PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Felix Fury (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cyrus Rex (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fury comes to the cage accompanied by Like a G6. Cyrus Rex looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Fury
vs
Rex

182 cm
19
200 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

176 cm
19
216 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Felix Fury!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Cyrus Rex!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Sam Margolis and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rex stalks Fury and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Fury's face. Fury staggers backwards, shaken.
Fury moves out of range as Rex strikes.
Rex tests Fury's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Rex blocks a jab.
Fury throws a series of punches but Rex moves out of range.
Fury dodges the punch combination from Rex.
Cyrus Rex seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rex throws a combination that misses
enabling Fury to counter with a crisp jab.
Fury lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Rex misses with a shot to the body
and Fury counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rex avoids a punch combination nicely.
Fury throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Rex lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Fury throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fury looks to score with a jab to the body but Rex is just out of range.
Fury throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Rex throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fury digs a good hook to Rex's body.
Rex thows a body shot but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fury just misses with a punch to the body.
Fury fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Fury misses with a two punch combination.
Rex takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Rex looks gassed!
Fury scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Fury looks to land a combination but Rex avoids it well.
Rex throws the left hand but Fury avoids the punch easily.
Fury goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Fury lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Fury.
Fury connects with a looping right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fury lands with a straight right. Rex didn't see that one coming.
Rex takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Fury ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Fury lands a jab to Rex's midsection.

Fury drops Rex with a left and a right! Oh, Rex is hurt - Fury dives into side control looking to finish!

It looks like Cyrus Rex has been cut.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Rex can do anything to dispel that myth.
Fury misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Fury is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Fury has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fury 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.
Fury postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fury throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Rex is letting Fury control him for a moment.
Fury throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rex is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Fury looks up at the clock and then as Rex takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Fury smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
An elbow from Fury crashes against the mat.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Rex has eaten all the pies!
Fury taking a breather here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fury working the ground and pound but Rex is defending the strikes.
Fury remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Fury throws an elbow but Rex slips to the side and avoids it well.
Fury lands some shots froms side control.
Fury fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Fury working the ground and pound.
Fury controls the position.
Rex avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Fury.
Fury in side control, throwing shots but Rex defends.
Fury just content to control the position.
Fury working the body and head with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fury cracks Rex with a big elbow.
Fury throws an elbow but Rex slips to the side and avoids it well.
Fury misses with the ground and pound.
Fury throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Fury looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Rex is avoiding damage well.
Rex is working to avoid the ground and pound but Fury connects with a decent elbow.
Rex defending against the ground and pound.
Fury scoring with punches from side control.
Fury throws a strike aimed at the side of Rex's head but Rex avoids it well.
The ground and pound from Fury seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fury scores with a couple of short elbows.
Fury just content to control the position.
Fury tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Felix Fury dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Cyrus Rex's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Fury scores with a three punch combo!
Rex tries to move into range but Fury moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Rex lands a glancing blow to the side of Fury's head.
Fury has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Rex takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Nice defenses there by Fury.
Rex misses with a double jab
and Fury counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Rex thinking.
Fury keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A jab from Fury does it's job there.
Fury scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Rex doesn't seem bothered though.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fury throws a one two combo.
Nice shot by Fury.
Fury connects with a right hand. Rex shakes it off.
Fury connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Rex is breathing heavily.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Fury.

Rex is rocked!
Rex on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Rex is still on wobbly legs! Can Fury finish him?
Fury scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Fury finds it's way through Rex's defenses.
Fury stuns Rex with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Rex seems to have recovered his senses.
Fury throws an overhand right from the outside, which connects and sends Rex stumbling backwards into the cage! Rex bounces back off the cage towards Fury, who cracks him with a two punch combination that drops him to his knees! Fury lands two more shots before the referee has chance to intervene - what a finish! Fury celebrates with his corner as the crowd cheer loudly.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Felix Fury!