PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tony Tiger (ranked 774 p4p, 82 weight class) and Lirik Chan (ranked 1879 p4p, 190 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Tiger
vs
Chan

166 cm
26
158 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

175 cm
26
167 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tony Tiger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Lirik Chan!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Winston Alpacca and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chan lands an overhand right.
Chan swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Tiger.
Chan looks to land a right hand but Tiger moved out of range.
Tiger takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Lirik Chan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Tiger moves into range and clinches up with Chan.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Tiger just misses with a elbow thrown towards Chan's brow.
Our sources have told us that Tiger has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Chan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Chan managing to block the knees to the body from Tiger.
Chan avoids the elbow strike from Tiger, against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chan managing to block the knees to the body from Tiger.
Tiger looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Chan blocks an elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tiger throws an elbow but it misses.
Chan stalling against the cage.
Tiger lands a good knee to the midsection. Chan won't want to take too many of those.
Tiger scores with a knee to the head.
Tiger pushes off an throws an elbow but Chan leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Chan avoids a wild elbow strike from Tiger.
With the fighters up against the cage, Tiger throws an elbow but misses.
Chan looking to stall.
Chan is pushing Tiger up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tiger creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Chan trying to control the position but instead, Tiger has worked for underhooks and has pushed Chan into the cage.
Tiger lands a damaging elbow.
Chan is looking to control Tiger's arms but Tiger gets an underhook and turns him. Now Chan has his back to the cage.
Tiger creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Tiger misses with a knee strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chan leaning against his opponent.
Chan avoiding damage as Tiger throws knees to the body.
Tiger unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Tiger creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Tiger tries to land a knee to the head but Chan blocks with his arms.
Tiger throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Tiger working Chan over with knees to the body.
Tiger lands a knee to the head.
Tiger gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Chan controlling the action here for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tiger creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Chan's defenses.
Chan has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Chan has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Tiger seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Chan can turn it around.
Tiger lands a knee to the body.
Chan avoiding damage as Tiger throws knees to the body.
Tiger lands a damaging elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chan looking to stall.
Tiger lands a damaging elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tony Tiger dominated that round.
That's time! Tiger's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Chan misses the shot to the body.

Tiger clinches up with Chan and pushes him back against the cage.
Tiger is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Chan can do to turn this around?
Tiger throws a knee to the head but misses.
The referee is keeping an eye on Chan - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Chan blocks an elbow strike.
Tiger missing with knees to the body.
Tiger misses with an elbow strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tiger looking to throw knees to the head but Chan is blocking nicely.
Chan dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Knees to the body from Tiger.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tiger crunches a lovely knee into Chan's ribcage.
A frustrated look appears on Chan's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Tiger tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Chan avoids it.
Tiger creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Chan blocks an elbow strike from Tiger.
Chan is looking to control Tiger's arms but Tiger gets an underhook and turns him. Now Chan has his back to the cage.
Tiger lands an elbow that stopped Chan in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Lirik Chan has been cut.
Knees in the clinch landing for Tiger.
Tiger lands a damaging elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tiger looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Chan dodges an elbow strike from Tiger.
Tony Tiger has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Chan blocks an elbow strike.
Chan wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Chan managing to block the knees to the body from Tiger.
Tiger looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Tiger unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Chan manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Tiger lands an elbow inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chan looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Chan taking a breather.
Tiger throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Tiger tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tiger lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Chan controlling the action here for a moment.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Tiger throws an elbow that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tiger misses with an elbow strike.
Tiger landing knees to the body.
Tiger looking to throw knees to the head but Chan is blocking nicely.
Tiger lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A knee to the head by Tiger.
Tiger misses with a knee to the head.
Chan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Tiger misses with an elbow over the top.
A head punch on the inside from Chan fails to land.
Chan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tony Tiger dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Lirik Chan's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Tiger takes one on the chin but seems OK.

It looks like Tony Tiger has been cut.
Chan throws an overhand right that lands on Tiger's shoulder, as Tiger tries to avoid the shot.
Chan connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Tiger momentarily.
Tiger fails in his attempt to clinch.
Chan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Chan lands with an uppercut that bounces Tiger off the cage and back into range.
Chan misses with a hook. Tiger ducked under it nicely.
Chan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Chan let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Chan throws a body punch but Tiger moves out of range.
Chan throws a body punch but Tiger moves out of range.
Chan connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Tiger takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Chan loads up on a big right hand but Tiger slips the punch.
Chan throws a hook but Tiger blocks it.
Tiger uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Chan.

Tiger takes the fight into the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chan takes an elbow to the temple.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tiger lands an elbow that stopped Chan in his tracks for a moment.
Tiger tries to land knees in the clinch but Chan avoids the damage to the body.
Chan blocks an elbow strike from Tiger.
Tiger pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Tiger on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tiger tries a knee to the head but Chan blocks it.
Tiger lands an elbow that stopped Chan in his tracks for a moment.
Chan avoids a wild elbow strike from Tiger.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tiger lands an elbow just above Chan 's eye.
Chan is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Tiger is keeping busy.
Chan managing to block the knees to the body from Tiger.
Tiger unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Tiger looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Tiger throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Chan blocks it with crossed arms.
Chan blocks an elbow strike.
Chan avoids the elbow strike from Tiger, against the cage.
Tiger pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chan is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Chan is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Chan is trying to break the clinch but Tiger has him pressed against the cage.
Tony Tiger is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Tiger using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Chan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Chan tries to break free but Tiger pushes him back against the cage.
Chan trying to stall but Tiger improves his position.
Lirik Chan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Chan blocks an elbow strike.
Chan has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Tiger lands an elbow just above Chan 's eye.
Tiger gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Tiger prevents Chan from breaking the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tony Tiger showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Tiger, 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 Franklin scores the fight 30:26
Judge Winston Alpacca scores the fight 30:26
Judge David Hoff scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tony Tiger!
After winning the bout, Tony Tiger thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.