PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Brennan Tierney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Price (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Tierney
vs
Price

178 cm
24
170 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

178 cm
27
182 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Prefers standup

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Brennan Tierney!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Daniel Price!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Price ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tierney moves away.
Tierney throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tierney lands the left hand.
Tierney ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Price moves away.
Tierney with a nice cross.
Tierney bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Price's head backwards.
Tierney shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Price defends it nicely.
Tierney gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Price.
Tierney uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Price.
Tierney is looking to clinch.
Tierney throws a body shot but no joy.
Tierney lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Price staying out of range there.
Price avoids the head kick by Tierney.
Tierney lands with a hook. Price tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tierney pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Price fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Tierney fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Price has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A right-left combo lands from Tierney.
Price pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Brennan Tierney seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tierney looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Price throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tierney.
Tierney with a lazy takedown attempt
and Price counters with a two punch combo.
Daniel Price is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tierney throws a hook but Price avoids it easily.
We've been told by Tierney's head coaches at Cylon Training Academy that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Tierney connects with a body shot that sends Price's belly button to the back.
Tierney throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Price takes one to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Price cracks Tierney with a right hand to the side of the head.
Sloppy strikes from Price. Those never looked like landing.
Price throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Price takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Tierney will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Tierney is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Tierney feints a jab promting Price to slip. Tierney then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Price slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Tierney throws a hook to the side of Price's head but Price sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tierney smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Price takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Tierney throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Price on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

Price is rocked!
Price slips a jab from Tierney.
Price is still on wobbly legs! Can Tierney finish him?
Nice takedown defense from Price. No joy for Tierney on that attempt.
Price seems to have recovered his senses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brennan Tierney. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Price has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Tierney.
Tierney gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Price.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tierney looks to land a combination but Price avoids it well.
Tierney throws a right and a left that Price avoids nicely.
Tierney throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Price throws a hook to the side of Tierney's head but Tierney sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A jab from Tierney misses.
Price just misses with a punch to the body.
Tierney rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Price connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tierney is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Price scores with a shot to the body.
Tierney bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Price's head.
Price looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Price lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Tierney backs up against the cage.
Tierney thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tierney throws a shot from downtown. Price moves away and avoids it.
Price slaps away a takedown attempt from Tierney, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Tierney misses with a straight right.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Price takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Price stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Price wants it to stay on the feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Tierney moves into the clinch.
Tierney is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Price pulls him back up using the underhooks.

Price breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tierney misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Price.
Price slips a jab from Tierney.
Tierney looks to land a left hand but Price moved out of range nicely.
Price connects with a good right hand that stumbles Tierney. Tierney circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tierney punishes Price's body with a nice straight punch.
Tierney keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Price.
Price stuffs the takedown attempt from Tierney. Tierney gets slowly back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brennan Tierney dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Price throws a looping overhand right but Tierney ducks down to avoid it.
Price lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Price keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tierney.
Price throws a nice looking combination but Tierney bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Brennan Tierney is winning the standup battle so far.
Price slips a jab and a cross from Tierney.
Price looks to score with a jab to the body but Tierney is just out of range.
Price uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Tierney attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Tierney throws a front kick aimed at Price's knee but Price avoids it well.
Tierney tests Price's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Tierney throws a body shot but no joy.
Tierney tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Price is able to avoid easily.
Tierney goes for a double leg but Price avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Price continues to drive forward.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Price breaks the clinch.
Price slips a straight right by Tierney.
Tierney throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Tierney throws a leg kick but Price sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Tierney getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Tierney slips a jab and a cross from Price.
Nice body punch from Tierney.
Tierney fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Price looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Price defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Tierney.
Tierney cracks Price with a good jab.
Price keeps the fight on the outside.
Tierney throws a right and a left that Price avoids nicely.
Tierney looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tierney misses with a looping left.
Price lands a nice looking body shot.
Tierney checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Price throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Price works Tierney's body with a nice hook.
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!
Price takes a jab right on the kisser.
Tierney just misses with a punch to the body.
Tierney lands a glancing blow to the side of Price's head.
Tierney shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Tierney is defended easily by Price.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brennan Tierney. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tierney moves out of range of the body kick from Price.
Price shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Tierney eats them both and turns towards Price to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tierney throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tierney looks to land a left hand but Price moved out of range nicely.
Tierney misses with a body shot
and Price counters with a right hand to the body.
Tierney lands with a good body shot.
Tierney wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Jab, jab by Tierney - just one landing.
Tierney is looking to clinch.
Price defending well as Tierney loads up on a big left hand.
Price takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Price tries to bum rush Tierney with a series of wild strikes but Tierney uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Price takes a swing at Tierney's ribcage but misses.
Tierney is looking to clinch but Price is avoiding it.
Price scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Price takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Tierney shoots and misses
and Price counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Price connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Daniel Price is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Price displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tierney throws out the jab.
Tierney lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Price at a distance.
Price throws a jab when Tierney was well out of range.
Price misses with a wild combination.

Tierney scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Price is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tierney works his foot free and advances to mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brennan Tierney dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Tierney shoots in but no luck this time.
Tierney throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Price looks to land a right hand but Tierney moved out of range.
Price throws a body shot but no joy.
Tierney throws a leg kick but Price sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Tierney dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Price. That did some damage!

Tierney forces Price back against the cage and clinches.
Tierney's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Price escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nice defenses there by Price.
Tierney shoots and misses
and Price counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Tierney thinking.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tierney misses with a wild body shot.
Nice takedown defense from Price. No joy for Tierney on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brennan Tierney. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
An inside leg kick from Price misses.
Tierney uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Price.
Tierney lands with a hook. Price tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Nice uppercut lands for Tierney. That snapped Price's head back.
Tierney bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Jab by Price.
Price has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Price misses with the combination.
Price ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tierney moves away.
A big left from Tierney misses.
Price throws a hook but Tierney avoids it easily.
Price fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tierney manages to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tierney looks to land a right hand but Price moved out of range.
Price moves out of range of the leg kick from Tierney.
Tierney uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Price.
Tierney throws a head kick but Price moves out of range.
Tierney swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Tierney throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Tierney throws a hook but Price blocks it.
Price changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tierney misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Price.
Price lands with a nice combination. Tierney backs away looking to recover.
Nice jab there from Tierney.
Tierney throws a solid leg kick but Price takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Tierney.
Tierney pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Daniel Price has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Price dodges the punch combination from Tierney.
Price is looking to chop away at Tierney's legs.
Price takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Jab, jab by Price - just one landing.
Tierney tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Price is able to avoid easily.
Price swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tierney slips a jab and a cross from Price.
Price swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tierney fails with the takedown.
Price takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Tierney cracks Price with a right hand to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tierney throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Price is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Tierney rather than just go for the knockout.
Price looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Price misses with a body punch
and Tierney counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Tierney digs a good hook to Price's body.
Price moves out of range as Tierney throws a body kick.
Tierney keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tierney lands a head shot.
Tierney looks to throw the jab but Price is out of range.
Tierney scores with a hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Price walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
A chopping leg kick lands by Tierney.
Tierney ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Price moves away.
Brennan Tierney is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Tierney throws the kick towards the body but Price avoids it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Brennan Tierney showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Tierney, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brennan Tierney!
Brennan Tierney tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.