PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Fitz Hall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tom Tucker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tom Tucker is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Hall
vs
Tucker

173 cm
23
152 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

172 cm
25
152 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Fitz Hall!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Tom Tucker!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Sam Margolis and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A swing and a miss from Tucker.
Hall lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Hall.
A combination from Hall does no damage.
Tucker blocks a jab.
Tucker takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Tucker jabs Hall right on the nose. Hall blinks but takes it well.
Hall gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Tucker.
Hall bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tucker staying out of range there.
Tucker steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Hall.
Tucker misses with a wild body shot.
Danga de danga de dang - Hall scores with a four punch combination!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hall takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Tucker misses with a right hand
and Hall connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tom Tucker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hall uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tucker.
Tucker fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hall manages to avoid it.

Hall gets tackled into the cage by Tucker. Tucker maintains the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tucker scores with a nice hook to the head.
Tucker stalls.
Tucker lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hall backwards.
Tucker lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Tucker swings wildly with an uppercut but Hall uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tucker softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Tucker presses Hall against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Hall wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tucker has him pressed against the cage.
Tucker lands a right hand.
Tucker lands a damaging elbow.
Tucker holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Hall letting Tucker take a breather here.
Tucker presses Hall against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tucker pushes Hall back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tucker makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Tucker.
Tucker working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Tucker controlling the action here for a moment.
Tucker stalls.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Hall's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Hall is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hall has a couple of punches blocked by Tucker.
Tucker lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Hall doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tucker lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hall backwards.
Tucker lands with a short shot to the head.
Hall being controlled against the cage.
A hook to the body from Tucker.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Tucker.
Hall takes a shot to the head.
Tucker working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hall trying to control the position but instead, Tucker has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hall into the cage.
Tucker lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hall looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A nice left hand lands by Tucker.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hall is trying to push Tucker away but Tucker has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Tucker lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hall backwards.
We've been informed that Tucker has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Tucker comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Tucker is struggling to control the position.
Tucker softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Hall is rocked!
Tucker scores with a shot to the side of Hall's head.
Oh Hall is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tucker lands a shoulder strike.
Tucker swings wildly with an uppercut but Hall uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tucker dips a shoulder and cracks Hall with a mighty uppercut! Hall falls back against the cage and Tucker unloads with a barrage of strikes! Hall is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Tucker screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tom Tucker!