PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ty Little (ranked 2369 p4p, 2106 weight class) and Jake Paulson (ranked 298 p4p, 273 weight class). Ty Little has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Little
vs
Paulson

174 cm
22
164
6 - 7 - 1

185 cm
21
167
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

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Fenrir Fightgear - Anno 2013
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ty Little!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Jake Paulson!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Hugh Johnson and Darius Henderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Little lands with a straight right. Paulson didn't see that one coming.
Little throws a leg kick but Paulson moved away.
Little throws a hook to the side of Paulson's head but Paulson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ty Little seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Little scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Little fails to land the takedown.
Paulson drops his hands momentarily and Little takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Little lands with a hook. Paulson tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Nice defenses there by Paulson.
Little shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Paulson but Paulson pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Paulson walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Paulson slips under a jab from Little.

Paulson rushes Little and presses him up against the cage.
Paulson prevents Little from breaking the clinch.
Paulson looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Paulson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Little.
Paulson leaning against his opponent.
Little wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paulson lands a shoulder strike.
Paulson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Ty Little has been cut.
Paulson lands a good knee to the midsection. Little won't want to take too many of those.
Paulson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Littles head.
Paulson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Little blocks it with crossed arms.
A frustrated look appears on Little's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Paulson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Paulson has Little pressed against the cage, preventing Little from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Paulson keeps control of Little as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Paulson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Little's efforts to push away.
Paulson scores with a knee to the head.
Paulson with a knee to the head.
Paulson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Paulson prevents Little from breaking the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paulson lands a knee to the head.

Little breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Paulson has Little up against the cage in a clinch.
Little is trying to break the clinch but Paulson is controlling him.
I was talking to Little's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Paulson obliges.
Paulson lands a knee to the body.
Paulson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Little lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Little is breathing heavily.
Paulson misses with a knee to the head.
Paulson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Paulson tries a knee to the head but Little blocks it.
Paulson lands a knee to the head.
Paulson misses with a knee to the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Paulson.
Paulson working Little over with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paulson gets through Little's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Paulson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Little has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Paulson with a knee to the head.

Ty Little's cut is getting worse.
Little wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Paulson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Little has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Paulson misses with a knee strike.
Little tries to circle away but Paulson has him pinned against the cage.
Paulson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Paulson scores with a knee to the head.
Paulson misses with a knee to the head.
Paulson scores with a knee to the head.
Little blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Paulson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Little tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ty Little. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Paulson landing knees to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Paulson scores with a knee to the head.
Paulson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Paulson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Paulson tries a knee to the head but Little blocks it.
Paulson tries a knee to the head but Little blocks it.
Paulson misses with a knee strike.

Little's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Little throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Paulson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Little darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Paulson has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Paulson moves away from the strike by Little.
Paulson misses with a few strikes there.
Little throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Paulson moves into the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jake Paulson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ty Little'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.

Decent striking displayed by Little there.
Nice defenses there by Paulson.
A jab from Little misses.
Paulson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

Paulson instigates a clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Paulson is leaning against Little and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Little takes a knee right on the jaw!
Paulson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Paulson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jake Paulson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Little has had enough of the clinch but Paulson keeps him there for the moment.
Little on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Paulson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Paulson swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paulson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Paulson stalls.
Knees to the body from Paulson.
Little has had enough of the clinch but Paulson keeps him there for the moment.
Paulson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Paulson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Little blocks it with crossed arms.
Paulson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Ty Little's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

Little escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Little lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Nice shot by Little.
Little misses with a wild combination.
Paulson misses the shot to the body.
Nice straight punches there by Little. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Little.
Little throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Paulson counters with a stiff right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Little throws an overhand right that lands on Paulson's shoulder, as Paulson tries to avoid the shot.
Paulson wants to counter with a clinch but Little pushes him away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Paulson swings for the body but Little moves out of range.
Little misses with a straight left.
Little tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Paulson is able to avoid easily.
A good leg kick by Little.
Paulson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Little misses with a hook. Paulson ducked under it nicely.
Paulson steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Little.
Paulson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Little.
A slow jab from Little misses its intended target.
Paulson tries to move into range but Little moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Little throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Paulson avoids the head kick by Little.
Little throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Paulson gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Little has had enough of the clinch but Paulson keeps him there for the moment.
Paulson landing knees to the head.
A knee to the head by Paulson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paulson lands a left hand.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Paulson misses with a knee to the head.
Paulson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Paulson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Little breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Paulson is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Paulson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A little jabbing left from Paulson on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Ty Little is winning the standup battle so far.
The fighters circling - Little throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Paulson has managed to clinch.
Paulson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Little's face.

Jeez, Ty Little's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Paulson misses with a knee strike.
Paulson lands a good knee to the midsection. Little won't want to take too many of those.
Little is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Little has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Little tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Paulson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Paulson is struggling to control the position.
Little on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Paulson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Little's face.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Ty Little's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Jake Paulson!
An out of breath and clearly excited Jake Paulson thanked Un-Kaged Nutrition for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).