PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Darry Curtis (ranked 1740 p4p, 2916 weight class) and Cyber Bully (ranked 205 p4p, 310 weight class). Cyber Bully has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Curtis
vs
Bully

177 cm
33
161
19 - 10 - 0

176 cm
34
169
11 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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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 19 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Darry Curtis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cyber Bully!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Luis Engracia and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bully avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Curtis blocks a low kick nicely.
Curtis checks a leg kick.
Curtis scoring well with a low kick there.
Bully connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Curtis slips a jab from Bully.
Bully misses with an attempted mid kick.
Bully looks to land a body kick but Curtis moved away.
Curtis takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Bully looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Curtis misses with a leg kick.
A jab from Curtis misses.
Darry Curtis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bully. That's going to slow Curtis down.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Curtis jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bully appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Curtis misses with a straight left.

Bully tries to keep at a distance but Curtis has taken the fight into the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Curtis.
Bully changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Curtis fights it off and pushes away nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bully lands a nice looking body shot.

Curtis instigates a clinch.
Bully is trying to break the clinch but Curtis is controlling him.

Curtis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bully misses with an attempted mid kick.
Bully connects with a right hand. Curtis shakes it off.
Bully tried to score with a low kick but Curtis checks it.
Curtis feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Bullys jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Curtis misses the jab.
Curtis throws a hook to the side of Bully's head but Bully sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bully throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
No joy there for Curtis, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bully throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Curtis sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bully is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Curtis.
Curtis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bully lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Curtis listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Curtis throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Bully counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Curtis waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bully.
Curtis throws out a loose jab but Bully uses good head movement to avoid it.
Curtis misses with an uppercut
and Bully cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Donk. Bully catches Curtis right on the button with a cross.
Bully connects with a right hand. Curtis shakes it off.

Curtis has Bully up against the cage in a clinch.

Curtis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Curtis throws a jab when Bully was well out of range.
A slow jab from Curtis misses its intended target.
Curtis throws a leg kick
and Bully counters with an outside leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Bully.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bully. Curtis does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Curtis throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A slow jab from Bully misses its intended target.
Bully pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Curtis lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Bully attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Curtis blocks a jab.
Curtis lands a nice shot that snaps Bully's head back.
Bully is looking to chop away at Curtis's legs.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Curtis breaks the clinch.
Curtis checks a low kick from Bully.
Curtis lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Darry Curtis is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A jab from Curtis misses.
Nice shot lands for Curtis.
Curtis slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Curtis throws a poor cross that misses
and Bully counters with a nice body kick.
Curtis lands an overhand right.
Curtis keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Curtis throws a leg kick that is checked
and Bully counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Good shot there by Curtis.
Curtis waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bully.
Curtis moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Curtis cracks Bully with a good jab.
Curtis looks to throw the jab but Bully is out of range.
Bully is looking to score with low kicks.
Curtis fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bully scores with a nice strike.
A bone on bone clash there as Curtis blocks the leg kick.
Bully scores with a jab to the body.
Curtis is looking to chop away at Bully's legs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Darry Curtis dominated that round.
That's time! Curtis's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Bully scores with a hook.
Curtis throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Bully stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Curtis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bully manages to avoid it.
Bully misses with a few strikes there.
Curtis checks a low kick from Bully.
Curtis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bully manages to avoid it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Curtis.
Curtis looks to land a left hand but Bully moved out of range nicely.
Darry Curtis is winning the standup battle so far.
Curtis blocks a jab.
Curtis is looking to counter punch.
Bully tests Curtis's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Bully gets the takedown into side control.
Curtis knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Bully on the ground.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Curtis tries to buck Bully off but Bully is having none of it.
Bully lands a decent elbow from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Curtis defending against the ground and pound.
Bully is looking to take a break and control but Curtis is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Curtis manages to get back to half guard.
Bully not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Bully slows the pace down in half guard.
Bully has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Bully is trying to control. Curtis wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Curtis is trying to maintain the position but Bully is very close to passing his half guard.
Curtis avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Bully.
Curtis on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Curtis tries to get out of the position.
Ground and pound from Bully.
Bully looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Bully thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bully thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Curtis's head.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Curtis is not content to let Bully control the position.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Curtis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Curtis throwing a counter right hand but Bully manages to avoid it.
Curtis takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Curtis throws a looping overhand right but Bully ducks down to avoid it.
Bully looks to land a body kick but Curtis moved away.
Curtis connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Bully scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Bully scores with a jab to the head.
Curtis throws a sloppy head kick and Bully moves out of range easily.
Bully misses the jab.
Curtis lands with an uppercut that bounces Bully off the cage and back into range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bully tried to score with a low kick but Curtis checks it.
Curtis cracks Bully with a right hand to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bully lands with a cross.
Bully misses with a low kick.
A quick step to the side and Curtis tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Curtis throws a sloppy head kick and Bully moves out of range easily.
Bully misses with a looping left.
Bully fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Curtis looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Curtis cracks Bully with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Curtis throws a shot from downtown. Bully moves away and avoids it.
Bully keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Bully only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Curtis checks the leg kick nicely there.
Curtis looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Curtis throws a hook to the side of Bully's head but Bully sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Curtis jabs at Bully's body.
Curtis steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Bully. That one must have hurt.

Bully tries to keep at a distance but Curtis has taken the fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cyber Bully showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Bully checks a low kick from Curtis.
Curtis takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Bully keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Curtis.
Curtis backing away here, and Bully unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Bully tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Bully pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A punch combination from Curtis misses.
Curtis needs to keep his hands up - Bully had a free shot at his head there.
Curtis misses with a wild body shot.
Curtis fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Bully throws a jab when Curtis was well out of range.
Bully uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Curtis.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Curtis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bully moves away.
It seemed like Bully was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Curtis dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bully. That did some damage!
Curtis closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Curtis throws a hook but Bully avoids it easily.
Curtis throws a body punch but Bully moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Curtis throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Bully appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Curtis throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bully is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Curtis with a body shot.
Bully misses with a hook.
Curtis avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bully moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Bully with the inside leg kick.
Curtis looks to throw the jab but Bully is out of range.
Curtis misses with a body shot.
Bully throws a body punch but Curtis moves out of range.
Bully scores with a decent looking hook.
Curtis attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Curtis misses with a straight right.
Curtis is looking to clinch.
Bully appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Curtis misses with a series of wild punches.
Curtis lands a really nice looking cross but Bully seems unphased.
Curtis keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bully.
Bully defending well as Curtis loads up on a big left hand.
Curtis lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Bully uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Curtis.
Curtis slips under a jab from Bully.
A punch combination from Curtis misses.
Curtis slips a straight right by Bully.
Nice uppercut lands for Curtis. That snapped Bully's head back.
Bully misses with a straight left.
Curtis swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Curtis slips under a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bully throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Bully throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Curtis loads up on a big right hand but Bully slips the punch.

Bully drives through with a takedown into Curtis's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Bully wants to control from the top but Curtis keeps moving.
Curtis tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Bully slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Curtis preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Curtis wants to control but Bully passes easily into half guard.
Bully stalling away here and it's allowed Curtis to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Bully with a nice head shot there.
Curtis is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Bully seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Curtis is pulling down on Bully's head to control his posture.

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 Darry Curtis.
I think Curtis has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 29:29
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 29:29
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 29:28

The fight is ruled a majority draw!