PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Brandon Typhun (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pueblo Cortez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Typhun
vs
Cortez

184 cm
22
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

205 cm
18
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Brandon Typhun!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pueblo Cortez!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Valeri Chadov and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Typhun fails in his attempt to clinch.

Typhun changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Cortez looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Typhun controls the position.
Cortez prevents Typhun from improving position.
Typhun controls the position.
Cortez is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Cortez is trying to control Typhun's posture but Typhun avoids it.
Cortez is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Typhun is one step ahead and moves to full mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Typhun avoids the attempt from Cortez to control.
Typhun is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Cortez tries to lock up and control but Typhun gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Typhun controlling his opponent.
Typhun lands a big shot there that rocks Cortez but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Typhun looking to control and managing it successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cortez tries to lock up and control but Typhun gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Typhun looking to control and managing it successfully.
Cortez tries to hold on but Typhun postures up.
Typhun controlling the position easily from mount.
Cortez tries to hold on but Typhun pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cortez is in a horrible position here. Typhun smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Typhun content just to control the position here.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Brandon Typhun just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

Typhun drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Cortez is trying to get back to his feet.
Typhun working away.
Cortez manages to work his way to half guard, despite Typhun's best efforts.
Typhun is breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cortez wants to get back to full guard but Typhun has passed into side control.
Cortez keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

Typhun looking for a guillotine from mount but Cortez is having none of it.
Cortez tries to hold on but Typhun pushes him away.
Cortez is wriggling around trying to escape.
Typhun tries to control but Cortez wriggling away.
Cortez is looking to improve his position but Typhun isn't that keen on the idea.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Cortez with a lazy takedown attempt

and Typhun counters with a shoot takedown. Cortez fights it but they end up in guard.
Typhun stays in close to Cortez's body and controls the position.

Typhun stands up from Cortez's guard - Typhun perhaps looking for a knockout.
Brandon Typhun seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Typhun shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Cortez's guard.
Cortez trying to control the position.
Cortez looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Cortez is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Typhun lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Typhun stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Cortez swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cortez wants to sweep but no luck.
Cortez looking to control.
Typhun scoring with some ground and pound.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Cortez closes the distance looking to clinch

and Typhun counters by clinching up.

Typhun has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Cortez clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Typhun throwing sloppy strikes.
Typhun throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Cortez!

It looks like Pueblo Cortez has been cut.
Typhun really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for Cortez.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Typhun is working for the choke. He's slipped one arm under the chin. Cortez has to defend the other arm for all he's worth... but Typhun has managed to get that arm free too and he's tightening the choke! Cortez taps out and looks absolutely disgusted with himself. Typhun doesn't care though - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Brandon Typhun!