PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tomi Bryan (ranked 1260 p4p, 172 weight class) and Put Lorlek (ranked 1885 p4p, 250 weight class). Put Lorlek will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Bryan
vs
Lorlek

170 cm
25
192 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

187 cm
26
195 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tomi Bryan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Put Lorlek!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Daniel Franklin and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lorlek swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Bryan.
Lorlek takes a swing at Bryan's ribcage but misses.
Bryan misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
A jab from Lorlek does it's job there.
Bryan looks to land a left hand but Lorlek moved out of range nicely.
A jab from Bryan misses.
Bryan takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Lorlek misses the jab.
Lorlek wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lorlek tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lorlek doesn't manage to clinch there - Bryan circles away.
Bryan takes a swing at Lorlek's ribcage but misses.

Lorlek gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Lorlek doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lorlek throws a punch but it's blocked by Bryan.
Bryan trying to control the position but instead, Lorlek has worked for underhooks and has pushed Bryan into the cage.
Bryan wants to break the clinch but can't.
Lorlek pushes Bryan back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bryan wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bryan blocks an uppercut.
Bryan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Lorlek.
Bryan taking a breather.
Bryan drops down looking for an ankle pick but Lorlek pulls his leg out and moves away.
We've been informed that Lorlek 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lorlek tries to clinch but Bryan moves out of range.
Bryan has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Yaw-Yan Ardigma in the buildup to the fight.
Bryan takes one to the side of the head.
Lorlek scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

It looks like Tomi Bryan has been cut.
Lorlek is looking to clinch but Bryan is avoiding it.

Lorlek pushes Bryan up against the cage in a clinch.
Bryan leaning against his opponent.
Lorlek gets through Bryan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bryan blocking some punches.
Lorlek lands a left hand.
Bryan is struggling to control the position.
Bryan is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Lorlek is keeping busy.
Lorlek tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bryan takes a shot to the head.
Come on Bryan - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lorlek.
Bryan effectively controlling the action here.
Lorlek lands a left hand.
Bryan is trying to break the clinch but Lorlek is controlling him.
Bryan leaning against his opponent.
Bryan manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Tomi Bryan.
Bryan throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Lorlek counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Bryan misses with an uppercut
and Lorlek counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nice jab there from Lorlek.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lorlek tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bryan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lorlek keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bryan takes one to the chin there.

Bryan looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bryan sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Lorlek defending well though.
Bryan scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Bryan missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Bryan is thwarting Lorlek's attempts to control the position.
Bryan scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Lorlek is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Bryan scores with a couple of nice shots.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Bryan lands a nice short elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Put Lorlek dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tomi Bryan's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Bryan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bryan has his takedown stuffed
and Lorlek counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bryan ducks under a wild hook from Lorlek.
Bryan changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
A jab from Lorlek misses.
Lorlek fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bryan throws a body shot but no joy.
Lorlek ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bryan walks into a jab.
Bryan ducks under a wild hook from Lorlek.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lorlek slips a jab from Bryan.
Bryan throws a hook but Lorlek avoids it easily.
Lorlek cracks Bryan with a right hand to the side of the head.
Lorlek scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bryan fails with a takedown attempt.

Bryan shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Lorlek's guard.
Bryan throwing strikes but missing.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Bryan's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Bryan throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Bryan landing some decent shots from guard.
Bryan lands a couple of decent looking shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bryan sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Bryan works over Lorlek with some ground and pound from guard.
Bryan trying to control the position from guard on top but Lorlek is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bryan is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Lorlek is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Bryan throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Lorlek has momentary wrist control but Bryan slips an elbow through the middle.
Bryan scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lorlek utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Bryan is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Bryan chips away with some ground and pound.

Lorlek is rocked!
Bryan chips away with some ground and pound.
Lorlek is still in real trouble! Can Bryan finish him?
Bryan is in close to Lorlek's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Lorlek utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Bryan lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Lorlek utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Lorlek seems to have recovered his senses.
Bryan trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Bryan with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Bryan lands a couple of decent looking shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bryan with a nice head shot there.
Bryan is in close to Lorlek's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Bryan arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Lorlek's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Tomi Bryan!
Tomi Bryan spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
Put Lorlek spoke after the fight, saying 'You are just lucky today!'.