PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mike Lowrey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Georgios Tsitas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Mike Lowrey has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Lowrey
vs
Tsitas

165 cm
21
145 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

174 cm
23
155 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mike Lowrey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Georgios Tsitas!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Cecil Peabody and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lowrey wants to clinch up but Tsitas keeps it at a distance.
Tsitas sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Mike Lowrey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tsitas avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tsitas gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Lowrey.
Lowrey tries to clinch up.
Tsitas circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lowrey doesn't manage to clinch there - Tsitas circles away.
Lowrey lands a jab to Tsitas's midsection.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lowrey tries to clinch up but Tsitas circles away and keeps his distance.
Lowrey tries to clinch up but Tsitas circles away and keeps his distance.
Lowrey tries to clinch up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lowrey scores with a push kick.
Tsitas has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Tsitas looks gassed!
Lowrey is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tsitas keeps the fight on the outside.
A big head kick from Lowrey and Tsitas is sent sprawling to the canvas!

It looks like Georgios Tsitas has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tsitas trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Lowrey has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Tsitas is proving hard to escape from.
Tsitas trying to strike off his back.
Lowrey wants to stand but Tsitas has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Tsitas trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Lowrey decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Tsitas, up you get!
Lowrey tries to clinch but Tsitas moves out of range.
Lowrey tries to close the distance and clinch but Tsitas swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lowrey tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lowrey tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tsitas closes the distance and clinches up with Lowrey, looking for a takedown. Tsitas pushes Lowrey against the ropes but Lowrey circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Lowrey cracks the inside of Tsitas's front leg.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tsitas closes the distance and clinches up with Lowrey, looking for a takedown. Tsitas pushes Lowrey against the ropes but Lowrey circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Lowrey wants to clinch up but Tsitas keeps it at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Lowrey dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Georgios Tsitas's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Lowrey tries to clinch but Tsitas moves out of range.
Mike Lowrey is winning the standup battle so far.

Tsitas 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.
Tsitas won't allow Lowrey to get back to his feet.
Tsitas scoring with some ground and pound.
Tsitas is looking to work some ground and pound but Lowrey has wrist control.
Tsitas throws a big right hand that misses.

Lowrey scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Tsitas will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Lowrey misses with a few strikes there.
Lowrey tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Tsitas paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tsitas is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lowrey tries to clinch up but Tsitas circles away and keeps his distance.
Lowrey fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tsitas closes this distance looking for a takedown but Lowrey circles away.
Lowrey lands with a right hand.
Mike Lowrey is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tsitas swats away the attempt to clinch by Lowrey.
Lowrey tries to close the distance and clinch but Tsitas swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Some wild striking there from Lowrey.

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.
Lowrey cracks Tsitas with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Lowrey tries to clinch but Tsitas moves out of range.
Lowrey tries to close the distance and clinch but Tsitas swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lowrey is looking to clinch.
Lowrey fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tsitas closes this distance looking for a takedown but Lowrey circles away.
Mike Lowrey has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Georgios Tsitas.
Lowrey tries to clinch up but Tsitas circles away and keeps his distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Lowrey dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Georgios Tsitas's cut.
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.

Lowrey tries to close the distance and clinch but Tsitas swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lowrey fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lowrey throws a head kick that misses.
No luck for Tsitas with that takedown attempt.
Lowrey throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Tsitas.
Lowrey is looking to clinch.
Lowrey is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tsitas takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch combination from Lowrey misses.
Lowrey wants to clinch up but Tsitas keeps it at a distance.
Lowrey fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lowrey tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tsitas swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lowrey is looking to clinch.
Tsitas fails with the takedown.
Lowrey tries to clinch but Tsitas moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Lowrey tries to clinch but Tsitas is having none of it.

Tsitas looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Tsitas prevents Lowrey from getting back to his feet.
Tsitas keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Lowrey's head.
Lowrey wants to stand and escape but Tsitas is having none of it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tsitas thows a big elbow that misses.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Lowrey moves in looking to clinch but Tsitas pushes him off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Lowrey clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Georgios Tsitas's cut.
That's time! Lowrey's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Tsitas shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Lowrey as he jumps to the side.
Lowrey throws a nice looking combination but Tsitas bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Lowrey tries to clinch up.
Tsitas swats away the attempt to clinch by Lowrey.
Tsitas misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lowrey is looking to clinch but Tsitas is avoiding it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lowrey wants to clinch up but Tsitas keeps it at a distance.
Lowrey lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Lowrey scores with a leg kick.
A nice combination there by Lowrey.
Lowrey fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mike Lowrey is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lowrey throws a head kick that half lands.
Lowrey is looking to clinch but Tsitas is avoiding it.
Lowrey tries to close the distance and clinch but Tsitas swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tsitas shoots for a takedown but Lowrey saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Mike Lowrey has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Georgios Tsitas.
Tsitas avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lowrey fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lowrey throws a right and a left that both miss.
Lowrey throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lowrey throws a body punch but Tsitas moves out of range.
Tsitas fails with the takedown.

Tsitas shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Tsitas showed some decent athleticism there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Lowrey had his way with Georgios Tsitas in that round.
The cut man is working on Georgios Tsitas's cut.
That's time! Lowrey's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Tsitas scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Lowrey looks like he's trying to stand up.
Tsitas scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Tsitas throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Tsitas missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Lowrey is trying to stand up here but Tsitas is controlling him well.
Tsitas throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Lowrey is trying to stand back up but Tsitas is controlling him
Lowrey on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Tsitas is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Lowrey is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lowrey is looking to clinch but Tsitas is avoiding it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lowrey wants to clinch.
Lowrey is looking to clinch.
Lowrey lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tsitas circles away quickly and effectively.
Lowrey lands with a nice body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
A punch combination from Lowrey misses.
Lowrey misses with a double jab.
Lowrey tries to clinch up.
Lowrey lands a nice shot that snaps Tsitas's head back.
Tsitas takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Tsitas circles away from the clinch attempt.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Tsitas is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Lowrey.

Tsitas closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Lowrey to the mat! Lowrey manages to get full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Georgios Tsitas.
I think Lowrey has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 49:45
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 49:45
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 49:45

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Lowrey!