PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tobin Frost (ranked 3095 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kyle Kuzma (ranked 3468 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Tobin Frost has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Tobin Frost seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Frost
vs
Kuzma

190 cm
45
215 lbs
22 - 12 - 3

195 cm
26
210 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 22 - 12 - 3, fighting out of New York, Tobin Frost!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kyle Kuzma!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Lou da Vinci and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The crowd cheers as Frost lands an impressive looking overhand right. Kuzma doesn't seem phased though.

It looks like Kyle Kuzma has been cut.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Kuzma lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Frost has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Frost and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Kyle Kuzma seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Frost rushes Kuzma and presses him up against the cage.
Frost misses with a short punch on the inside.

Frost breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Frost gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Frost breaks the clinch.
Frost moves in looking to clinch but Kuzma pushes him off.
Kuzma unleashes a big counter combination but Frost bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Frost tries to close the distance and clinch but Kuzma swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kuzma tries to clinch up.
Frost seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Kuzma thows a leg kick but Frost checks it

and Frost holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Frost breaks the clinch.

Frost clinches with his opponent.
Frost lands a nice uppercut.

Frost breaks from the clinch.

Frost clinches with his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kuzma controlling the action here for a moment.

Frost breaks the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuzma with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Frost to score with a decent uppercut.
Kuzma circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kuzma swinging wildly here.
Kuzma doesn't manage to clinch there - Frost circles away.

Kuzma darts in and clinches Frost up against the cage.
Frost throws a head punch that misses.
Kuzma avoids the elbow strike from Frost, against the cage.

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

Kuzma has Frost up against the cage in a clinch.

Frost pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kuzma misses with a wild combination.
Frost fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Frost gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Kuzma is trying to stall.
Frost misses with an elbow over the top.

Frost breaks the clinch.
A right-left combo lands from Kuzma.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kuzma throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A combination from Kuzma does no damage.
Kuzma fails in his attempt to clinch.
Frost tries to bum rush Kuzma with a series of wild strikes but Kuzma uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A jab from Frost misses.
Kuzma does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Nice shot by Kuzma.

Frost moves into the clinch.
Frost misses with a body punch.

Kuzma breaks the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kuzma throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Kuzma scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Kuzma keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Frost wants to clinch.
Kuzma keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Frost misses with a wild combination.
Frost has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Kuzma tries to clinch up.
Kuzma moves away from the strike by Frost.
Kuzma takes one to the chin there.

Kuzma darts in and clinches Frost up against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kuzma blocking some punches.
Kuzma prevents a body shot from Frost.

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

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Kuzma.
Frost tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Kuzma manages to circle out of the way.
Kuzma avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kuzma throws a shot from downtown. Frost moves away and avoids it.
Kuzma throws a low kick but Frost avoids it.
Kuzma avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A countering left hand to the body from Kuzma misses.
Kuzma fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Frost tries to close the distance and clinch but Kuzma swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kuzma circles away from the clinch attempt.
A combination from Frost does no damage.
Kuzma connects with a solid leg kick.
Kuzma circles away from the clinch attempt.

Kuzma clinches with his opponent.
Frost stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Kuzma managing to block the knees to the body from Frost.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Kyle Kuzma will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Kyle Kuzma's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Frost clinches up with Kuzma and pushes him back against the cage.

Frost escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Frost gets tackled into the cage by Kuzma. Kuzma maintains the clinch.
Frost missing with knees to the body.

Frost breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kuzma misses with a wild body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Frost looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Frost moves out of range of the leg kick from Kuzma.

Frost moves into the clinch.
Frost tries to work over Kuzma's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Frost misses with a punch to the body.
Kuzma has had enough of the clinch but Frost keeps him there for the moment.

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

Frost closes the distance and clinches.
Kuzma avoiding damage as Frost throws knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Frost pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Kuzma takes the fight into the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Frost scores with a nice short uppercut.
Frost has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.

Kuzma's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Frost throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Frost looks to land a combination but Kuzma avoids it well.
Kuzma stalks Frost and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Frost's face. Frost staggers backwards, shaken.
Kuzma misses with a double jab.
Frost throws a counter high kick but Kuzma was just alert enough to avoid it.
Tobin Frost is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Frost tests Kuzma's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kuzma will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kuzma throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The fight stays on the outside here - Frost looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kuzma misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kuzma misses with a looping left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kuzma throws a nice looking combination but Frost bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jab by Frost.

Frost clinches with his opponent.

Kuzma breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Kuzma moves into range and clinches up with Frost.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Frost's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Frost avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Frost slips a jab and a cross from Kuzma.
Kuzma misses with a combination
and Frost counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Frost is looking to clinch but Kuzma is avoiding it.
Frost throws a right hand that Kuzma ducks under and follows up with a left that Kuzma also avoids with ease.

Frost closes the distance and clinches.

Frost breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kuzma misses with a leg kick
and Frost counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kuzma closes the distance and lands a one-two.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Kuzma is predictable there
and Kuzma takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Frost clinches.
Frost doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Frost escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A left and a right from Kuzma both land. Nice combination.
Frost throws a series of punches but Kuzma avoids them all with ease.
Kuzma keeps the fight on the outside.
A big right from Frost misses.
A combination from Kuzma does no damage.
Frost fails to land with a series of punches.
Frost misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kuzma will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Frost moves in looking to clinch but Kuzma pushes him off.
Frost fails in his attempt to clinch.

Kuzma gets tackled into the cage by Frost. Frost maintains the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kuzma looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Frost misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kuzma blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Frost manages to break the clinch.
Kuzma swats away the attempt to clinch by Frost.
Frost doesn't manage to clinch there - Kuzma circles away.

Kuzma feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.

Frost has his feet on Kuzma's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Frost tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kuzma swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Kuzma lands a left and a right that send Frost crashing to the mat, dazed. Kuzma thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kuzma will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Kuzma closes the distance and clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Kyle Kuzma will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Kyle Kuzma's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Kuzma misses with a wild body shot.
Kuzma throws a leg kick but Frost checks it.
Frost wants to clinch
and Kuzma connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Frost tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kuzma throws a half hearted mid kick.
Frost takes a swing at Kuzma's ribcage but misses.
Kuzma misses with a body shot.
Kuzma swinging wildly here.
A little feinted left hand from Frost on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Kuzma is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Frost rather than just go for the knockout.
Frost tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kuzma tries to close the distance and clinch but Frost swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kuzma swats away the attempt to clinch by Frost.
Frost fails with an attempt to clinch.

Frost has Kuzma up against the cage in a clinch.

Frost breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuzma moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

Frost moves into the clinch.
A short uppercut from Frost.
Kuzma tries to break free but Frost pushes him back against the cage.
Frost misses with a punch on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Frost.

Frost breaks from the clinch.
Kuzma scores with a jab to the jaw.
Kuzma swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Kuzma clinches up with Frost and pushes him back against the cage.

Frost's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kuzma swats away the attempt to clinch by Frost.
Frost scores with a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Frost wants to clinch but Kuzma slips to the side
and Kuzma cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Frost instigates a clinch.

Frost breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A punch combination from Frost misses.

Kuzma lands a left and a right that send Frost crashing to the mat, dazed. Kuzma thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Frost is rocked!
Kuzma misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Frost.
Frost seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Frost takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Frost tries to clinch up but Kuzma circles away and keeps his distance.
Frost wants to clinch up but Kuzma keeps it at a distance.
Kuzma throws a head kick that misses.
Frost swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Frost tries to clinch but Kuzma is having none of it.
Frost tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kuzma manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kuzma works Frost's body with a nice hook.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kuzma swats away the attempt to clinch by Frost.
Kuzma swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kuzma misses with a low kick.
Frost fails in his attempt to clinch.
Frost checks the leg kick nicely there.
A jab from Kuzma misses.
Kuzma misses with a low kick.
Kuzma swinging wildly here.

Frost clinches.
Frost has Kuzma pressed against the cage, preventing Kuzma from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Frost's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kuzma misses with a combination

and Frost holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Frost pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kuzma throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Frost 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.
Kuzma tries to work over Frost's front leg with a kick but Frost checks it.
No luck for Kuzma with that takedown attempt.
Tobin Frost has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kuzma closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Kyle Kuzma is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Frost shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Kuzma eats them both and turns towards Frost to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Kuzma misses with a jab, cross combination.
As Kuzma tries to get set, Frost tries to push him back and clinch up but Kuzma manages to avoid the attempt.
Frost fails in his attempt to clinch.

Kuzma gets tackled into the cage by Frost. Frost maintains the clinch.

Frost pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kuzma lands with a nice combination. Frost backs away looking to recover.
Kuzma misses with a jab, cross combination.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kyle Kuzma comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Kuzma winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Joseph Jones scores the fight 28:30
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kyle Kuzma!
A relieved looking Kyle Kuzma thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.