PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ric Tiger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eddy Taksin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tiger comes to the cage accompanied by Eye of the tiger. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Tiger
vs
Taksin

168 cm
20
155 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

193 cm
21
160 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

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 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ric Tiger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Eddy Taksin!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tiger shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Taksin as he jumps to the side.

Tiger instigates a clinch.
Taksin connects with a knee to the head.

Tiger gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Taksin regains guard.
Tiger prevents Taksin from getting back to his feet.
Tiger is looking to stand up but Taksin won't let him.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Tiger accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Taksin really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Tiger. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Taksin wants to stand but Tiger is controlling the position.
Tiger is looking to stand up but Taksin won't let him.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Tiger stands up and waves to Taksin to follow him.
Taksin just misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taksin clinches but Tiger breaks the clinch

and Tiger counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Taksin is trying to stand back up but Tiger is controlling him
Tiger wants to get back to his feet.
Taksin is trying to stand back up but Tiger is controlling him

Taksin makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Taksin is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Taksin tries a head kick but it misses.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Tiger is trying to break the clinch but Taksin has him pressed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taksin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tiger avoids it.
Taksin tries to land knees in the clinch but Tiger avoids the damage to the body.
Tiger looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Tiger changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Taksin fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Eddy Taksin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Taksin throws a body kick the misses

and Tiger counters with a single leg into guard. Taksin didn't expect that.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tiger wants to control from the top but Taksin keeps moving.
Tiger makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tiger in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Tiger throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Taksin works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Tiger won't allow Taksin to get back to his feet.
Tiger would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Tiger might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taksin preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Tiger gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Tiger circles away from the clinch attempt

and Tiger counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Taksin's guard now.
Tiger has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Tiger prevents Taksin from getting back to his feet.

Tiger stands up from Taksin's guard - Tiger perhaps looking for a knockout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tiger looks to clinch

and Taksin counters by moving into the clinch.
Tiger wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Tiger with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tiger blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Taksin misses with a knee to the head.
Tiger tries to land knees in the clinch but Taksin avoids the damage to the body.
Tiger fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ric Tiger. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Tiger pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Taksin clinches.
Taksin throws a knee to the head but misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Taksin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Taksin looks gassed!
Taksin is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Taksin looking to slow down the pace here.
Taksin working Tiger over with knees to the body.
Tiger using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Taksin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tiger is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Taksin gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Taksin missing with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ric Tiger dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Taksin tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Tiger counters with a nice leg kick.
Taksin wants to clinch but Tiger slips to the side

and Tiger counters with a nice double leg into side control. Taksin won't be happy with that.

Tiger stands up.
Good standup being displayed there by Taksin as he connects with a hook.
Taksin darts in trying to clinch

and Tiger counters with a shoot takedown. Taksin fights it but they end up in guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Tiger gets to his feet - Taksin follows without any prompting.
Taksin throws a body kick despite being completely out of range

and Tiger counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Taksin is trying to stand back up but Tiger is controlling him

That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Tiger seems content to control.

Tiger stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Taksin to get to his feet.
Taksin scores with a head kick.
Tiger takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Taksin comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Taksin throws a head kick that misses

and Tiger counters with a nice double leg into side control. Taksin won't be happy with that.
Ric Tiger overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Taksin is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

Tiger wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Taksin, who protects the arm well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taksin is trying to buck Tiger off.
Taksin is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Taksin dodges the ground and pound from Tiger.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tiger sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Taksin is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Tiger fails to land a wild elbow strike.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Taksin misses with a double jab.
Tiger scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Taksin misses with a jab, cross combination.
Taksin closes the distance looking to clinch

and Tiger counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Taksin's guard now.

Taksin is working an open guard so Tiger takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Taksin misses.
Taksin throws a series of punches but Tiger avoids them all with ease.
Tiger connects with a solid leg kick.
Taksin wants to clinch

so Tiger counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tiger with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Tiger is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Taksin can do to turn this around?

Tiger gets to his feet - Taksin follows without any prompting.
Tiger misses with a takedown attempt - Taksin sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Taksin connects with a high kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tiger cracks the inside of Taksin's front leg.
Taksin thows a body kick. Tiger tries to catch it but that hurt him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ric Tiger dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Taksin throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Tiger.
Taksin tries to clinch up
and Tiger counters with an outside leg kick.
Taksin darts in trying to clinch

and Tiger counters with a nice double leg into side control. Taksin won't be happy with that.
Tiger throws a strike aimed at the side of Taksin's head but Taksin avoids it well.
Taksin is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Tiger is controlling him well.

Tiger decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Taksin darts in trying to clinch

and Tiger counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Tiger.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Tiger stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Tiger misses with a takedown attempt - Taksin sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Taksin tries to clinch up
and Tiger counters with a nice low kick that buckles Taksin's knee momentarily.
Tiger looking to land some kicks to the body here.

Taksin gets a clinch.
Taksin misses with a knee strike.
Tiger on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Taksin crunches a lovely knee into Tiger's ribcage.
Taksin keeps control of Tiger as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Tiger managing to block the knees to the body from Taksin.
Taksin throws an elbow that misses.
Tiger has had enough of the clinch but Taksin keeps him there for the moment.
Taksin lands a knee to the head.
Taksin landing knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Tiger as Taksin tries to tie him up.
Tiger's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Stalling in the clinch from Taksin.
Taksin stops a takedown attempt from Tiger.
Tiger on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Tiger successfully pulls guard.
Tiger throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.

Taksin gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Taksin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Taksin tries to bum rush Tiger with a series of wild strikes but Tiger uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tiger avoids a kick to the body.

Tiger moves into range and clinches up with Taksin.
Tiger managing to block the knees to the body from Taksin.
Tiger fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ric Tiger. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tiger looking for a takedown.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tiger managing to block the knees to the body from Taksin.
Tiger tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Taksin avoids it.
Taksin wants to stall.
Tiger fails to pull guard.
Tiger takes an elbow to the forehead.
Taksin landing knees to the head.
Tiger drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Taksin gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Tiger jumps guard but Taksin stands there with Tiger around his waist. Tiger gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Tiger tries to pull guard but Taksin won't allow it.
Taksin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tiger is defending well for now.
Taksin tries to land knees in the clinch but Tiger avoids the damage to the body.
Taksin is struggling to control the position.
Taksin misses with a knee to the head.
Tiger avoiding damage as Taksin throws knees to the body.

Tiger's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Taksin wants to clinch

and Tiger counters by moving into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Taksin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tiger is trying to break the clinch but Taksin is controlling him.
Tiger jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Taksin walks away with a smile on his face. Tiger gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Taksin tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Tiger counters with a thumping low kick.
Tiger dodges the punch combination from Taksin.
Tiger scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Taksin tries to clinch but Tiger moves away

and Tiger counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Tiger throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Taksin blocks it with crossed arms.
Taksin utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Taksin trying to land knees to the body.
Taksin dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tiger blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tiger jumps guard but Taksin stands there with Tiger around his waist. Tiger gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Taksin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tiger.
Eddy Taksin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ric Tiger is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Taksin throws a knee to the head but misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ric Tiger showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Tiger, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ric Tiger!