PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between whats that aboot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bryan Fury (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

that aboot
vs
Fury

185 cm
23
205 lbs
5 - 13 - 0

187 cm
23
205 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 13 - 0, fighting out of London, whats that aboot!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Bryan Fury!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Donald Grub and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
aboot fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
aboot takes a jab right on the kisser.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from aboot.

aboot forces Fury back against the cage and clinches.
aboot misses with a punch to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

aboot breaks the clinch.

Fury moves into range and clinches up with aboot.
aboot looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for whats that aboot. That's going to take a lot out of him.
aboot looking to throw knees to the head but Fury is blocking nicely.
Fury tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A frustrated look appears on Fury's face as he tries to break the clinch.
aboot wants to stall.

aboot pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
aboot wants to clinch but Fury slips to the side
and Fury counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Fury lands with a nice combination. aboot backs away looking to recover.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
aboot falls off balance throwing a combination
and Fury counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
aboot is breathing heavily.
Fury's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Fury duly obliges.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fury falls off balance throwing a combination
and aboot makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Fury scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Nice body kick there by Fury.
Fury's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Fury duly obliges.

Fury clinches up against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Fury breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
whats that aboot seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fury tries to clinch up.
Bryan Fury is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fury fails to land with a series of punches.

Fury drives through and clinches with aboot against the cage.
Fury lands a hook to the side of the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Fury.

Fury manages to break the clinch.
Fury lands with a hook. aboot tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Fury tries to clinch but aboot moves out of range.
Fury fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fury tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but aboot paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Fury tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Fury moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

It looks like whats that aboot has been cut.
Fury goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Fury lands a head kick!
Fury throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Fury throws a leg kick which misses aboot's front leg but catches the back leg as aboot tries to avoid it.
Fury fails in his attempt to clinch.
Fury moves in looking to clinch but aboot pushes him off.
Fury lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
aboot avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Fury misses with an elbow over the top.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Fury pulls aboot into guard.
Fury pulls aboot in close to prevent any damage.
Fury is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fury wants to stand up but aboot is controlling the position.

Fury stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows aboot to get to his feet.
Fury tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Fury is working the combinations to good effect here.
aboot keeps the fight on the outside.
aboot closes this distance looking for a takedown but Fury circles away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Fury has aboot up against the cage in a clinch.
Fury creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A knee to the head by Fury.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bryan Fury dominated that round.
The cut man is working on whats that aboot's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Fury looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Fury fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

Fury closes the distance and clinches.
Fury gets through aboot's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Fury can't break the clinch.
Fury putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has aboot in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Fury.
Fury has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Fury breaks the clinch.

Fury rushes aboot and presses him up against the cage.
Fury is struggling to control the position.

Fury successfully pulls guard.

Fury wriggles free and stands up.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Fury clinches with his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Fury breaks from the clinch.
Bryan Fury seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Fury misses with a jab, cross combination.

Fury closes the distance and pushes aboot back into the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Fury.
Fury working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
aboot tries for a takedown. No joy.

Fury breaks the clinch.
aboot showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Fury.

Fury closes the distance and clinches.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Fury takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
aboot managing to block the knees to the body from Fury.
Fury is looking to break free of the clinch but aboot has double underhooks.
Fury crunches a lovely knee into aboot's ribcage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fury holding his opponent close, against the cage.
aboot wants to break free but Fury has control.
Fury lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
aboot on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Fury lands an elbow inside that aboot shrugs off.

Fury pulls guard.

aboot avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
aboot controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fury has aboot pulled in close to control his posture.
Fury manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

Fury is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Fury.
A head kick by Fury misses
and aboot counters with a nice uppercut.

Fury closes the distance and clinches.
Nice elbow from Fury.
Fury is working aboot over against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Fury.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Fury obliges.

Fury breaks from the clinch.
Fury throws a right and a left that both miss.

Fury instigates a clinch.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Fury in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fury controlling the action here for a moment.
aboot avoids the elbow strike from Fury, against the cage.
Fury avoiding damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bryan Fury showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on whats that aboot's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

aboot misses with the combination.
Fury lets loose with a powerful body kick. aboot will feel that in the morning.
Fury with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

Fury moves into range and clinches up with aboot.
Fury tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
aboot throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Fury blocks it with crossed arms.
aboot blocks an elbow strike from Fury.
Fury lands a body punch.
Fury lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
aboot drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Fury pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fury fails with an attempt to clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
aboot swats away the attempt to clinch by Fury.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Fury looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Fury tries to close the distance and clinch up but aboot swats him away and circles back towards the center.
aboot shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Fury counters with a low kick, right behind aboot 's knee.
Fury wants to clinch up but aboot keeps it at a distance.

Fury clinches.
Fury stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Fury tries to pull guard but aboot holds him up against the cage and eventually Fury drops back down to his feet.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Fury just misses with a elbow thrown towards aboot's brow.

Fury pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fury scores with a kick to the midsection.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fury fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Fury moves into range and clinches up with aboot.
Fury is trying to maintain a safe position but aboot gets an underhook and turns Fury into the cage.

Fury has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics aboot uses from the top position.
aboot preventing the sweep.
Fury not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Fury looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Fury looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fury looking to control.
Fury might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control aboot kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Fury manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Fury gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
aboot shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Fury sprawls well. Fury wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. aboot gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for whats that aboot. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fury lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but aboot circles away quickly and effectively.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fury fails with an attempt to clinch.
A left and a right from Fury both land. Nice combination.

Fury pushes aboot up against the cage in a clinch.
Fury prevents the takedown attempt.
Fury manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
aboot keeps control of Fury as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Fury lands an elbow inside.
Fury wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Fury decides to pull guard.
Fury keeping moving, preventing aboot from controlling successfully.
whats that aboot has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bryan Fury is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Fury pulls aboot in to control the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bryan Fury comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Fury has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 William Gold scores the fight 25:30
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 25:30
Judge James Glass scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bryan Fury!