PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chad Tyrell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Danny Ciprianni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tyrell comes to the cage accompanied by ThunderStruck. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Tyrell
vs
Ciprianni

193 cm
29
217 lbs
19 - 5 - 0

191 cm
28
213 lbs
13 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Bullet Proof System
Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Chad Tyrell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, Danny Ciprianni!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ciprianni throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ciprianni misses with an uppercut.
Chad Tyrell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ciprianni displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tyrell throws out the jab.
A nice side step and Ciprianni releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Tyrell uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ciprianni.

Tyrell drives through and clinches with Ciprianni against the cage.
Tyrell stalling against the cage.
Ciprianni working aggressively here.
Ciprianni working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ciprianni softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Tyrell manages to break the clinch.
Tyrell lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Tyrell throws a leg kick
and Ciprianni counters with a straight right hand.
Tyrell slips under a jab from Ciprianni.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyrell connects with a body shot.
Tyrell looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Tyrell 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.
Ciprianni throws out a loose jab but Tyrell uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ciprianni sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
The crowd cheers as Tyrell lands an impressive looking overhand right. Ciprianni doesn't seem phased though.
Tyrell lands a nice looking kick to the body. Ciprianni takes a step back to recover.
Good work by Ciprianni as he checks the leg kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Tyrell.
Tyrell dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tyrell buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tyrell tries a head kick but it misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ciprianni avoids the head kick by Tyrell.
Ciprianni tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Tyrell thuds a left hand into Ciprianni's body.
Tyrell misses with a wild body shot.
Chad Tyrell is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ciprianni thuds his right hand into Tyrell's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Tyrell blocks a low kick nicely.
Tyrell fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Ciprianni has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Tyrell tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tyrell throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyrell throws out a leg kick but Ciprianni moves out of range and Tyrell only half commits.
A head kick misses from Tyrell.
Tyrell slips a jab from Ciprianni.
Tyrell misses with a head kick.
Tyrell throws a lazy uppercut
and Ciprianni counters with a low kick, right behind Tyrell 's knee.
Ciprianni blocks a jab.
Tyrell on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Tyrell throws a wild body kick that Ciprianni sees coming a mile off.
As Tyrell backs off Ciprianni throws a huge counter combo but Tyrell manages to avoid it all.
A leg kick checked by Ciprianni.
Tyrell moves to clinch but Ciprianni breaks away
and Ciprianni counters with a lovely shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ciprianni misses with a hook
enabling Tyrell to counter with a crisp jab.
Tyrell lands a head kick!
Tyrell swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Ciprianni counters with a two punch combo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ciprianni turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Tyrell pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ciprianni tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Tyrell misses with a body shot.
Ciprianni throws a series of punches but Tyrell moves out of range.
Tyrell tried to score with a low kick but Ciprianni checks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chad Tyrell dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Tyrell tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Ciprianni is able to avoid easily.
Tyrell takes one to the chin there.
Ciprianni staying out of range there.
Tyrell digs a good body shot into Ciprianni's ribs.
Tyrell gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Ciprianni counters with a straight right hand.
Tyrell keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ciprianni.
Good leg kick by Ciprianni there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ciprianni avoids a kick to the body.
Tyrell checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Ciprianni blocks the body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ciprianni keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tyrell moves out of range of the strikes.
Ciprianni throws a low kick but it's checked well by Tyrell.
Ciprianni checks a low kick from Tyrell.
Ciprianni tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Tyrell tries to close the distance and clinch but Ciprianni swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ciprianni looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Ciprianni tries to work over Tyrell's front leg with a kick but Tyrell checks it.
Ciprianni turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Tyrell looks to throw the jab but Ciprianni is out of range.
Ciprianni swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Tyrell throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Ciprianni throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tyrell is looking to land body kicks.
Tyrell connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Tyrell cracks Ciprianni with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Ciprianni avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ciprianni avoids the head kick by Tyrell.
Despite the aggression on Ciprianni's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Tyrell misses with an uppercut
and Ciprianni counters with a nice uppercut.
Ciprianni loads up on a big right hand but Tyrell slips the punch.
Tyrell tries to land a leg kick but Ciprianni saw it coming and moves away.
Ciprianni now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Tyrell waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ciprianni.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyrell pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Ciprianni 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.
Tyrell uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ciprianni.
Tyrell appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Tyrell lands a head kick. Ciprianni smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

Ciprianni clinches with his opponent.
Good body shot from Tyrell.
Ciprianni blocks a body shot from Tyrell.
Ciprianni fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tyrell lands a nice uppercut.
Tyrell tries to pull guard but Ciprianni forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Tyrell lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ciprianni backwards.
Tyrell wants to stall.
Ciprianni misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Ciprianni.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tyrell.
Tyrell lands with a right to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tyrell misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ciprianni misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tyrell struggles to land a body shot inside as Ciprianni controls his hands.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Tyrell struggles to land a body shot inside as Ciprianni controls his hands.
Nice body punch from Ciprianni.
Tyrell misses with some punches.
Ciprianni lands with a light punch inside.
A short right from Ciprianni on the inside.
Danny Ciprianni seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Ciprianni can't find room to land a body shot as Tyrell controls the action.
A short uppercut from Ciprianni.
Ciprianni lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ciprianni is trying to maintain a safe position but Tyrell gets an underhook and turns Ciprianni into the cage.
Ciprianni throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Ciprianni managing to block the knees to the body from Tyrell.
Ciprianni lands a hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Danny Ciprianni will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Tyrell is looking to land body kicks.
Ciprianni tries a quick counter leg kick but Tyrell is wise to it.
Ciprianni throws a big shot that misses.
Tyrell throws a half hearted mid kick.
Ciprianni avoids the head kick by Tyrell.
Tyrell on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Tyrell misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Ciprianni counters with a nice uppercut.
Tyrell just misses with a punch to the body.
A countering left hand to the body from Ciprianni misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tyrell pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ciprianni feints the counter takedown.
Tyrell throws a shot from downtown. Ciprianni moves away and avoids it.
Ciprianni looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

Ciprianni lands a big head kick that sends Tyrell tumbling to the mat! Ciprianni takes a step backwards and waves Tyrell back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Tyrell is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyrell misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Ciprianni counters with a leg kick.
Oh Tyrell is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tyrell throws a leg kick

and Ciprianni counters with a HUGE slam that knocks Tyrell out cold!!! When he eventually wakes up, that one's gunna hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:11 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Slam). Danny Ciprianni!
A very excited looking Danny Ciprianni made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.