GC 504: PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rice Flair (ranked 2199 p4p, 22281 weight class) and Edson Barboozer (ranked 279 p4p, 494 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Edson Barboozer was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Flair
vs
Barboozer

167 cm
30
155
14 - 12 - 0

180 cm
39
168
10 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
KO power

Good takedowns
Lethal high kicks
Knockout power

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 14 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rice Flair!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Edson Barboozer!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Alan Glass and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Flair throws a body shot but no joy.

Flair cracks Barboozer with an uppercut from hell and Barboozer crumples to the canvas, he's out! Oh no, he's recovered and he's grabbed one of Flair's legs and pulled him into guard. The ref thought about stopping it there but he's let it go - good reffing!

It looks like Edson Barboozer has been cut.
Barboozer looking to control but Flair passes into half guard.
Flair content to control rather than advance.
Flair's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Barboozer is trying to get back to full guard.
Flair controlling the action here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barboozer wants to get back to full guard.
Flair content to control rather than advance.
Flair continues to stall.
Further stalling from Flair.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Flair looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Rice Flair seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barboozer just misses with a punch to the body.

Flair gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Barboozer can't find room to land a body shot as Flair controls the action.
Flair misses with the head strike.
Barboozer blocking some punches.
Nice body punch from Flair.
Flair makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Flair lands a shoulder strike.
Flair has a couple of punches blocked by Barboozer.
Barboozer's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Barboozer missing with knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Flair scores with a nice short uppercut.
Flair blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flair misses with a hook to the ribs.
Barboozer struggles to land a body shot inside as Flair controls his hands.
Flair working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Barboozer is rocked!
Flair creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Barboozer's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Barboozer drops to his knees and Flair pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rice Flair!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
37%

Co-main event

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Chimzat Khamaev (ranked 2806 p4p, 5720 weight class) and Liam Walker (ranked 349 p4p, 547 weight class). Khamaev comes into the arena with Theme Song blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Khamaev
vs
Walker

188 cm
29
170
7 - 7 - 0

182 cm
34
184
7 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Chimzat Khamaev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Liam Walker!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Chris Downing and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Walker feints and then cracks Khamaev's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Khamaev down.

Khamaev takes the fight into the clinch.
Khamaev fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Khamaev takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Chimzat Khamaev has been cut.
Khamaev tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Walker stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Walker just misses with a elbow thrown towards Khamaev's brow.
Khamaev is trying to pull guard but Walker has him pressed against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chimzat Khamaev. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Walker wants to break free but Khamaev has control.

Khamaev decides to pull guard.
Khamaev working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Walker.

Khamaev has an active guard here but Walker has managed to pass into half guard.
We've been hearing good reports from Khamaev's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khamaev tries to get to full guard but Walker has control of the leg.

Khamaev is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Walker pulls his head out easily.
Walker wants to pass to mount but Khamaev is defending the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walker looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Walker is looking to stall here but Khamaev recovers full guard.
Walker keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Khamaev's head.

Walker got a little sloppy there for a moment and Khamaev has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Walker has managed to get both his arms back between Khamaev's legs - danger averted.
Khamaev is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

Khamaev had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Walker defends it easily.
Walker lands a couple of elbows.
Walker postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walker trying to control but Khamaev is working from the bottom.
Walker slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Walker working the ground and pound.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Walker working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.
Khamaev sneaks back into half guard.

Khamaev actively working from the bottom here.
Ground and pound from Walker.
Walker trying to control from half guard but Khamaev is working away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Walker working Khamaev over with strikes.
Walker takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

Walker is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Khamaev doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Walker.

Khamaev actively working from the bottom here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khamaev taking some punishment here, with Walker in his half guard.

Khamaev is rocked!
Walker lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked Khamaev! More strikes land and this one is all over! Walker jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Liam Walker!
Chimzat Khamaev was interviewed post fight and said 'I trained so hard for this fight! I’ll be back! Keel everybody! '.

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
33%

Main event

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Flo Holl (ranked 679 p4p, 1871 weight class) and ReaperLord Tyberos (ranked 59 p4p, 166 weight class). Tyberos has chosen Today We Hunt! as his entrance music. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Holl
vs
Tyberos

178 cm
27
145
12 - 6 - 0

150 cm
29
145
6 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Excellent grappler
Excellent boxer
Fast

Northern Zombie
NARCOS

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Flo Holl!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, ReaperLord Tyberos!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Gwen Towbar and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Holl scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Holl misses with a low kick.
Holl throws a leg kick but Tyberos moved away.
Holl explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Holl moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Tyberos is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Holl.
Holl throws a sloppy head kick and Tyberos moves out of range easily.
Tyberos connects with a jab.
Holl goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Tyberos throws a big shot that misses.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Tyberos 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.
Holl throws a nice outside leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Tyberos.
Tyberos tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Tyberos lands the left hand.
Holl slips under a jab.
Tyberos swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tyberos moves out of range of the leg kick from Holl.
Tyberos on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Holl. Holl obviously looking to wear him down.
Holl pushes Tyberos away with a front kick.
Tyberos punishes Holl's body with a nice straight punch.
A jab from Tyberos misses.
Holl with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Tyberos decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Holl wants to improve his position but Tyberos is controlling well.
Holl gets back to full guard.
Tyberos keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Holl's head.
Tyberos preventing the sweep.
Tyberos throwing strikes from guard but Holl blocks nicely.
Holl has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Holl manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Tyberos manages to get himself to full guard.

Tyberos looking to hit a scissor sweep but Holl is one step ahead there.
Holl will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Tyberos keeping moving, preventing Holl from controlling successfully.
Holl won't allow Tyberos to sweep him here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holl looking to pass the guard.
Tyberos keeping moving, preventing Holl from controlling successfully.
Holl slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Tyberos bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Holl's guard.

Holl looking for a sweep. Not yet Holl, not yet.
Holl is working hard here to advance position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tyberos trying to control but Holl is working from the bottom.
Tyberos postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Tyberos cracks Holl with a solid left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holl utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Tyberos connects with a couple of short punches.
Tyberos passes easily into side control. Nice work.
The ground and pound from Tyberos seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Tyberos is looking to take a break and control but Holl is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
An elbow from Tyberos crashes against the mat.
Holl is looking to reverse the position.
Holl taking punishment in the form of punches.
Holl takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Holl takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Tyberos is looking to take a break and control but Holl is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Tyberos misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
You can see the frustration on Holl's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Tyberos throwing shots but missing, from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holl can't do much from the bottom here.
Holl gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Holl is trying to control but can't.
Tyberos trying to control the action but Holl is working from the bottom.
Tyberos has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Holl on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Tyberos looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Holl is staying active underneath Tyberos, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Tyberos prevents Holl from standing back up.
Holl is trying to maintain the position but Tyberos is very close to passing his half guard.
Holl wants to get back to full guard.
Tyberos winds up and cracks Holl with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Holl is trying is best to control the position here.
Tyberos seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

ReaperLord Tyberos dominated that round.
That's time! Holl's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Holl throws the kick towards the body but Tyberos avoids it.
Tyberos takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A low kick lands for Holl.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tyberos. Holl does a little dance to reset his feet.
Holl tried to counter with a leg kick but Tyberos avoided it.
Tyberos takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Tyberos checks a leg kick.
Holl lands a leg kick that knocks Tyberos off balance momentarily.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Tyberos checks a leg kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Holl.
Holl chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Holl connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A big left from Tyberos misses.
Tyberos's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Tyberos throws out a loose jab but Holl uses good head movement to avoid it.
Holl throws a nice outside leg kick.
Holl misses with a body kick.
Holl fakes the leg kick and cracks Tyberos in the body.
Tyberos lands with a nice body punch.
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!
Holl misses with a low kick.
Tyberos stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Holl.
Holl throws a low kick, looking for Tyberos's leg but Tyberos calmly moves out of range.
Tyberos lands with a cross.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Holl throws a leg kick but Tyberos sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Holl.

Holl rushes Tyberos and presses him up against the cage.
Tyberos pushes Holl back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Holl misses with the head strike.
Holl misses with some punches.
A body shot lands from Holl.
Tyberos misses with a punch to the body.
Holl throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Knees in the clinch landing for Holl.
Holl misses with a punch on the inside.
Holl misses with a hook to the ribs.

Tyberos pulls Holl into guard.
Tyberos scores with a short punch from the bottom.
Tyberos throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Tyberos lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Holl has Tyberos pulled in close to control his posture.
Holl looking to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holl is really struggling to control Tyberos but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Tyberos throws a big elbow that misses.
Tyberos postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tyberos with a nice head shot there.
Tyberos pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Holl is keeping the position for now.
Tyberos lands a couple of digs.
Tyberos trying to control but Holl is working from the bottom.
Tyberos trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Tyberos stopping the sweep attempt from Holl.
Tyberos chips away with some ground and pound.
Holl keeping moving, preventing Tyberos from controlling successfully.
Tyberos looking to pass the guard.
Tyberos postures up and lands a big shot to Holl's brow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyberos throwing strikes but missing.
Holl keeping moving, preventing Tyberos from controlling successfully.
Tyberos throwing strikes but missing.
Tyberos with a flurry of punches that miss.
Holl is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Tyberos is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Tyberos scoring with punches to the head and body.
Tyberos in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Tyberos cracks Holl with a solid left hand.
Holl wants to stand but Tyberos is controlling the position.
Holl tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Holl has momentary wrist control but Tyberos slips an elbow through the middle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tyberos is looking to work some ground and pound but Holl has wrist control.
Tyberos stopping the sweep attempt from Holl.
Tyberos trying to control the position from guard on top but Holl is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tyberos preventing the sweep.
Tyberos is pushing down on Holl's leg trying to pass to half guard. Holl is fighting to maintain full guard but Tyberos has managed to sneak the leg through.
Nice strikes from Tyberos there.
Tyberos moves nicely into side control.
Holl gets back to half guard.
Holl is looking for a sweep. Tyberos is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Tyberos is trying to control. Holl wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Tyberos frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Holl tries to reverse the position but Tyberos maintains control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Holl tries to hold on but Tyberos pushes him away.
Holl tries to reverse the position but Tyberos maintains control.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but ReaperLord Tyberos will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Nice jab there from Tyberos.

Holl gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Tyberos to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Tyberos lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Holl wants to sweep here but Tyberos controlling him for the moment.
Tyberos looking to pass the guard.
Holl trying to control the position.
Tyberos won't allow Holl to get back to his feet.
Holl working a defensive guard here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tyberos postures up and lands a big shot to Holl's brow.
Holl is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Tyberos trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Holl wants to sweep here but Tyberos controlling him for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyberos scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Holl is trying to control the position but Tyberos postures up.
Tyberos stopping the sweep attempt from Holl.
Tyberos has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Tyberos stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Holl swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Holl is trying to keep Tyberos in close.
Holl looking to hit a scissor sweep but Tyberos is one step ahead there.
Tyberos is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Tyberos sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Holl's guard.
Tyberos is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Holl tries to get to full guard but Tyberos has control of the leg.
Tyberos trying to control from half guard but Holl is working away.
Flo Holl has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tyberos is thwarting Holl's attempts to control the position.
Tyberos lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Tyberos working the head and body with strikes.
Holl trying to control but Tyberos postures up.
Tyberos is nestled in close to Holl, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Tyberos is keen to just control but Holl is a slippery customer.
Holl is looking for a sweep. Tyberos is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Tyberos looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Holl has hold of Tyberos's hands but Tyberos slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Holl wants to control but Tyberos is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Tyberos trying to control from half guard but Holl is working away.
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. Tyberos connects with a nice short shot to Holl's temple.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Holl is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Tyberos prevents Holl from improving his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holl is controlling Tyberos's trapped leg to prevent Tyberos from advancing to side control.
Holl is staying active underneath Tyberos, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Holl is looking for a sweep. Tyberos is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Tyberos is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Tyberos prevents Holl from improving his position.
Tyberos drops an elbow to the side of Holl's head.
Holl blocking the ground and pound attempt from Tyberos.
Tyberos throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Tyberos tries to pass the half guard into mount. Holl knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Tyberos wants to lay and pray for a moment but Holl keeps working.
Tyberos is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Holl!
Tyberos lands a couple of good shots and Holl has given up his back, trying to escape the position!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tyberos punches Holl on the ear.
Tyberos lands strikes to the head.
Tyberos lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Holl.

Holl is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
You can see the frustration on Holl's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Oh Holl is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tyberos is working the ground and pound. Can Holl escape?
Tyberos is landing with strikes from the back.
A lull in the action here.
Tyberos is looking to finish with some ground and pound!
Tyberos softening up his opponent with strikes here.
ReaperLord Tyberos has got the better of the ground game so far.
Holl wants to control his opponent's hands but Tyberos gets his hands free.
Tyberos scores with strikes from the back.
Tyberos is punishing Holl with some ground and pound.
Tyberos is raining down hard shots and and Holl has had enough - he's tapped out due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). ReaperLord Tyberos!
A very excited looking ReaperLord Tyberos made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.