PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Boxer (ranked 5869 p4p, 4993 weight class) and Russell I Wanna Tussle (ranked 0 p4p, 595 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Boxer
vs
I Wanna Tussle

187 cm
25
201
0 - 1 - 0

199 cm
25
214
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Heavy handed

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, James Boxer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Russell I Wanna Tussle!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Daniel Franklin and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boxer throws a right and a left that I Wanna Tussle avoids nicely.
Boxer misses with a wild combination.
I Wanna Tussle is looking to clinch.

I Wanna Tussle gets tackled into the cage by Boxer. Boxer maintains the clinch.
Boxer looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
I Wanna Tussle throws an elbow that misses.
Boxer lands a left hand that snaps the head of I Wanna Tussle backwards.
Boxer blocks an elbow strike from I Wanna Tussle.
Boxer is trying to break free.
I Wanna Tussle throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Boxer is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. I Wanna Tussle is defending well for now.
Boxer dodges an elbow strike from I Wanna Tussle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
I Wanna Tussle misses with a hook to the ribs.
Boxer working hard to break the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Boxer works on I Wanna Tussle's body with a couple of short punches.
Boxer tries to break the clinch but I Wanna Tussle is controlling the position.
Boxer lands a right hand.
I Wanna Tussle misses with a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
I Wanna Tussle is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Boxer wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Boxer slows down the pace here.
I Wanna Tussle taking a breather.
I Wanna Tussle presses Boxer against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
I Wanna Tussle tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Boxer is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Boxer works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Boxer works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Boxer blocks the elbow strike.
I Wanna Tussle lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
I Wanna Tussle misses with a shot to the kidneys.
I Wanna Tussle lands with a light punch inside.
I Wanna Tussle lands a left hand.
Boxer has had enough of the clinch but I Wanna Tussle keeps him there for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boxer wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
I Wanna Tussle wants to stall.
Boxer takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like James Boxer has been cut.
I Wanna Tussle struggles to land a body shot inside as Boxer controls his hands.
I Wanna Tussle struggles to land a body shot inside as Boxer controls his hands.
I Wanna Tussle misses with a shot to the kidneys.
I Wanna Tussle looking to stall.
I Wanna Tussle looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Boxer is trying to push I Wanna Tussle away but I Wanna Tussle has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Boxer lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Boxer effectively controlling the action here.
Boxer is trying to push I Wanna Tussle away but I Wanna Tussle has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Boxer misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from I Wanna Tussle.
A head punch on the inside from I Wanna Tussle fails to land.
Boxer misses with a hook to the ribs.
I Wanna Tussle wants to stall.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
I Wanna Tussle creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Boxer's defenses.
I Wanna Tussle is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Boxer holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Boxer working hard to break the clinch.
I Wanna Tussle keeps control of Boxer as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
I Wanna Tussle keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Boxer's efforts to push away.
I Wanna Tussle throws an elbow that misses.
Boxer takes an elbow to the forehead.
I Wanna Tussle struggles to land a body shot inside as Boxer controls his hands.
Boxer avoids a wild elbow strike from I Wanna Tussle.
I Wanna Tussle tries to stall but Boxer uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
I Wanna Tussle looking to slow down the pace here.
Boxer avoids a wild elbow strike from I Wanna Tussle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boxer blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
I Wanna Tussle lands a damaging elbow.
Boxer gets through I Wanna Tussle's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
I Wanna Tussle misses with a hook from the clinch.
Boxer has had enough of the clinch but I Wanna Tussle keeps him there for the moment.
I Wanna Tussle pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Boxer.
Boxer is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
I Wanna Tussle tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Boxer's elbow.
Boxer tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and I Wanna Tussle avoids it.
I Wanna Tussle looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Boxer tries to circle away but I Wanna Tussle has him pinned against the cage.
I Wanna Tussle lands a nice elbow.
Boxer goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Boxer misses with a punch to the body.
Boxer tries to land knees in the clinch but I Wanna Tussle avoids the damage to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Boxer blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Boxer wants to stall.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Russell I Wanna Tussle dominated that round.
The cut man is working on James Boxer's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

The crowd cheers as Boxer lands an impressive looking overhand right. I Wanna Tussle doesn't seem phased though.
I Wanna Tussle tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Boxer takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

Boxer is rocked!
I Wanna Tussle cracks Boxer with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Boxer tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but I Wanna Tussle pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Boxer is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Russell I Wanna Tussle!