PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brutus Landry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bobby TupperIII (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Landry
vs
TupperIII

182 cm
45
218 lbs
27 - 23 - 0

200 cm
47
215 lbs
38 - 41 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 27 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Brutus Landry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 38 - 41 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Bobby TupperIII!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shirou Masuda and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Landry tries to work over TupperIII's front leg with a kick but TupperIII checks it.
Landry looking to land some kicks to the body here.
TupperIII shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Landry sprawls well. Landry wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. TupperIII gets slowly back to his feet.
TupperIII looks for a takedown but Landry sprawls well.
TupperIII on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Landry. Landry obviously looking to wear him down.
TupperIII throws a low kick, looking for Landry's leg but Landry calmly moves out of range.
TupperIII misses with a head kick.
Bobby TupperIII seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
TupperIII fails with the takedown.
A little feinted left hand from Landry on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Brutus Landry has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bobby TupperIII.

TupperIII looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

TupperIII drops back looking for a leg! Landry is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Landry manages to kick TupperIII off! TupperIII jumps back into Landry's guard.
TupperIII works a leg free and moves into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

TupperIII is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

TupperIII is working for a kimura but Landry is defending it quite comfortably.

TupperIII seems to be looking for submissions.

TupperIII looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Landry looks like he's trying to stand up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

TupperIII is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Landry defends it well.

TupperIII is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Landry tries to get to full guard but TupperIII has control of the leg.

TupperIII seems to be looking for submissions.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
TupperIII seems to be working for a kimura but Landry defends the submission attempt.

Landry is defending against the submission attempts here by TupperIII.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Landry is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of TupperIII's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take TupperIII's back!
Landry doesn't have the hooks in and TupperIII manages to turn into his guard.
TupperIII pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Landry is keeping the position for now.

TupperIII drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Landry manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now TupperIII has Landry in his guard.

Landry controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Landry wants to stand but TupperIII is controlling his posture from full guard.
Landry knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for TupperIII on the ground.

TupperIII is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Landry landing with the ground and pound.
TupperIII wants to sweep here but Landry controlling him for the moment.
Landry stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. TupperIII swivels though and keeps the full guard.

TupperIII has his feet on Landry's thighs here. He's pushed Landry off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Landry screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Bobby TupperIII!
Bobby TupperIII took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Museum of Monsters & Madmen for their support in the buildup to the fight.