PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ting Tang (ranked 3716 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bobo Smrad (ranked 4713 p4p, 0 weight class). Bobo Smrad will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Tang
vs
Smrad

175 cm
25
199 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
23
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ting Tang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bobo Smrad!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Tarja Halkonen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tang stuns Smrad with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Tang works Smrad's body with a nice hook.
Tang connects with a body shot that sends Smrad's belly button to the back.
Tang throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tang lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Tang definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Tang lands the left hand.
Tang could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Smrad avoids the body shot from Tang.
Tang takes a swing at Smrad's ribcage but misses.

Smrad throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Tang tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Smrad is in Tang's guard.
Smrad looks winded!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tang wants to sweep here but Smrad controlling him for the moment.
Smrad must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Tang is pulling down on Smrad's head. It's preventing any offense from Smrad, at least for the moment.
Tang is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tang thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Smrad's head.
Tang throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Tang sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Tang lands with a punch from half guard.

Tang is trying to work for a kimura but Smrad is defending well.
Tang moves nicely into side control.
Tang is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Smrad is not in a great position here, taking some shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tang throws a strike aimed at the side of Smrad's head but Smrad avoids it well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tang staying calm.
Tang in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Tang creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Smrad takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Tang lands a nice forearm strike.
Tang in side control, throwing shots but Smrad defends.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Check out the look on Tang's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
You can see the frustration on Smrad's face as Tang controls the position.

Tang working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Tang taking a breather here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tang lands an elbow.
The strikes coming from Tang are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Tang scoring with punches and elbows.
Tang moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Smrad avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Tang.
Smrad takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Tang working the ground and pound.
Tang is putting a hurting on Smrad here, landing some big shots from side control.
Tang looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Smrad is avoiding damage well.
Smrad avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Tang.

Tang looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tang controlling the position.
Smrad takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Tang controls the position.
Tang cracks Smrad with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Tang connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Smrad some visible discomfort.

Tang is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Smrad has escaped the position, nice work there.
Smrad defending against the ground and pound.
Tang staying calm.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tang scores with a couple of short elbows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ting Tang dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Smrad slips a straight right by Tang.

Smrad drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Tang manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!

Tang is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Smrad doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Tang.
Nice strikes from Tang there.
Tang performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tang sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Smrad defending well though.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Tang lands a nice short elbow.
Smrad is breathing heavily.
Tang takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Tang has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tang thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Smrad's head.
Smrad blocking the ground and pound attempt from Tang.
Tang works his foot free and advances to mount.
Tang tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Tang connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Tang landing punches.
Tang lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Tang raining down shots from the mount!

Smrad is rocked!
A big strike lands for Tang! That's really hurt Smrad and he's turned his back - Tang keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Tang jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ting Tang!
In his post fight interview, Ting Tang started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.