PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Flo Holl (ranked 679 p4p, 1871 weight class) and ReaperLord Tyberos (ranked 59 p4p, 166 weight class). Tyberos has chosen Today We Hunt! as his entrance music. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Holl
vs
Tyberos

178 cm
27
145
12 - 6 - 0

150 cm
29
145
6 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Excellent grappler
Excellent boxer
Fast

Northern Zombie
NARCOS

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Flo Holl!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, ReaperLord Tyberos!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Gwen Towbar and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Holl scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Holl misses with a low kick.
Holl throws a leg kick but Tyberos moved away.
Holl explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Holl moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Tyberos is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Holl.
Holl throws a sloppy head kick and Tyberos moves out of range easily.
Tyberos connects with a jab.
Holl goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Tyberos throws a big shot that misses.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Tyberos has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Holl throws a nice outside leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Tyberos.
Tyberos tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Tyberos lands the left hand.
Holl slips under a jab.
Tyberos swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tyberos moves out of range of the leg kick from Holl.
Tyberos on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Holl. Holl obviously looking to wear him down.
Holl pushes Tyberos away with a front kick.
Tyberos punishes Holl's body with a nice straight punch.
A jab from Tyberos misses.
Holl with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Tyberos decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Holl wants to improve his position but Tyberos is controlling well.
Holl gets back to full guard.
Tyberos keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Holl's head.
Tyberos preventing the sweep.
Tyberos throwing strikes from guard but Holl blocks nicely.
Holl has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Holl manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Tyberos manages to get himself to full guard.

Tyberos looking to hit a scissor sweep but Holl is one step ahead there.
Holl will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Tyberos keeping moving, preventing Holl from controlling successfully.
Holl won't allow Tyberos to sweep him here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holl looking to pass the guard.
Tyberos keeping moving, preventing Holl from controlling successfully.
Holl slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Tyberos bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Holl's guard.

Holl looking for a sweep. Not yet Holl, not yet.
Holl is working hard here to advance position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tyberos trying to control but Holl is working from the bottom.
Tyberos postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Tyberos cracks Holl with a solid left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holl utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Tyberos connects with a couple of short punches.
Tyberos passes easily into side control. Nice work.
The ground and pound from Tyberos seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Tyberos is looking to take a break and control but Holl is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
An elbow from Tyberos crashes against the mat.
Holl is looking to reverse the position.
Holl taking punishment in the form of punches.
Holl takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Holl takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Tyberos is looking to take a break and control but Holl is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Tyberos misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
You can see the frustration on Holl's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Tyberos throwing shots but missing, from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holl can't do much from the bottom here.
Holl gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Holl is trying to control but can't.
Tyberos trying to control the action but Holl is working from the bottom.
Tyberos has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Holl on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Tyberos looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Holl is staying active underneath Tyberos, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Tyberos prevents Holl from standing back up.
Holl is trying to maintain the position but Tyberos is very close to passing his half guard.
Holl wants to get back to full guard.
Tyberos winds up and cracks Holl with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Holl is trying is best to control the position here.
Tyberos seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Holl throws the kick towards the body but Tyberos avoids it.
Tyberos takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A low kick lands for Holl.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tyberos. Holl does a little dance to reset his feet.
Holl tried to counter with a leg kick but Tyberos avoided it.
Tyberos takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Tyberos checks a leg kick.
Holl lands a leg kick that knocks Tyberos off balance momentarily.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Tyberos checks a leg kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Holl.
Holl chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Holl connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A big left from Tyberos misses.
Tyberos's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Tyberos throws out a loose jab but Holl uses good head movement to avoid it.
Holl throws a nice outside leg kick.
Holl misses with a body kick.
Holl fakes the leg kick and cracks Tyberos in the body.
Tyberos lands with a nice body punch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Holl misses with a low kick.
Tyberos stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Holl.
Holl throws a low kick, looking for Tyberos's leg but Tyberos calmly moves out of range.
Tyberos lands with a cross.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Holl throws a leg kick but Tyberos sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Holl.

Holl rushes Tyberos and presses him up against the cage.
Tyberos pushes Holl back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Holl misses with the head strike.
Holl misses with some punches.
A body shot lands from Holl.
Tyberos misses with a punch to the body.
Holl throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Knees in the clinch landing for Holl.
Holl misses with a punch on the inside.
Holl misses with a hook to the ribs.

Tyberos pulls Holl into guard.
Tyberos scores with a short punch from the bottom.
Tyberos throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Tyberos lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Holl has Tyberos pulled in close to control his posture.
Holl looking to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holl is really struggling to control Tyberos but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Tyberos throws a big elbow that misses.
Tyberos postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tyberos with a nice head shot there.
Tyberos pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Holl is keeping the position for now.
Tyberos lands a couple of digs.
Tyberos trying to control but Holl is working from the bottom.
Tyberos trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Tyberos stopping the sweep attempt from Holl.
Tyberos chips away with some ground and pound.
Holl keeping moving, preventing Tyberos from controlling successfully.
Tyberos looking to pass the guard.
Tyberos postures up and lands a big shot to Holl's brow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyberos throwing strikes but missing.
Holl keeping moving, preventing Tyberos from controlling successfully.
Tyberos throwing strikes but missing.
Tyberos with a flurry of punches that miss.
Holl is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Tyberos is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Tyberos scoring with punches to the head and body.
Tyberos in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Tyberos cracks Holl with a solid left hand.
Holl wants to stand but Tyberos is controlling the position.
Holl tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Holl has momentary wrist control but Tyberos slips an elbow through the middle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tyberos is looking to work some ground and pound but Holl has wrist control.
Tyberos stopping the sweep attempt from Holl.
Tyberos trying to control the position from guard on top but Holl is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tyberos preventing the sweep.
Tyberos is pushing down on Holl's leg trying to pass to half guard. Holl is fighting to maintain full guard but Tyberos has managed to sneak the leg through.
Nice strikes from Tyberos there.
Tyberos moves nicely into side control.
Holl gets back to half guard.
Holl is looking for a sweep. Tyberos is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Tyberos is trying to control. Holl wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Tyberos frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Holl tries to reverse the position but Tyberos maintains control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Holl tries to hold on but Tyberos pushes him away.
Holl tries to reverse the position but Tyberos maintains control.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but ReaperLord Tyberos will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Nice jab there from Tyberos.

Holl gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Tyberos to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Tyberos lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Holl wants to sweep here but Tyberos controlling him for the moment.
Tyberos looking to pass the guard.
Holl trying to control the position.
Tyberos won't allow Holl to get back to his feet.
Holl working a defensive guard here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tyberos postures up and lands a big shot to Holl's brow.
Holl is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Tyberos trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Holl wants to sweep here but Tyberos controlling him for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyberos scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Holl is trying to control the position but Tyberos postures up.
Tyberos stopping the sweep attempt from Holl.
Tyberos has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Tyberos stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Holl swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Holl is trying to keep Tyberos in close.
Holl looking to hit a scissor sweep but Tyberos is one step ahead there.
Tyberos is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Tyberos sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Holl's guard.
Tyberos is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Holl tries to get to full guard but Tyberos has control of the leg.
Tyberos trying to control from half guard but Holl is working away.
Flo Holl has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tyberos is thwarting Holl's attempts to control the position.
Tyberos lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Tyberos working the head and body with strikes.
Holl trying to control but Tyberos postures up.
Tyberos is nestled in close to Holl, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Tyberos is keen to just control but Holl is a slippery customer.
Holl is looking for a sweep. Tyberos is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Tyberos looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Holl has hold of Tyberos's hands but Tyberos slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Holl wants to control but Tyberos is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Tyberos trying to control from half guard but Holl is working away.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Tyberos connects with a nice short shot to Holl's temple.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Holl is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Tyberos prevents Holl from improving his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holl is controlling Tyberos's trapped leg to prevent Tyberos from advancing to side control.
Holl is staying active underneath Tyberos, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Holl is looking for a sweep. Tyberos is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Tyberos is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Tyberos prevents Holl from improving his position.
Tyberos drops an elbow to the side of Holl's head.
Holl blocking the ground and pound attempt from Tyberos.
Tyberos throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Tyberos tries to pass the half guard into mount. Holl knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Tyberos wants to lay and pray for a moment but Holl keeps working.
Tyberos is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Holl!
Tyberos lands a couple of good shots and Holl has given up his back, trying to escape the position!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tyberos punches Holl on the ear.
Tyberos lands strikes to the head.
Tyberos lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Holl.

Holl is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
You can see the frustration on Holl's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Oh Holl is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tyberos is working the ground and pound. Can Holl escape?
Tyberos is landing with strikes from the back.
A lull in the action here.
Tyberos is looking to finish with some ground and pound!
Tyberos softening up his opponent with strikes here.
ReaperLord Tyberos has got the better of the ground game so far.
Holl wants to control his opponent's hands but Tyberos gets his hands free.
Tyberos scores with strikes from the back.
Tyberos is punishing Holl with some ground and pound.
Tyberos is raining down hard shots and and Holl has had enough - he's tapped out due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). ReaperLord Tyberos!
A very excited looking ReaperLord Tyberos made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.