PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tyson Drone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tonothan Kuhula (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Drone comes to the cage accompanied by t.i and ludacris-wish you would. Kuhula has chosen Native Drums from the South Pacific as his entrance music. Tyson Drone has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Drone
vs
Kuhula

225 cm
41
262 lbs
37 - 31 - 1

212 cm
36
280 lbs
17 - 13 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

V-Mask Clothing (10%)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 37 - 31 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tyson Drone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tonothan Kuhula!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slow jab from Kuhula misses its intended target.
Kuhula swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Drone slips a straight right by Kuhula.
Kuhula throws a right and a left that Drone avoids nicely.
Drone tries to counter with a takedown but Kuhula is quick to defend against it.
Kuhula misses with a combination

and Drone counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

Drone is working for a submission of some sort.
Drone will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

Kuhula kicks Drone off and gets back to his feet.
Drone has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Kuhula finds it's way round the side to connect with Drone's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuhula throws a left and a right that both miss

and Drone counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Kuhula wants to get back to striking at distance but Drone won't allow it.
Drone lands a hook that snaps the head of Kuhula backwards.

Drone breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kuhula throws a poor cross that misses
and Drone counters with a three punch combo that has Kuhula backing up. Kuhula nods at Drone to acknowledge the strikes.
Kuhula lands with a right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kuhula. Drone does a little dance to reset his feet.
Drone lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Drone slips under a jab from Kuhula.
It looked like Drone wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Kuhula lands a nice shot that snaps Drone's head back.
Kuhula throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Drone gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Kuhula to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Drone 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 two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kuhula missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Kuhula avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Kuhula wants to control from the top but Drone keeps moving.

Drone working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Kuhula doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Drone is tightening it up a little... Kuhula has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Kuhula reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Kuhula taps out! Nice BJJ there by Drone!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Tyson Drone!
After the fight, Tyson Drone was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.