PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bubba Joe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tao Ren (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ren has chosen Frozen Cross - Heart of Heroine as his entrance music. Tao Ren will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Joe
vs
Ren

205 cm
24
255 lbs
9 - 9 - 0

225 cm
21
265 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Determined

Cobra Kai Nutrition (St. Pete's Best)

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 9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bubba Joe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tao Ren!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Chris Downing and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ren keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Joe.
A combination from Joe does no damage.
Ren throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Ren rushes Joe and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Joe with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Joe tries a knee to the head but Ren blocks it.
Joe using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ren has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ren is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Ren is working Joe over against the cage.
Ren gets through Joe's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Joe throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ren blocks it with crossed arms.
Ren lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Joe backwards.
Ren lands a left hand that snaps the head of Joe backwards.
Joe tries to stall but Ren uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Ren lands a left hand that snaps the head of Joe backwards.
Ren scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ren lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ren stalling.
Joe misses with a knee strike.
Joe throws a punch but it's blocked by Ren.
Joe with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Joe trying to land knees to the body.
Joe misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ren.
Joe with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Joe trying to land knees to the body.
Joe misses with some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joe throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Joe will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Ren up against the cage.
Ren blocks an elbow strike from Joe.
Ren lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Joe backwards.
Joe tries to stall but Ren uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Ren on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A body shot lands from Ren.
Joe is breathing heavily.
Ren blocks an elbow strike from Joe.
Ren softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ren throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Joes head.
A hook to the body from Ren.
Joe tries to land a knee to the head but Ren blocks with his arms.
Joe's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Ren lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ren stalls.
Ren avoiding damage as Joe throws knees to the body.
Come on Ren - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ren.
Ren stalls.
Joe is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ren content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Joe misses with a knee strike.
Joe tries a knee to the head but Ren blocks it.
Joe misses with a knee strike.
Joe tries to land a knee to the head but Ren blocks with his arms.
Ren lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ren lands a right hand that snaps the head of Joe backwards.
Ren lands a body shot.
Ren presses Joe against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A right hook to the body lands for Ren.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ren just leaning against Joe, taking a breather.
Ren lands a right hand.
Ren manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Joe is trying to stall.
Ren stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

Joe breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Joe thumps Ren with a low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ren throws a shot to the body.
A right-left combo lands from Ren.
Ren tries to clinch up but Joe circles away and keeps his distance.
Ren lands a two punch combo.
Ren is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ren tries to clinch but Joe is having none of it.

Ren clinches up against the cage.
Joe tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ren avoids it.
Joe misses with a knee strike.
Joe with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Joe throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ren blocks it with crossed arms.
Ren lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Joe backwards.
Ren lands with a right to the head.
Ren lands a left hand.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Ren as Joe tries to tie him up.
Ren lands an uppercut.
Ren stalling in the clinch.
Joe throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ren is stalling here.
Ren lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Joe or not.
Ren lands with a short shot to the head.
Joe is trying to stall.
A short body shot lands from Ren as the two fighters clinch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Ren scores with a hook to the body.
Ren scores with a shoulder strike.
Ren lands a right hand that snaps the head of Joe backwards.
Ren taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Joe doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ren lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ren lands a right hand that snaps the head of Joe backwards.
Ren lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ren lands a right hand that snaps the head of Joe backwards.
Ren lands with a short punch from the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ren is struggling to control the position.
A body shot lands from Ren.
Ren working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ren avoiding damage.
Ren receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tao Ren dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Joe circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ren misses with a few strikes there.
Ren is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Joe lands a nice shot to the body.
Joe misses with a jab to the body
and Ren counters with a nice body shot.
No joy there for Ren, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Tao Ren seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Ren moves into the clinch.
Joe tries to land a knee to the head but Ren blocks with his arms.
Joe landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Joe using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ren has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Joe tries to land a knee to the head but Ren blocks with his arms.
Ren lands a shoulder strike.
Ren on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Good body shot from Ren.
A short right from Ren.
Joe looking to stall.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Joe with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ren lands with a right to the head.
Joe looking to stall.
Ren takes an elbow to the temple.
Tao Ren seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Ren stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Joe tries a knee to the head but Ren blocks it.
Ren avoiding damage as Joe throws knees to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Ren.
Joe pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Ren lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Joe is trying to stall.
Ren lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short left from Ren.
Ren lands a body punch.
Ren lands a nice shot to the body.
Joe takes a shot to the head.
Ren lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ren avoiding damage.
Ren throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Ren lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Joe or not.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ren stalling the fight.
Joe trying to control the position but instead, Ren has worked for underhooks and has pushed Joe into the cage.
Ren controlling the action here for a moment.
Joe looking to throw knees to the head but Ren is blocking nicely.
Ren lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Joe is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Stalling in the clinch from Ren.
Joe using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ren has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Joe tries a knee to the head but Ren blocks it.
Ren has Joe pressed against the cage.
Ren lands a body punch.
Ren lands a shoulder strike.
A short right from Ren.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ren.
Ren lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Ren lands a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ren displaying some good clinch control by pressing Joe up against the cage.
Joe with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ren lands a hook that snaps the head of Joe backwards.
Joe misses with an elbow strike.
Ren keeps control of Joe as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ren creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Joe is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
The referee calls for Ren to work.
Joe is trying to maintain a safe position but Ren gets an underhook and turns Joe into the cage.
Ren throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A short right from Ren.
Ren throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Joes head.
Joe is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Joe looking to throw knees to the head but Ren is blocking nicely.
A short left from Ren.
A right hand to the body from Ren.
Ren lands a hook that snaps the head of Joe backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joe tries to land a knee to the head but Ren blocks with his arms.
Ren working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ren manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Ren lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ren manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Joe with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ren lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Joe throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ren creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Joe throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ren blocks it with crossed arms.
Ren lands a body punch in the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ren lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Joe misses with a knee to the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Ren.
Ren pushes Joe back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tao Ren showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Joe dodges the punch combination from Ren.
Ren moves in looking to clinch but Joe pushes him off.

Ren moves into the clinch.
Ren makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Joe misses with a knee to the head.
Ren works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Ren works on Joe's body with a couple of short punches.
Ren pushes Joe back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ren lands with a left to the head.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Ren.
Joe tries to land a knee to the head but Ren blocks with his arms.
Joe using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ren has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Joe looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Ren lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ren slowing the pace effectively.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ren.
Joe with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Joe breaks the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ren avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ren has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ren tries to clinch there but Joe circles away.
Ren lands with a nice combination. Joe backs away looking to recover.

Ren clinches.
Joe misses with a knee strike.
Joe tries to break free but Ren pushes him back against the cage.
Joe tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ren avoids it.
Ren lands a body punch in the clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Ren takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Ren scores with a shoulder strike.
A left hand lands to the body for Ren.
A right hook to the body lands for Ren.
Joe tries to land a knee to the head but Ren blocks with his arms.
Ren lands a left hand that snaps the head of Joe backwards.
Ren content to slow the pace in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joe misses with a knee strike.
A short body shot lands from Ren as the two fighters clinch.
Ren lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Joe backwards.
Ren is leaning against Joe and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Ren holding his opponent close, against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Ren.
Ren lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Joe.
Joe letting Ren take a breather here.
Ren lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Ren.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Ren lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Joe backwards.
Joe creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Ren lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Joe tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Joe with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The referee calls for Ren to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ren pushes Joe back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ren content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Joe is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Ren is keeping busy.
Joe displaying some good clinch control by pressing Ren up against the cage.
Joe throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ren lands a body shot in the clinch.
Joe is looking to control Ren's arms but Ren gets an underhook and turns him. Now Joe has his back to the cage.
Joe misses with a hook from the clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Joe tries to land a knee to the head but Ren blocks with his arms.
The referee calls for Ren to work.
Ren lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
A right hook to the body lands for Ren.
Ren lands with a right to the head.
Ren blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tao Ren is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ren managing to block the knees to the body from Joe.
Joe misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ren lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Joe throws a knee to the head but misses.
Joe tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A short right from Ren on the inside.
Ren throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Joes head.
Ren digs a right hand underneath Joe's ribcage. Joe let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Ren lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ren's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Ren on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tao Ren comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Ren has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 25:30
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 25:30
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tao Ren!