PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ara Tiotio (ranked 562 p4p, 514 weight class) and John Fury (ranked 79 p4p, 72 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Tiotio
vs
Fury

205 cm
36
274
33 - 13 - 0

191 cm
28
256
17 - 6 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Voodoo Nutrition

HELLBENT

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 33 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ara Tiotio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, John Fury!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Shigeki Sano and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tiotio throws a lazy uppercut
and Tiotio takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

It looks like Ara Tiotio has been cut.
Fury throws a series of punches but Tiotio avoids them all with ease.
Tiotio misses with a straight left.
Despite the aggression on Fury's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Tiotio misses with a looping right.
Fury misses with a body shot.
Fury doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Tiotio lands a slapping body shot.
Tiotio connects with a looping right hand.

It looks like John Fury has been cut.
Tiotio throws a body punch but Fury moves out of range.
Fury blocks a jab.
Fury keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tiotio misses with a wild body shot.
Fury looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Fury throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A big left from Fury misses.
Tiotio staying out of range there.
Tiotio is looking to counter punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fury uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tiotio.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tiotio changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Fury throws a big shot that misses.
Tiotio is looking to counter punch.
We've been told by Tiotio's head coaches at HELLCADEMY that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Tiotio throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Fury on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Tiotio fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Tiotio swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fury throws a hook but Tiotio avoids it easily.
Fury keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tiotio.
A countering left hand to the body from Fury misses.
Fury jabs Tiotio to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Tiotio misses with a hook to the body
and Fury counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Fury uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tiotio.
A jab from Tiotio does it's job there.
Tiotio lands a jab to the head.
Ara Tiotio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fury ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Nice defenses there by Tiotio.
Fury is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fury takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

That has opened up John Fury's cut even more.
Fury moves away from the strike by Tiotio.
Tiotio gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Tiotio swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A little jabbing left from Fury on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Fury scores with a jab to the body.
Nice defenses there by Tiotio.
Fury misses with a hook.
Fury connects with a single shot there.
Tiotio tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fury was well out of range. Poor timing from Tiotio.
Fury swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Fury blocks a jab.
Fury let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Tiotio throws a right hand that misses
enabling Fury to counter with a crisp jab.
Tiotio swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Fury.
Tiotio misses with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tiotio throws a jab when Fury was well out of range.
Tiotio misses with a body punch
and Fury scores with a counter punch that sends Tiotio to the canvas! Fury smells blood - he's punishing Tiotio with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Tiotio has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Fury!
During a confident post fight interview, John Fury thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.