PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Angelo Curba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vai Tyler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tyler is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Ace of Spades. Angelo Curba had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 157.5lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Angelo Curba looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Curba
vs
Tyler

190 cm
18
160 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

175 cm
25
160 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Determined

Freebok (85% Laundry)
RAGS of a RONIN

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Angelo Curba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Vai Tyler!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Tyler closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Curba looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!

Tyler breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Tyler clinches up with Curba and pushes him back against the cage.
Curba tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

Tyler lands a takedown into guard.
Curba is looking to stand back up but Tyler counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Curba.
Curba really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Curba is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Tyler scores with a couple of nice shots.
Curba knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Tyler on the ground.
Tyler is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Nice strikes from Tyler there.
Curba has hold of Tyler's hands but Tyler slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Tyler connects with a nice short shot to Curba's temple.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Tyler connects with a nice short shot to Curba's temple.
Tyler controlling the action here.
Tyler working over Curba with some ground and pound. Curba looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Tyler has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyler seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Tyler working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Curba on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Tyler slips a nice elbow through Curba's hands, connecting with Curba's forehead.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Tyler lands a nice short elbow.

Curba is rocked!
Tyler is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Oh Curba is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tyler sitting and controlling from the half guard.

Tyler is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tyler working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Curba on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Curba tries to get out of the position.
Tyler scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Tyler lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Tyler scores with a big shot! Curba's head bounced off the canvas with a huge thud! More strikes land and the referee has jumped in to save Curba! He was hurt real bad - good stoppage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vai Tyler!
Vai Tyler took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'This MFer came into this fight with 0% energy and overweight. Unprofessional as fuck. Fuck him!'.