PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lion Tiger (ranked 3936 p4p, 5163 weight class) and Maikel Canel (ranked 395 p4p, 468 weight class). Tiger comes to the cage accompanied by Alok - Hear Me Tonight. Maikel Canel will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Tiger
vs
Canel

190 cm
19
225
1 - 1 - 0

224 cm
21
267
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Good gas tank

Brooklyn Apothecary
Altitude Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lion Tiger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Maikel Canel!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Seu Braga and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Canel shoots in for a takedown but Tiger shows good takedown defense.
Canel looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Tiger is fending him off so far but Canel persists. Nope, Tiger circles away and we're back to standing.
Canel defending well as Tiger loads up on a big left hand.
Canel shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Tiger counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Lion Tiger has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Maikel Canel.
Tiger scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

It looks like Maikel Canel has been cut.
Tiger throws a hook to the side of Canel's head but Canel sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Canel closes this distance looking for a takedown but Tiger circles away.

Canel drives through with a takedown into guard.
Tiger utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Tiger is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Canel seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Tiger keeping moving, preventing Canel from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Canel working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Canel is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Canel not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Canel throwing strikes but missing.
Tiger working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Canel.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Canel accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Tiger working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Canel.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Tiger getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Canel shoots and misses
and Tiger counters with a stiff right hand.
Tiger throws a shot to the body.
Tiger throws a hook but Canel blocks it.
Nice sprawl there from Tiger as Canel shoots in.
Tiger quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Good exchange - Tiger coming out on top.
Tiger closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Canel! Tiger dives in looking to finish! Canel is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lion Tiger!
A victorious Lion Tiger thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.