PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lion Tiger (ranked 388 p4p, 1577 weight class) and Sey La Vie (ranked 59 p4p, 189 weight class). Tiger comes into the arena with Alok - Hear Me Tonight blaring out of the sound system. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Tiger
vs
La Vie

190 cm
31
225
22 - 11 - 0

200 cm
31
280
19 - 10 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
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 22 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lion Tiger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sey La Vie!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Elvis Blanc and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
La Vie moves away from the strike by Tiger.
Tiger misses with a wild combination.
A jab from Tiger does it's job there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tiger throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
La Vie is looking for the big counter here.
La Vie uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tiger.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tiger throws a body shot but no joy.
Good exchange - Tiger coming out on top.
Tiger scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A swing and a miss from Tiger.
Tiger misses with an uppercut.
Tiger misses with an uppercut

and La Vie counters with a crisp one two that drops Tiger! La Vie thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Tiger to his feet! Tiger is in big trouble!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tiger throws a predictable looking body shot
and La Vie counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
La Vie uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tiger.
Lion Tiger seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
La Vie shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
La Vie takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
La Vie avoids the body shot from Tiger.
La Vie moves away from the strike by Tiger.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tiger connects with a body shot that sends La Vie's belly button to the back.
La Vie slips a straight right by Tiger.
La Vie lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Tiger dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A big left from Tiger misses.
A nice side step and La Vie releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Tiger misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
As Tiger backs off La Vie throws a huge counter combo but Tiger manages to avoid it all.
Jab from Tiger.

It looks like Sey La Vie has been cut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tiger misses with a straight left.
Tiger throws a head kick but La Vie moves out of range.
A little jabbing left from La Vie on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
La Vie showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tiger.
A nice side step and La Vie releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
La Vie avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
La Vie throws out a counter right but Tiger avoids it with no problem.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
La Vie walks into a straight right hand from Tiger.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Lion Tiger dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sey La Vie's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Tiger misses with a wild body shot.
Tiger throws out a loose jab but La Vie uses good head movement to avoid it.
La Vie is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Tiger here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Tiger looks to land a combination but La Vie avoids it well.
La Vie displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tiger throws out the jab.
Tiger waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract La Vie.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tiger waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract La Vie.
La Vie is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Tiger misses with a body shot.
La Vie unleashes a big counter combination but Tiger bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but La Vie might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Tiger has got the better of the exchanges.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tiger thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tiger cracks La Vie with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
La Vie displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tiger throws out the jab.
La Vie throws a big counter head kick but Tiger avoids it with no problem.
Tiger throws a combination but it was largely blocked by La Vie.
La Vie throws a big counter head kick but Tiger avoids it with no problem.
Lion Tiger is winning the standup battle so far.
Tiger misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tiger lands a head shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tiger lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Sey La Vie is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tiger throws a nice looking combination but La Vie bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
La Vie looks like he wants to counter punch here.
La Vie keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tiger.
Nice defenses there by La Vie.
La Vie is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
A punch lands to the side of La Vie 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Tiger fakes high and swings low for a body shot but La Vie manages to avoid it.
La Vie unleashes a big counter combination but Tiger bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Tiger looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tiger lands with a hook. La Vie tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
La Vie with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Tiger to score with a decent uppercut.
Tiger swings for the body but La Vie moves out of range.
La Vie lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Tiger lands a nice looking body shot.
Some wild striking there from Tiger.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Tiger misses.
Tiger misses with a few strikes there.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
La Vie avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tiger misses with a wild body shot.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nice straight punches there by Tiger. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Tiger.
La Vie moves out of range as Tiger strikes.
La Vie unleashes a big counter combination but Tiger bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Lion Tiger dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Sey La Vie'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!

Tiger throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
La Vie is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
La Vie takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
La Vie closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

That has opened up Sey La Vie's cut even more.
Tiger connects with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tiger cracks La Vie with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Tiger looks to land a combination but La Vie avoids it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tiger misses with a looping right.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from La Vie! But no joy.
Tiger fakes high and swings low for a body shot but La Vie manages to avoid it.
As Tiger backs off La Vie throws a huge counter combo but Tiger manages to avoid it all.
La Vie has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Tiger finds it's way round the side to connect with La Vie's head.
Tiger dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tiger misses with a looping left.
La Vie is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
A combination from Tiger does no damage.
La Vie appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Sey La Vie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
La Vie blocks a jab.
Tiger lands with a cross.
Tiger sizes up La Vie with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Tiger misses with a wild combination.
Tiger fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tiger lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

The cut above Sey La Vie's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Tiger throws a series of punches but La Vie avoids them all with ease.
La Vie is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Tiger with a body shot.
Nice uppercut lands for Tiger. That snapped La Vie's head back.
Tiger looks for the body kick but La Vie saw that one coming.
Tiger misses with a straight right.
La Vie let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
La Vie has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Tiger lands a head shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tiger throws a combination but it was largely blocked by La Vie.
Tiger throws an overhand right that lands on La Vie's shoulder, as La Vie tries to avoid the shot.
La Vie is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
La Vie slips a jab and a cross from Tiger.
La Vie let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Tiger cracks La Vie with an open hand slap.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Tiger misses with a hook. La Vie ducked under it nicely.
Lion Tiger is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Tiger is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by La Vie.
Despite the aggression on La Vie's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lion Tiger showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Tiger has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:25
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:25
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lion Tiger!
Lion Tiger seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.