PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joe Frazier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Giant Tank (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Frazier
vs
Tank

180 cm
20
208 lbs
1 - 1 - 1

190 cm
19
205 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Joe Frazier!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Giant Tank!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Paulsen Ambrosius and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tank fails with an attempt to clinch.

Tank rushes Frazier and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Frazier pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tank tries to clinch there but Frazier circles away.
Tank fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tank takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Tank moves out of range as Frazier strikes.
Frazier connects with the punch.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Frazier, as that shot connected.
Good exchange - Frazier coming out on top.
Frazier scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Frazier swings for the body but Tank moves out of range.
Tank moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Frazier lands a jab to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Frazier swats away the attempt to clinch by Tank.
Frazier scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Tank tries to clinch up but Frazier circles away and keeps his distance.
Frazier takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Tank throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Frazier dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tank doesn't manage to clinch there - Frazier circles away.
Frazier is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Tank misses.
Frazier scores with a crisp jab that stopped Tank in his tracks.
Frazier circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tank keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Frazier lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

Tank closes the distance and clinches.
Tank is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Frazier breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Frazier loads up on a big right hand but Tank slips the punch.
Tank tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Frazier paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Frazier is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Tank tries to clinch up but Frazier circles away and keeps his distance.
Frazier shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Tank eats them both and turns towards Frazier to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Tank wants to clinch up but Frazier keeps it at a distance.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Frazier throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

It looks like Giant Tank has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Frazier lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tank looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Frazier works Tank's body with a nice hook.
Tank doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Frazier lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Tank tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Frazier paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tank moves out of range of the strikes.
Frazier throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Frazier getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Tank scores with a jab to the jaw.
Frazier lands with an uppercut that bounces Tank off the cage and back into range.
Frazier dips to his left and cracks Tank with an uppercut!
Tank scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Tank looks to land a combination but Frazier avoids it well.
Tank tries to clinch but Frazier is having none of it.
Frazier shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Tank eats them both and turns towards Frazier to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Tank is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A jab from Frazier does it's job there.
No joy there for Frazier, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Frazier moves forwards but Tank connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Tank fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tank walks into a jab.
Tank tests Frazier's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Frazier missing with a left hand there. Tank was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tank throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tank drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Frazier stalks Tank and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Tank's face. Tank staggers backwards, shaken.
Tank throws a series of punches but Frazier moves out of range.
Joe Frazier seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Frazier misses with an uppercut.
Tank fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tank takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Frazier throws a looping overhand right but Tank ducks down to avoid it.
Frazier connects with a nice looking jab.
Tank tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Frazier manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Tank has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Frazier swats away the attempt to clinch by Tank.
Frazier scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Frazier misses with an uppercut. Tank saw that one coming.
Frazier with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Tank to score with a decent uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tank is looking to clinch.
Frazier throws a nice looking combination but Tank bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Frazier is working the combinations to good effect here.
Frazier cracks Tank with an open hand slap.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tank takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Frazier lands with a shot to the body.
Frazier connects with a good right hand that stumbles Tank. Tank circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Frazier cracks a nice hook into Tank's ribs.
Frazier misses with a looping right.
Frazier scores with a shot to the body.
Tank tries to clinch but Frazier is having none of it.

Tank clinches.
Tank working hard to break the clinch.

Frazier's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Frazier lands with an uppercut that bounces Tank off the cage and back into range.
Frazier throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tank keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Frazier.
Tank doesn't manage to clinch there - Frazier circles away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Tank closes the distance and pushes Frazier back into the cage.

Frazier breaks the clinch.
Tank doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Tank is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Frazier dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Giant Tank's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Frazier misses with a hook. Tank ducked under it nicely.
Frazier tries to bum rush Tank with a series of wild strikes but Tank uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tank ducks under a wild hook from Frazier.
Tank needs to keep his hands up - Frazier had a free shot at his head there.
Frazier looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Frazier stalks Tank and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Tank's face. Tank staggers backwards, shaken.
Frazier is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Frazier pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Frazier displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Giant Tank is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Frazier lands a jab to the head.
Frazier misses with an uppercut. Tank saw that one coming.
Frazier jabs at Tank's body.
Tank throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tank moves away from the strike by Frazier.
Tank has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Tank there as he acknowledges the shot.
Tank tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Frazier manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Tank uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Frazier.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tank takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Frazier throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Frazier swats away the attempt to clinch by Tank.
Frazier thuds a left hand into Tank's body.
Frazier connects with a body shot.
Tank is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tank tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tank takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Frazier throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Tank stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Tank tries to clinch but Frazier is having none of it.
Tank throws a lazy right hand but Frazier sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Joe Frazier is winning the standup battle so far.
Tank tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Frazier paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Frazier lands with a hook. Tank tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Frazier catches Tank with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Frazier keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tank keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Frazier tests Tank's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tank displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Frazier throws out the jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Frazier feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Tanks jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Tank tries to move into range but Frazier moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Frazier falls off balance throwing a combination

and Tank counters by clinching up.

Frazier escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tank has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Frazier circles away from the clinch attempt.

Tank clinches up against the cage.
Tank misses with a body punch.
Tank taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

Frazier breaks the clinch.
Tank fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tank moves out of range of the strikes.
Tank ducks under a wild hook from Frazier.
A big left from Frazier misses.
Frazier looks to score with a jab to the body but Tank is just out of range.
Tank uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Frazier.
Frazier dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tank tries to clinch up but Frazier circles away and keeps his distance.
Tank displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Frazier throws out the jab.
Tank defending well as Frazier loads up on a big left hand.
Tank is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tank lands a slapping body shot.
Frazier looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Frazier scores with a decent looking hook.
Tank doesn't manage to clinch there - Frazier circles away.
Tank moves in looking to clinch but Frazier pushes him off.
Tank doesn't manage to clinch there - Frazier circles away.
Frazier lands a right hook to the body.
Tank slips under a jab.

Tank clinches with his opponent.

Frazier breaks the clinch.
Tank takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Frazier bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Frazier looks to land a right hand but Tank moved out of range.
Tank throws a body punch but Frazier moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tank is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Frazier connects with a nice looking jab.
Frazier is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tank can do to turn this around?
Frazier lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Tank throws a series of punches but Frazier avoids them all with ease.
Frazier misses with a wild combination.

Tank instigates a clinch.

Frazier escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Frazier scores with a nice head shot.
Frazier throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Tank rushes Frazier and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Frazier breaks from the clinch.
A slow jab from Tank misses its intended target.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tank wants to clinch up but Frazier keeps it at a distance.
Tank misses with a wild combination.
Tank darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Frazier uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Frazier dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Giant Tank's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Tank swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tank moves forwards but Frazier connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Frazier paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Frazier misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Frazier scores with a one two! Tank had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Frazier fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tank manages to avoid it.
Frazier misses with a hook.
Tank tries to clinch up but Frazier circles away and keeps his distance.
Tank takes a jab right on the kisser.
Tank takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Tank is looking to clinch.
Frazier lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Tank at a distance.
Frazier lands the left hand.
Frazier misses with a right hand
and Tank counters with a series of strikes. Frazier will be more careful next time no doubt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Frazier throws a shot from downtown. Tank moves away and avoids it.
Tank misses with a hook.
Frazier lands a lovely overhand right.
Frazier misses with a hook
and Tank counters with a nice uppercut.
Tank gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tank uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Frazier.
Tank waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Frazier.
Tank rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Frazier moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tank takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Frazier moves away from the strike by Tank.
Tank takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A lazy left from Frazier finds it's target.
Tank avoids the body shot from Frazier.
Tank tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Frazier paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Frazier throws a lazy right hand but Tank sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Tank moves in looking to clinch but Frazier pushes him off.
A decent looking cross lands there for Frazier.
Tank slips a straight right by Frazier.
Frazier cracks Tank with a good jab.
Frazier throws the left hand but Tank avoids the punch easily.
Frazier lands a nice hook to Tank's body. Tank takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Frazier misses with a left hand
enabling Tank to counter with a crisp jab.
Tank tries to clinch up but Frazier circles away and keeps his distance.
Tank tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Frazier manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Frazier scores with a shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A big right from Frazier misses.
Tank defending well as Frazier loads up on a big left hand.
Frazier swats away the attempt to clinch by Tank.

Tank instigates a clinch.

Frazier breaks the clinch.
Tank uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Frazier.
Frazier throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Frazier avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nice cross by Frazier.
Frazier jabs Tank right on the nose. Tank blinks but takes it well.
Tank pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Frazier avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Frazier throws a series of punches but Tank avoids them all with ease.
Tank tries to close the distance and clinch but Frazier swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Frazier looks to land a left hand but Tank moved out of range nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Frazier scores with a jab.
Frazier throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Frazier misses with a left hand

and Tank counters by moving into the clinch.
Tank is trying to stall.

Frazier breaks from the clinch.
Frazier throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Tank is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Frazier.
Frazier's corner calls for a 1-2. Frazier obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Frazier lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tank looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Frazier lands a glancing blow to the side of Tank's head.
Frazier slips under a jab.
Frazier connects with a right hand. Tank shakes it off.
Frazier throws a big shot that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tank is looking to clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tank tries to clinch up.
Joe Frazier is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Tank closes the distance and clinches.
Frazier has Tank pressed against the cage, preventing Tank from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Frazier escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Giant Tank has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tank misses with a body shot.
Frazier slips a jab and a cross from Tank.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Frazier.
Donk. Frazier catches Tank right on the button with a cross.
Frazier throws a jab but it's blocked by Tank.
Nice defenses there by Tank.
Frazier cracks Tank with a right hand to the side of the head.
Tank throws a right hand that Frazier ducks under and follows up with a left that Frazier also avoids with ease.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tank throws a big shot that misses.
Frazier cracks Tank with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Frazier connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Tank momentarily.
Tank ducks under a wild hook from Frazier.

And that's the end of the fight!
Joe Frazier showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Frazier, 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 Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joe Frazier!