PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nick Andros (ranked 2984 p4p, 3663 weight class) and Carson Tully (ranked 401 p4p, 483 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Andros
vs
Tully

182 cm
19
183
1 - 2 - 0

180 cm
21
190
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Very strong

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Knockaround Guys Fight Gear

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Nick Andros!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Carson Tully!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Gregory Folan and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Andros throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Tully throws a front kick aimed at Andros's knee but Andros avoids it well.

Andros moves into the clinch.
Andros misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tully.
Andros missing with knees to the body.
Tully working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Andros takes a knee to the side of the body.
Andros takes an elbow to the temple.
Andros tries to land knees in the clinch but Tully avoids the damage to the body.
Andros misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tully.
Andros misses with an elbow strike.
Tully missing with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Tully.
Tully lands a nice elbow.
Tully on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Our sources have told us that Andros has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Tully utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Tully has hold of one of Andros's legs. Andros is fighting the takedown attempt but Tully gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.

Andros had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Tully defends it easily.
Tully postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tully scoring with some ground and pound.
Tully is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

Andros looking for a guillotine here but Tully defends easily.

Andros had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Tully defends it easily.

Tully got a little sloppy there for a moment and Andros has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Tully has managed to get both his arms back between Andros's legs - danger averted.
Tully not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Andros wants to sweep here but Tully controlling him for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Tully lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

Andros looking for subs off his back but Tully has passed one foot through into half guard.

Andros looking for submissions off his back.
Tully works his way into full mount!
Tully controlling his opponent.
Andros is trying desperately to improve position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tully wants to take his opponent's back but he's not managed it.
Tully controlling from mount.
Andros sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.

Andros looking for submissions off his back.

Andros looking for submissions off his back.
Andros is looking for a sweep. Tully is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Andros looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Tully not doing much here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tully winds up and cracks Andros with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

Andros looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tully perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Tully scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

Andros looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Tully perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Tully tries to pass to full mount but Andros defends it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Carson Tully dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Tully instigates a clinch.
Tully on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tully managing to block the knees to the body from Andros.
Tully avoiding damage as Andros throws knees to the body.
Tully dodges an elbow strike from Andros.
Knees to the body from Tully.
The referee calls for Tully to work.
Tully avoiding damage as Andros throws knees to the body.
Tully holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Tully lands an elbow inside.
Andros tries to land knees in the clinch but Tully avoids the damage to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Andros throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tully controlling the action here for a moment.
Tully lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Nick Andros has been cut.
Tully lands a nice elbow.

Tully manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Andros is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Tully is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Tully has escaped and now he's on top!

Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tully is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Tully has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Tully slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

Andros is looking for a triangle but Tully pushes his legs off easily.
Tully is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Tully landing with the ground and pound.
Tully content to stall in guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Let's hope that Tully has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
We're seeing a lot of stalling here from Tully.
Carson Tully has got the better of the ground game so far.

Andros escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Tully gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Tully seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

Andros is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Tully defends well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tully controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Yet more stalling tactics from Tully.
Tully cracks Andros with a solid left hand.

Andros looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Andros looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Tully working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Tully slips nicely into half guard.
Tully sitting and controlling from the half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Tully is nestled in close to Andros, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

Andros looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Tully sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Tully wants to pass the guard but Andros is defending well.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Andros wants to get back to full guard.
Tully controlling the action here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Carson Tully showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Nick Andros's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Ohhhhh! A huge head kick from Tully! Andros is out on his feet! Tully rushes in and throws more strikes. The ref is looking closely - Andros is covering up but the punishment is just too much and the ref steps in to stop the fight! Andros is staring into space, just thankful that the beatdown has ended. Brutal finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Carson Tully!