PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Freddy Hutchinson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yeovil Tiger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tiger has chosen Delilah by Tom Jones as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hutchinson
vs
Tiger

163 cm
22
204 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

194 cm
28
211 lbs
13 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Good knees
Prefers standup

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Powerful

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Freddy Hutchinson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Yeovil Tiger!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Paul Tew and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tiger ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hutchinson moves away.
Hutchinson wants to clinch.
Hutchinson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Tiger keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Tiger rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hutchinson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tiger throws a combination. Hutchinson tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Hutchinson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tiger.
Tiger uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hutchinson.
Hutchinson on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Freddy Hutchinson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
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!

Hutchinson rushes Tiger and presses him up against the cage.
Hutchinson landing knees to the head.

It looks like Yeovil Tiger has been cut.
Hutchinson tries to land a knee to the head but Tiger blocks with his arms.
Tiger looking to slow down the pace here.
Hutchinson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hutchinson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tiger has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hutchinson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tiger has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hutchinson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tiger lands a nice uppercut.
Hutchinson tries to land a knee to the head but Tiger blocks with his arms.
Hutchinson misses with a knee to the head.
Hutchinson looking to slow down the pace here.
Hutchinson tries a knee to the head but Tiger blocks it.
Hutchinson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hutchinson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tiger blocks it with crossed arms.
Hutchinson tries to land a knee to the head but Tiger blocks with his arms.
Hutchinson tries a knee to the head but Tiger blocks it.
Hutchinson is breathing heavily.
Hutchinson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tiger lands a left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hutchinson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tiger blocks it with crossed arms.
Hutchinson stalling in the clinch but Tiger improves position.
Stalling in the clinch from Tiger.
Tiger tries to throw a body punch but Hutchinson avoids it by throwing Tiger back against the cage.
Hutchinson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hutchinson misses with a knee strike.
Tiger manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

Tiger has clasped his hands together around Hutchinson's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Tiger trying to control the position but Hutchinson is working away.
Tiger taking a breather here.
Tiger working the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tiger in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Hutchinson can't do much from the bottom here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tiger happy to just control the position for now.
Hutchinson tries to control but Tiger manages to take his back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tiger has good solid back control here.
Hutchinson rolls, trying to escape but Tiger keeps control of the position.
Tiger trying to control.
Tiger biding his time, looking for the opening.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Yeovil Tiger hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Hutchinson darts in trying to clinch
and Tiger counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yeovil Tiger dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Yeovil Tiger's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Tiger waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hutchinson.
Hutchinson throws a big shot that misses.
Hutchinson moves in looking to clinch but Tiger pushes him off.
Tiger avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tiger swats away the attempt to clinch by Hutchinson.
Hutchinson tries to clinch there but Tiger circles away.
Hutchinson throws a big shot that misses.
Hutchinson looks to clinch

and Tiger counters with a crisp one two that drops Hutchinson! Tiger thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Hutchinson to his feet! Hutchinson is in big trouble!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hutchinson tries to clinch but Tiger is having none of it.
Tiger steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hutchinson.
Hutchinson wants to clinch up but Tiger keeps it at a distance.
Tiger throws a hook but Hutchinson blocks it.
Hutchinson missing with a left hand there. Tiger was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tiger lands the left hand.
Tiger keeps the fight on the outside.

Tiger cracks Hutchinson with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Tiger has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Hutchinson to stand back up!

Hutchinson is rocked!

It looks like Freddy Hutchinson has been cut.
Hutchinson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Oh Hutchinson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tiger closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Hutchinson! Tiger dives in looking to finish! Hutchinson is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yeovil Tiger!