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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Brynden Tully (ranked 2756 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tigran Minasian (ranked 22116 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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183 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
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Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brynden Tully!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tigran Minasian!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Alan Glass and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Minasian has his takedown stuffed
and Tully connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Minasian shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Tully defends it nicely.
Minasian has his takedown stuffed
and Minasian takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Brynden Tully has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tigran Minasian.
Tully lands with a thumping leg kick.
Minasian has his takedown stuffed
and Tully counters with a two punch combo.
Tully slaps away a takedown attempt from Minasian, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Good exchange - Tully coming out on top.
Tully fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Minasian has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Minasian fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Minasian shoots in and drives through. Tully sprawls well.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tully closes the distance and pushes Minasian back into the cage.
Tully lands a nice shot to the body.
Minasian looks winded!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tully works on Minasian's body with a couple of short punches.
Minasian is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Tully gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Minasian tries to pull guard but Tully won't allow it.
Tully lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Minasian or not.
Tully is working Minasian over against the cage.
Tully pushes Minasian back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Tully controlling the action here for a moment.
A hook to the body from Tully.
Tully just leaning against Minasian, taking a breather.
Minasian doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A body shot lands from Tully.
Tully prevents Minasian from breaking the clinch.
Tully taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Minasian fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Nice body punch from Tully.
Tully has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Tully working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Minasian with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tully gets through Minasian's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Tully breaks from the clinch.
Minasian tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Tully lands a right hook to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A chopping leg kick lands by Tully.
Minasian gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Tully counters with a nice uppercut.
Brynden Tully is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Minasian takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Tully moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Tully looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Tully wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Minasian looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Tully scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Tully rushes Minasian and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Minasian decides to pull guard.
Minasian can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Tully controls the pace.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tully postures up.
Minasian has an active guard here but Tully has managed to pass into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Minasian is looking for a sweep. Tully is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Minasian trying to hold on to Tully's head to control him but Tully postures up.
Tully trying to control the pace.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Minasian is looking to get back to is feet but Tully passes into side control.
Minasian sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Minasian tries to roll over but Tully keeps him under control.
Minasian looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Minasian wants to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brynden Tully dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Tully scores with a jab. Minasian acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Tully keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Tully!
Tully tries to sprawl but Minasian drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Minasian tries to pass to full mount but Tully defends it.
Minasian keeps trying to improve his position.
Tully is concentrating on defense, preventing Minasian from advancing position.
Minasian is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Tully sees it coming and defends easily.
Minasian wants to free his trapped foot but Tully is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Tully has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Minasian is working away from the top position though.
Tully is defending against the submission attempts here by Minasian.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tully controlling the position well.
Tully is trying to stand.
Tully makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Tully.
Tully is controlling Minasian's posture.
Minasian trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Tully controlling the position.
Tully continues to stall.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Tully is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Tully is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Minasian tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tully paws at him with a jab and circles away.
It looked like Tully was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Minasian.
Minasian has a takedown stuffed.
Minasian takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Tully is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Minasian can do to turn this around?
Tully fails to land with a series of punches.
Minasian takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Tully swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Minasian shoots in for a takedown but Tully shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Minasian closes the distance and clinches up with Tully, looking for a takedown. Minasian pushes Tully against the cage but Tully circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Brynden Tully has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tigran Minasian.
Minasian is breathing heavily.
Minasian fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Minasian tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Tully uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Minasian has time to react.
Tully throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Minasian's head.
Tully with a nice cross.
Minasian darts in trying to clinch
and Tully counters with a low kick, right behind Minasian 's knee.
Tully connects with a body shot.
Minasian misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Minasian shoots in for a double leg but Tully sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Tully throws a big counter combination but Minasian scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Tully listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Tully connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Minasian takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Minasian fails with the takedown
and Tully counters with an inside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Minasian on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Tully scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Tully scores with a hook to the body. Minasian takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Minasian doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Tully cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A jab from Tully does it's job there.
Tigran Minasian seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tully throws a right and a left that both miss.
And Minasian tries to counter it with a takedown but Tully pushes his down on his head and steps out.
It's a brutal combination of punches from Tully! Minasian is backing up but he can't get away as Tully lands with one final shot to the jaw that drops Minasian and ends the fight. Great knockout.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Brynden Tully!
A victorious Brynden Tully thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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