PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tien Jaa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hjalmar Dale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Dale's choice of entrance music: A Country Boy Can Survive. Hjalmar Dale is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Jaa
vs
Dale

190 cm
21
190 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

195 cm
25
193 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Enjoys gardening

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tien Jaa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Hjalmar Dale!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Gregory Folan and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dale connects with a body shot.

Jaa has closed the distance and engaged Dale in a clinch.
Jaa taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Jaa tries to land knees in the clinch but Dale avoids the damage to the body.
Jaa leaning against his opponent.
A knee to the head by Jaa.
Dale avoiding damage as Jaa throws knees to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Jaa.
Knees to the body from Jaa.
Dale takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Hjalmar Dale has been cut.
Jaa lands a knee to the body.
Dale takes a knee to the side of the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Dale takes a knee to the side of the body.
Dale looks gassed!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dale takes a knee to the side of the body.
Jaa lands a nice knee to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Jaa.
Jaa using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Dale takes a knee right on the jaw!
Jaa using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jaa leaning his opponent against the cage.
Jaa with a knee to the head.
Jaa lands a good knee to the midsection. Dale won't want to take too many of those.
Jaa landing knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dale wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Knees to the body from Jaa.
Jaa using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Jaa stalls.
Jaa missing with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Dale's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Dale takes a knee to the side of the body.
Jaa putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Dale in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Jaa lands a knee to the head.
Jaa using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Jaa landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Jaa takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Jaa landing knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jaa pressing his opponent against the cage.
Jaa is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jaa lands a nice knee to the body.
Jaa with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jaa stalling the fight.
Jaa is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Jaa scores a nice knee to the body.
Dale takes a knee right on the jaw!
Jaa lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jaa connects with a nasty looking knee right to Dale's face.

Dale is rocked!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Jaa obliges.
Dale is still on wobbly legs! Can Jaa finish him?
Jaa using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Jaa landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Jaa landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Jaa landing some nice looking knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tien Jaa dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hjalmar Dale's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Jaa tries to close the distance and clinch but Dale swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dale seems to have recovered his senses.
Jaa is looking to clinch.

Jaa closes the distance and clinches.
Jaa has Dale pushed against the cage.
Jaa looking to throw knees to the head but Dale is blocking nicely.
Jaa working Dale over with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Jaa obliges.
Jaa slows down the pace here.
Dale is breathing heavily.
Jaa scores a nice knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Jaa.
Jaa unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Jaa stalls.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Jaa unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dale lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees to the body from Jaa.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jaa lands a knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Jaa.
Jaa gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Jaa working Dale over with knees to the body.
Jaa is stalling here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Tien Jaa.

Jaa closes the distance and pushes Dale back into the cage.
Jaa dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Dale takes a knee right on the jaw!
Jaa utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Jaa.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jaa utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Dale takes a knee to the side of the body.
Jaa landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jaa scores a nice knee to the body.
Jaa working Dale over with knees to the body.
Tien Jaa has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Jaa dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Jaa scores a nice knee to the body.
Jaa lands a good knee to the midsection. Dale won't want to take too many of those.
Jaa'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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dale is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Dale takes a knee right on the jaw!
Jaa putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Dale in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Jaa working the clinch nicely. Dale is working for position but Jaa cracks him with a big knee to the head! Dale crumples up against the cage and Jaa lands two more shots before the ref can save Dale! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee & Punches). Tien Jaa!