PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ken Tsai (ranked 4326 p4p, 5759 weight class) and Austin Stevens (ranked 478 p4p, 525 weight class). Ken Tsai has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Tsai
vs
Stevens

193 cm
18
185
2 - 0 - 0

182 cm
18
195
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Intelligent

Silverguard Outfitters 🛡
Furnace Performance 🔥

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ken Tsai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Austin Stevens!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Chris Saunders and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stevens throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Tsai counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Tsai looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Stevens misses with a wild body shot.
Stevens fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Stevens throws a hook but Tsai avoids it easily.
Stevens throws a right hand that Tsai ducks under and follows up with a left that Tsai also avoids with ease.
Tsai throws a big counter combination but Stevens scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Tsai walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stevens lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Tsai backs up against the cage.

It looks like Ken Tsai has been cut.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Tsai.
Jab, jab by Stevens - just one landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stevens lands a really nice looking cross but Tsai seems unphased.
Tsai takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Stevens swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nice uppercut lands for Stevens. That snapped Tsai's head back.
Stevens uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A lazy left from Stevens finds it's target.
Stevens tests Tsai's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Tsai uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Stevens.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tsai walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Tsai takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stevens misses with a body kick.
Stevens lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Stevens fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Tsai gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Stevens.

Tsai is rocked!
Sloppy strikes from Stevens. Those never looked like landing.
Tsai takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Oh Tsai is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stevens jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.

Stevens lands a big uppercut and Tsai crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Tsai looks OK. Stevens waves Tsai back to his feet!

Stevens lands a big right hand that sends Tsai crashing to the mat! Stevens stays standing though and waves Tsai back to his feet!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stevens jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Stevens swings for the body but Tsai moves out of range.
Stevens lands a slapping body shot.
Stevens throws a low kick, looking for Tsai's leg but Tsai calmly moves out of range.
Tsai seems to have got his legs back now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Oooooh!!! Stevens has knocked Tsai down with a huge combo! Stevens steps away and waves a wobbly Tsai back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Stevens throws a nice looking combination but Tsai bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Tsai is looking for a counter combo.
Stevens finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.

Oooooh!!! Stevens has knocked Tsai down with a huge combo! Stevens steps away and waves a wobbly Tsai back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Sloppy strikes from Stevens. Those never looked like landing.
Stevens throws a series of punches but Tsai moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tsai looks up at the clock. Bad move! Stevens lands a right hand from hell, dropping Tsai. Stevens pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Austin Stevens!
Austin Stevens managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Silverguard Outfitters 🛡, into his post fight interview.
The defeated Ken Tsai had this to say: 'YEEYEEHAHA'.