PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sergio Aguilar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mingi Tyyp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Aguilar
vs
Tyyp

180 cm
23
193 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

190 cm
24
185 lbs
7 - 7 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
World class MT
Granite chin

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 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Sergio Aguilar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mingi Tyyp!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Micheangelo Fripello and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tyyp drops his hands momentarily and Aguilar takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Aguilar throws out a loose jab but Tyyp uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tyyp has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Aguilar rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Tyyp counters with a nice kick to the body.

Aguilar 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.
Tyyp prevents Aguilar from moving into mount.
Aguilar is looking to take a break and control but Tyyp is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Aguilar misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Aguilar looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Tyyp is avoiding damage well.
Aguilar advances nicely into full mount.

Aguilar working for a guillotine from mount but Tyyp is in no mood to give up.
Tyyp keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Aguilar 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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aguilar looking to ground and pound but Tyyp is blocking nicely.
Tyyp wants to hold on but Aguilar pushes him away.

Aguilar working for a submission but Tyyp is keeping him at bay.
Aguilar thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Tyyp is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Aguilar with shots to the head and body - Tyyp looks very uncomfortable down there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Aguilar has hold of Tyyp's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Tyyp manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.

Aguilar jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Tyyp manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Aguilar misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Tyyp defending against the ground and pound.
Aguilar tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Aguilar advances nicely into full mount.
Tyyp wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Aguilar.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyyp working to try and regain half guard.
Aguilar throwing strikes here but Tyyp is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Aguilar throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.

Aguilar is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Tyyp to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Tyyp shrugs it off.

Aguilar wants to finish this one by submission but Tyyp is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Aguilar.
Tyyp avoids a series of strikes thrown by Aguilar.
Aguilar misses with a head shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aguilar thowing shots but they're missing.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Tyyp can do anything to dispel that myth.
Tyyp is in a horrible position here. Aguilar smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Aguilar looking to finish with strikes here!
Tyyp blocking the ground and pound.
Tyyp is trying desperately to improve position.
Aguilar throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Aguilar misses with a head shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tyyp is bucking up trying to escape but Aguilar cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sergio Aguilar dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Aguilar throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The fighters circling - Aguilar throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tyyp scores with a head kick.
Sergio Aguilar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Aguilar throws a jab when Tyyp was well out of range.
Aguilar is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tyyp can do to turn this around?
Tyyp takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
The fighters circling - Aguilar throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Aguilar lands a lovely overhand right.
Aguilar misses with a left hand
and Tyyp counters with a nice body kick.
Aguilar throws a hook but Tyyp avoids it easily.
Nice defenses there by Tyyp.
Tyyp throws a head kick but Aguilar moves out of range.
Tyyp uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Aguilar.
Aguilar throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aguilar scores with a shot to the body.
Tyyp tries to land a front kick but Aguilar steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Tyyp uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Aguilar.
Aguilar misses with a wild body shot.
Tyyp moves out of range of the strikes.
Mingi Tyyp is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tyyp misses with a low kick.
A slow jab from Aguilar misses its intended target.
Sloppy strikes from Aguilar. Those never looked like landing.
Nice jab there from Aguilar.
Tyyp takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Aguilar misses with a straight left.
Tyyp lands with a kick to the temple. Aguilar shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Aguilar manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Tyyp on his heels. He'll look to pass Tyyp's guard now, I'm sure.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Aguilar wants to control from the top but Tyyp keeps moving.
Tyyp working a defensive guard here.
Aguilar passes easily into side control. Nice work.

Aguilar thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Tyyp tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aguilar cracks Tyyp with a big elbow.
Aguilar working the ground and pound but Tyyp is defending the strikes.

Aguilar is trying to get an arm triangle but Tyyp is defending well.

Aguilar tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Aguilar throws an elbow but Tyyp slips to the side and avoids it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Aguilar is trying to get an arm triangle but Tyyp is defending well.
Aguilar fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Aguilar works to advance to full mount. Tyyp defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Sergio Aguilar overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Tyyp gets back to half guard.

Aguilar is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Tyyp doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Aguilar.
Aguilar is looking to advance position but Tyyp won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sergio Aguilar dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Tyyp misses with a two punch combination.
Aguilar dives in and grabs Tyyp's left leg, looking for a takedown. Tyyp pushes down on Aguilar's head and hops out.
Aguilar closes this distance looking for a takedown but Tyyp circles away.
A nice leg kick lands there from Tyyp.
Aguilar swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tyyp misses with the combination.
Aguilar throws a big shot that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aguilar moves out of range of the body kick from Tyyp.
Nice defenses there by Tyyp.
Tyyp tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Aguilar paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyyp moves out of range as Aguilar strikes.
Tyyp keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Aguilar.
Aguilar misses with a body shot.
Aguilar looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Tyyp misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Aguilar shoots in for a takedown but Tyyp shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sergio Aguilar. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tyyp throws a head kick that misses.
A swing and a miss from Aguilar.
Aguilar swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Tyyp makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Tyyp misses with a head kick.
Tyyp throws a body kick, spinning off balance

so Aguilar counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Tyyp not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Tyyp throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aguilar postures up in Tyyp's guard and throws a big left but Tyyp blocks it.
Aguilar postures up in Tyyp's guard and throws a big left but Tyyp blocks it.
Tyyp is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Aguilar stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Tyyp swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Tyyp is trying to control the position but Aguilar postures up.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Aguilar missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Nice takedown defense from Tyyp. No joy for Aguilar on that attempt.
Aguilar closes this distance looking for a takedown but Tyyp circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aguilar scores with a shot to the body.
Jab from Aguilar.
Tyyp swinging wildly here.
Tyyp doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A jab from Aguilar misses.
Aguilar swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tyyp uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Aguilar.

Aguilar closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Tyyp did well to prevent Aguilar getting side control.
Tyyp avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Aguilar.
Aguilar not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aguilar sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Tyyp defending well though.
Aguilar looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

Aguilar is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Tyyp is just riding it out for now. Aguilar eventually gives up the hold.
Sergio Aguilar is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Aguilar is looking to take a break and control but Tyyp is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sergio Aguilar showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Aguilar has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 30:26
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 30:26
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sergio Aguilar!
A very excited looking Sergio Aguilar rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.