PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dennis Boyd (ranked 24238 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sun Tzu (ranked 8381 p4p, 639 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Boyd
vs
Tzu

162 cm
19
193 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

187 cm
18
190 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dennis Boyd!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sun Tzu!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tzu keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Tzu is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Tzu keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Boyd closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Boyd really is a fat lump.

Boyd escapes and gets back to his feet.
Tzu fails with the takedown
and Boyd counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Boyd defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Tzu.

Tzu clinches up against the cage.
Boyd can't break the clinch.
Boyd tries to circle away but Tzu has him pinned against the cage.
Tzu blocks the elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boyd has had enough of the clinch but Tzu keeps him there for the moment.
Tzu has Boyd pressed against the cage, preventing Boyd from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Boyd looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Tzu stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Boyd.

Tzu pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Boyd looks to land a combination but Tzu avoids it well.
Tzu unleashes a big counter combination but Boyd bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Boyd gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Tzu counters with a three punch combo that has Boyd backing up. Boyd nods at Tzu to acknowledge the strikes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dennis Boyd. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Tzu shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Boyd napping and manages to drive through into side control!

Tzu thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

Tzu decides to stand back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Tzu instigates a clinch.
Boyd prevents a body shot from Tzu.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Boyd is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Boyd softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Tzu pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Tzu moves into range and clinches up with Boyd.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Tzu takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

Boyd breaks the clinch.

Tzu lands a left and a right that send Boyd crashing to the mat, dazed. Tzu thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Boyd is rocked!

It looks like Dennis Boyd has been cut.
Tzu keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Oh Boyd is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Tzu closes the distance looking for a takedown. Tzu picks Boyd up and slams him brutally to the floor. Boyd is out! He's out cold! Wow, you don't see a finish like that every day!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Slam). Sun Tzu!