PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kyro Tecahchi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lee Jung (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jung has chosen Pantera - I'm Broken as his entrance music. Lee Jung looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Tecahchi
vs
Jung

189 cm
19
185 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

191 cm
18
180 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

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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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kyro Tecahchi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lee Jung!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yukihiro Shimada and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jung keeps the fight on the outside.
Jung swats away the attempt to clinch by Tecahchi.
Kyro Tecahchi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tecahchi throws a low kick but it's checked well by Jung.
Jung fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Tecahchi tries to clinch up.

Tecahchi drives through and clinches with Jung against the cage.
Tecahchi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jung lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jung takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Lee Jung has been cut.

Tecahchi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jung shoots in but no luck this time.
Jung looks gassed!
Tecahchi is looking to clinch.

Tecahchi darts in and clinches Jung up against the cage.

Tecahchi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tecahchi is looking to clinch.
Tecahchi shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Jung counters with a shoot takedown. Tecahchi fights it but they end up in guard.

Tecahchi has his feet on Jung's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.

Tecahchi rushes Jung and presses him up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tecahchi using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Tecahchi scores a nice knee to the body.
Tecahchi scores a nice knee to the body.
Jung is trying to break the clinch but Tecahchi has him pressed against the cage.

Tecahchi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tecahchi misses with an uppercut.
Tecahchi fails to land the takedown.
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.
Both fighters circling a little - Tecahchi finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.

Tecahchi shoots in and bounces Jung off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Tecahchi postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jung has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Tecahchi off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.

Jung closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

Jung stands up from half guard.
Tecahchi doesn't manage to clinch there - Jung circles away.

Tecahchi scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Tecahchi decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Nice body kick from Tecahchi.
Tecahchi lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Jung takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Tecahchi tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Jung counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Tecahchi!
Tecahchi tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Jung landing strikes from the mount.

It looks like Kyro Tecahchi has been cut.
Jung has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jung prevents Tecahchi from getting the reversal.
Tecahchi is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Jung looking to control and managing it successfully.

Jung has hold of Tecahchi's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Tecahchi manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Tecahchi knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Jung on the ground.
Tecahchi is trying to escape the mount.
Jung tries to control but Tecahchi wriggling away.

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.
Tecahchi wants to try and get back to his feet.
Tecahchi regains half guard.

Jung stands up out of the half guard.
Jung tries to clinch but Tecahchi is having none of it.
Tecahchi throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jung misses with a head kick.

Jung shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Jung showed some decent athleticism there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tecahchi throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Lee Jung will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!

Tecahchi tries to clinch

and Jung counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Jung fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tecahchi lands a shot to the body.

Tecahchi breaks the clinch.
Jung tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tecahchi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Jung.
Tecahchi shoots in for a double leg but Jung sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Tecahchi is looking to clinch but Jung is avoiding it.
Kyro Tecahchi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tecahchi doesn't manage to clinch there - Jung circles away.

Tecahchi has taken the fight to the clinch.

Tecahchi breaks the clinch.
Tecahchi wants to clinch.
Tecahchi shoots in but no luck this time.
Jung is breathing heavily.
Jung circles away from the clinch attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tecahchi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tecahchi tries to clinch but Jung is having none of it.
Tecahchi tries to close the distance and clinch but Jung swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Tecahchi has taken the fight to the clinch.
Knees to the body from Tecahchi.
Knees to the body from Tecahchi.
Tecahchi's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Tecahchi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jung lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jung tries to pull guard but Tecahchi holds him up against the cage and eventually Jung drops back down to his feet.
Tecahchi is trying to stall.
Tecahchi drops down looking for an ankle pick but Jung pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kyro Tecahchi. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Jung scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jung wants to control but Tecahchi is keeping him busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jung stands up out of the half guard.
Tecahchi with a poor takedown

and Jung counters by moving into the clinch.

Jung breaks the clinch.
Tecahchi fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tecahchi shoots in looking for a takedown. Jung tries to sprawl out of it but Tecahchi keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Jung manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Tecahchi tries for a takedown but Jung circles away easily

and Jung counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Jung.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Tecahchi is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Tecahchi keeping moving, preventing Jung from controlling successfully.
Tecahchi wants to sweep but no luck.
Jung trying to control the position from guard on top but Tecahchi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jung content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Jung not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Jung prevents Tecahchi from getting back to his feet.
Jung pushes down on Tecahchi's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Jung blocks the strikes from Tecahchi.
Jung missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Tecahchi pushes Jung off looking to stand but Jung dives back in and keeps control.
Tecahchi wants to improve his position but Jung is controlling well.
Tecahchi is looking to get back to full guard here but Jung has managed to pass to side control instead.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Jung cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Jung landing punches.
Tecahchi is trying to stand.
Jung controlling his opponent.

Jung swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Lee Jung!