PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tyrone Cantrell (ranked 4159 p4p, 5969 weight class) and Tommy Hitman (ranked 448 p4p, 601 weight class). Tyrone Cantrell has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Cantrell
vs
Hitman

189 cm
25
215
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
199
0 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

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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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tyrone Cantrell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tommy Hitman!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Ren Mimura and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hitman connects with a leg kick.
Cantrell tests Hitman's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Cantrell swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cantrell throws a hook but Hitman blocks it.
Hitman lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Hitman lands a nice leg kick that just misses Cantrell's sensitive parts.
Cantrell misses with a left hand
and Hitman makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Cantrell really felt that one!
Hitman uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cantrell.
Hitman uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cantrell.
Cantrell throws an overhand right that lands on Hitman's shoulder, as Hitman tries to avoid the shot.
A nice leg kick from Hitman, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hitman blocks a jab.
Hitman connects with a leg kick.
Cantrell is looking to clinch.
Hitman goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cantrell misses with a straight right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hitman connects with an inside leg kick.
Hitman with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Hitman moves out of range of the strikes.
Hitman turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Cantrell ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hitman moves away.
Hitman lands a front kick.
Cantrell throws a body shot but no joy.
Hitman scores with a spinning back kick!
Hitman looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
A punch lands to the side of Hitman 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Hitman misses with a looping right.
Cantrell misses with a lunging right hand
and Hitman counters with a nice body kick.
Hitman throws a nice inside leg kick.
Hitman scores with a spinning back kick!
Cantrell blocks a head kick by Hitman.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cantrell just misses with a punch to the body.
The fighters circle momentarily. Cantrell darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Hitman buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cantrell. Hitman does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hitman flicks out a counter leg kick but Cantrell steps away.
Hitman with the inside leg kick.
Hitman lands a leg kick that knocks Cantrell off balance momentarily.
Cantrell is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Cantrell blocks a head kick by Hitman.
Hitman scoring well with a low kick there.
Cantrell misses the shot to the body.
Hitman throws a body kick that misses.
Cantrell with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Cantrell looks to land a left hand but Hitman moved out of range nicely.
Hitman goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cantrell on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Hitman. Hitman obviously looking to wear him down.
Cantrell connects with a body shot that sends Hitman's belly button to the back.
Hitman tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hitman throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Hitman throws a body kick that misses.
Hitman throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cantrell misses the shot to the body.
Hitman throws a leg kick but Cantrell sees it coming and checks it nicely.

Cantrell moves into range and clinches up with Hitman.
A short right from Cantrell on the inside.
Hitman leaning his opponent against the cage.
A short left from Cantrell.

Hitman escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hitman throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cantrell sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A leg kick checked by Cantrell.
Cantrell clobbers Hitman with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Cantrell works Hitman's body with a nice hook.
Hitman looks winded!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Cantrell rushes Hitman and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Cantrell presses Hitman against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Cantrell lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hitman backwards.
Cantrell lands a body shot in the clinch.
Cantrell lands a hook that snaps the head of Hitman backwards.
Cantrell lands a nice uppercut.

Hitman is rocked!
Cantrell tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hitman's elbow.
Hitman takes a shot to the head.
Hitman is still on wobbly legs! Can Cantrell finish him?
Cantrell is working Hitman over against the cage.
Hitman seems to have recovered his senses.
Cantrell lands with a right to the head.
Cantrell tries to throw a body punch but Hitman avoids it by throwing Cantrell back against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cantrell gets through Hitman's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Cantrell.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Tyrone Cantrell will probably get the nod.
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.

Cantrell throws an overhand right that lands on Hitman's shoulder, as Hitman tries to avoid the shot.
Cantrell checks a low kick from Hitman.
Cantrell misses with a straight right.
Hitman uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cantrell.
Hitman scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Hitman slips under a jab from Cantrell.

Cantrell instigates a clinch.
Hitman swings wildly with an uppercut but Cantrell uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cantrell keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hitman's efforts to push away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short left from Cantrell.
Cantrell works on Hitman's body with a couple of short punches.
Hitman is breathing heavily.
Cantrell scores with a shot to the side of Hitman's head.
Cantrell lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hitman backwards.
Good body shot from Cantrell.
Cantrell lands a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cantrell lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Cantrell lands with a short shot to the head.
Hitman takes a shot to the head.
Cantrell stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Cantrell presses Hitman against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A right hand to the body from Cantrell.
Cantrell lands a right hand.
Cantrell works on Hitman's body with a couple of short punches.
Cantrell digs a right hand underneath Hitman's ribcage. Hitman let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Cantrell cracks Hitman with a nice body shot.
Cantrell is leaning against Hitman and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Cantrell lands with a right to the head.
Cantrell lands with a left to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cantrell lands with a right to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Cantrell.
Cantrell lands a nice uppercut.
Cantrell lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Hitman to his knees! Cantrell keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tyrone Cantrell!
In his post fight interview, Tyrone Cantrell started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.