PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Tully (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brett Bostonson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Tully might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Motorhead- Ace of Spades. This should be a great matchup!

Tully
vs
Bostonson

180 cm
22
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

182 cm
22
190 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Determined

Pain Palace Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tommy Tully!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brett Bostonson!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Joseph Jones and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tully misses with a few strikes there.
Bostonson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Tully gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Bostonson misses with the head strike.
Tully looking to throw knees to the head but Bostonson is blocking nicely.
Bostonson stalling in the clinch but Tully improves position.
Tully wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Tully has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Bostonson is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Bostonson gets underhooks to prevent Tully's takedown attempt.
Bostonson lands with a light punch inside.
Tully is trying to break free.
Tully blocks an uppercut.
Tully wants to break free but Bostonson has control.
Bostonson lands an uppercut.
Bostonson gets underhooks to prevent Tully's takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tommy Tully. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bostonson wants to stall.
Bostonson lands a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bostonson trying to stall but Tully improves his position.
Bostonson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Bostonson keeps control of Tully as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Tully tries to pull guard but Bostonson won't allow it.
Bostonson trying to stall but Tully improves his position.
A short right from Bostonson.
Tully changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Bostonson fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Tully is breathing heavily.
Bostonson misses with a wild combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bostonson throws a series of punches but Tully avoids them all with ease.
Bostonson doesn't manage to clinch there - Tully circles away.
Bostonson scores with a body shot.

Tully drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Tully thows a big elbow that misses.
Bostonson lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Tully!
Bostonson avoids the attempt from Tully to control.
Tully working to try and regain half guard.
Tully is working hard here to advance position.
Tully is hanging on here. He's in a desperate position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tully tries to hold on but Bostonson postures up.
Tully avoids a series of strikes thrown by Bostonson.
Tully is trying desperately to improve position.
Tully blocking the ground and pound.
Tully regains half guard.
Tully regains full guard. Nicely done.
Tully pulls Bostonson in close to his closed guard and prevents Bostonson from doing any damage or advancing position.
Tully with a couple of shots from the bottom there - nothing Bostonson can't handle though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Tully has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Bostonson off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Bostonson takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Bostonson misses with a series of wild punches.

Bostonson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Tully, pushing him back against the cage.
Tully's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Tully with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tully has had enough of the clinch but Bostonson keeps him there for the moment.
Bostonson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Tully keeps control of Bostonson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Bostonson breaks the clinch.
Bostonson looks to score with a jab to the body but Tully is just out of range.
Tully fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Bostonson wants to clinch.
Tully misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Tully clinches with his opponent.
Bostonson swings wildly with an uppercut but Tully uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bostonson has a couple of punches blocked by Tully.
Tully is looking to control Bostonson's arms but Bostonson gets an underhook and turns him. Now Tully has his back to the cage.
Tully wants to get back to striking at distance but Bostonson won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bostonson wants to break the clinch but can't.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tully.
Tully misses with an elbow strike.
Tully is trying to break the clinch but Bostonson has him pressed against the cage.
Tully can't break the clinch.

Tully works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Tully looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Tully preventing the sweep.
Tully is in close to Bostonson's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Tully won't allow Bostonson to sweep him here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bostonson can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Tully controls the pace.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tommy Tully 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.

Tully slips a jab and a cross from Bostonson.
Tully tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
An inside leg kick from Tully misses.
Bostonson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bostonson avoids the body shot from Tully.
Tully lands with an overhand left.
Tully keeps the fight on the outside.
Bostonson throws a series of punches but Tully moves out of range.
Tully sets himself and throws a head kick that knocks Bostonson to the ground! Tully dives into full mount looking to finish!

Bostonson is rocked!
Tully controlling from mount.
Bostonson is still in real trouble! Can Tully finish him?
Bostonson working to try and regain half guard.
Tully lands a nice shot to the head.
Bostonson holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Tully tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Bostonson seems to have recovered his senses.
Bostonson can't escape the position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bostonson is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bostonson is squirming around, avoiding Tully's attempts to control the action.
Bostonson is looking to improve his position but Tully isn't that keen on the idea.
Tully avoids the attempt from Bostonson to control.
Tully with a couple of short strikes.
Tully unloading with bombs!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tully putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Tully controlling from mount.
Tully with good strikes from the mount here!

Tully goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Bostonson turns into him and now he's in Tully's guard.
Tommy Tully overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Tully keeping moving, preventing Bostonson from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tully managing to control the position.
Bostonson trying to control the position from guard on top but Tully is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tully looking to hit a scissor sweep but Bostonson is one step ahead there.
Tully is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Tully manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Bostonson manages to get himself to full guard.
Tully wants to control from the top but Bostonson keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bostonson working a defensive guard here.
Tully 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.
Tully trying to control but Bostonson is working from the bottom.
Tully postures up in Bostonson's guard and throws a big left but Bostonson blocks it.
Tully is looking to work some ground and pound but Bostonson has wrist control.
Tully landing some decent shots from guard.
Tully is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Tully stands and throws Bostonson's legs to the side, diving into side control.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
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.
Tully lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Bostonson down.

Tully stands up and beckons Bostonson to his feet.
Tully fails with the takedown.
Tully blocks the body kick.
Bostonson throws a combination that misses

and Tully counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bostonson working a defensive guard here.
Tully passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Bostonson gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tully with a couple of short strikes.
Tully tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tommy Tully dominated that second round.
That's time! Tully's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Tully shoots in for a takedown. Oh, that's a huge slam! Bostonson is on queer street and Tully is pounding down on him with a barage of strikes. The ref is forced to step in and stop the fight. Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Slam). Tommy Tully!