PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tyke Bison (ranked 3332 p4p, 3080 weight class) and Kalle Kula (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bison comes to the cage accompanied by Del The Funky Homosapien - Jaw Gymnastics. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Bison
vs
Kula

178 cm
30
222
8 - 12 - 0

190 cm
26
215
4 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Black Lab Clothing

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 8 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tyke Bison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kalle Kula!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kula connects with a looping right hand.
Kula tries to clinch but Bison moves out of range.
Bison has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.

Kula clinches with his opponent.

Kula breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bison shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Kula throws a good cross that connects.
Bison throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kula counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Bison defending well as Kula loads up on a big left hand.
Kula missing with a left hand there. Bison was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bison just misses with a punch to the body.
Kula misses with a body shot.
Bison takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

Kula clinches with his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Kula breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bison throws a series of punches but Kula avoids them all with ease.
Bison scores with a body shot.
Bison loads up on a big right hand but Kula slips the punch.
Kula uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bison.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bison throws a body punch but Kula moves out of range.
Bison takes a swing at Kula's ribcage but misses.
Bison falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kula counters with a nice uppercut.
Kula drops his hands momentarily and Bison takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Kula avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kula avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jab from Bison.
Kula lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Kula is looking to clinch.
A left and a right from Kula both land. Nice combination.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Kula rushes Bison and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Kula softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

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

Kula pushes Bison up against the cage in a clinch.
Kula has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Kula keeps control of Bison as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Kula breaks the clinch.
Kula scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Kula scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Kula rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bison moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Kula instigates a clinch.
Kula prevents a body shot from Bison.
Bison jumps guard but Kula stands there with Bison around his waist. Bison gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Bison lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kula backwards.
A right handed body shot lands from Kula.
Bison jumps guard but Kula turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Kula lands a hook that snaps the head of Bison backwards.
Kula makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Bison breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bison takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kula throws a right and a left that Bison avoids nicely.
A jab from Bison does it's job there.
Bison slips a jab and a cross from Kula.
Bison drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Kalle Kula seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Kula instigates a clinch.

Bison pulls guard.
Kula's corner is telling him to maintain position.

Bison looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Bison is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Kula trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kula passes Bison's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Bison is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Kula looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Bison won't allow Kula to pass to mount.

Bison looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Bison trying to control but Kula postures up.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Kula gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Bison struggles to land a body shot inside as Kula controls his hands.
Kula has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Kula lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bison backwards.
Kula is pushing Bison up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

Bison pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kula lands an overhand right.
Bison takes a swing at Kula's ribcage but misses.
Bison ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Bison swats away the attempt to clinch by Kula.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bison fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Kula rushes Bison and presses him up against the cage.
Kula working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Kula works on Bison's body with a couple of short punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kula lands a shot to the body.

Kula breaks the clinch.
Kula tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bison paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bison throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bison is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Kula connects with a crisp jab.
Bison dodges the punch combination from Kula.
It looked like Bison was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Kula.
Bison walks into a straight right hand from Kula.

Kula takes the fight into the clinch.
Bison tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Kula just stands there and leans against the cage.

Kula breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Bison.
Kula throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kula clinches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bison is trying to pull guard but Kula turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Kula softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kula stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Kula scores with a shoulder strike.
Bison tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Kula smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tyke Bison. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bison swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A jab from Kula misses.
Bison appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Bison throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bison takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Kula tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bison paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bison looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Bison swings for the body but Kula moves out of range.
Kalle Kula seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kula wants to clinch up but Bison keeps it at a distance.
Kula bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bison takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Kula lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A combination from Kula does no damage.
Kula connects with a good right hand that stumbles Bison. Bison circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Bison misses with a hook.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Bison presses Kula against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

Kula escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kula's jab looks to have found its range, popping Bison under the eye.
Kula closes the distance but Bison moves to the side
and Bison counters with a left to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Bison. Those never looked like landing.
Kula swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

Kula has Bison up against the cage in a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Bison jumps guard.
Bison might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Kula looking to pass the guard.

Bison is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Bison working for a triangle but Kula defends it easily.
Kula prevents Bison from getting back to his feet.

Bison has his foot on Kula's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Kula works his way back into a safe position though.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Kalle Kula showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!

Kula takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

Kula moves into range and clinches up with Bison.
Kula lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Kalle Kula seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Kula tries to throw a body punch but Bison avoids it by throwing Kula back against the cage.
Kula lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bison backwards.
Kula is looking to control Bison's arms but Bison gets an underhook and turns him. Now Kula has his back to the cage.
Kula controlling the action here for a moment.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kula.
Bison tries to break free but Kula pushes him back against the cage.
Kula lands a shoulder strike.
Bison tries to pull guard but Kula forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kula scores with a hook to the body.
Kula tries to work over Bison's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kula keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bison's efforts to push away.

Bison breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bison looks to land a combination. Kula sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bison swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kula takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Bison looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Bison misses with a hook
and Bison takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kula tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bison was well out of range. Poor timing from Kula.
Bison appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Kula connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Bison misses with a hook. Kula ducked under it nicely.
Kula now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Kula scores with a nice right hand.

Bison is rocked!
Bison gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Kula gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kalle Kula!
Kalle Kula tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
The defeated Tyke Bison had this to say: 'D'oh, d'oh, that thuckth! Back to the drawing board!'.