PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jake Mustard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tsau Tsetsku (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tsetsku is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Paula Seling & Ovi - Miracle. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Mustard
vs
Tsetsku

186 cm
25
198 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

185 cm
23
187 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Good chin

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Solid chin

Milwaukee's Best 160 (85% laundry)

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jake Mustard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tsau Tsetsku!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Ian Loll and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mustard walks into a straight right hand from Tsetsku.
Mustard avoids the body shot from Tsetsku.
Tsetsku has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Mustard tries to close the distance and clinch but Tsetsku swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tsetsku connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Mustard momentarily.
Mustard looks to throw the jab but Tsetsku is out of range.
Mustard closes the distance but Tsetsku moves to the side
and Tsetsku counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Tsetsku takes a swing at Mustard's ribcage but misses.
Mustard tries to close the distance and clinch but Tsetsku swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tsetsku pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mustard is looking to counter the offense by Tsetsku and move into the clinch.
Mustard tries to clinch up.
Mustard misses with an uppercut.
Tsetsku throws a body punch but Mustard moves out of range.
Mustard throws a combination that misses
and Tsetsku counters with a left to the body.
Jake Mustard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mustard is looking to clinch.
Good shot there by Tsetsku.
Mustard moves to clinch but Tsetsku breaks away
and Tsetsku counters with a left to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mustard throws a jab when Tsetsku was well out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tsetsku scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Mustard tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Tsetsku manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The fighters circle momentarily. Tsetsku darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Mustard wants to clinch up but Tsetsku keeps it at a distance.
Mustard tries to clinch but Tsetsku moves away
letting Tsetsku counter with a right hand.
Tsetsku throws a body punch but Mustard moves out of range.
Mustard is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tsetsku throws out a counter right but Mustard avoids it with no problem.
Mustard tries to clinch there but Tsetsku circles away.
Nice cross by Tsetsku.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mustard looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tsetsku throws a right hand that Mustard ducks under and follows up with a left that Mustard also avoids with ease.
Tsetsku connects with a nice looking jab.
Tsetsku looks to score with a jab to the body but Mustard is just out of range.
Tsetsku lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Mustard wants to clinch up but Tsetsku keeps it at a distance.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mustard is looking to clinch.
Tsetsku looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mustard tries to clinch but Tsetsku is having none of it.
Tsetsku connects with a nice looking jab.
Mustard tries to clinch up but Tsetsku circles away and keeps his distance.
Mustard tries to clinch but Tsetsku is having none of it.
Tsetsku slips under a jab from Mustard.
Mustard tries to clinch but Tsetsku moves away
and Tsetsku counters with a nice body shot.
Mustard throws a body punch but Tsetsku moves out of range.
Mustard tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mustard closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Mustard looks to throw the jab but Tsetsku is out of range.
Mustard missing with a left hand there. Tsetsku was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tsetsku looks to score with a jab to the body but Mustard is just out of range.
Tsetsku is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Mustard had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Tsetsku avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tsetsku circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mustard is looking to clinch but Tsetsku is avoiding it.
Mustard is looking to clinch but Tsetsku is avoiding it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mustard takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mustard looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tsetsku moves into range and connects with a jab.
Mustard tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tsetsku paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tsetsku changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Mustard throws the left hand but Tsetsku avoids the punch easily.
Tsetsku swings for the body but Mustard moves out of range.
Good standup being displayed there by Tsetsku as he connects with a hook.
Tsetsku lands with a hook. Mustard tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Tsetsku circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mustard tries to clinch but Tsetsku is having none of it.
A countering left hand to the body from Tsetsku misses.
Tsetsku just misses with a punch to the body.
Tsetsku misses with a wild body shot.
Mustard on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Mustard fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tsetsku throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tsetsku. Mustard does a little dance to reset his feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mustard tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Tsetsku counters with a right hand to the body.
Mustard wants to clinch
and Tsetsku counters with a left to the body.
Good exchange - Tsetsku coming out on top.
Mustard tries to clinch but Tsetsku is having none of it.
Tsetsku misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mustard.
Mustard takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Tsetsku tests Mustard's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Tsetsku jabs Mustard right on the nose. Mustard blinks but takes it well.
Tsetsku misses with a wild body shot.
Mustard tries to clinch up but Tsetsku circles away and keeps his distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tsau Tsetsku dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Mustard tries to clinch but Tsetsku is having none of it.
Mustard tries to clinch up.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Tsetsku! But no joy.
Mustard tries to clinch up but Tsetsku circles away and keeps his distance.
Mustard throws a low kick, looking for Tsetsku's leg but Tsetsku calmly moves out of range.
Mustard misses with a right hand
and Tsetsku counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Mustard tries to clinch up
and Tsetsku counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Mustard has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Tsetsku finds it's way round the side to connect with Mustard's head.
Tsetsku has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Tsetsku connects with a single shot there.
Tsetsku dips to his left and cracks Mustard with an uppercut!
Jab, jab by Tsetsku - just one landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mustard tries to clinch
and Tsetsku counters with a lovely shot to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mustard looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
It seemed like Tsetsku was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Mustard closes the distance looking to clinch
and Tsetsku counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mustard is looking to clinch but Tsetsku is avoiding it.
Tsetsku connects with a jab.
Tsetsku throws a body punch but Mustard moves out of range.
Tsetsku avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tsetsku tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mustard was well out of range. Poor timing from Tsetsku.
Mustard tries to clinch but Tsetsku is having none of it.
Tsetsku scores with a decent looking hook.
Mustard tries to score with a low kick but Tsetsku moves his leg out of the way.
Tsetsku looks to score with a jab to the body but Mustard is just out of range.
As Tsetsku tries to get set, Mustard tries to push him back and clinch up but Tsetsku manages to avoid the attempt.

Mustard closes the distance and clinches.
Mustard takes a shot to the head.
Mustard comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Mustard keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tsetsku's efforts to push away.
Mustard looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Tsetsku goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tsetsku avoids a wild elbow strike from Mustard.
A right handed body shot lands from Tsetsku.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tsetsku throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Mustards head.
A short left from Tsetsku.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mustard lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Mustard taking a breather.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tsetsku creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short body shot lands from Tsetsku as the two fighters clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A short right from Tsetsku on the inside.
Mustard misses with an elbow strike.
Tsetsku on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mustard throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Tsetsku lands with a short shot to the head.
Mustard has Tsetsku pressed against the cage, preventing Tsetsku from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Mustard prevents Tsetsku from breaking the clinch.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Tsetsku in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Tsetsku lands with a left to the head.
Mustard creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Tsetsku scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Tsetsku pushes Mustard back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tsetsku lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Tsetsku scores with a nice short uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tsetsku.
Mustard pushes off an throws an elbow but Tsetsku leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Tsetsku lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Tsetsku breaks from the clinch.
Mustard tries to close the distance and clinch but Tsetsku swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mustard drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Mustard shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Tsetsku lands with an uppercut that bounces Mustard off the cage and back into range.
Tsetsku connects with a jab.
Tsetsku tests Mustard's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Mustard moves to clinch but Tsetsku breaks away
and Tsetsku counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mustard on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Tsetsku swings for the body but Mustard moves out of range.
Mustard tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Tsetsku manages to circle out of the way.
Tsetsku misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mustard.
As Tsetsku tries to get set, Mustard tries to push him back and clinch up but Tsetsku manages to avoid the attempt.
Mustard uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tsetsku.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tsetsku swings for the body but Mustard moves out of range.
Mustard wants to clinch up but Tsetsku keeps it at a distance.
Mustard looks to clinch
and Tsetsku makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Tsetsku cracks Mustard with a right hand to the side of the head.
Tsetsku misses the shot to the body.
Mustard fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tsau Tsetsku seems to be getting the better of the standup.
No joy there for Tsetsku, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mustard pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A little jabbing left from Tsetsku on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Mustard tries to clinch
and Tsetsku counters with a nice body shot.
Tsetsku swings for the body but Mustard moves out of range.
A punch lands to the side of Mustard 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Mustard swings for the body but Tsetsku moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A left lands for Tsetsku.
Tsetsku misses the shot to the body.
Mustard wants to clinch but Tsetsku slips to the side
and Tsetsku counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tsau Tsetsku showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

A shot to the liver by Tsetsku. Beautiful body shot.
Mustard throws a body shot but no joy.
Mustard misses with a straight right.
Mustard is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tsetsku tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mustard was well out of range. Poor timing from Tsetsku.
Tsetsku cracks Mustard with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Mustard is looking to clinch but Tsetsku is avoiding it.
Tsetsku just misses with a punch to the body.
Mustard tries to clinch but Tsetsku moves away
and Tsetsku counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Tsetsku lands a nice looking body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mustard takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Mustard doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Mustard fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mustard has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Mustard there as he acknowledges the shot.
Mustard tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tsetsku swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mustard gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Tsetsku.

Mustard closes the distance and pushes Tsetsku back into the cage.
A short uppercut from Tsetsku.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Mustard.
A short right from Tsetsku.
Tsetsku takes an elbow to the forehead.
Tsetsku lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Tsetsku avoids a wild elbow strike from Mustard.
Tsau Tsetsku seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Tsetsku lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Tsetsku pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tsetsku swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mustard with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Tsetsku to score with a decent uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tsetsku throws a body punch but Mustard moves out of range.
Jab by Tsetsku.
Mustard wants to clinch up but Tsetsku keeps it at a distance.
Mustard tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Tsetsku counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Mustard tries to clinch but Tsetsku moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tsetsku lands a nice hook to Mustard's body. Mustard takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Tsetsku dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tsetsku throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tsetsku scores with a jab.
Mustard throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mustard takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Mustard tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tsetsku swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nice defenses there by Tsetsku.
Tsetsku scores with a jab.
Tsetsku lands a nice shot to the body.
Mustard avoids the body shot from Tsetsku.
Tsetsku uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Mustard tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Tsetsku counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Mustard is looking to clinch but Tsetsku is avoiding it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tsetsku cracks Mustard with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Tsetsku takes a swing at Mustard's ribcage but misses.
Mustard fails with an attempt to clinch.

Mustard gets a clinch.
Tsetsku avoids a wild elbow strike from Mustard.
A left hand lands to the body for Tsetsku.
Tsetsku avoids a wild elbow strike from Mustard.
Mustard misses with an elbow over the top.
Mustard creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Mustard looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Tsetsku lands with a left to the head.
Mustard throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Good body shot from Tsetsku.
Tsetsku leaning his opponent against the cage.
A body shot lands from Tsetsku.
Tsau Tsetsku is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mustard throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Tsetsku lands with a right to the head.
Mustard lands a damaging elbow.
Mustard stalling in the clinch but Tsetsku improves position.
Mustard holding his opponent close, against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A right handed body shot lands from Tsetsku.
Mustard misses with an elbow strike.
Mustard misses with an elbow strike.
Tsetsku scores with a shot to the side of Mustard's head.
Tsetsku lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Mustard.
A right hand to the body from Tsetsku.
Tsetsku scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Good body shot from Tsetsku.
Jake Mustard has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tsetsku scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Tsetsku lands a hook to the side of the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tsau Tsetsku comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Tsetsku has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Steve Smith scores the fight 26:30
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 26:30
Judge William Peck scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tsau Tsetsku!
Tsau Tsetsku took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'Eu va conduce România din nou!'.