PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kurko Tyrma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sonny Korleone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Tyrma
vs
Korleone

188 cm
19
225 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

189 cm
25
220 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Kurko Tyrma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Sonny Korleone!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Peter Branson and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Korleone looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sonny Korleone seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Korleone slips a straight right by Tyrma.

Korleone closes the distance and clinches.
Tyrma wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Korleone has him pressed against the cage.
Korleone misses with a knee to the head.
Korleone tries a knee to the head but Tyrma blocks it.
Korleone prevents Tyrma from breaking the clinch.

Korleone's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tyrma misses with an uppercut. Korleone saw that one coming.
Korleone has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Tyrma is landing a low percentage of strikes.
A punch combination from Korleone misses.
Tyrma ducks under a wild hook from Korleone.
Korleone throws out a loose jab but Tyrma uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tyrma looks to land a right hand but Korleone moved out of range.
Korleone misses with the combination.
Korleone will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Korleone takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

It looks like Sonny Korleone has been cut.
Tyrma misses with a straight right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyrma lands a jab to the nose.
Korleone with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Tyrma to score with a decent uppercut.
Tyrma seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Tyrma throws an overhand right that lands on Korleone's shoulder, as Korleone tries to avoid the shot.
Korleone misses with a two punch combination.
Korleone swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Korleone fails in his attempt to clinch.
Korleone moves in looking to clinch but Tyrma pushes him off.
Tyrma dodges the punch combination from Korleone.
Tyrma throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Korleone will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Korleone tries to close the distance and clinch but Tyrma swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Korleone tries to clinch but Tyrma is having none of it.
Tyrma lands an overhand right.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tyrma missing with a left hand there. Korleone was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tyrma scores with a hook to the body. Korleone takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Tyrma throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Korleone sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tyrma throws out a loose jab but Korleone uses good head movement to avoid it.
Korleone wants to clinch up but Tyrma keeps it at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Korleone tries to clinch but Tyrma moves away
and Tyrma counters with a stiff right hand.
Korleone moves in looking to clinch but Tyrma pushes him off.
Korleone rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tyrma moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Korleone misses with a series of wild punches.
Korleone looks winded!
Korleone throws a jab but it's blocked by Tyrma.
Korleone takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Tyrma is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Tyrma lands with a cross.

That has opened up Sonny Korleone's cut even more.
Tyrma throws a shot from downtown. Korleone moves away and avoids it.

Korleone clinches up with Tyrma and pushes him back against the cage.
Korleone with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Korleone tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tyrma avoids it.
Korleone lands a knee to the head.
Korleone tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Korleone breaks from the clinch.
Korleone uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tyrma.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Korleone has managed to clinch.
Korleone trying to land knees to the body.
Korleone misses with a hook from the clinch.
Korleone tries a knee to the head but Tyrma blocks it.

Korleone breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tyrma with a hook.
Korleone throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tyrma lands a jab to the head.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Korleone misses with a punch on the inside.

Korleone breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tyrma takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Korleone displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tyrma throws out the jab.
Tyrma moves out of range as Korleone strikes.
A jab from Korleone misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tyrma ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tyrma misses the jab.
Tyrma throws out a powerful jab.

The cut above Sonny Korleone's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Tyrma throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tyrma misses with a straight left.
Korleone looks to score with a jab to the body but Tyrma is just out of range.
Good shot there by Tyrma.
Korleone takes one on the button.
Tyrma is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Tyrma throws a jab but it's blocked by Korleone.
Tyrma swats away the attempt to clinch by Korleone.
Korleone is looking to clinch.
Korleone tries to move into range but Tyrma moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Korleone takes a swing at Tyrma's ribcage but misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tyrma misses the jab.
A cross from Tyrma lands.

Korleone is rocked!

Sonny Korleone's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Korleone fails with an attempt to clinch.
Korleone is still on wobbly legs! Can Tyrma finish him?
Tyrma lands a right hook to the body.
Korleone seems to have recovered his senses.
Tyrma with a nice cross.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kurko Tyrma dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sonny Korleone's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Tyrma lunges in with a left hook that violently twists Korleone head around and knocks him out cold! Tyrma hops onto the cage and yells out at the top of his lungs - Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaah! They're showing the replay on the big screens now; that was nasty! I hope one of the photographers got a good shot of it.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Kurko Tyrma!