PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ray Leonard (ranked 4475 p4p, 4431 weight class) and Dick Tiger (ranked 481 p4p, 478 weight class). Leonard comes to the ring accompanied by It's Tricky - Run DMC. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Leonard
vs
Tiger

175 cm
18
160
0 - 0 - 0

173 cm
18
170
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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BRAZEN - Fight Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Ray Leonard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dick Tiger!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Daniel Franklin and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leonard works Tiger's body with a nice hook.
Tiger scores with a nice right hand.
Leonard ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tiger moves away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Tiger! But no joy.
Leonard lands a nice shot to the body.
Leonard pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The fighters circling - Leonard throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tiger misses with a wild body shot.
Tiger throws a poor cross that misses
and Leonard counters with a stiff right hand.
Tiger throws a nice looking combination but Leonard bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Leonard takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Tiger takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Tiger is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Leonard moves away from the strike by Tiger.
Leonard rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tiger moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Leonard dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tiger throws a sloppy body shot
and Leonard counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Tiger cracks Leonard with a right hand to the side of the head.
Leonard takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Leonard uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tiger.
Dick Tiger seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leonard gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Tiger misses with a two punch combination.
Tiger throws the left hand but Leonard avoids the punch easily.
Some wild striking there from Leonard.
Leonard slips under a jab.
Leonard jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Leonard uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tiger.
Leonard is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Tiger lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Leonard circles away quickly and effectively.
Leonard throws the left hand but Tiger avoids the punch easily.
Leonard misses with a wild combination.
Leonard scores with a nice head shot.
Tiger throws a left and a right that both miss
and Leonard counters with a nice body shot.
Tiger waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Leonard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Leonard scores with a body shot.
Leonard takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Tiger darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Tiger throws a looping overhand right but Leonard ducks down to avoid it.
Leonard displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tiger throws out the jab.
Leonard defending well as Tiger loads up on a big left hand.
Leonard misses with an uppercut.
Donk. Leonard catches Tiger right on the button with a cross.
Leonard misses with a straight right.
A shot to the body from Tiger misses
and Leonard counters with a nice uppercut.
Leonard lands with a straight right. Tiger didn't see that one coming.
Leonard gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Tiger.
Tiger throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tiger wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Leonard tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tiger was well out of range. Poor timing from Leonard.
Leonard thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tiger gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Leonard throws an overhand right that lands on Tiger's shoulder, as Tiger tries to avoid the shot.
Tiger connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Leonard misses the shot to the body.
Tiger lands with a shot to the body.
Tiger throws a right and a left that Leonard avoids nicely.
Leonard swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Leonard defending well as Tiger loads up on a big left hand.
Leonard misses with a left hand
and Tiger counters with a crisp right that sends Leonard to the canvas! Tiger follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dick Tiger!
The defeated Ray Leonard had this to say: 'Boxing is the ultimate challenge. There's nothing that can compare to testing yourself the way you do every time you step in the ring.'.