PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Antti Tuisku (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tombstone Terry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tuisku comes into the arena with Levoton blaring out of the sound system. Terry has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. Tombstone Terry will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Tuisku
vs
Terry

171 cm
28
145 lbs
8 - 7 - 0

188 cm
25
135 lbs
11 - 15 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Zentrope Fighting Universe
Bloodsport Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Antti Tuisku!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 15 - 0, fighting out of London, Tombstone Terry!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Steven Brown and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Tuisku feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Terry looks gassed!
Tuisku lands a couple of digs.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Terry keeping full guard, as Tuisku tries to pass.
Tuisku passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Terry takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Tuisku wants to control but Terry is keeping him busy.
Tuisku creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Tuisku landing strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tuisku in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Tuisku working the ground and pound.
Terry takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tuisku working the ground and pound.
Tuisku advances nicely into full mount.
Tuisku fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Tuisku postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Terry looks a forlorn figure.
Terry takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Tuisku in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Tuisku landing punches.
Tuisku working Terry over with strikes here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tuisku connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Tuisku scores with a couple of good head shots there.

Terry is rocked!
Tuisku has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Terry's face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Tuisku.
Tuisku is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Tuisku with a couple of short strikes.
Terry is still in real trouble! Can Tuisku finish him?
Tuisku is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Tuisku is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Terry can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Tuisku looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Tuisku looking to finish Terry with some ground and pound. This is bad for Terry!
Tuisku tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Terry takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Tuisku looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tuisku dominating with strikes here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tuisku landing strikes, looking to finish!
Tuisku looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Tuisku with a couple of short strikes.
Tuisku has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Tuisku is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Terry to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Terry shrugs it off.
Tuisku is landing with some decent strikes but Terry is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Tuisku wants to control the pace but Terry is squirming around nicely.
Terry seems to have recovered his senses.
Tuisku lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tuisku pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Terry can't escape the position.
Tuisku cracks Terry with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Antti Tuisku dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Tuisku gets a takedown into half guard.
Terry is staying active underneath Tuisku, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Terry on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Tuisku winds up and cracks Terry with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Terry wants to improve his position but Tuisku is controlling well.
Tuisku content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Terry is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Tuisku scores with a couple of nice shots.
Tuisku not doing much here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Terry is breathing heavily.
Tuisku is trying to control. Terry wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Tuisku has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
BOOM! Tuisku connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Tuisku sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Tuisku is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Terry can do to turn this around?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tuisku cracks Terry with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Tuisku working the ground and pound effectively.
Tuisku raining down hammerfists from mount.
Tuisku unloading with bombs!
Tuisku punishing his opponent with strikes.
Tuisku trying to control but Terry is having none of it.
Tuisku lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Terry hang on?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tuisku trying to control but Terry is having none of it.
Tuisku is in the full mount, landing strikes.

Tuisku is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Terry has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Terry!

Tuisku working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Terry doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Tuisku is tightening it up a little... Terry has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Terry reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Terry taps out! nice BJJ there by Tuisku!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Antti Tuisku!