PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tyson Boggs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kyle Ward (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Boggs comes to the cage accompanied by "Miami Vice Theme" by Jan Hammer. Tyson Boggs had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 156.1lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Tyson Boggs has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Boggs
vs
Ward

179 cm
22
160 lbs
0 - 3 - 1

174 cm
25
155 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tyson Boggs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kyle Ward!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Aleksandr Martynov and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Boggs tries to sprawl but Ward drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Boggs looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Ward scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Boggs has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Ward not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ward thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Ward winds up and cracks Boggs with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Ward really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Boggs. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Ward thows a huge punch but Boggs dodges it nicely.
Boggs regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Ward.
Ward lands a couple of digs.
Ward is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Ward lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ward stops Boggs from standing up.
Ward with a nice head shot there.
Ward connects with a couple of short punches.
Ward looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Ward throws a big elbow that misses.
Ward stands up over Boggs, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ward stands up over Boggs, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Ward postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Ward throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Ward working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Ward working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Boggs's head.
Boggs keeping moving, preventing Ward from controlling successfully.
Ward stands up over Boggs, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Ward cracks Boggs with a solid left hand.
Ward postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Ward lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Ward scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Ward cracks Boggs with a solid left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ward throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Boggs works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Ward must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Boggs wants to stand and escape but Ward is having none of it.
Ward is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Boggs is looking to stand up but Ward isn't so interested in that idea.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Ward's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Ward works over Boggs with some ground and pound from guard.
Ward working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Boggs's head.
Boggs avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Ward is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Ward looking to pass the guard.
Boggs on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Boggs tries to get out of the position.
Ward landing some decent shots from guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ward working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Ward content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Ward scoring with some ground and pound.
Ward with a nice head shot there.
Ward working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Boggs's head.
Ward keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Boggs's head.
Ward makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Ward lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Ward throws a big right hand that misses.
Ward connects with a couple of short punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ward postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ward stands up over Boggs, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Ward with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Ward throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Boggs works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Ward scoring with punches to the head and body.
Ward postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Boggs is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Ward chips away with some ground and pound.

Boggs is rocked!
Ward chips away with some ground and pound.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ward postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Oh Boggs is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ward with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Ward lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Ward scoring with punches to the head and body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kyle Ward dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Ward throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Boggs was covering up waiting for the punch and Ward finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Boggs seems to have got his legs back now.
Ward is in close to Boggs's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Boggs avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Ward is looking to work some ground and pound but Boggs has wrist control.
Ward chips away with some ground and pound.
Ward postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Ward's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Ward has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ward landing some decent shots from guard.
Boggs avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ward is working Boggs over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ward working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Boggs's head.
Ward lands a couple of elbows.
Ward lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Ward postures up and lands a big shot to Boggs's brow.
Ward postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Boggs covers up, he's hurt! Ward keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Ward and the ref steps in to end the fight! Ward can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kyle Ward!