PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Denz Curry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Psycho Russell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Curry might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to WIld Thing. Russell has chosen Encore Jay z and Lincoln Park as his entrance music. Psycho Russell has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Curry
vs
Russell

190 cm
25
185 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

183 cm
23
195 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
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 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Denz Curry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Psycho Russell!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Johanna Lukiainen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Curry bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Danga de danga de dang - Curry scores with a four punch combination!

It looks like Psycho Russell has been cut.
Curry cracks a nice hook into Russell's ribs.
Russell avoids a punch combination nicely.
Russell throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Curry tries to clinch but Russell moves out of range.
Curry misses with a double jab
and Russell counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Psycho Russell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Russell tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Russell throws an overhand right that lands on Curry's shoulder, as Curry tries to avoid the shot.
Curry is looking for a counter combo.
A thudding body kick lands there by Russell!
Russell swats away the attempt to clinch by Curry.
Curry tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Russell paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Russell throws out a counter right but Curry avoids it with no problem.
Curry throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A telegraphed right hand from Russell misses the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Russell fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Curry manages to avoid it.
Curry blocks a leg kick.
Curry appears to be looking for a big counter.
Curry looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Curry moves in looking to clinch but Russell pushes him off.

Curry moves into the clinch.

Russell lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Russell trying to control the pace.
Russell stops Curry from getting back to his feet.

Russell seems to be looking for submissions.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Curry pushes Russell off looking to stand but Russell dives back in and keeps control.
Russell wants to stand but his hand is trapped. Curry uses the opportunity to regain full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Russell is in close to Curry's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Russell throwing strikes but missing.
Russell throws an elbow that misses. Curry uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Russell's guard. Nice move by Curry!

Russell looking to control but Curry passes into half guard.
Russell wants to improve his position but Curry is controlling well.
Russell is positioning himself well to prevent Curry advancing to mount.
Russell is looking to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Russell tries to kick Curry off in order to stand up. Curry Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
Russell tries to escape but Curry is in control.
Russell struggling a bit here.
Russell has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Russell tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.
Curry is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Russell is trying to get back to his feet but Curry has full control of the position and if anything, Russell has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Russell trying to control the position but Curry manages to sink in the hooks.
Russell trying to get back to his feet but Curry is in full control for now.
Russell looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Russell trying to get back to his feet but Curry is in full control for now.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Russell turns into Curry and is now in his guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Denz Curry will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Psycho Russell's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Russell scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Curry doesn't manage to clinch there - Russell circles away.
Russell swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Curry doesn't manage to clinch there - Russell circles away.
And Russell responds with a good body kick, but Curry manages to step out the way in time.
Curry throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Russell.
Russell cracks Curry on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Curry falls backwards against the cage. Russell follows up with more strikes that drop Curry to his knees. Russell keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Curry! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Psycho Russell!
Psycho Russell decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
Denz Curry spoke after the fight, saying 'He's a good fighter, I need to go back to the gym and work on some things. My fans can expect a win next time!'.