PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Phuc Yu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mikko Tylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yu's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Thai Fight Song. Tylor is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by å. Mikko Tylor is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Yu
vs
Tylor

181 cm
20
180 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

179 cm
20
168 lbs
1 - 7 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Divine - Mary Jane

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Phuc Yu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mikko Tylor!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yu turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Tylor looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Tylor on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Yu. Yu obviously looking to wear him down.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Yu.
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!
Yu tries to bum rush Tylor with a series of wild strikes but Tylor uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Yu misses with a double jab.
Yu lands a jab.
Yu misses with the combination.
Yu turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Yu lands a nice looking body kick.
Tylor on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Yu lands a head kick that stumbles Tylor and the fighters go to the mat.
Yu has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Yu slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Tylor is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yu controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Yu has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Tylor is working an open guard so Yu takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Yu with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
An inside leg kick lands from Yu.
A solid body kick from Yu.
Yu lands a two punch combo.
Yu scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A big head kick from Yu and Tylor is sent sprawling to the canvas!

Tylor is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yu controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Tylor is still in real trouble! Can Yu finish him?
Yu pushes down on Tylor's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Tylor seems to have recovered his senses.
Yu looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Yu looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Tylor with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Yu wants to pass the guard but Tylor is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Phuc Yu dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Tylor needs to keep his hands up - Yu had a free shot at his head there.
Yu connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Tylor's hands.
Yu cracks Tylor with an uppercut from hell and Tylor crumples to the canvas, he's out! Oh no, he's recovered and he's grabbed one of Yu's legs and pulled him into guard. The ref thought about stopping it there but he's let it go - good reffing!

Tylor is rocked!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Yu controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Tylor is still in real trouble! Can Yu finish him?
Tylor seems to have recovered his senses.
Tylor is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yu pushes down on Tylor's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Yu trying to control the pace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Phuc Yu just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Tylor steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Yu. That one must have hurt.
Yu throws a leg kick which misses Tylor's front leg but catches the back leg as Tylor tries to avoid it.
Phuc Yu is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tylor on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Yu misses with a double jab.
Tylor on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Yu. Yu obviously looking to wear him down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yu connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Yu is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tylor can do to turn this around?
Tylor takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Yu scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A thudding body kick lands there by Yu!
Yu lands a nice looking body shot.
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!
Tylor takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Yu lands a nice leg kick that just misses Tylor's sensitive parts.
Yu connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Yu looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Yu throws a head kick that Tylor semi-blocks.
Yu connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Yu throws a one two combo.
No joy there for Yu, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tylor stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Yu.
Yu connects with a good right hand that stumbles Tylor. Tylor circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Yu lands with a kick to the temple. Tylor shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Yu misses with a wild body shot.
Yu thuds his shin into the meat of Tylor's side.
Tylor's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Tylor takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Tylor displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Yu scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Tylor is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Yu.
Tylor shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Yu defends it nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tylor is looking to clinch but Yu is avoiding it.
Yu turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Phuc Yu dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Yu throws a series of strikes that have Tylor backpedaling.
Tylor dodges the punch combination from Yu.
Tylor tries to close the distance and clinch but Yu swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Yu misses with a wild combination.
Yu scores with a leg kick.
Good standup being displayed there by Yu as he connects with a hook.
Tylor fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tylor walks into a jab.
Yu throws a series of punches but Tylor avoids them all with ease.
Yu wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
An inside leg kick lands from Yu.
Phuc Yu is winning the standup battle so far.
Yu throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tylor throws a right and a left that both miss.
Phuc Yu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tylor takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Nice body punch from Yu.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Yu.
Yu lands a nice leg kick that just misses Tylor's sensitive parts.
Tylor swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Yu makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Tylor really felt that one!
Yu lands with a nice body kick.
Phuc Yu is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Crunch! Yu slams his shin into Tylor's torso.
Nice cross by Tylor.
Tylor showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Yu.
Tylor ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yu moves away.
Yu explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yu misses with a two punch combination.
Decent striking displayed by Tylor there.
Yu turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A head kick from Yu lands but Tylor takes it in his stride.
Tylor on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Yu.
Tylor wants to clinch but Yu slips to the side
and Yu counters with a two punch combo.
Yu buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Tylor wants to clinch.
Yu scores with a kick to the body.
Tylor closes the distance but Yu moves to the side
and Yu counters with a good, hard body kick but Tylor shrugs it off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yu misses the body punch
and Tylor counters with a straight right hand.
Yu throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Tylor.
Tylor has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Yu.
Tylor looks to clinch
and Yu counters with a slapping leg kick.
Yu scores with a leg kick.
Yu throws a one two combo.
A slow jab from Yu misses its intended target.
Yu scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Tylor darts in trying to clinch
and Yu counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Yu thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Tylor if he has to take too many more of those.
Tylor takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yu throws a nice looking combination but Tylor bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Tylor is defended easily by Yu.
Yu throws a one two combo.
Yu pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Tylor crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Yu - the referee stops the clock and Tylor gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Yu. Tylor manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Yu uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tylor.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Tylor is defended easily by Yu.
Tylor wants to clinch.
Mikko Tylor has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Yu lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

And that's the end of the fight!
Phuc Yu showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Yu has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:25
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:25
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Phuc Yu!