PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jesus Tabs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wong Ling (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Tabs
vs
Ling

190 cm
19
175 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

177 cm
20
162 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jesus Tabs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Wong Ling!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Anthony Taglia and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horrible takedown by Tabs or perhaps it was just good defense by Ling which made him look bad.
A jab lands there for Ling.
Tabs has a takedown stuffed.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Tabs.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jesus Tabs. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ling stuffs the takedown attempt from Tabs. Tabs gets slowly back to his feet.
Tabs with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Ling to score with a decent uppercut.
Tabs drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Ling wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Tabs fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Ling lands a jab to Tabs's midsection.
Ling scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tabs shoots in but Ling avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Ling dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tabs is breathing heavily.
Ling fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Tabs. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot to de liver by Ling. Beautiful body shot.
Ling cracks Tabs with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Tabs tries to move into range but Ling moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Tabs tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Ling bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Tabs's head.
A jab from Ling does it's job there.
Ling connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ling works the jab nicely.
Tabs takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Ling lands with an overhand left.

Tabs is rocked!
Tabs takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Oh Tabs is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tabs takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Tabs seems to have got his legs back now.
Ling cracks Tabs with an open hand slap.
Ling lands a right hook to the body.
Ling throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Ling lands a body shot.
Tabs takes a body punch but keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ling scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Ling scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Tabs takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Ling lands with a good body shot.
Tabs blocks a head kick by Ling.
Ling lands with a good body shot.
Ling connects with the punch.
Ling scores with a jab to the body.
Ling bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Tabs's head.
A jab from Ling finds it's way through Tabs's defenses.
Tabs with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Ling to score with a decent uppercut.
Tabs takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Ling dips to his left and cracks Tabs with an uppercut!
Tabs shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Ling as he jumps to the side.

Ling drops Tabs with a nice combination! Ling dives into Tabs's guard, looking to finish!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ling is working Tabs over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Tabs working a defensive guard here.
Ling trying to control but Tabs is working from the bottom.
Ling slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Ling is working Tabs over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

Ling got a little sloppy there for a moment and Tabs has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Ling has managed to get both his arms back between Tabs's legs - danger averted.
Ling is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Ling passes Tabs's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ling sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Ling lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Ling drops an elbow to the side of Tabs's head.
Ling working Tabs over with strikes.
Ling landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Tabs taking some punishment here, with Ling in his half guard.
Tabs wants to control but Ling is keeping busy.
Ling trying to control the pace.
Tabs trying to control here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ling drops an elbow to the side of Tabs's head.
Tabs has hold of Ling's hands but Ling slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wong Ling dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

A head kick misses from Ling.
Wong Ling seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ling misses with a straight left.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Tabs is defended easily by Ling.
Ling defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Tabs.
Ling ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Ling throws a series of punches but Tabs avoids them all with ease.
Nice cross by Ling.
Ling misses with a hook.
Ling lands a right hook to the body.
Tabs walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Ling lands a jab to the nose.
Ling stuns Tabs with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Nice cross by Ling.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Ling. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Ling punishes Tabs's body with a nice straight punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tabs fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jesus Tabs. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ling scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tabs misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Ling jabs Tabs right on the nose. Tabs blinks but takes it well.
Tabs is trying hard to land a takedown here. Ling sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Tabs misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Ling lands a jab.
Ling lands a jab to the nose.
Ling swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Tabs.
Ling throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Tabs looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Tabs is defended easily by Ling.
Ling cracks Tabs with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tabs takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Ling connects with a looping right hand.
Ling bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Tabs's head backwards.
The crowd cheers as Ling lands an impressive looking overhand right. Tabs doesn't seem phased though.
Tabs tries to move into range but Ling moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Tabs shoots for a double leg takedown but Ling sprawls well. He's pushed Tabs's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Ling dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ling lands with an overhand left.
Ling lands with a cross.
Ling jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Ling jabs at Tabs's body.
A shot to de liver by Ling. Beautiful body shot.
Tabs takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tabs walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Ling scores with a hook to the body. Tabs takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Ling uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Ling digs a good body shot into Tabs's ribs.
Tabs takes a jab right on the kisser.
Ling plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
A head kick from Ling lands but Tabs takes it in his stride.
Tabs takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Ling throws out a powerful jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ling fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Ling with a nice cross.
Ling works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Ling digs a good hook to Tabs's body.
Nice uppercut there from Ling.
Tabs looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

Ling sets himself and throws a head kick that knocks Tabs to the ground! Ling dives into full mount looking to finish!
Ling loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Tabs scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Ling land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Ling stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Wong Ling!