PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Tico Tico (ranked 1091 p4p, 1810 weight class) and Klay Dee (ranked 75 p4p, 129 weight class). Tico's entrance music is Paco De Lucia - Tico Tico . A fine choice. Dee is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Death Patrol by Destroyer. Klay Dee will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Tico
vs
Dee

163 cm
29
139
19 - 12 - 0

175 cm
44
142
40 - 23 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

Urban Fighter
Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tico Tico!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 40 - 23 - 0, fighting out of New York, Klay Dee!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Ren Mimura and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tico takes a swing at Dee's ribcage but misses.
Dee connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Tico's hands.
A leg kick checked by Dee.
Tico throws a body kick that misses.
Dee misses with a wild combination.
Tico checks a low kick from Dee.
Tico thinks about countering with a head kick.
Dee fails to land with a series of punches.
Dee looks to land a combination but Tico avoids it well.
Tico has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Hidden in the buildup to the fight.
Dee falls off balance throwing a combination
and Tico counters with a lovely straight right hand!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A nice combination there by Dee.

It looks like Tico Tico has been cut.
A slapping leg kick lands for Tico.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tico scores with a sloppy right hand. Dee should have avoided that one.
Dee moves into range and connects with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Tico.
Dee connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Tico's hands.
Dee throws a looping overhand right but Tico ducks down to avoid it.
Tico is looking to counter punch.
Dee fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tico manages to avoid it.
Tico dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Dee. That did some damage!
Dee looks for the body kick but Tico saw that one coming.
Tico fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Dee looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Dee tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tico dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tico's jab looks to have found its range, popping Dee under the eye.
Tico cracks Dee with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Tico misses with a head kick.
Tico lands with a thumping leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dee misses with a hook
enabling Tico to counter with a crisp jab.
Dee takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dee just misses with a punch to the body.
Tico throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Dee stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Tico dodges the punch combination from Dee.
And Tico counters with a quick kick to the body but Dee blocks it.
Dee misses with a combination
and Tico counters with a right hand to the body.
Tico throws a series of punches but Dee avoids them all with ease.
A good leg kick by Tico.
Dee throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tico.
Tico is looking to wear down Dee with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Tico thows a body kick. Dee tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Dee fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dee misses with an uppercut.
Dee pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dee takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Dee looks winded!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tico throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Dee on the side of the head.
Dee throws a right hand that misses
and Tico counters with a leg kick.
Dee misses with a hook
and Tico counters with a nice body kick.
Tico scores with a one two! Dee had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

Dee is rocked!
An inside leg kick lands from Tico.
Dee is still on wobbly legs! Can Tico finish him?
Dee missing with a left hand there. Tico was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tico is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Dee seems to have recovered his senses.
Dee ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tico moves away.
Tico lands with a nice combination. Dee backs away looking to recover.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dee misses with a body shot
and Tico counters with a big left hand that crumples Dee! He was out before he hit the floor! Brutal knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Tico Tico!
After the fight, Tico Tico was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.