PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Fury (ranked 1901 p4p, 3654 weight class) and Okechukwu Kalu (ranked 258 p4p, 431 weight class). Kalu has chosen Wo - 1 Last Autograph as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Fury
vs
Kalu

173 cm
25
155
5 - 0 - 0

175 cm
25
155
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Phoenix Island

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 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tommy Fury!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Okechukwu Kalu!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Dirk Anderson and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fury walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

Kalu closes the distance and clinches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kalu.
Fury jumps guard but Kalu turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Kalu has a couple of punches blocked by Fury.
Kalu lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Fury blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fury definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Kalu lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Fury jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Kalu walks away with a smile on his face. Fury gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Kalu looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

Kalu clinches with his opponent.
Kalu lands a body punch in the clinch.
Kalu lands a hook that snaps the head of Fury backwards.

Fury jumps guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kalu trying to control the position from guard on top but Fury is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Fury is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Kalu rolls with it to try and escape but Fury cranks on the arm and Kalu is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Tommy Fury!
In defeat, Okechukwu Kalu stepped up to the mic, saying 'Eyi oda! I hate to lose, but I love to win so I will be back even better Kosi'yonu. Thank you to my opponent and all the fans, my coaches and sponsors, call my manager today!'.