PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jason Biggs (ranked 3408 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ting Tang (ranked 2128 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Biggs
vs
Tang

188 cm
25
212 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

175 cm
25
199 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jason Biggs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ting Tang!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Anni Minnemäki and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Biggs swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Biggs sets himself, and Tang steps forward looking for the clinch! Biggs avoids it this time.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Tang has Biggs up against the cage in a clinch.
Tang works on Biggs's body with a couple of short punches.
Tang misses with a short punch on the inside.
Biggs blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Tang fails to land.
Tang's coach down at Blanc Fitness Academy was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Tang's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Biggs pushes Tang back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Biggs breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tang takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Tang bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Tang misses with a wild body shot.
Tang uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Biggs.
Tang scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Biggs doesn't seem bothered though.
Tang slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tang slips under a jab.
Biggs keeps the fight on the outside.
Tang fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Biggs looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Biggs drops his hands momentarily and Tang takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Biggs avoids the body shot from Tang.
Biggs is looking to counter punch.
Biggs uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tang.
A quick step to the side and Biggs tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ting Tang seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Biggs displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tang throws out the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tang uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Biggs.
Tang just misses with a punch to the body.
Tang misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Biggs.
Biggs misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tang.
Tang ducks under a wild hook from Biggs.
Biggs takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Biggs throws a hook but Tang avoids it easily.
Biggs misses with a looping left.
Tang bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tang uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Biggs.
Biggs displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tang throws out the jab.
Tang lands a glancing blow to the side of Biggs's head.
Tang scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Tang jabs Biggs right on the nose. Biggs blinks but takes it well.
Tang connects with a crisp jab.
Tang misses with a body shot.
Tang dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Biggs jabs Tang to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Biggs misses the shot to the body.
A shot to the liver by Tang. Beautiful body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tang avoids the body shot from Biggs.
Tang fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Tang throws a body shot but no joy.
Biggs waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tang.
Tang loads up on a big right hand but Biggs slips the punch.
Tang drops his hands momentarily and Biggs takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Tang lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Biggs stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

It looks like Ting Tang has been cut.
Tang tries to clinch but Biggs is having none of it.
Biggs throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tang sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tang misses with a looping right.
Tang just misses with a punch to the body.
A little feinted left hand from Biggs on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Biggs moves forwards but Tang connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Tang takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Nice straight punches there by Biggs. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Biggs.
Tang throws the left hand but Biggs avoids the punch easily.
Biggs looks to land a right hand but Tang moved out of range.
Biggs throws out a powerful jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Biggs swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tang misses with a straight left.
Biggs moves out of range of the strikes.
Biggs walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

Tang gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Biggs breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nice defenses there by Biggs.
Biggs is looking to counter punch.
Tang lands with a cross.
Biggs misses with a straight right.
Biggs takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Tang dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tang moves away from the strike by Biggs.
Biggs takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Tang connects with a good right hand that stumbles Biggs. Biggs circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tang works Biggs's body with a nice hook.
Biggs slips under a jab.
Biggs defending well as Tang loads up on a big left hand.
Biggs keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Biggs takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Tang looks winded!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tang throws a body shot but no joy.
Tang misses the shot to the body.
Biggs misses with a looping right.
Tang throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Biggs throwing a counter right hand but Tang manages to avoid it.

Tang has taken the fight to the clinch.
Tang is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Biggs to keep the fight standing.

Biggs escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Biggs scores with a shot to the body.
Biggs scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Tang doesn't seem bothered though.
Tang ducks under a wild hook from Biggs.
Tang uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Biggs.
Biggs connects with a crisp jab.
Biggs lands a nice hook to Tang's body. Tang takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Tang uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Biggs.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Biggs steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tang.
Tang avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tang uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Biggs.
Biggs looks to throw the jab but Tang is out of range.
Tang throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ting Tang dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ting Tang's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Tang steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Biggs.
Biggs ducks under a wild hook from Tang.
Biggs ducks right into an uppercut from Tang.
Biggs swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tang slips under a jab from Biggs.
Biggs misses the jab.
Tang is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Nice defenses there by Biggs.
Biggs scores with a decent looking hook.
Tang misses with a wild body shot.
Tang connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Biggs's hands.
Tang takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Tang bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Tang. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
A swing and a miss from Biggs.
Tang is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Tang takes a swing at Biggs's ribcage but misses.
Tang throws a hook to the side of Biggs's head but Biggs sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tang moves into range and connects with a jab.
Tang is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Biggs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Biggs misses with a straight right.
Nice defenses there by Tang.
Tang misses with a hook to the body
and Biggs counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tang misses with a wild body shot.
Tang is breathing heavily.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Tang takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Tang uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Biggs.
A left lands for Biggs.
A slow jab from Tang misses its intended target.
A counter left hand to the body from Biggs misses its target.
Biggs misses with a straight left.
Biggs with a jab.
Tang connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Biggs looks to throw the jab but Tang is out of range.
Tang works the jab nicely.
Tang scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Biggs doesn't seem bothered though.
Biggs throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Tang bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Biggs misses with a wild body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Biggs lands a head shot.
Tang steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Biggs.
Tang misses with a wild body shot.
Biggs looks to land a left hand but Tang moved out of range nicely.
Tang tries to counter by closing the distance.
Ting Tang seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Biggs tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tang was well out of range. Poor timing from Biggs.
Biggs misses with a wild body shot.
Biggs missing with a left hand there. Tang was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Biggs lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tang. Biggs does a little dance to reset his feet.
Biggs misses with a looping right.
Tang tries to clinch up.
A left lands for Tang.
Tang jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Tang on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Biggs throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tang sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A cross from Biggs lands.
Tang throws a shot to the body.
Biggs cracks Tang with an open hand slap.

That has opened up Ting Tang's cut even more.
Biggs gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Tang catches Biggs with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Tang scores with a body shot.
Tang slips a jab from Biggs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Tang clinches up with Biggs and pushes him back against the cage.
Tang tries to work over Biggs's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Biggs breaks from the clinch.
Biggs takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A swing and a miss from Biggs.
Tang lands a jab to the head.
Tang sizes up Biggs with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Tang tries to close the distance and clinch up but Biggs swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tang avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tang tries to counter with a clinch but Biggs shakes him off and moves away.
Tang uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Biggs.
Biggs slips under a jab.
Tang takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Biggs scores with a jab to the head.
Biggs takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Tang clobbers Biggs with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Biggs with a jab.
Tang blocks a jab.
Tang stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tang is looking to clinch.
Biggs ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tang moves away.
Tang bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Biggs misses the shot to the body.
Biggs scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Tang swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Biggs.
Tang misses with a hook.
Biggs bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tang ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tang avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Biggs steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tang.
Tang tries to grapple but his opponent circles
enabling Biggs to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tang slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Biggs sizes up Tang with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Tang throws a good cross that connects.
Biggs uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tang.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Jason Biggs will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ting Tang's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Tang throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tang thows a left - swing and a miss!
Biggs lands an overhand right.

Tang is rocked!
Biggs moves in close and cracks Tang with a massive right hand! Tang, frozen momentarily in time, tumbles to the canvas, already out cold! A brutal knockout by Biggs!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:15 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jason Biggs!