PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bubbles Ticklepants (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nathan Bowman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ticklepants's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Liquor & Whores. Bubbles Ticklepants could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Nathan Bowman's chin.

Ticklepants
vs
Bowman

174 cm
23
169 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

182 cm
30
177 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

ANABOLIC **160**

Wolfpack Threadz

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bubbles Ticklepants!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Nathan Bowman!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Patrick Alders and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bowman moves out of range as Ticklepants strikes.
Bowman tries to clinch up.
Bowman tries to clinch up but Ticklepants circles away and keeps his distance.

Ticklepants moves into the clinch.
Bowman tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bowman takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ticklepants tries to land a knee to the head but Bowman blocks with his arms.
Ticklepants using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bowman has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bowman fails to pull guard.
Bowman tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Ticklepants smiles and moves away.
Good leg kick by Ticklepants there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Bowman tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bowman fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ticklepants lands a high kick!

It looks like Nathan Bowman has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bowman tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ticklepants swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ticklepants throws a body punch but Bowman moves out of range.
Ticklepants throws a head kick that misses.
Ticklepants tries to clinch up but Bowman circles away and keeps his distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bowman tries to clinch but Ticklepants moves away

and Ticklepants counters by moving into the clinch.
Ticklepants throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bowman blocks it with crossed arms.
Ticklepants landing knees to the body.
Bowman misses with a punch on the inside.
Ticklepants with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ticklepants throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ticklepants misses with a body punch.
Ticklepants tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ticklepants misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ticklepants on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ticklepants scores with a knee to the head.
Bowman wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ticklepants tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bowman swings wildly with an uppercut but Ticklepants uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bowman managing to block the knees to the body from Ticklepants.
Ticklepants using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bowman has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Bowman escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bowman looks to clinch

and Ticklepants holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ticklepants stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Bowman tries to land knees in the clinch but Ticklepants avoids the damage to the body.
Bowman stalling the fight.
Bowman tries to pull guard but Ticklepants holds him up against the cage and eventually Bowman drops back down to his feet.
Bubbles Ticklepants has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nathan Bowman.
Ticklepants keeps control of Bowman as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ticklepants tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bowman avoids it.
Ticklepants scores with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ticklepants.
Ticklepants blocks a body shot from Bowman.
Bowman looking to slow down the pace here.
Ticklepants throws a knee to the head but misses.

Bowman successfully pulls guard.

Bowman looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Ticklepants's corner is telling him to maintain position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bowman controls Ticklepants momentarily but Ticklepants frees himself.

Bowman isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Ticklepants stacks Bowman on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Ticklepants!
Ticklepants in side control, just content to control the action for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bowman is pushing Ticklepants's head away, looking to escape. Ticklepants manages to hold on to the position though.
Ticklepants controlling the position.

Bowman bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ticklepants looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bubbles Ticklepants dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nathan Bowman's cut.
That's time! Ticklepants's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Bowman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ticklepants misses with an attempted mid kick.
Ticklepants tries to land a body kick
and Ticklepants takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bowman tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ticklepants swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bowman tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Ticklepants manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bowman tries to close the distance and clinch but Ticklepants swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bowman checks the leg kick.

Ticklepants has taken the fight to the clinch.
Bowman lands a body shot in the clinch.
Bowman fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Ticklepants lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ticklepants blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ticklepants will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Bowman up against the cage.
Bowman lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Knees to the body from Ticklepants.
Ticklepants lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ticklepants using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bowman has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ticklepants lands a nice knee to the body.
Bowman is trying to stall.
Ticklepants misses with a knee to the head.
Ticklepants lands a nice knee to the body.
Ticklepants scores a nice knee to the body.
Bowman is breathing heavily.
Bowman wants to stall.
A knee to the head by Ticklepants.
Bowman takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ticklepants with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bowman is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Ticklepants is keeping busy.
Bowman tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Ticklepants with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ticklepants crunches a lovely knee into Bowman's ribcage.
A knee to the head by Ticklepants.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ticklepants lands a knee to the body.
Ticklepants with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Bowman is rocked!
Ticklepants landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bowman is still on wobbly legs! Can Ticklepants finish him?
Ticklepants putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bowman in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Ticklepants lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ticklepants lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bowman backwards.
Ticklepants connects with a knee to the head.
Bowman tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Bubbles Ticklepants has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nathan Bowman.
Ticklepants avoiding damage.
Ticklepants lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A short right from Ticklepants on the inside.
Ticklepants lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ticklepants throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bowmans head.
Ticklepants on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ticklepants prevents a body shot from Bowman.
Ticklepants tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ticklepants with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ticklepants utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Bowman takes a knee to the side of the body.
Ticklepants with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bubbles Ticklepants has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bowman wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A knee to the head by Ticklepants.
Ticklepants landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ticklepants scores with a knee to the head.
Ticklepants lands an elbow inside.
Ticklepants with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bowman looking to stall.
Ticklepants scores a nice knee to the body.
Ticklepants with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ticklepants lands an elbow that stopped Bowman in his tracks for a moment.
Ticklepants is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bowman can do to turn this around?
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ticklepants obliges.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ticklepants tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ticklepants landing knees to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bowman takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ticklepants working Bowman over with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ticklepants obliges.
Ticklepants with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Ticklepants.
Ticklepants with a knee to the head.
Ticklepants landing knees to the head.
Ticklepants landing knees to the head.
Bowman working hard to break the clinch.
Ticklepants tries to land a knee to the head but Bowman blocks with his arms.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Ticklepants lands a damaging elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bowman takes an elbow to the temple.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bowman.
Ticklepants unloads a knee to the mid-section.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bubbles Ticklepants dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Nathan Bowman's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Crunch! Ticklepants slams his shin into Bowman's torso.
Ticklepants checks a leg kick.
Bowman seems to have recovered his senses.

Ticklepants moves into the clinch.
Ticklepants misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bowman.
Ticklepants landing knees to the head.
A knee to the head by Ticklepants.
Ticklepants misses with a body punch.
Ticklepants has Bowman pressed up against the cage in a tight Thai clinch. Bowman is arching his back, trying to avoid the knees but a big one sneaks through from Ticklepants - that's hurt Bowman badly! Oh, another knee lands and Bowman is covering up! The referee steps in to save him - possibly a bit early but Bowman doesn't seem to be complaining.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:37 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Bubbles Ticklepants!
Bubbles Ticklepants retains his welterweight title!
After winning the bout, Bubbles Ticklepants thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.