PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jonny Victorio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tj Cummings (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Victorio comes to the cage accompanied by Massive Attack - Angel. Cummings is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by The Misfits - Die Die My Darling . Jonny Victorio has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Victorio
vs
Cummings

193 cm
31
231 lbs
32 - 12 - 1

195 cm
30
254 lbs
26 - 15 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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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 32 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jonny Victorio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 15 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tj Cummings!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Daniel Bishop and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Victorio misses with a body punch
and Cummings counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Victorio lands a leg kick that knocks Cummings off balance momentarily.
Jonny Victorio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cummings takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Cummings throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cummings connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Victorio scores with the left hand. Cummings knows he should have avoided that one.
Victorio misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cummings avoids the head kick by Victorio.
Victorio tries to land a front kick but Cummings steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.

Victorio drives through with a takedown into Cummings's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Victorio pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Cummings is keeping the position for now.
Cummings lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Victorio!
Victorio is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Victorio is working hard here to advance position.
Victorio sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Victorio trying to control but Cummings postures up.
Victorio wants to sweep but Cummings has passed to side control!
Cummings wants to stand but Victorio is controlling his arm.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Victorio wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
Cummings is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Victorio's shoulder. That is not cool.
Victorio is looking to reverse the position.
Victorio regains half guard.
Victorio is trying to get back to full guard.
Victorio works his way to full guard. Good work.
Victorio is trying to keep Cummings in close.
Victorio keeping moving, preventing Cummings from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Victorio is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Victorio looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Cummings passes into half guard.
Victorio is trying to maintain the position but Cummings is very close to passing his half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Victorio looking for subs from the bottom but Cummings mounts him!
Cummings prevents Victorio from getting the reversal.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cummings tries to control but Victorio wriggling away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jonny Victorio dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Victorio swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Cummings keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Victorio connects with a good right hand that stumbles Cummings. Cummings circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Cummings checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A slapping body kick lands there for Cummings.
Cummings tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Victorio misses with an uppercut. Cummings saw that one coming.
Victorio moves out of range of the strikes.
Victorio throws a shot from downtown. Cummings moves away and avoids it.
Nice body punch from Cummings.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Good leg kick by Cummings there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A big right from Cummings misses.
Victorio looks to throw a body kick
and Cummings counters with an inside leg kick.
Victorio takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cummings throws a front kick that sends Victorio stumbling back into the cage.
A chopping leg kick lands by Cummings.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cummings works Victorio's body with a nice hook.
Tj Cummings seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Victorio misses with a body shot.

Cummings takes the fight into the clinch.
Cummings with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Cummings tries a knee to the head but Victorio blocks it.
Cummings taking a breather.
Cummings being controlled against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Cummings as the two fighters clinch.
Victorio is leaning against Cummings and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Cummings scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Jonny Victorio has been cut.
Cummings crunches a lovely knee into Victorio's ribcage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cummings tries a knee to the head but Victorio blocks it.
Victorio tries a body shot but Cummings blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cummings lands a right hand.
Victorio avoiding damage as Cummings throws knees to the body.
Cummings misses with a knee strike.
Victorio blocks a body shot from Cummings.
Victorio is trying to pull guard but Cummings has him pressed against the cage.
Cummings lands a knee to the head.
Victorio tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cummings's elbow.
Cummings is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Victorio is defending well for now.
Cummings misses with a knee strike.
Cummings throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Victorio blocks it with crossed arms.
A head punch on the inside from Victorio fails to land.
Victorio jumps guard but Cummings stands there with Victorio around his waist. Victorio gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Victorio lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Cummings trying to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cummings lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Cummings lands a left hand that snaps the head of Victorio backwards.
Cummings cracks Victorio with a nice body shot.
Cummings can't find room to land a body shot as Victorio controls the action.

Cummings manages to break the clinch.
A cross from Victorio lands.
Victorio shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Cummings pinned against the cage. Cummings gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jonny Victorio. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A head kick misses from Victorio.
Victorio on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Cummings. Cummings obviously looking to wear him down.
Victorio on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cummings wants to clinch.
Cummings scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cummings goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
A big right from Cummings misses.
Cummings misses with an attempted mid kick.
Victorio misses with an uppercut. Cummings saw that one coming.
Cummings feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Victorio's calf.
Cummings scores with a nice body kick.
Victorio walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Cummings tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Victorio was well out of range. Poor timing from Cummings.
Victorio scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Cummings lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Victorio at a distance.
Victorio sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cummings tries to clinch there but Victorio circles away.
Cummings connects with a solid leg kick.
Cummings is looking to slow Victorio down with leg kicks.
Cummings throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tj Cummings showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jonny Victorio's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Cummings misses with an uppercut.
Cummings fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cummings is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Victorio rather than just go for the knockout.
Victorio tries to work over Cummings's front leg with a kick but Cummings checks it.
Cummings takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Cummings with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Victorio throws a low kick but Cummings moves out of range easily.
Cummings lands the left hand.

Cummings takes the fight into the clinch.
Cummings lands a nice shot to the body.
Cummings lands a knee to the head.
Victorio wants to break free but Cummings has control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cummings keeps control of Victorio as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cummings with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Cummings lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Victorio backwards.
Cummings will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Victorio up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Cummings fails to land.

Cummings manages to break the clinch.
Cummings chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Victorio can pounce on him.
A nice inside leg kick there by Victorio. That's going to slow Cummings down.
A decent looking cross lands there for Cummings.
Cummings ducks under a wild hook from Victorio.
Cummings takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Victorio blocks a jab.
Cummings chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Victorio can pounce on him.
Nice body punch from Cummings.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cummings fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Victorio.
Victorio stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Cummings.

Cummings gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cummings gets underhooks to prevent Victorio's takedown attempt.
Cummings lands a nice knee to the body.
Cummings stalls.
Cummings utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Cummings misses with a knee to the head.
A short right from Cummings on the inside.
Victorio misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Victorio lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Victorio wants to stall.
Victorio working hard to break the clinch.
Cummings misses with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cummings blocking some punches.
Cummings misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cummings scores with a shoulder strike.
A head punch on the inside from Cummings fails to land.
Cummings throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Victorio blocks it with crossed arms.
Cummings working aggressively here.
Cummings's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Cummings tries to throw a body punch but Victorio avoids it by throwing Cummings back against the cage.
Victorio is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Cummings is keeping busy.
A right hook to the body lands for Cummings.
Cummings doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cummings has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Cummings with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Cummings breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cummings tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head kick by Victorio misses
and Cummings counters with a straight right hand.

Jonny Victorio's cut is getting worse.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cummings scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

Victorio is rocked!
Tj Cummings is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cummings works Victorio's body with a nice hook.
Cummings cracks Victorio on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Victorio falls backwards against the cage. Cummings follows up with more strikes that drop Victorio to his knees. Cummings keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Victorio! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:15 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tj Cummings!
Tj Cummings decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.