PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tom Joad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roberto Kylos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Roberto Kylos acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Joad
vs
Kylos

194 cm
20
246 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

192 cm
24
278 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tom Joad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Roberto Kylos!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Steve Smith and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kylos moves out of range as Joad strikes.
Joad thows a body shot but no joy.
Kylos shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Joad as he jumps to the side.
Joad checks a leg kick.
Kylos finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Joad stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kylos.
Kylos buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Kylos cracks the inside of Joad's front leg.
Joad jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Kylos closes the distance and clinches.
Joad lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kylos backwards.
Kylos blocking some punches.
Kylos manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Kylos blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kylos dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Joad tries to throw a body punch but Kylos avoids it by throwing Joad back against the cage.
Joad doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Joad tries to work over Kylos's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kylos is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Joad is keeping busy.
Joad tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Joad lands a body shot in the clinch.
Kylos is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Good body shot from Joad.
Joad works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Kylos looks gassed!
Joad lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Kylos turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Joad is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Joad struggling a bit here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kylos misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Joad trying to remain calm as Kylos controls from the top position.
Joad is looking to reverse the position.
Kylos in side control, throwing shots but Joad defends.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
A low kick from Joad is predictable there

and Kylos counters with a nice double leg into side control. Joad won't be happy with that.
Joad manages to get back to half guard.
Joad trying to control but Kylos postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joad tries to roll over but Kylos keeps him under control.

Joad actively working from the bottom here.
Joad wants to get back to full guard.
Kylos trying to control from half guard but Joad is working away.
Kylos controlling the pace.
Joad is looking to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Kylos is controlling the pace.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kylos looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kylos.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Joad throws a leg kick
and Kylos counters with an inside leg kick.
Joad misses with a body shot

and Kylos decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Joad's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roberto Kylos dominated that round.
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.

Kylos shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Joad is trying to defend but Kylos finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Well, if Kylos is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Kylos looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Joad wants to get back to full guard.
Kylos works his way into full mount!
Kylos sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joad is trying to escape the mount.
Kylos lands a heavy elbow.
Kylos prevents Joad from getting the reversal.
Kylos takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Kylos with the ground and pound from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kylos scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Kylos prevents Joad from getting the reversal.
Joad wants to control but Kylos is having none of it.
Kylos lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Kylos cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Kylos postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Joad in real trouble here! The ref calls for Joad to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Roberto Kylos!