PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tobig Tofail (ranked 484 p4p, 1260 weight class) and Philipp Tyurin (ranked 19 p4p, 58 weight class). Tofail comes to the cage accompanied by Too sexy. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Tofail
vs
Tyurin

191 cm
23
308
10 - 1 - 0

225 cm
23
300
9 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Altitude Clothing
Hardcore Alchemy

Voodoo Nutrition
Brooklyn Apothecary

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tobig Tofail!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Philipp Tyurin!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tofail with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Tyurin is looking to clinch.
Tofail connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Tyurin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tofail throws out the jab.

Tofail clinches with his opponent.

Tofail breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tyurin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tofail looks to throw the jab but Tyurin is out of range.
Tyurin scores with a jab. Tofail acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

Tyurin moves into the clinch successfully.
Tofail tries to throw a body punch but Tyurin avoids it by throwing Tofail back against the cage.
Tyurin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tyurin wants to stall.
Tyurin lands a nice shot to the body.

Tofail breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sloppy strikes from Tyurin. Those never looked like landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tofail is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tyurin.

Tyurin clinches up with Tofail and pushes him back against the cage.

Tofail manages to break the clinch.
Tofail dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tyurin moves in looking to clinch but Tofail pushes him off.
Tyurin tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Tyurin displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Tyurin misses with a double jab
and Tofail counters with a good low kick that Tyurin was not able to check.
Tofail circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tofail throws a body punch but Tyurin moves out of range.
Tofail misses with a looping right.
Tyurin connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Tofail's hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tofail uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tyurin.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tyurin chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Tofail can pounce on him.
Tyurin tries to close the distance and clinch but Tofail swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Tyurin has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Tyurin takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Tofail lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Tofail. That's going to slow Tyurin down.
A low kick from Tofail is predictable there
and Tyurin counters with a straight right hand.
Tofail swats away the attempt to clinch by Tyurin.
Tofail throws a nice outside leg kick.
Tofail ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Tyurin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tofail appears to be looking for a big counter.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Tofail fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Tyurin, pushing him back against the cage.

Tofail breaks the clinch.
Tofail swings for the body but Tyurin moves out of range.

Tofail gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Tyurin trying to control the position but instead, Tofail has worked for underhooks and has pushed Tyurin into the cage.

Tofail pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tofail looks for the body kick but Tyurin saw that one coming.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tofail. Tyurin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tofail scores with a hook to the body. Tyurin takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Tofail scores with a nice body kick.

Tofail closes the distance and clinches.

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

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tofail lands a nice looking kick to the body. Tyurin takes a step back to recover.
Tyurin looks winded!
Tofail throws the kick towards the body but Tyurin avoids it.

Tyurin closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
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!

Tofail breaks the clinch.
Tyurin throws a jab when Tofail was well out of range.
Tyurin doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Tyurin is looking to clinch but Tofail is avoiding it.
Tofail connects with a body shot that sends Tyurin's belly button to the back.
Tofail delivers a nice body kick.
Tyurin tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Tofail dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tofail misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A left lands for Tofail.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Tobig Tofail dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Tofail tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tyurin was well out of range. Poor timing from Tofail.

It looks like Philipp Tyurin has been cut.
A solid leg kick lands there for Tofail.
Tyurin throws a body shot but no joy.
Tyurin doesn't manage to clinch there - Tofail circles away.
Tyurin's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Tofail misses the shot to the body.
Tyurin slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Tofail looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Tyurin moves away from the strike by Tofail.
Tyurin walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Tofail thows a leg kick but Tyurin checks it
and Tyurin counters with a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tofail fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

Tofail tries to keep at a distance but Tyurin has taken the fight into the clinch.
Tofail cracks Tyurin with a nice body shot.
Tyurin is breathing heavily.
Tofail lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyurin swings wildly with an uppercut but Tofail uses good head movement to avoid it.

Tofail's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
You can see that Tyurin has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
Tyurin misses with an uppercut. Tofail saw that one coming.
Philipp Tyurin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tofail connects with a body shot that sends Tyurin's belly button to the back.
Tofail is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tyurin can do to turn this around?
Tyurin takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Tofail lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Tyurin has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Tyurin takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Tofail scores with a jab. Tyurin acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

Tofail lands a big uppercut and Tyurin crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Tyurin looks OK. Tofail waves Tyurin back to his feet!

Tyurin is rocked!

That has opened up Philipp Tyurin's cut even more.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tofail throws a body punch but Tyurin moves out of range.
Tyurin is still on wobbly legs! Can Tofail finish him?
Tofail misses with a kick to the body.
Tyurin seems to have recovered his senses.
Tofail throws a leg kick which misses Tyurin's front leg but catches the back leg as Tyurin tries to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tofail misses with a kick to the body.
Tofail scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Tofail ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tyurin moves away.
Tofail throws a body shot but no joy.
Tofail lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Tofail scores with a decent looking hook.

The cut above Philipp Tyurin's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Tofail throws a body shot but no joy.
Tofail misses with a body kick.
Tofail ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tyurin moves away.
Tofail throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
It seemed like Tyurin was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Tofail throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tofail fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Tofail will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tofail ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

Tofail gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Tofail lands with a left to the head.

Philipp Tyurin's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Tofail lands a hook that snaps the head of Tyurin backwards.

Tofail breaks the clinch.
Tofail scores with a head kick.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Philipp Tyurin's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Tobig Tofail!
Tobig Tofail retains his super heavyweight title!
A victorious Tobig Tofail thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.