PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Holmes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tiyaro Feitsora (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Holmes's entrance music is Muse: MK Ultra. A fine choice. On his way into the cage it seems that James Holmes has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily James Holmes seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Holmes
vs
Feitsora

190 cm
25
218 lbs
7 - 7 - 0

188 cm
24
215 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed

Conviction

DJs Locker
Conviction

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 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, James Holmes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tiyaro Feitsora!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Cecil Peabody and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Holmes slips under a jab from Feitsora.
Holmes lands a lovely overhand right.
Feitsora steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Holmes.
Holmes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Feitsora.
Holmes has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Feitsora.
Feitsora lands with a good body shot.
Holmes tests Feitsora's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Holmes takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Feitsora connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Holmes's hands.

It looks like James Holmes has been cut.
Holmes connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Feitsora swings for the body but Holmes moves out of range.
Feitsora fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Holmes looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Nice defenses there by Feitsora.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Feitsora closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Feitsora lands a body punch.
Feitsora with a knee to the head.
Holmes holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Feitsora misses with a body punch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Holmes.
Feitsora scores with a nice hook to the head.
Feitsora scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Feitsora blocks an uppercut.
Holmes is pushing Feitsora up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Feitsora lands a nice elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Feitsora working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Feitsora lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Feitsora misses with a punch on the inside.
Holmes blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Feitsora utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Holmes blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A bit of stalling here from Holmes.
Feitsora throws an elbow but it misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Feitsora using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Holmes has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Feitsora throws an elbow but it misses.
Feitsora misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Holmes.
Holmes tries to break free but Feitsora pushes him back against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Feitsora just misses with a elbow thrown towards Holmes's brow.
Holmes wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Holmes wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Feitsora has him pressed against the cage.
Feitsora misses with a hook from the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Feitsora.
Feitsora swings wildly with an uppercut but Holmes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Holmes tries to break free but Feitsora pushes him back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Holmes.
Holmes is trying to break the clinch but Feitsora has him pressed against the cage.
Feitsora tries to throw a body punch but Holmes avoids it by throwing Feitsora back against the cage.
Feitsora misses with a short punch on the inside.
Feitsora throws an elbow that misses.
Feitsora tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Feitsora tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Holmes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Holmes dodges an elbow strike from Feitsora.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Feitsora lands an elbow inside that Holmes shrugs off.
Holmes will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Feitsora up against the cage.
Feitsora pushes off an throws an elbow but Holmes leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tiyaro Feitsora dominated that round.
The cut man is working on James Holmes's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Feitsora displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Holmes throws out the jab.
Feitsora tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Feitsora throws a leg kick
and Holmes makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Feitsora goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Feitsora wants to clinch.
Holmes defending well as Feitsora loads up on a big left hand.

Feitsora pushes Holmes up against the cage in a clinch.
Holmes takes a knee to the side of the body.
Holmes manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Feitsora misses with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Feitsora tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Feitsora tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Feitsora fails to land.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Feitsora in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Holmes can't break the clinch.
Holmes blocks an elbow strike.
Feitsora has Holmes pressed against the cage, preventing Holmes from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Feitsora has a couple of punches blocked by Holmes.
Feitsora prevents Holmes from breaking the clinch.
Tiyaro Feitsora seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Feitsora looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Feitsora throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Feitsora.
Feitsora misses with a body punch.
Feitsora misses with an elbow over the top.
Holmes lands with a left to the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Feitsora as Holmes tries to tie him up.
Feitsora lands a left hand that snaps the head of Holmes backwards.
Holmes blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Feitsora tries to land a knee to the head but Holmes blocks with his arms.
Feitsora keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Holmes's efforts to push away.
Holmes blocks the elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Feitsora misses with the head strike.
Feitsora fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Feitsora.
Holmes wants to break the clinch but can't.
Feitsora lands an elbow inside that Holmes shrugs off.
Holmes slows down the pace here.
Feitsora lands a damaging elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Holmes.
Holmes wants to get back to striking at distance but Feitsora won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Feitsora throws an elbow but it misses.
Holmes lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Feitsora backwards.
Feitsora tries a body shot but Holmes blocks it.

Holmes escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Feitsora closes the distance and clinches.
Holmes has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Feitsora is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Holmes is defending well for now.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Feitsora misses with a hook from the clinch.
Holmes taking a breather.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Feitsora gets through Holmes's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Feitsora pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tiyaro Feitsora showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on James Holmes's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Feitsora tries to clinch but Holmes is having none of it.
Feitsora throws a jab but it's blocked by Holmes.
Holmes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Feitsora.
Feitsora fails with an attempt to clinch.
Holmes swats away the attempt to clinch by Feitsora.

Feitsora clinches with his opponent.
Holmes pressing his opponent against the cage.
Holmes trying to control the position but instead, Feitsora has worked for underhooks and has pushed Holmes into the cage.
Feitsora throws an elbow that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Holmes misses with a hook to the ribs.
Feitsora prevents Holmes from breaking the clinch.
Feitsora lands a left hand.
Feitsora throws an elbow that misses.

Holmes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Some bone on bone action there as Holmes checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.

Holmes gets tackled into the cage by Feitsora. Feitsora maintains the clinch.
Feitsora lands a nice elbow.
Feitsora misses with a knee strike.
Feitsora throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Holmes blocks it with crossed arms.
James Holmes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Holmes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Holmes throws a low kick but Feitsora avoids it.
Feitsora connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Feitsora lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Holmes has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Holmes and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Holmes throws an off balance right hand
and Feitsora counters with a body kick.
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!
Feitsora throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Holmes.
Feitsora throws a head kick that misses
and Holmes counters with a nice uppercut.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Feitsora.
Feitsora goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

Feitsora gets a clinch.
Feitsora throws a punch but it's blocked by Holmes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holmes wants to break free but Feitsora has control.
Holmes pushes Feitsora back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Holmes is trying to force a seperation but Feitsora has the dominant position.

Holmes escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tiyaro Feitsora seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Holmes staying out of range there.
Feitsora swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tiyaro Feitsora is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Holmes checks a low kick from Feitsora.
Holmes keeps the fight on the outside.
Feitsora misses the body punch
and Holmes counters with a stiff right hand.
A slapping leg kick lands for Holmes.
Holmes misses with a head kick.
Feitsora jabs Holmes right on the nose. Holmes blinks but takes it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Feitsora tries to clinch but Holmes moves out of range.
Feitsora ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Holmes moves away.
Feitsora cracks Holmes with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Feitsora tries to close the distance and clinch but Holmes swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Feitsora darts in trying to clinch
and Holmes counters with a right hand to the body.
Holmes throws a leg kick but Feitsora sees it coming and moves out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The fighters circling - Holmes throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Holmes throws a leg kick that is checked
and Feitsora counters with a straight right hand.
A jab from Feitsora finds it's way through Holmes's defenses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tiyaro Feitsora comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Feitsora has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 George Francis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tiyaro Feitsora!
During a confident post fight interview, Tiyaro Feitsora thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.