PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mo Felding (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kyle Hollrah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Felding
vs
Hollrah

177 cm
26
167 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

170 cm
26
160 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mo Felding!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kyle Hollrah!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shirou Masuda and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Felding throws the left hand but Hollrah avoids the punch easily.
The fighters circle momentarily. Hollrah darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

It looks like Mo Felding has been cut.
Hollrah throws an off balance right hand
and Felding counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nice cross by Hollrah.

Felding is rocked!
Hollrah moves to clinch but Felding breaks away
and Felding counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Oh Felding is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hollrah misses the body punch
and Felding counters with a stiff right hand.
Felding seems to have got his legs back now.
Felding fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Hollrah changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

Hollrah moves into the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Felding working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Hollrah.
Felding misses with a punch on the inside.
Felding is trying to maintain a safe position but Hollrah gets an underhook and turns Felding into the ropes.
Hollrah scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Felding misses with a body punch.
Felding blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Hollrah fails to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Felding trying to control the position but instead, Hollrah has worked for underhooks and has pushed Felding into the ropes.
Felding misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hollrah swings wildly with an uppercut but Felding uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hollrah lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Felding backwards.
Hollrah blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
I was talking to Felding's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Hollrah lands a left hand.
Hollrah lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hollrah lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Hollrah lands a right hand that snaps the head of Felding backwards.
Hollrah throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Felding misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hollrah throws a head punch that misses.
Nice body punch from Hollrah.
The referee is keeping an eye on Felding - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Felding.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Felding misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nice body punch from Hollrah - that landed with a thud.
Felding tries to throw a body punch but Hollrah avoids it by throwing Felding back against the ropes.
Felding blocks an uppercut.
Felding looking to slow down the pace here.
Hollrah swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hollrah swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Hollrah fails to land.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Felding can't find room to land a body shot as Hollrah controls the action.
Felding wants a takedown.
A head punch on the inside from Hollrah fails to land.
Hollrah scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hollrah lands with a right to the head.
Hollrah swings wildly with an uppercut but Felding uses good head movement to avoid it.
Felding taking a breather.
Hollrah blocking some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hollrah working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Felding tries to throw a body punch but Hollrah avoids it by throwing Felding back against the ropes.
Hollrah throws a punch but it's blocked by Felding.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hollrah.
Felding lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Felding misses with the head strike.
A left hand lands to the body for Hollrah.
Hollrah throws a punch but it's blocked by Felding.
Hollrah misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hollrah tries a body shot but Felding blocks it.
Hollrah pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Hollrah blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hollrah lands a shoulder strike.
Felding is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the ropes enables Hollrah to keep the fight standing.
Felding is trying to stall.
Felding blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hollrah's coach down at Restricted area was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Hollrah's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Felding looking to stall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hollrah creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Hollrah pushes Felding back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Felding has a couple of punches blocked by Hollrah.
Hollrah lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hollrah misses with some punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Felding lands an uppercut.
Felding trying to control the position but instead, Hollrah has worked for underhooks and has pushed Felding into the ropes.
Felding pushes Hollrah back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Felding throws a head punch that misses.
Hollrah scores with a shot to the side of Felding's head.
Hollrah fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Felding avoiding damage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hollrah.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kyle Hollrah dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mo Felding's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Hollrah tries to clinch
and Felding counters with a lovely shot to the body.
A left lands for Felding.
Felding throws an overhand right that lands on Hollrah's shoulder, as Hollrah tries to avoid the shot.
Felding lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Hollrah misses with the combination.
Felding just misses with a punch to the body.
Hollrah tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Felding paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hollrah tries to clinch up
and Felding counters with a nice uppercut.
Nice defenses there by Felding.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hollrah doesn't manage to clinch there - Felding circles away.
Hollrah takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Hollrah has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hollrah walks into a straight right hand from Felding.
Hollrah is looking to clinch.
Hollrah scores with the left hand. Felding knows he should have avoided that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Felding. Hollrah does a little dance to reset his feet.
Felding scores with a jab.

Hollrah is rocked!
Felding lands with a good body shot.
Hollrah steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Felding.
Felding paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Hollrah is still on wobbly legs! Can Felding finish him?
Felding is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Felding fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Mo Felding is winning the standup battle so far.
Hollrah gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Felding gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mo Felding!