar Bol dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Bol pounces like a tiger and cracks Tucker with a vicious hook! Tucker is down but not out! Bol follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Yar Bol!