PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Hilton Teimosia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brynden Epicity (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brynden Epicity told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Teimosia
vs
Epicity

174 cm
28
165 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

175 cm
25
163 lbs
13 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Spartan Nutrition

Machiavelli Boutique
Arcticus University: London

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 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hilton Teimosia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Brynden Epicity!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Phil Schofield and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Teimosia tries to clinch but Epicity is having none of it.
Teimosia has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Epicity.
Epicity looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Teimosia throws a head kick that misses.
Epicity keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Teimosia.
Epicity jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Epicity blocks a head kick by Teimosia.
A little jabbing left from Epicity on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Teimosia scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A good leg kick by Teimosia.
Hilton Teimosia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Teimosia throws a head kick but Epicity moves out of range.
Teimosia lands a leg kick that knocks Epicity off balance momentarily.
Epicity misses with an uppercut. Teimosia saw that one coming.
Teimosia seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Teimosia moves forwards but Epicity connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Teimosia lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Teimosia.
Epicity waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Teimosia.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Teimosia walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Epicity pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
An inside leg kick from Epicity misses.
Epicity throws a jab when Teimosia was well out of range.
Teimosia lands a nice shot to the body.
Epicity goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Teimosia lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Epicity wants to land a leg kick but Teimosia is out of range.
Teimosia sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Epicity.
Teimosia tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Epicity was well out of range. Poor timing from Teimosia.
Teimosia avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Epicity lands a nice shot that snaps Teimosia's head back.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head kick misses from Teimosia.
Teimosia lands with an overhand left.

It looks like Brynden Epicity has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Teimosia tries to clinch up
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Epicity lands a slapping body shot.
Teimosia throws a lazy uppercut
and Epicity counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Teimosia throws a lazy uppercut
letting Epicity counter with a right hand.
Epicity looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Epicity misses with a head kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Teimosia crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Epicity - the referee stops the clock and Teimosia gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Epicity. Teimosia manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Epicity bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Teimosia on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Teimosia lands with an uppercut that bounces Epicity off the cage and back into range.
Epicity lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Epicity throws a head kick but Teimosia moves out of range.
Teimosia fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Epicity lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Teimosia throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Teimosia misses with a kick to the body.

Teimosia takes the fight into the clinch.
Epicity tries a body shot but Teimosia blocks it.
Teimosia blocks a body shot from Epicity.
Epicity softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Epicity lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Epicity lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Epicity pushes Teimosia back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Teimosia blocking some punches.
Teimosia lands a body shot.
Teimosia struggles to land a body shot inside as Epicity controls his hands.
Teimosia blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Epicity stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Epicity's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Epicity working aggressively here.
Epicity digs a right hand into Teimosia's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Teimosia's gas tank.
Epicity has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Teimosia seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Epicity can turn it around.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Epicity tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Teimosia tries a body shot but Epicity blocks it.
Epicity working aggressively here.
Epicity scores with a hook to the body.
Teimosia tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Epicity misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Teimosia misses with a body punch.
Teimosia lands with a right to the head.
Teimosia misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nice body punch from Teimosia.
A hook to the body from Teimosia.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Teimosia prevents a body shot from Epicity.
A body shot lands from Epicity.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Epicity misses with an uppercut.
Epicity goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Teimosia thows a leg kick but Epicity checks it
and Epicity cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Epicity goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Epicity.
Teimosia wants to clinch
and Epicity counters with a low kick, right behind Teimosia 's knee.
Brynden Epicity seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Epicity steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Teimosia. That one must have hurt.
Teimosia lands a nice shot to the body.
Epicity misses with a low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Teimosia throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Epicity connects with a good right hand that stumbles Teimosia. Teimosia circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Epicity misses the jab.
Teimosia throws a sloppy head kick and Epicity moves out of range easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Teimosia moves into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Epicity struggles to land a body shot inside as Teimosia controls his hands.
Epicity blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Epicity misses with a hook to the ribs.
Epicity struggles to land a body shot inside as Teimosia controls his hands.
A short right from Teimosia.
Teimosia tries a body shot but Epicity blocks it.
Epicity blocks an uppercut.
Brynden Epicity seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Epicity blocking some punches.
Teimosia misses with the head strike.
Epicity misses with a short punch on the inside.
Teimosia lands a right hand.
Epicity scores with a nice hook to the head.
Teimosia misses with some punches.
Teimosia blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Epicity is working Teimosia over against the cage.
Epicity throws a head punch that misses.
A short right from Epicity on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Epicity tries a body shot but Teimosia blocks it.
Teimosia fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Teimosia has a couple of punches blocked by Epicity.
Epicity is pushing Teimosia up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Teimosia scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Teimosia blocks a body shot from Epicity.
Teimosia lands a right hand.
Epicity working aggressively here.
Epicity lands a shoulder strike.
Epicity lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Teimosia fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Epicity.
Teimosia misses with a hook to the ribs.
Epicity swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A hook to the body from Epicity.
Teimosia struggles to land a body shot inside as Epicity controls his hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Teimosia creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Teimosia doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Teimosia misses with the head strike.
Teimosia lands a hook that snaps the head of Epicity backwards.
Teimosia misses with a short punch on the inside.
Teimosia blocks an uppercut.
Teimosia has a couple of punches blocked by Epicity.
A short right from Epicity on the inside.

Epicity breaks from the clinch.
Teimosia lands with a thumping leg kick.
Teimosia misses with a series of wild punches.
Teimosia slips a jab from Epicity.
Teimosia connects with a high kick.
Epicity connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A cross from Teimosia lands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Epicity throws a quick inside leg kick.
Teimosia throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Epicity thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Teimosia if he has to take too many more of those.
Teimosia takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Epicity swats away the attempt to clinch by Teimosia.
Epicity lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Epicity ducks under a wild hook from Teimosia.
Epicity misses with a kick to the body
and Teimosia counters with a nice uppercut.
Epicity checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Epicity thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Teimosia if he has to take too many more of those.
Epicity throws a body punch but Teimosia moves out of range.
Epicity throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Epicity misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Epicity lands a nice hook to Teimosia's body. Teimosia takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Brynden Epicity will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Brynden Epicity's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Teimosia moves in looking to clinch but Epicity pushes him off.
Epicity throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Teimosia makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Epicity takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Teimosia is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Epicity is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Teimosia.
Teimosia takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Teimosia moves away from the strike by Epicity.
A head kick misses from Teimosia.
Epicity connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Epicity throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Epicity avoids the head kick by Teimosia.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Epicity tries a head kick but it misses.
Teimosia is looking to counter the offense by Epicity and move into the clinch.
Teimosia throws a chopping leg kick but Epicity manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Teimosia pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Teimosia throws a leg kick but Epicity moved away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Epicity throws a sloppy head kick and Teimosia moves out of range easily.
Teimosia misses with an uppercut
and Epicity counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Teimosia is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Epicity scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Teimosia looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Teimosia keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Teimosia tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Epicity manages to circle out of the way.
Teimosia will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Teimosia scores with a body shot.
Epicity stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Teimosia.
Epicity lands a jab to the head.
Teimosia uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Epicity.
Teimosia sizes up Epicity with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Teimosia lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Teimosia jabs Epicity right on the nose. Epicity blinks but takes it well.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Epicity swings for the body but Teimosia moves out of range.
Hilton Teimosia has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Epicity takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Teimosia avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Epicity throws the kick towards the body but Teimosia avoids it.
Teimosia throws a hook but Epicity avoids it easily.
Epicity swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Epicity tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Teimosia was well out of range. Poor timing from Epicity.
Teimosia steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Epicity.
Epicity throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Teimosia throws the left hand but Epicity avoids the punch easily.
Epicity swats away the attempt to clinch by Teimosia.
Teimosia cracks Epicity with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Teimosia staying out of range there.
Teimosia is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Epicity.
Teimosia misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Teimosia throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Teimosia is looking to slow Epicity down with leg kicks.
Teimosia misses with the body kick
and Epicity counters with a straight right hand.
Epicity throws a front kick that sends Teimosia stumbling back into the cage.
Teimosia will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Epicity fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Teimosia manages to avoid it.
Teimosia avoids the head kick by Epicity.
Epicity moves out of range of the leg kick from Teimosia.
Teimosia misses with a right hand
and Epicity counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Teimosia lands an overhand right.
Teimosia with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Epicity to score with a decent uppercut.
Teimosia thumps Epicity with a low kick.
Teimosia feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Epicitys jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Teimosia is looking to slow Epicity down with leg kicks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Epicity tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Teimosia was well out of range. Poor timing from Epicity.
Epicity ducks under a wild hook from Teimosia.
Teimosia throws a push kick but Epicity slaps the foot to one side.
Epicity misses with a looping right.

Teimosia closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Epicity lands a right hand that snaps the head of Teimosia backwards.
Brynden Epicity is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Epicity stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Nice body punch from Epicity - that landed with a thud.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Teimosia misses with a hook to the ribs.
Teimosia tries a body shot but Epicity blocks it.
Epicity throws a head punch that misses.
Teimosia prevents a body shot from Epicity.
Teimosia lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Epicity backwards.
Epicity has a couple of punches blocked by Teimosia.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Teimosia.
Teimosia misses with a punch on the inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Hilton Teimosia.
Well Epicity has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Sam Margolis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Brynden Epicity!
After winning the bout, Brynden Epicity thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.