PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Radar Salter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brynden Tully (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Salter
vs
Tully

180 cm
26
176 lbs
12 - 11 - 0

185 cm
22
176 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

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World class boxer
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Radar Salter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Brynden Tully!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Kenichi Hosakawa and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A clash of legs there as Salter blocks the low kick.
We've been informed that Tully has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Salter paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Radar Salter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tully slips under a jab from Salter.
Tully lands a right hook to the body.
Tully bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tully looks to throw the jab but Salter is out of range.
Tully is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tully looks to land a combination but Salter avoids it well.
Tully throws out a leg kick but Salter moves out of range and Tully only half commits.
Tully uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Salter.
Nice shot by Salter.
Salter will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Salter swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Tully counters with a series of strikes. Salter will be more careful next time no doubt.
Salter lands a lovely overhand right.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tully misses with a body shot.
Salter stalks Tully and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Tully's face. Tully staggers backwards, shaken.
Salter rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Tully counters with a good, hard body kick but Salter shrugs it off.
Tully takes a body punch but keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Salter scores with the left hand. Tully knows he should have avoided that one.
Salter misses with a straight left.
Salter tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Salter looks to land a right hand but Tully moved out of range.
Salter misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tully.
Salter swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Tully.
Tully throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Salter throws a series of punches but Tully moves out of range.
Tully lands a leg kick that knocks Salter off balance momentarily.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Salter, as that shot connected.
Salter is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Tully misses with an uppercut.
Tully lands with a good body shot.
Decent striking displayed by Salter there.
Salter showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tully.
Tully uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Salter.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salter fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Salter takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tully gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Salter.
Salter lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Tully backs up against the cage.
Tully misses with a body shot.
Salter throws a right and a left that Tully avoids nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tully looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Salter rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tully moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Salter catches Tully with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Salter uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tully.
Tully swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tully staying out of range there.
Salter bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Nice defenses there by Salter.
Salter scores with a decent looking hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salter connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Salter scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

It looks like Brynden Tully has been cut.
Salter misses with a series of wild punches.
Tully slips a jab from Salter.
Salter looks to score with a jab to the body but Tully is just out of range.
We've been told by Salter's head coaches at Millions Top Team that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Tully keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Salter.
Salter looks to throw the jab but Tully is out of range.
A left lands for Salter.
Tully defending well as Salter loads up on a big left hand.
A slow jab from Salter misses its intended target.
Salter lands with a kick to the temple. Tully shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Tully is looking to clinch.
Salter misses with a body shot.
Salter lands a nice looking kick to the body. Tully takes a step back to recover.
Salter misses with the combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Salter paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Nice uppercut lands for Tully. That snapped Salter's head back.
Salter looks to throw the jab but Tully is out of range.
Tully avoids the body shot from Salter.
Tully slips a jab from Salter.
Nice uppercut lands for Salter. That snapped Tully's head back.
Salter moves out of range of the body kick from Tully.
Salter slips under a jab.
Salter with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Tully fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Salter manages to avoid it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tully misses with a double jab.
Tully showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Salter.
Salter throws a head kick that misses
and Tully counters with a good low kick that Salter was not able to check.
Tully is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Salter rather than just go for the knockout.
Tully digs a good hook to Salter's body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Radar Salter dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Brynden Tully's cut.
That's time! Salter's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Salter throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Tully keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Salter.
Salter shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Tully eats them both and turns towards Salter to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Nice shot by Tully.
Salter keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Salter misses with a left hand
and Tully counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Salter tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Salter misses with a left hand
and Tully counters with a leg kick.
A head kick misses from Salter.
Tully moves away from the strike by Salter.
Tully connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Salter just misses with a punch to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Salter. Tully does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tully throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tully throws a jab when Salter was well out of range.

Tully drives through and clinches with Salter against the cage.

Salter's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tully fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Salter.
Tully lands a nice shot that snaps Salter's head back.
Salter plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Salter connects with a body shot that sends Tully's belly button to the back.
Some bone on bone action there as Salter checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Tully swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tully moves in looking to clinch but Salter pushes him off.
Tully tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tully throws a jab but it's blocked by Salter.
Salter works Tully's body with a nice hook.
Tully moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Salter misses with a lunging right hand
and Tully counters with a right hand to the body.
Radar Salter is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Salter misses with a hook. Tully ducked under it nicely.
Salter misses with a few strikes there.
Tully looks to land a combination. Salter sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A jab from Tully misses.
Tully slips under a jab.
Salter throws a sloppy head kick and Tully moves out of range easily.
Salter chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Tully can pounce on him.
Salter rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tully moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Salter misses with a hook
and Tully connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Salter throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Tully ducks under a wild hook from Salter.
Salter pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A jab from Salter does it's job there.
Tully scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Tully uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Salter.
Tully works the jab nicely.
Salter scores with a jab. Tully acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Salter misses with an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tully ducks under a wild hook from Salter.
Tully ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Salter moves away.
Some wild striking there from Salter.
Tully connects with an inside leg kick.
Tully swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Salter scores with a body shot.
Tully tries to clinch but Salter moves out of range.
A punch combination from Salter misses.
Salter throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tully is looking to slow Salter down with leg kicks.
Tully throws a leg kick but Salter moved away.
Tully slips a jab and a cross from Salter.
Salter misses with a right hand
and Tully cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Brynden Tully seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Salter throws the left hand but Tully avoids the punch easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tully throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Salter sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tully throws a head kick that misses.
Tully connects with a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tully throws a half hearted mid kick.
Salter throws a jab but it's blocked by Tully.
Tully scores with a head kick.

Salter is rocked!
A big right from Salter misses.
Salter is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Tully swinging wildly here.
Salter throws a jab but it's blocked by Tully.
A punch combination from Salter misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tully avoids the head kick by Salter.
Salter misses with a combination
and Tully connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tully lands with a straight right. Salter didn't see that one coming.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brynden Tully showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Brynden Tully's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Tully avoids a punch combination nicely.
Salter throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Tully lands a head shot.
Oh Salter is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Salter keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tully.
Salter seems to have got his legs back now.
Tully ducks under a wild hook from Salter.
Salter throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Salter misses with a jab to the body
and Tully counters with a nice body kick.
Salter misses with the body kick
and Tully counters with a left and a right that stings Salter.
Salter looks to land a right hand but Tully moved out of range.
Tully misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Salter.
Tully throws a right and a left that Salter avoids nicely.
Tully thows a body shot but no joy.
Tully has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Salter throws a jab but it's blocked by Tully.
Salter fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tully manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tully scores with a nice right hand.
Salter takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Nice defenses there by Salter.
Tully staying out of range there.
Salter throws a nice looking combination but Tully bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tully walks into a straight right hand from Salter.
Salter throws a left and a right that both miss
and Tully counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Salter dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Salter missing with a left hand there. Tully was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Salter misses with a combination
and Tully cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Tully darts in and clinches Salter up against the cage.
Salter is trying to push Tully away but Tully has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Tully lands with a light punch inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tully has a couple of punches blocked by Salter.
A bit of stalling here from Tully.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Salter looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Tully goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Salter wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tully has him pressed against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Tully.
Salter working hard to break the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Tully as the two fighters clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tully creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Salter tries to break the clinch but Tully is controlling the position.
Salter wants to get back to striking at distance but Tully won't allow it.
Salter blocks a body shot from Tully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tully struggles to land a body shot inside as Salter controls his hands.
Tully lands a nice uppercut.
Tully is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

Salter breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Salter throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tully.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Tully.
Salter misses with an uppercut.
Tully takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Salter misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A right-left combo lands from Tully.
Salter throws out a powerful jab.
Tully bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Salter's head backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Salter misses with a series of wild punches.
Salter works over Tully's head and body with a nice combination.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A telegraphed right hand from Salter misses the target.
Salter misses with a hook
and Tully makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Salter really felt that one!
Tully tries to clinch up but Salter circles away and keeps his distance.
A telegraphed right hand from Salter misses the target.
Salter lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Sloppy strikes from Salter. Those never looked like landing.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Tully.
Tully paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tully thows a body kick. Salter tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Tully shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Salter scores with a shot to the body.
Salter misses with a hook.

And that's the end of the fight!
Brynden Tully comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Tully has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 28:29
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brynden Tully!
Brynden Tully decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.