PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Knut Ysengrin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juan Tamad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Tamad's choice of entrance music: The Joker. Juan Tamad has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Ysengrin
vs
Tamad

180 cm
29
191 lbs
15 - 10 - 0

184 cm
35
200 lbs
23 - 22 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

KAISER Nutrition (160!/220$)

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 15 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Knut Ysengrin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 22 - 1, fighting out of London, Juan Tamad!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Colin Fotheringham and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tamad misses with a takedown
and Ysengrin counters with a right hand to the body.
Ysengrin looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Tamad is fending him off so far but Ysengrin persists. Nope, Tamad circles away and we're back to standing.
Ysengrin checks a low kick from Tamad.
Tamad tries for a takedown but Ysengrin circles away easily
enabling Ysengrin to counter with a crisp jab.
Tamad has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Ysengrin.
Tamad gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Ysengrin holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Knut Ysengrin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Juan Tamad.
Ysengrin misses with a hook to the ribs.

Ysengrin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tamad missing with a left hand there. Ysengrin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tamad avoids the body shot from Ysengrin.
Ysengrin misses with a straight left.
Ysengrin throws a body shot but no joy.
Ysengrin lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Tamad at a distance.
Tamad throws a body shot but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ysengrin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tamad circles away quickly and effectively.
Ysengrin has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Wolf Training Lair in the buildup to the fight.
Ysengrin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tamad circles away quickly and effectively.
Ysengrin throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Tamad stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Ysengrin wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Ysengrin loads up on a big right hand but Tamad slips the punch.
Ysengrin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tamad takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Tamad has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Tamad's corner calls for a 1-2. Tamad obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

Tamad instigates a clinch.
Tamad lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Ysengrin or not.
Ysengrin looking to slow down the pace here.
Ysengrin working aggressively here.

Tamad breaks the clinch.
Tamad misses with a right hand
and Ysengrin counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tamad lands with a good body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tamad staying out of range there.
Tamad throws out a leg kick but Ysengrin moves out of range and Tamad only half commits.

Tamad shoots in and bounces Ysengrin off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Tamad loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Ysengrin preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Ysengrin pulls Tamad in close to his closed guard and prevents Tamad from doing any damage or advancing position.
Tamad postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Ysengrin pulls Tamad in to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tamad throwing strikes but missing.
Ysengrin seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Ysengrin defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Tamad.
Tamad moves out of range of the strikes.
Tamad misses with a low kick.
Tamad avoids the body shot from Ysengrin.
Ysengrin slips a jab from Tamad.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Tamad.
Tamad throws a sloppy head kick and Ysengrin moves out of range easily.
Ysengrin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tamad walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Tamad keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tamad goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Ysengrin lands a jab to the head.
Tamad throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Ysengrin on the side of the head.
Ysengrin misses with an uppercut.
Tamad takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ysengrin throws a looping overhand right but Tamad ducks down to avoid it.
Ysengrin misses with a hook. Tamad ducked under it nicely.
Tamad showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ysengrin.
Tamad swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

Ysengrin gets tackled into the cage by Tamad. Tamad maintains the clinch.

Tamad breaks from the clinch.
Tamad moves out of range of the strikes.
Tamad looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Sloppy strikes from Tamad. Those never looked like landing.
Tamad scores with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Ysengrin ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Tamad is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ysengrin.
Ysengrin throwing a counter right hand but Tamad manages to avoid it.
A jab from Tamad misses.
Juan Tamad seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ysengrin takes a jab right on the kisser.
Tamad uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ysengrin.
Ysengrin blocks a head kick by Tamad.
Tamad throws a shot from downtown. Ysengrin moves away and avoids it.
Ysengrin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tamad takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Tamad steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ysengrin.
Tamad connects with a single shot there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tamad slips under a jab.
Ysengrin scores with a nice strike.
Tamad ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Tamad throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tamad uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ysengrin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ysengrin scores with a nice strike.

Tamad gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Tamad swings wildly with an uppercut but Ysengrin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ysengrin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ysengrin blocking some punches.
Ysengrin lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Tamad.
Ysengrin struggles to land a body shot inside as Tamad controls his hands.

Tamad breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ysengrin cracks Tamad with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Jab by Ysengrin.
Ysengrin scores with a decent looking hook.
Ysengrin steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tamad.
Ysengrin just misses with a punch to the body.
Ysengrin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tamad circles away quickly and effectively.
Ysengrin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tamad.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tamad dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ysengrin. That did some damage!
Tamad throws out a leg kick but Ysengrin moves out of range and Tamad only half commits.
The fighters circling - Ysengrin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A punch combination from Ysengrin misses.
Tamad misses with an uppercut.
Ysengrin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tamad can do to turn this around?
Ysengrin throws a body shot but no joy.
Tamad lands with a slapping head kick.
Knut Ysengrin is winning the standup battle so far.
Tamad tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Ysengrin manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Tamad moves forwards but Ysengrin connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Ysengrin scores with a nice strike.
Ysengrin cracks Tamad with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Nice defenses there by Tamad.
Tamad displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ysengrin throws out the jab.
Tamad avoids the head kick by Ysengrin.
Tamad throws a body kick that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tamad misses with an uppercut
and Ysengrin makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Ysengrin connects with a single shot there.
Tamad defending well as Ysengrin loads up on a big left hand.
Ysengrin connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Tamad throws a good cross that connects.
Tamad fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Ysengrin checks it well.
Tamad moves into range and connects with a jab.
Ysengrin avoids the body shot from Tamad.
Tamad lands with a nice body punch.
Ysengrin misses the shot to the body.
Ysengrin misses with an attempted mid kick.
Tamad throws out a counter right but Ysengrin avoids it with no problem.
Tamad keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ysengrin slips a straight right by Tamad.
An attempted straight right counter from Ysengrin misses the target.
Tamad connects with a leg kick. Ysengrin looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tamad lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tamad keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ysengrin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ysengrin throws a lazy right hand but Tamad sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ysengrin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tamad moves away.
Tamad tries to clinch but Ysengrin moves out of range.
It looked like Ysengrin was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Ysengrin dodges the punch combination from Tamad.
Tamad throws a combination that misses
and Ysengrin counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Tamad misses with a low kick.
Tamad walks into a stiff left hand from Ysengrin.

Tamad closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Ysengrin fails to land.
Ysengrin stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Ysengrin struggles to land a body shot inside as Tamad controls his hands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Knut Ysengrin dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Tamad takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Ysengrin looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Ysengrin throws a wild body kick that Tamad sees coming a mile off.
Tamad avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A head punch on the inside from Ysengrin fails to land.
Ysengrin lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ysengrin is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Tamad prevents a body shot from Ysengrin.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Ysengrin breaks from the clinch.
Tamad tries to clinch but Ysengrin is having none of it.
Tamad takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Tamad keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ysengrin.
Ysengrin cracks the inside of Tamad's front leg.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ysengrin misses with a shot to the body
and Tamad counters with a nice low kick that buckles Ysengrin's knee momentarily.
Tamad misses with a body kick.
A jab from Tamad misses.
Tamad fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ysengrin manages to avoid it.
Tamad avoids the body shot from Ysengrin.
Ysengrin fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Tamad on the side of the head.
Ysengrin throws a predictable looking body shot
and Tamad counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Tamad avoids the body shot from Ysengrin.
Tamad on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Tamad shoots in but no luck this time.
Ysengrin misses the shot to the body.
Ysengrin throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Ysengrin connects with a leg kick. Tamad looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Ysengrin missing with a left hand there. Tamad was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ysengrin catches Tamad with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Ysengrin just misses with a punch to the body.
Ysengrin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ysengrin backing away here, and Tamad unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ysengrin thuds his right hand into Tamad's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Tamad tries to clinch but Ysengrin is having none of it.
Tamad looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ysengrin scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Tamad takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ysengrin. Tamad does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tamad throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tamad motions for Ysengrin to come forward. Tamad throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
It looked like Ysengrin was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Tamad.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Tamad is defended easily by Ysengrin.
Tamad wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from Tamad. No joy for Ysengrin on that attempt.
Tamad lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Ysengrin shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Tamad pinned against the cage. Tamad gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Juan Tamad has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Tamad shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

Ysengrin has one foot on Tamad's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ysengrin misses with a hook.
Ysengrin scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Ysengrin lands a leg kick that knocks Tamad off balance momentarily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tamad checks the leg kick.
Ysengrin lunges at Tamad with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Tamad's hand.
Ysengrin fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Tamad.
Tamad thows a left - swing and a miss!
A looping hook to the body misses from Ysengrin. Tamad does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ysengrin moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromTamad.
Ysengrin uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Tamad has time to react.
Ysengrin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ysengrin avoids the body shot from Tamad.
Ysengrin lands a right hook to the body.
Ysengrin connects with a good right hand that stumbles Tamad. Tamad circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

And that's the end of the fight!
Knut Ysengrin showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Ysengrin, 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 James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Knut Ysengrin!
After the fight, Knut Ysengrin was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.