PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ismael Washington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyler Tko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tyler Tko will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Washington
vs
Tko

160 cm
24
215 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

190 cm
25
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid 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 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ismael Washington!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tyler Tko!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Viktor Lagutenko and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tko tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Washington counters with a nice body kick.
Tko tries to clinch up.

Tko has closed the distance and engaged Washington in a clinch.
Washington takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Ismael Washington has been cut.
Tko misses with some punches.
Tko comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Tko lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Washington backwards.

Tko breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tko doesn't manage to clinch there - Washington circles away.

Washington drives through and clinches with Tko against the cage.
Washington blocking some punches.
Washington blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tko throws a head punch that misses.
Washington is trying to pull guard but Tko turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Washington blocks an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tko lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Washington backwards.
Washington is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Tko to keep the fight standing.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Washington.
Tko gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Washington.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ismael Washington. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Washington blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Tko breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Washington avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tko moves in looking to clinch but Washington pushes him off.
Washington fails to land the takedown.
Tko tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Washington paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Tko feints and as Washington raises his hands in defense, Tko changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Tko wants to stand but Washington has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tko is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Tko seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Washington has a closed guard, preventing Tko from standing up.
Tko advances to half guard.
Tko tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Washington is looking to improve his position.
Tko trying to control from half guard but Washington is working away.
Tko tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyler Tko dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ismael Washington's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Washington gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Tko lands an uppercut.
Washington could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Washington blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Washington blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Washington wants a takedown.
Tko tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Washington jumps guard but Tko turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Tko has a couple of punches blocked by Washington.
A short uppercut from Tko.
Washington fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ismael Washington. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Washington tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Washington jumps guard but Tko turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tko misses with some punches.
Tko swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Washington jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Tko walks away with a smile on his face. Washington gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Tko drives through with a takedown into Washington's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Washington wants to sweep but no luck.
Washington working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Tko.
Washington keeping moving, preventing Tko from controlling successfully.
Tko engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Washington is trying to control the position but Tko postures up.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Washington keeping moving, preventing Tko from controlling successfully.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Tyler Tko hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Tko tries to clinch but Washington is having none of it.

Washington clinches up with Tko and pushes him back against the cage.
Washington has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Tko is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tko.

Tko breaks from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Washington instigates a clinch.

Washington successfully pulls guard.
Washington will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Tko is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Tko has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Washington is proving hard to escape from.
Tko must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Washington keeping moving, preventing Tko from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyler Tko showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ismael Washington's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Tko closes the distance but Washington moves to the side
and Washington counters with a left to the body.
Tko tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Washington counters with a leg kick.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Washington blocks an uppercut.
Tko working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Tko lands a right hand that snaps the head of Washington backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tko working aggressively here.
Washington takes an elbow to the forehead.
Tko misses with the head strike.
Washington is trying to pull guard but Tko turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Washington.
Washington jumps guard but Tko turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Washington blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Washington jumps guard but Tko stands there with Washington around his waist. Washington gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ismael Washington. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tko stops a takedown attempt from Washington.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tko.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Tko pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tko fails with an attempt to clinch.

Washington pushes Tko up against the cage in a clinch.
Washington blocks an elbow strike.

Tko's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Tko shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Tko is stalling here. Washington is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Tko seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Washington has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tko tries to bench press Washington off him but Washington keeps the position.
Washington gets to mount! Tko was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Tko tries to hold on but Washington pushes him away.
Washington postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Tko looks a forlorn figure.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tyler Tko comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Tko 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 Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tyler Tko!