PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Julian Mccormick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyberius Furiusz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Mccormick
vs
Furiusz

190 cm
25
162 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

178 cm
25
156 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Julian Mccormick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tyberius Furiusz!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Illya Tyunina and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Furiusz swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Furiusz swinging wildly here.
Mccormick thinks about countering with a body kick.
Tyberius Furiusz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Furiusz clinches with his opponent.

Furiusz breaks from the clinch.
Furiusz tries to clinch there but Mccormick circles away.

Mccormick moves into range and clinches up with Furiusz.

Mccormick manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mccormick wants to sweep but no luck.

Mccormick is looking for a triangle but Furiusz pushes his legs off easily.
Mccormick looking to hit a scissor sweep but Furiusz is one step ahead there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mccormick trying to keep a closed guard but Furiusz is proving a slippery customer.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Mccormick is on top in guard.

Mccormick controlling from the top position.
Furiusz keeping moving, preventing Mccormick from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Mccormick is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Mccormick trying to control the position from guard on top but Furiusz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Mccormick stands up and waves to Furiusz to follow him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Furiusz.
Furiusz throws a series of punches but Mccormick moves out of range.

Furiusz tries to keep at a distance but Mccormick has taken the fight into the clinch.
Mccormick has Furiusz pressed against the cage, preventing Furiusz from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Furiusz creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Mccormick's defenses.

It looks like Julian Mccormick has been cut.
Furiusz is looking to break free of the clinch but Mccormick has double underhooks.
Furiusz wants to break the clinch but can't.
Mccormick is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Nice elbow from Furiusz.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mccormick is trying to pull guard but Furiusz has him pressed against the cage.
Mccormick fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Julian Mccormick. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mccormick tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Furiusz just stands there and leans against the cage.

Furiusz breaks the clinch.
Furiusz wants to slow Mccormick down by chopping away at his legs.
Furiusz doesn't manage to clinch there - Mccormick circles away.
Mccormick takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Furiusz scores with a kick to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Mccormick has taken the fight to the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Furiusz creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Furiusz blocking some punches.
Mccormick fails to pull guard.
Furiusz pushes off an throws an elbow but Mccormick 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.

Tyberius Furiusz dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Julian Mccormick's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Mccormick blocks a leg kick.
Mccormick really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Furiusz fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
It appears Mccormick was looking to counter with a kick there.
Furiusz will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Furiusz wants to clinch.
Mccormick is looking to counter with a body kick.
Furiusz fakes the leg kick and cracks Mccormick in the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Furiusz scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Furiusz buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Furiusz has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mccormick shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Furiusz as he jumps to the side.
Furiusz throws a hook to the side of Mccormick's head but Mccormick sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Furiusz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mccormick gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Furiusz.
Tyberius Furiusz seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Furiusz lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Mccormick at a distance.
Furiusz misses with a combination
and Mccormick counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Furiusz is looking to clinch but Mccormick is avoiding it.
As Furiusz tries to get set, Mccormick tries to push him back and clinch up but Furiusz manages to avoid the attempt.
Mccormick shoots in for a takedown but Furiusz shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Furiusz cracks Mccormick with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Furiusz lands a nice looking body shot.
Mccormick avoids the head kick by Furiusz.
Mccormick throws a big counter combination but Furiusz scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Furiusz is looking to clinch.

Furiusz gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Furiusz keeping moving, preventing Mccormick from controlling successfully.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Mccormick drops back looking for a leg! Furiusz is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Furiusz manages to kick Mccormick off! Mccormick jumps back into Furiusz's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Mccormick is stalling in the full guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

Furiusz wriggles free and stands up.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Furiusz lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyberius Furiusz showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Julian Mccormick's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Mccormick shoots in for a double leg but Furiusz sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Furiusz moves to clinch but Mccormick breaks away
and Mccormick counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Furiusz goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
A punch combination from Furiusz misses.
Furiusz throws a head kick but Mccormick moves out of range.

Furiusz clinches up against the cage.

Furiusz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mccormick moves in looking to clinch but Furiusz pushes him off.
Mccormick stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Furiusz.
The fight stays on the outside here - Furiusz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Mccormick rushes Furiusz and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Furiusz is trying to force a seperation but Mccormick has the dominant position.
Mccormick prevents Furiusz from breaking the clinch.
Furiusz creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Mccormick's defenses.
Mccormick is trying to pull guard but Furiusz has him pressed against the cage.
Furiusz wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mccormick has him pressed against the cage.
Furiusz wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mccormick has him pressed against the cage.
Mccormick is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Furiusz gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Julian Mccormick. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Furiusz lands a damaging elbow.
A frustrated look appears on Furiusz's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Mccormick avoids the elbow strike from Furiusz, against the cage.
Furiusz prevents a takedown attempt there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mccormick is trying to pull guard but Furiusz turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Mccormick is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Furiusz pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Mccormick has Furiusz pressed against the cage, preventing Furiusz from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Furiusz has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Mccormick seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Furiusz can turn it around.
Furiusz working hard to break the clinch.

Furiusz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Furiusz tries to close the distance and clinch but Mccormick swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Furiusz throws a head kick that misses

and Mccormick moves into the clinch.
Furiusz takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Mccormick blocks an elbow strike from Furiusz.
Furiusz wants to break the clinch but can't.

Furiusz breaks the clinch.
Furiusz swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Mccormick counters with a three punch combo that has Furiusz backing up. Furiusz nods at Mccormick to acknowledge the strikes.
Furiusz throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Furiusz tries a low kick but Mccormick avoids it.
Mccormick throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Furiusz's waist but Furiusz gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Mccormick off to one side.
Furiusz throws a leg kick but Mccormick sees it coming and moves out of range.
Furiusz chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Furiusz tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Mccormick counters with a series of strikes. Furiusz will be more careful next time no doubt.
Furiusz throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Furiusz moves into range and clinches up with Mccormick.
Mccormick blocks the elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mccormick fails to pull guard.
Furiusz is trying to break the clinch but Mccormick is controlling him.
Furiusz wants to break the clinch but can't.
Mccormick has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Furiusz is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

Furiusz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Furiusz goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Tyberius Furiusz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Furiusz feints a jab promting Mccormick to slip. Furiusz then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Mccormick slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mccormick fails with a takedown attempt.
Furiusz lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Furiusz lands a high kick!

And that's the end of the fight!
Tyberius Furiusz comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Furiusz winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 27:30
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 27:30
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tyberius Furiusz!