PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Joe Tidd (ranked 933 p4p, 2062 weight class) and Bryan Furry (ranked 115 p4p, 216 weight class). Joe Tidd could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Bryan Furry's chin.

Tidd
vs
Furry

155 cm
31
149
12 - 8 - 0

168 cm
25
155
7 - 5 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Hardcore Alchemy
HELLBENT

Hardcore Alchemy
Core Combat

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Joe Tidd!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bryan Furry!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Franklyn Lucas and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Furry misses with a series of wild punches.
Tidd attempts a counter takedown but Furry avoids it well and moves away.
Tidd walks into a straight right hand from Furry.
Furry misses with a lunging right hand

and Tidd decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Furry's guard.
Tidd makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Furry tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Furry lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Tidd has control of Furry's left arm, preventing Furry from doing any damage.
Tidd preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Furry lands a couple of digs.
I've been told that Furry has been drilling his wrestling of late, which has already helped him take this fight to the mat. Let's see how much of an impact it has on the outcome of the ground game.
Furry stopping the sweep attempt from Tidd.
Tidd is working hard here to advance position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tidd keeping moving, preventing Furry from controlling successfully.
Furry trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Tidd utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Furry distracts Tidd with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Furry working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Furry trying to control but Tidd is working from the bottom.
Furry won't allow Tidd to sweep him here.
Furry working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Tidd pulls Furry in to control the position.
Furry throws a big elbow that misses.
Furry with a nice head shot there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Furry stopping the sweep attempt from Tidd.
Furry postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Furry lands a couple of elbows.
Tidd looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Tidd is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Furry is pushing down on Tidd's leg trying to pass to half guard. Tidd is fighting to maintain full guard but Furry has managed to sneak the leg through.
Tidd trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Tidd is looking to improve his position but Furry isn't that keen on the idea.
Furry has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Furry with shots to the head and body - Tidd looks very uncomfortable down there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tidd tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Furry cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Furry sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Furry lands with some strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tidd tries to hold on but Furry pushes him away.
Furry punching from mount but Tidd doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Furry scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Tidd?
Furry pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Furry lands a big elbow.
Furry trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Tidd is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tidd wants to hold on but Furry pushes him away.
Tidd takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tidd is desperately trying to improve his position but Furry has a good base and remains in mount.
Tidd regains half guard.
Tidd is looking to control Furry's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Tidd avoid being mounted?
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Furry connects with a nice short shot to Tidd's temple.
Tidd moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Tidd controlling the position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Bryan Furry dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

A right-left combo lands from Furry.
Furry misses with a combination

and Tidd decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Furry's guard.
Furry working a defensive guard here.
Furry is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Tidd scoring with punches to the head and body.
Tidd is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Furry is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tidd might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Tidd lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Furry is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Tidd cracks Furry with a solid left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tidd makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Tidd lands a couple of digs.
Furry is trying to keep Tidd in close.
Tidd lands a couple of digs.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Furry has momentary wrist control but Tidd slips an elbow through the middle.
Tidd is working Furry over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Tidd postures up and lands a big shot to Furry's brow.

Furry has his foot on Tidd's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Tidd works his way back into a safe position though.
Furry wants to sweep but no luck.
Tidd with a nice head shot there.
We've been hearing that Tidd has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Tidd working some strikes from top position.
Furry is trying to control the position but Tidd postures up.
Furry wants to sweep here but Tidd controlling him for the moment.
Tidd is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tidd cracks Furry with a solid left hand.
Tidd lands a couple of digs.
Tidd wants to control from the top but Furry keeps moving.
Tidd distracts Furry with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Furry tries to land a sweep but no joy.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Furry manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Tidd manages to get himself to full guard.

Tidd wants to sweep but no luck.
Tidd is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Tidd is really struggling to control Furry but he's trying to hold on to the position.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Tidd is on top in guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tidd wants to control from the top but Furry keeps moving.
Furry has momentary wrist control but Tidd slips an elbow through the middle.
Tidd chips away with some ground and pound.
Furry looking for a sweep. Not yet Furry, not yet.
Furry keeping moving, preventing Tidd from controlling successfully.
Furry is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Tidd preventing the sweep.
Tidd is working Furry over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Furry working a defensive guard here.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Tidd's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tidd is stalling in the full guard.
Tidd advances position into side control!
Tidd scoring with punches and elbows.
Furry is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Tidd working the head with strikes.
Furry is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Tidd working the ground and pound from side control.
Tidd lands an elbow.
Tidd is putting a hurting on Furry here, landing some big shots from side control.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Tidd dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Furry misses with a lunging right hand

and Tidd counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Tidd working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Tidd landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Tidd takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

Furry is rocked!
Tidd scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Furry is still in real trouble! Can Tidd finish him?
Tidd working the head and body with strikes.
Tidd working over Furry with some ground and pound. Furry looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Tidd scores with a big shot! Furry's head bounced off the canvas with a huge thud! More strikes land and the referee has jumped in to save Furry! He was hurt real bad - good stoppage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:44 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joe Tidd!
Joe Tidd gave a mention to The Glue Factory in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).