PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jake Nelson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and General Tso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tso has chosen Kung Fu Fighting as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Nelson
vs
Tso

150 cm
26
148 lbs
19 - 4 - 0

166 cm
29
135 lbs
20 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jake Nelson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, General Tso!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Saam Ante and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab by Tso.
General Tso seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tso throws a combination. Nelson tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

It looks like Jake Nelson has been cut.
Nelson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tso.
Nelson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tso scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Nelson tries to clinch but Tso moves out of range.
Nelson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tso.
Nelson takes one to the chin there.
Nelson is looking to clinch.
Nelson avoids the body shot from Tso.

Nelson gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Tso pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nelson avoids the body shot from Tso.
Tso misses with a left hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tso cracks Nelson with an open hand slap.
Tso swats away the attempt to clinch by Nelson.
Nelson doesn't manage to clinch there - Tso circles away.
Tso is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Tso punishes Nelson's body with a nice straight punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nelson moves out of range of the strikes.
Tso bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tso swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tso misses with a looping right.
Nelson slips a straight right by Tso.
Tso throws a lazy right hand but Nelson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Tso throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tso misses with a straight right.
Tso throws a body punch but Nelson moves out of range.
Tso takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Tso rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Nelson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nelson swings for the body but Tso moves out of range.
Tso just misses with a punch to the body.
A big left from Tso misses.
Nelson tries to clinch up.
Nelson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tso uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nelson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tso throws a shot from downtown. Nelson moves away and avoids it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nelson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tso just misses with a punch to the body.

Nelson rushes Tso and presses him up against the cage.
Tso is looking to break free of the clinch but Nelson has double underhooks.
Nelson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A hook to the body from Nelson.
Nice body punch from Nelson.
Tso working hard to break the clinch.
Nelson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tso tries to break free but Nelson pushes him back against the cage.
Tso tries to break free but Nelson pushes him back against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Tso's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Tso wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tso is trying to break the clinch but Nelson has him pressed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Nelson.
Nelson tries to work over Tso's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tso has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Tso wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Tso wants to break free but Nelson has control.
Nelson scores with a hook to the body.
Nelson tries to land knees in the clinch but Tso avoids the damage to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Nelson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Tso tries to break the clinch but Nelson is controlling the position.
Nelson has Tso pressed against the cage, preventing Tso from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Knees in the clinch landing for Nelson.
Tso is trying to force a seperation but Nelson has the dominant position.
Nelson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Tso in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Nelson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Nelson lands an elbow inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Nelson.
Nelson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tso's efforts to push away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nelson has Tso pressed against the cage, preventing Tso from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Nelson keeps control of Tso as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Nelson keeps control of Tso as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Nelson taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Tso has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Tso wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Nelson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Tso's face.
Nelson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nelson lands a shot to the body.
Tso has had enough of the clinch but Nelson keeps him there for the moment.
Nelson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tso is defending well for now.
Nelson lands an elbow inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tso tries to break free but Nelson pushes him back against the cage.
Tso wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nelson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tso's efforts to push away.
Knees in the clinch landing for Nelson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Jake Nelson will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jake Nelson's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

A big left from Tso misses.
Tso throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nelson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Tso manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Tso swats away the attempt to clinch by Nelson.
Nelson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tso swats away the attempt to clinch by Nelson.
Nelson defending well as Tso loads up on a big left hand.
Tso throws a hook to the side of Nelson's head but Nelson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tso avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tso needs to keep his hands up - Nelson had a free shot at his head there.
Tso avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nelson tries to clinch
and Tso counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Nelson takes the fight into the clinch.
Nelson misses with a knee strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Nelson.
Tso avoids a wild elbow strike from Nelson.
Tso is trying to force a seperation but Nelson has the dominant position.
Tso tries to break the clinch but Nelson is controlling the position.
A short right from Nelson.
Nelson pushes Tso back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Tso can't break the clinch.
Tso wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nelson prevents Tso from breaking the clinch.
Nelson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Tso wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Nelson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Tso backwards.
Tso is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Tso takes an elbow to the temple.
Tso is trying to push Nelson away but Nelson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Tso wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nelson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Tso in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tso working hard to break the clinch.
Tso takes a knee to the side of the body.
Nelson throws a knee to the head but misses.

Tso's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nelson takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nelson is looking to clinch but Tso is avoiding it.
Tso uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nelson.

Nelson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A short body shot lands from Nelson as the two fighters clinch.
Nice elbow from Nelson.
Nelson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Tso tries to circle away but Nelson has him pinned against the cage.
Knees to the body from Nelson.
Nelson misses with a body punch.
Nelson keeps control of Tso as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A short right from Nelson.
Nelson lands an elbow just above Tso 's eye.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nelson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nelson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A frustrated look appears on Tso's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Nelson scores a nice knee to the body.
Nelson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nelson avoiding damage.
Nelson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nelson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nelson tries to land knees in the clinch but Tso avoids the damage to the body.
Tso blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nelson stalling against the cage.
Tso is trying to push Nelson away but Nelson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Tso wants to break free but Nelson has control.
Tso managing to block the knees to the body from Nelson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tso looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Nelson manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Tso wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Nelson has him pressed against the cage.
Nelson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nelson can't find room to land a body shot as Tso controls the action.
Nelson lands with a short shot to the head.
Tso is trying to push Nelson away but Nelson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Nelson misses with an elbow strike.
A head punch on the inside from Nelson fails to land.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nelson landing knees to the body.
Tso is looking to break free of the clinch but Nelson has double underhooks.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nelson lands a nice shot to the body.
Nelson lands an elbow inside that Tso shrugs off.
Tso takes a knee to the side of the body.
Tso wants to get back to striking at distance but Nelson won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jake Nelson dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jake Nelson's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Tso swats away the attempt to clinch by Nelson.

Nelson instigates a clinch.
Nelson keeps control of Tso as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Tso wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Nelson has him pressed against the cage.
Tso wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nelson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nelson trying to control the position but instead, Tso has worked for underhooks and has pushed Nelson into the cage.

Tso breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
General Tso seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Tso misses the shot to the body.
Tso looks to score with a jab to the body but Nelson is just out of range.
Nelson fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Tso on the side of the head.
Tso cracks Nelson with a good jab.
Tso takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Tso throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nelson wants to clinch.
Tso misses with a few strikes there.
Tso throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nelson avoids a punch combination nicely.

Nelson clinches up against the cage.
Tso is looking to break free of the clinch but Nelson has double underhooks.
Tso working hard to break the clinch.
Nelson displaying some good clinch control by pressing Tso up against the cage.
Tso is trying to break the clinch but Nelson is controlling him.
Tso managing to block the knees to the body from Nelson.
A left hand lands to the body for Nelson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nelson scores with a knee to the head.
Tso can't break the clinch.
Nelson lands a knee to the body.
Tso takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A shot in the inside from Nelson.
Jake Nelson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Nelson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Tsos head.
Nelson lands a left hand.
Tso is looking to break free of the clinch but Nelson has double underhooks.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A frustrated look appears on Tso's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Nelson lands a hook to the side of the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Nelson.
Nelson lands an elbow that stopped Tso in his tracks for a moment.
Tso wants to break free but Nelson has control.
Nelson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tso's defenses.
Tso takes an elbow to the temple.
Nelson has Tso pressed against the cage, preventing Tso from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Nelson leaning his opponent against the cage.
Nice body punch from Nelson - that landed with a thud.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tso can't break the clinch.
Tso can't break the clinch.
Nelson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The referee is keeping an eye on Nelson - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Nelson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nelson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Nelson.
Nelson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tso avoids it.
Tso has had enough of the clinch but Nelson keeps him there for the moment.
The referee calls for Nelson to work.
Nelson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tso backwards.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Nelson takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Tso breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nelson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tso swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nelson wants to clinch but Tso slips to the side
and Tso counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nelson moves forwards but Tso connects with a nice, crisp jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tso. Nelson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tso looks to score with a jab to the body but Nelson is just out of range.
Tso avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Nelson takes the fight into the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nelson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Nelson prevents Tso from breaking the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tso wants to break free but Nelson has control.
Tso tries to break the clinch but Nelson is controlling the position.
Tso wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nelson landing knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jake Nelson clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Jake Nelson's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Nelson closes the distance and pushes Tso back into the cage.
Nice elbow from Nelson.
Nelson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tso's efforts to push away.
Nelson lands a left hand.
Tso has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Nelson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nelson tries to land a knee to the head but Tso blocks with his arms.
Tso is looking to break free of the clinch but Nelson has double underhooks.
Tso wants to break free but Nelson has control.
Tso takes a shot to the head.
Tso working hard to break the clinch.
Tso takes an elbow to the temple.
Tso managing to block the knees to the body from Nelson.
Tso is looking to break free of the clinch but Nelson has double underhooks.
Tso is trying to push Nelson away but Nelson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Nelson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tso's efforts to push away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nelson stalls.
Tso has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Tso takes a shot to the head.
Nelson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Tso backwards.
Nelson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tso's efforts to push away.
A short right from Nelson on the inside.
Tso tries to break the clinch but Nelson is controlling the position.
Tso wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tso takes an elbow to the temple.
Nelson has Tso pressed against the cage.
Tso looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nelson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Tso is trying to push Nelson away but Nelson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Tso has had enough of the clinch but Nelson keeps him there for the moment.
Tso wants to break free but Nelson has control.
Tso prevents a body shot from Nelson.
Nelson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tso's defenses.

Tso manages to break the clinch.
A swing and a miss from Tso.
Nelson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tso.
Nelson tries to close the distance and clinch but Tso swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nelson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nelson is looking to clinch.
Tso takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Nelson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tso.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nelson takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tso scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Nelson bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Tso's head backwards.

Tso is rocked!
A cross from Tso lands.
Tso is still on wobbly legs! Can Nelson finish him?
Tso misses with a combination

and Nelson counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Nelson.
Nelson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tso's efforts to push away.
Tso seems to have recovered his senses.
Nelson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nelson lands with a right to the head.
Nelson missing with knees to the body.
Nelson missing with knees to the body.
Nelson missing with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Nelson.
Nelson misses with a knee to the head.
Nelson lands a nice elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Nelson.
Tso managing to block the knees to the body from Nelson.
Nelson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tso's elbow.
Nelson throws an elbow that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tso tries to break the clinch but Nelson is controlling the position.
Tso blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nelson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Tso is trying to push Nelson away but Nelson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Tso managing to block the knees to the body from Nelson.
Nelson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tso avoids it.
Tso tries to break free but Nelson pushes him back against the cage.
Nelson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tso.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tso takes an elbow to the forehead.
A short right from Nelson on the inside.
Tso is trying to break the clinch but Nelson has him pressed against the cage.
Tso is looking to break free of the clinch but Nelson has double underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jake Nelson had his way with General Tso in that round.
The cut man is working on Jake Nelson's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Nelson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Tso manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nelson slips under a jab.
Nelson tries to clinch up but Tso circles away and keeps his distance.
Nelson loads up on a big right hand but Tso slips the punch.
Nelson shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Tso eats them both and turns towards Nelson to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

Nelson rushes Tso and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Nelson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Tsos head.
Tso tries to break free but Nelson pushes him back against the cage.
Nelson landing knees to the body.
Tso looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Nelson lands a damaging elbow.
Nelson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Tso can't break the clinch.

Tso escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Nelson forces Tso back against the cage and clinches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nelson keeps control of Tso as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tso working hard to break the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Nelson.
Tso looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Nelson gets through Tso's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Nelson is struggling to control the position.
Still in the clinch, Nelson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Tso takes an elbow to the temple.
Tso has had enough of the clinch but Nelson keeps him there for the moment.
A short uppercut from Nelson.
Tso wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Nelson has him pressed against the cage.
Nelson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tso backwards.
Nelson has Tso pressed against the cage. He pushes Tso back and as he springs towards him off the cage, Nelson throws a beautiful elbow that sends Tso crashing to the floor! Nelson piles on the pressure with more strikes! Tso is flailing away but he's not defending himself and the referee steps in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jake Nelson!
Jake Nelson retains his bantamweight title!
In his post fight interview, Jake Nelson started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.