PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tyler Jung (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Russo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Jung
vs
Russo

180 cm
35
154 lbs
19 - 4 - 2

170 cm
27
154 lbs
18 - 13 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Powerful

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 19 - 4 - 2, fighting out of New York, Tyler Jung!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ryan Russo!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Steve Montenegro and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jung drops his hands momentarily and Russo takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Russo lands a nice hook to Jung's body. Jung takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Russo jabs Jung right on the nose. Jung blinks but takes it well.
Russo thows a body kick. Jung tries to catch it but that hurt him.
A nice inside leg kick there by Russo. That's going to slow Jung down.
Jung attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.

Jung has Russo up against the cage in a clinch.
Jung blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jung throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Russo blocks it with crossed arms.
Jung pushes off an throws an elbow but Russo leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Jung managing to block the knees to the body from Russo.
Jung throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Russo scores with a shot to the side of Jung's head.
Nice body punch from Russo - that landed with a thud.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Russo creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Russo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short right from Russo on the inside.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Jung throws an elbow that misses.
Jung tries to land knees in the clinch but Russo avoids the damage to the body.
Jung tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Russo avoids it.
Russo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jung blocks it with crossed arms.
Russo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A short uppercut from Russo.
Russo throws an elbow that misses.
Jung avoiding damage as Russo throws knees to the body.
Jung misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Russo.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Jung just misses with a elbow thrown towards Russo's brow.
Jung missing with knees to the body.
Russo tries to land a knee to the head but Jung blocks with his arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Russo has a couple of punches blocked by Jung.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Jung looking to throw knees to the head but Russo is blocking nicely.
With the fighters up against the cage, Russo throws an elbow but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Russo throws an elbow but misses.
Jung avoids the elbow strike from Russo, against the cage.
Russo missing with knees to the body.
Russo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jung lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Russo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jung avoids the elbow strike from Russo, against the cage.
Jung throws an elbow but it's blocked.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Russo trying to land knees to the body.
Jung lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Russo avoids a wild elbow strike from Jung.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Russo holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Russo tries to land a knee to the head but Jung blocks with his arms.
Russo tries to land knees in the clinch but Jung avoids the damage to the body.
Jung takes a knee right on the jaw!
Jung taking a breather.
Jung scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Ryan Russo has been cut.
Russo trying to land knees to the body.
Russo pushes Jung back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jung avoiding damage as Russo throws knees to the body.
Russo lands a good knee to the midsection. Jung won't want to take too many of those.
Russo lands a good knee to the midsection. Jung won't want to take too many of those.
Russo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Russo looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Russo's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Jung misses with an elbow strike.
Russo blocks the elbow strike.
Jung throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Russo blocks it with crossed arms.
Russo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Russo taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Jung blocks an elbow strike from Russo.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Russo.
Russo misses with an elbow strike.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Russo pushes off an throws an elbow but Jung leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Russo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jung blocks it with crossed arms.
Russo lands a nice knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Russo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ryan Russo's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Russo ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Jung tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The fight stays on the outside here - Russo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jung takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Russo tries a head kick but it misses.

Jung moves into the clinch.
Russo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jung has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jung creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jung blocks the elbow strike.
Jung tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Russo avoids the elbow strike from Jung, against the cage.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Russo missing with knees to the body.
Russo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Jung backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Russo throws an elbow that misses.
Russo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jung tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Russo avoids it.
With the fighters up against the cage, Jung throws an elbow but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Jung throws an elbow but misses.
Russo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Russo makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Jung throws an elbow but it misses.
Jung lands a damaging elbow.
Russo looking to throw knees to the head but Jung is blocking nicely.
Jung avoiding damage as Russo throws knees to the body.
Russo throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Russo blocks an elbow strike.
Russo blocks an elbow strike from Jung.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jung managing to block the knees to the body from Russo.
Jung creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jung pushes off an throws an elbow but Russo leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Russo avoids a wild elbow strike from Jung.
Jung on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Russo tries to stall but Jung uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Jung is stalling here.
Jung blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Russo looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Russo tries to land knees in the clinch but Jung avoids the damage to the body.
Russo missing with knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Russo displaying some good clinch control by pressing Jung up against the cage.
Russo trying to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Russo is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Jung creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jung blocks a body shot from Russo.
Russo presses Jung against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Russo lands a knee to the head.
Jung lands an elbow inside.
Jung misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Russo.
Jung lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Russo just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jung's brow.
Ryan Russo seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Jung throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jung's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Russo avoids the elbow strike from Jung, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Russo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jung.
Jung throws an elbow that misses.
Russo pushes Jung back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Russo is trying to stall.
Russo tries to throw a body punch but Jung avoids it by throwing Russo back against the cage.
Russo avoids a wild elbow strike from Jung.
Russo lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Russo managing to block the knees to the body from Jung.
Jung blocks the elbow strike.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jung tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Russo avoids it.
Russo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Russo avoids the elbow strike from Jung, against the cage.
Russo creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Russo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ryan Russo's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. And we move into the final round!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Jung looking to stall.
Russo lands a good knee to the midsection. Jung won't want to take too many of those.
Jung blocks an elbow strike from Russo.
Russo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Russo throws an elbow but it's blocked.
The referee calls for Russo to work.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Jung.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Russo lands an elbow inside.
Jung on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Russo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Russo pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Russo as Jung tries to tie him up.
Russo avoids a wild elbow strike from Jung.
Jung blocks an elbow strike from Russo.
Russo lands a left hand.
Russo creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Russo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Russo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jung misses with an elbow strike.
Jung being controlled against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Russo lands a nice knee to the body.
Russo pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Russo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jung is defending well for now.
Russo is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Jung misses with an elbow over the top.
Russo looks to throw an elbow but misses.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Russo takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Jung pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Tyler Jung has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Russo.
Jung throws an elbow that misses.
Russo blocks an elbow strike from Jung.
Jung stalling in the clinch but Russo improves position.
Jung tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
With the fighters up against the cage, Jung throws an elbow but misses.
Russo blocks an elbow strike from Jung.
Russo avoids the elbow strike from Jung, against the cage.
Russo avoiding damage as Jung throws knees to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Russo.
Russo lands a left hand that snaps the head of Jung backwards.
Russo makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Jung tries to land a knee to the head but Russo blocks with his arms.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jung missing with knees to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Russo as Jung tries to tie him up.
Russo leaning against his opponent.
Russo lands a good knee to the midsection. Jung won't want to take too many of those.
Russo throws an elbow that misses.
Russo is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Russo trying to land knees to the body.
Jung blocks the elbow strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Russo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Russo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Jung throws a knee to the head but misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ryan Russo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Russo 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 Reed Andrews scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ryan Russo!