PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Adelaide Byrd (ranked 5044 p4p, 461 weight class) and Tim St John (ranked 4619 p4p, 442 weight class). St John has chosen Machine gun Kelly - Till I Die as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Byrd
vs
St John

176 cm
19
158 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

185 cm
24
165 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Sin City Allstars

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Adelaide Byrd!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tim St John!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, John Roberts and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St John misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Byrd scores with a body shot.
Byrd cracks St John with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Byrd throws a nice outside leg kick.
St John throws a right and a left that both miss.
Byrd thinks about countering with a head kick.
St John avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
St John tries a low kick but Byrd avoids it.
Byrd takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A big right from Byrd misses.
St John will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Byrd stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from St John.
St John misses with a wild combination.
Byrd throws a body shot but no joy.
Nice defenses there by St John.
St John lands a leg kick that knocks Byrd off balance momentarily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
St John uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Byrd.
Byrd misses with a head kick.
Byrd throws a jab but it's blocked by St John.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St John lands a slapping body shot.
St John fails with an attempt to clinch.
St John throws a body shot but no joy.
St John throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The fighters circling - Byrd throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that St John has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
St John bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
St John now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
St John lands a glancing blow to the side of Byrd's head.
Byrd chopping away at his opponent's legs.
No joy there for St John, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
St John throws a leg kick that misses.
Byrd takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Adelaide Byrd seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Byrd looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
St John misses with a lunging right hand
and Byrd counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
St John slips under a jab from Byrd.
Byrd throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Byrd fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches St John on the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Byrd misses the shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Byrd attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Byrd uses good head movement to avoid the hook from St John.
An inside leg kick lands from Byrd.
Byrd dodges the punch combination from St John.
A slow jab from Byrd misses its intended target.
A bone on bone clash there as St John blocks the leg kick.
St John scores with a shot to the body.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from St John.
St John bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Despite the aggression on St John's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
St John loads up on a big right hand but Byrd slips the punch.
St John scores with the left hand. Byrd knows he should have avoided that one.
Byrd throws a body kick that misses.
St John takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
St John goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Byrd swings for the body but St John moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Byrd. St John does a little dance to reset his feet.
Byrd ducks down and throws a hook to the body but St John moves away.
St John uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Byrd.
St John fails to land the takedown.
A head kick from Byrd lands but St John takes it in his stride.
St John looks to land a combination but Byrd avoids it well.
Nice defenses there by St John.
Byrd lands with a slapping head kick.
Byrd dodges the punch combination from St John.
St John takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Byrd attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
St John throws a head kick but Byrd moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St John walks into a jab.
St John lands a jab to Byrd's midsection.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
St John tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Byrd defends well and St John ends up having to push Byrd into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Adelaide Byrd has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tim St John.
Byrd lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Byrd throws a body shot but no joy.
St John is looking for the big counter here.
Byrd's hands are dropping dangerously low here and St John connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Byrd scrambles back to his feet.
St John misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
St John throws a sloppy head kick and Byrd moves out of range easily.
Byrd is looking to counter punch.
Byrd on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
St John walks into a straight right hand from Byrd.
Byrd throws a big shot that misses.
Byrd lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but St John circles away quickly and effectively.
St John keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Byrd tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but St John was well out of range. Poor timing from Byrd.
No joy there for Byrd, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Byrd throws an uppercut from half a mile away. St John sees it coming and avoids it easily.
St John swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A head kick misses from Byrd.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Adelaide Byrd dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

St John fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Byrd lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but St John circles away quickly and effectively.
St John flicks out a counter leg kick but Byrd steps away.
A nice leg kick lands there from Byrd.
St John takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
St John connects with the punch.
Byrd tries a low kick but St John avoids it.
St John misses with a jab, cross combination.
Byrd tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Byrd lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
St John doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Byrd counters with a lovely straight right hand!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Byrd misses with a lunging right hand
and St John counters with a nice body shot.
St John turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
St John defending well as Byrd loads up on a big left hand.
St John throws a counter combo.
St John lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Byrd circles away quickly and effectively.
Byrd appears to be looking for a big counter.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
St John misses the shot to the body.
St John misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Byrd.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St John throws an off balance right hand
and Byrd makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. St John really felt that one!
St John swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Byrd throws a jab when St John was well out of range.
Byrd throws an ugly left hook that misses
and St John counters with a three punch combo that has Byrd backing up. Byrd nods at St John to acknowledge the strikes.
Byrd's jab looks to have found its range, popping St John under the eye.
St John throws the left hand but Byrd avoids the punch easily.
St John on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Sloppy strikes from Byrd. Those never looked like landing.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but St John might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Byrd has got the better of the exchanges.
Byrd connects with a jab.
St John looks to throw the jab but Byrd is out of range.
Byrd throws a leg kick but St John moved away.
Adelaide Byrd is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Byrd misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Byrd misses with a head kick.
St John is looking for the big counter here.
Byrd misses with a head kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
St John throws a head kick that misses.
Jab by Byrd.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Byrd pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Byrd is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that St John can do to turn this around?
Byrd throws a body punch but St John moves out of range.
Byrd waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract St John.
Byrd connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
St John throws a combination. Byrd tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
St John lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
St John lands with a shot to the body.
Byrd blocks a jab.
St John on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Byrd fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Byrd just misses with a punch to the body.
Byrd attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
St John fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Byrd chopping away at his opponent's legs.
St John misses with a wild combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St John swings and misses with a hook to the body.
St John swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Byrd is looking to land body kicks.
St John is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Byrd with a body shot.
Byrd swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Byrd moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
St John lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Byrd throws a nice outside leg kick.
St John throws a shot from downtown. Byrd moves away and avoids it.
St John connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Byrd's hands.
St John bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Byrd checks the leg kick nicely there.
Byrd jabs St John to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Byrd uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by St John.
St John is breathing heavily.
Byrd moves into range and connects with a jab.

St John forces Byrd back against the cage and clinches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Byrd.
With the fighters up against the cage, Byrd throws an elbow but misses.
St John looking for a takedown.
Byrd working aggressively here.
Byrd working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Byrd misses with a short punch on the inside.
St John blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
St John prevents a body shot from Byrd.
St John looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Byrd swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Byrd misses with a hook from the clinch.
Byrd misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Byrd lands a right hand.

St John breaks the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Byrd pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
St John's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Byrd showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from St John.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Adelaide Byrd will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Byrd throws a head kick but St John moves out of range.
St John ducks under a wild hook from Byrd.
Byrd connects with a nice looking jab.
St John is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
St John ducks under a wild hook from Byrd.
Byrd ducks under a wild hook from St John.
A swing and a miss from Byrd.
St John misses with a wild combination.
Byrd thows a body kick. St John tries to catch it but that hurt him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Byrd moves out of range of the body kick.
St John has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Byrd.
Byrd takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Byrd throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
St John tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Byrd was well out of range. Poor timing from St John.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Byrd looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Byrd connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed St John momentarily.
Byrd scores with a kick to the body.
Adelaide Byrd is winning the standup battle so far.
Sloppy strikes from Byrd. Those never looked like landing.
Byrd just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice cross by St John.
Byrd misses with a series of wild punches.
Byrd misses with a body kick.
Byrd throws a big shot that misses.
Byrd on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by St John. St John obviously looking to wear him down.
St John misses with a double jab.
A head kick misses from St John.
Byrd swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
St John throws out a counter right but Byrd avoids it with no problem.
Byrd throws a leg kick but St John sees it coming and checks it nicely.
St John unleashes a big counter combination but Byrd bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Byrd avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
St John misses with a body kick.
St John is looking to clinch.
Byrd takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Byrd falls off balance throwing a combination
and St John counters with a series of strikes. Byrd will be more careful next time no doubt.

Byrd is rocked!
Both fighters step back and shake their arms out. St John engages and cracks Byrd with a massive lead left hook - Byrd tumbles to the floor, out cold! What a shot! St John is delighted - all that hard work in training paid off!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Tim St John!
An out of breath and clearly excited Tim St John thanked Top Nutrition 160Q200$ 140Q150$ 100Q50$ for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).