PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tony Bamboni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tom Tucker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bamboni comes to the cage accompanied by Ice Ice Baby. Tony Bamboni is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Bamboni
vs
Tucker

167 cm
25
145 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

178 cm
23
157 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Gilop®

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tony Bamboni!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tom Tucker!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Bruno Lombardi and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tucker lands a nice looking body shot.
A combination from Tucker does no damage.
Tucker misses with a hook. Bamboni ducked under it nicely.
A shot to the liver by Tucker. Beautiful body shot.
Bamboni tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Tucker counters with a nice uppercut.
Bamboni fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bamboni fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tucker waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bamboni.
Bamboni uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tucker.
Tucker misses the shot to the body.
Tucker is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bamboni.
Bamboni fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Bamboni fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bamboni is looking to clinch.
Bamboni fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bamboni is looking to clinch but Tucker is avoiding it.
Tucker lands a nice looking body shot.
Tucker misses with a few strikes there.
Tucker swings for the body but Bamboni moves out of range.
Tucker throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A nice combination there by Bamboni.
Bamboni is looking to land body kicks.
Tucker moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Bamboni lands a front kick.
Bamboni tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tucker lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Tucker circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tucker lands with an uppercut that bounces Bamboni off the cage and back into rage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tucker circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tucker is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Tucker moves out of range of the body kick from Bamboni.
Bamboni is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bamboni walks into a left hand.
Bamboni doesn't manage to clinch there - Tucker circles away.
Bamboni fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bamboni tries to close the distance and clinch but Tucker swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bamboni explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Tucker scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Bamboni doesn't seem bothered though.
Tucker moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Bamboni delivers a nice body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bamboni showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tucker.
Tucker throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bamboni misses with the body kick
and Tucker cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bamboni misses with an attempted mid kick.
Bamboni pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Bamboni avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tucker swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bamboni tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Tucker manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Tucker throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Bamboni counters with a nice body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Bamboni.

Bamboni clinches with his opponent.
Tucker fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bamboni comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Tucker misses with a punch to the body.
Tucker looking to stall.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bamboni just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tucker's brow.
Tucker blocks an elbow strike from Bamboni.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bamboni obliges.

Bamboni pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bamboni lands a nice looking body kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
No joy there for Bamboni, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tony Bamboni dominated that 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.

Tucker misses with a series of wild punches.
Bamboni tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Tucker manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bamboni keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tucker darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Bamboni scores with a kick to the midsection.
Bamboni tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tucker swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tucker misses with a two punch combination.
Tucker keeps the fight on the outside.
Tucker sizes up Bamboni with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Tucker rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bamboni moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bamboni tries to close the distance and clinch but Tucker swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bamboni tries to clinch up.
Tucker has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Bamboni.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bamboni showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tucker.
Tucker is breathing heavily.
Tucker takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Tucker throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bamboni.
Tucker swats away the attempt to clinch by Bamboni.
Bamboni tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bamboni fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tucker misses with a double jab

and Bamboni counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Bamboni.
Tucker misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tucker is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bamboni is keeping busy.
Bamboni lands a nice elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tucker swings wildly with an uppercut but Bamboni uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bamboni lands an elbow that stopped Tucker in his tracks for a moment.
Bamboni lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Knees to the body from Bamboni.
Bamboni lands a nice elbow.
Bamboni throws an elbow that misses.
Tucker misses with the head strike.
Tucker tries to throw a body punch but Bamboni avoids it by throwing Tucker back against the cage.
Bamboni misses with an elbow strike.
Still in the clinch, Tucker scores with a nice short uppercut.
Tucker lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bamboni backwards.
Tucker swings wildly with an uppercut but Bamboni uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bamboni landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tucker throws a punch but it's blocked by Bamboni.
Tucker has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Bamboni gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bamboni unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Tucker wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tucker misses with the head strike.
Bamboni keeps control of Tucker as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bamboni lands an elbow just above Tucker 's eye.
Bamboni creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tucker's defenses.
Tucker misses with a punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Tucker.
Tucker fails to pull guard.
Tucker blocks an elbow strike.
Tucker takes an elbow to the forehead.
Tucker blocks an elbow strike from Bamboni.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bamboni pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Bamboni using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Tucker can't break the clinch.
Tucker managing to block the knees to the body from Bamboni.
Nice elbow from Bamboni.
Bamboni lands a knee to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bamboni just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tucker's brow.
Bamboni landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Tucker wants a takedown but no success here.
Tucker working aggressively here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Tucker.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tucker avoids a wild elbow strike from Bamboni.
Tucker has had enough of the clinch but Bamboni keeps him there for the moment.
Bamboni throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Tucker taking a breather.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tony Bamboni 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. This is the final round!

Tucker gets tackled into the cage by Bamboni. Bamboni maintains the clinch.
Tucker is looking to control Bamboni's arms but Bamboni gets an underhook and turns him. Now Tucker has his back to the cage.
Bamboni gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bamboni blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tucker blocks an elbow strike from Bamboni.
Tucker tries to circle away but Bamboni has him pinned against the cage.
Bamboni comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bamboni.
Bamboni pushes off an throws an elbow but Tucker leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Tucker tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Bamboni smiles and moves away.
Tucker lands a lovely overhand right.
Bamboni tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tucker swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Bamboni.
Bamboni ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tucker misses with a straight right.
Bamboni misses with an attempted mid kick.
Both fighters circling a little - Bamboni finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Bamboni misses with a body kick.
Tucker misses with a wild combination.
Tom Tucker is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tucker takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Tucker throws a shot from downtown. Bamboni moves away and avoids it.
Tucker throws a series of punches but Bamboni avoids them all with ease.
Tucker avoids a kick to the body.
Tucker has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Bamboni.
Tom Tucker has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tucker keeps the fight on the outside.
Tucker lands the left hand.
Tucker throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bamboni dodges the punch combination from Tucker.
Bamboni tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tucker paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bamboni wants to clinch up but Tucker keeps it at a distance.
Bamboni tries to close the distance and clinch but Tucker swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bamboni fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tom Tucker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tucker moves out of range as Bamboni throws a body kick.
A shot to the liver by Tucker. Beautiful body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Bamboni.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bamboni clinches up with Tucker and pushes him back against the cage.
Bamboni blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bamboni keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tucker's efforts to push away.
Tucker misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tucker lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Tucker tries to work over Bamboni's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tony Bamboni is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bamboni.
Tucker wants a takedown but no success here.
Tucker tries to throw a body punch but Bamboni avoids it by throwing Tucker back against the cage.
Bamboni prevents Tucker from breaking the clinch.
Tucker swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tucker lands with a left to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bamboni throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bamboni creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Tucker tries to break free but Bamboni pushes him back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bamboni.
Tucker looking to stall.

Bamboni breaks the clinch.
Tucker swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Bamboni counters with a low kick, right behind Tucker 's knee.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bamboni chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Bamboni doesn't manage to clinch there - Tucker circles away.
Tucker rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Bamboni counters by moving into the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tony Bamboni showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bamboni has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tony Bamboni!