PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Sync Fowler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrey Tutov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tutov has chosen 7B - Young Winds as his entrance music. Andrey Tutov has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Sync Fowler's chin.

Fowler
vs
Tutov

210 cm
26
155 lbs
13 - 4 - 0

169 cm
21
144 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sync Fowler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Andrey Tutov!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Alec Ball and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Fowler closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fowler trying to control the action but Tutov is working from the bottom.
Tutov throws a couple of punches but he's in a bad position and they don't land.

Fowler tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Fowler has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Tutov is trying to improve his position.
You can see the frustration on Tutov's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

Fowler is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Tutov knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Fowler wants to lay and pray for a moment but Tutov keeps working.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tutov can't do much from the bottom here.
Fowler will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Tutov is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.

Tutov is defending against the submission attempts here by Fowler.
Fowler is trying to control. Tutov wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Tutov flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Tutov striking from the bottom.
Tutov trying to control from the bottom.
Tutov missing with punches from the bottom.
Tutov tries to roll over but Fowler keeps him under control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fowler thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Tutov's head.
Tutov slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Fowler sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Tutov's guard.

Fowler is trying to work for a kimura but Tutov is defending well.
Fowler is looking to stall here but Tutov recovers full guard.

Fowler drops back, looking for a kneebar! Tutov looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Tutov looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Tutov!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tutov advances nicely into full mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tutov with the ground and pound from mount.
Tutov cracks Fowler with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Fowler wants to get back to his feet.
Tutov tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Fowler sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Tutov missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Fowler tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Tutov has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Tutov lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Fowler really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tutov looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Tutov with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Tutov controlling the pace for now.
Fowler is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
BOOM! Tutov connects with a massive shot to the dome!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tutov putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Fowler regains half guard.
Fowler has a hand on Tutov's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Tutov takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andrey Tutov dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Fowler has his takedown stuffed
and Tutov counters with a good low kick that Fowler was not able to check.
Fowler will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Tutov misses with an attempted mid kick.
Fowler misses with a takedown attempt
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sync Fowler. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tutov displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Fowler.
Tutov wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Sync Fowler seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tutov pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Fowler with a poor takedown
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Fowler misses with a takedown
and Tutov counters with a thumping low kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tutov smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tutov slaps away a takedown attempt from Fowler, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Tutov lands a big right hand that sends Fowler crashing to the mat! Tutov stays standing though and waves Fowler back to his feet!

Fowler is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fowler walks right into a perfectly timed right hook and goes down hard! He's out cold! The ref cradles Fowler limp body while Tutov jumps on to the cage and waves to the roaring crowd. Wow that was just a brutal knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Andrey Tutov!
A very excited looking Andrey Tutov made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.