PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bryan Fury (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and tony skins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). tony skins is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Fury
vs
skins

187 cm
23
205 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

190 cm
21
205 lbs
5 - 11 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Powerful

Golden supplements

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 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Bryan Fury!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, tony skins!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Sam Margolis and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
skins closes this distance looking for a takedown but Fury circles away.
Fury uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

Fury instigates a clinch.
Fury tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Fury throws an elbow but it's blocked.
skins blocks the elbow strike.
Fury is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Fury lands an elbow just above skins 's eye.
skins tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Fury smiles and moves away.
skins shoots in for a takedown but Fury shows good takedown defense.
Bryan Fury has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of tony skins.
Nice takedown defense from Fury. No joy for skins on that attempt.
skins fails with the takedown.
skins takes a jab right on the kisser.

Fury closes the distance and clinches.
skins jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Fury walks away with a smile on his face. skins gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Fury lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but skins circles away quickly and effectively.

That's one minute gone in the round.
skins looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
skins closes this distance looking for a takedown but Fury circles away.

Fury forces skins back against the cage and clinches.
Fury pushes off an throws an elbow but skins leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
skins is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Fury gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Fury misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from skins.
Fury is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Fury is trying to break the clinch but skins has him pressed against the cage.
skins wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Fury pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
skins misses with a low kick.
Fury stuffs the takedown.
Fury is looking to clinch.
Bryan Fury is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fury tries to clinch there but skins circles away.
skins fails with a takedown attempt.
Fury lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but skins circles away quickly and effectively.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fury is looking to clinch.
Fury throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
skins throws a head kick but Fury moves out of range.
Fury tries to clinch but skins is having none of it.
Fury scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
skins fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Fury fails in his attempt to clinch.
Fury rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but skins moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
skins slips under a jab.
skins takes a shot right to the bread basket.
skins looks gassed!
skins keeps the fight on the outside.

Fury closes the distance and pushes skins back into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
skins on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Fury tries to land a knee to the head but skins blocks with his arms.

skins breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fury misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
skins shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Fury sprawls well. Fury wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. skins gets slowly back to his feet.
Fury wants to clinch up but skins keeps it at a distance.

Fury moves into range and clinches up with skins.
Fury wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
skins is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.

Fury's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fury ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Some wild striking there from Fury.
Fury tries to close the distance and clinch up but skins swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
skins showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Fury.
Fury tries to clinch but skins moves out of range.
Fury fakes high and swings low for a body shot but skins manages to avoid it.
Fury tries to clinch there but skins circles away.

skins shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Fury is trying to control but skins passes into side control!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

skins stands up and we're back to a striking position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bryan Fury dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Fury moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Fury with a nice cross.

skins shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Fury's guard.
Fury is looking to sweep but instead, skins has passed into half guard.
Fury is trying to maintain the position but skins is very close to passing his half guard.
skins trying to control from half guard but Fury is working away.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
skins trying to control from half guard but Fury is working away.
Fury trying to control but skins postures up.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with skins in particular looking to stall.
Fury wants to get back to his feet.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Fury slaps away a takedown attempt from skins, before circling back to the center of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Fury misses with a hook.
skins closes this distance looking for a takedown but Fury circles away.
Fury comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Fury throws a wild body kick that skins sees coming a mile off.
Fury throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Fury clobbers skins with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

skins shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
skins avoids the attempt from Fury to control.

skins wants to finish this one by submission but Fury is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from skins.
skins is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fury wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
skins keeps control of the position as Fury tries to break free.
skins throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.
Fury manages to scramble and ends up in full guard, under a barage of strikes . Great composure from Fury.
skins slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

That's four 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.
skins wants to pass the guard but Fury is keeping the position.
skins not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
skins passes easily into side control. Nice work.

skins is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Fury knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Fury looks to land a combination but skins avoids it well.
Fury goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
skins throws a head kick but Fury moves out of range.
Bryan Fury is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
skins shoots in but no luck this time.
skins takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Fury fails with an attempt to clinch.
Fury tries to clinch but skins is having none of it.
A punch combination from Fury misses.
Fury throws a wild body kick that skins sees coming a mile off.
skins slips a jab and a cross from Fury.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fury misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
skins tries to clinch there but Fury circles away.
Fury misses with an attempted mid kick.

skins clinches with his opponent.

Fury breaks from the clinch.
skins fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Fury swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
skins shoots in and drives through. Fury sprawls well.
Bryan Fury has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of tony skins.
skins takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Fury misses with a jab, cross combination.
Fury tries to close the distance and clinch up but skins swats him away and circles back towards the center.
skins missing with a left hand there. Fury was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Some wild striking there from Fury.
Fury slaps away a takedown attempt from skins, before circling back to the center of the mat.

That's two 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.
Fury swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Fury throws a head kick that misses.
Fury throws a right and a left that skins avoids nicely.
skins looks for a takedown but Fury sprawls well.

Fury closes the distance and clinches.
skins tries for a takedown. No joy.

skins lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Fury is looking for a sweep. skins is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fury has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. skins is working away from the top position though.
skins works his way into full mount!
Fury is trying to stand up.
Fury is looking to get to half guard.

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.

skins goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Fury turns into him and now he's in skins's guard.

skins is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Fury wants to pass the guard but skins is keeping the position.
skins wants to sweep but no luck.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bryan Fury showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Fury has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bryan Fury!