PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Markus Justice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Louis Tecate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Justice
vs
Tecate

182 cm
21
170 lbs
3 - 6 - 1

180 cm
20
163 lbs
4 - 7 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

TFP Graphics - Pit Inc

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 6 - 1, fighting out of New York, Markus Justice!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Louis Tecate!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Anthony Taglia and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Justice shoots in for a takedown but Tecate shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Justice has a takedown stuffed.
Justice jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Justice will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Markus Justice. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Justice throws a lazy right hand but Tecate sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Tecate fails with an attempt to clinch.
Justice uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tecate.
Justice throws a poor cross that misses
and Tecate counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Justice misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Justice ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tecate moves away.
Justice throws a hook but Tecate avoids it easily.
Tecate on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Justice has a takedown stuffed.
Justice fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Justice fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Justice throws out a loose jab but Tecate uses good head movement to avoid it.
Justice lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Justice throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Tecate fails with an attempt to clinch.
Justice scores with a shot to the body.
Justice throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Justice looks to land a left hand but Tecate moved out of range nicely.
Tecate slips under a jab.
Crunch! Justice slams his shin into Tecate's torso.
Justice rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tecate moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tecate looks for a takedown but Justice sprawls well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Justice stuffs the takedown.
Nice takedown defense from Tecate. No joy for Justice on that attempt.
Tecate looks to land a body kick but Justice moved away.
Justice looks to land a left hand but Tecate moved out of range nicely.
Tecate ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Justice shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Tecate manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Justice trying to move into half guard but instead Tecate has managed to sweep!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Justice has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Tecate has passed into side control.
Justice tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Tecate wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

Tecate stands up and we're back to a striking position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Justice misses the jab.
Justice changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Tecate tries to avoid it but Justice manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Tecate to the ground. Tecate escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Tecate slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Justice lands a lovely overhand right.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Tecate - that will leave a mark!
Justice shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Tecate counters with a three punch combo that has Justice backing up. Justice nods at Tecate to acknowledge the strikes.
Justice misses with a double jab.
Justice misses with a wild combination.
Justice is breathing heavily.
Tecate throws a head kick that misses.
Tecate misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Justice darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Justice prevents Tecate from standing back up.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Justice wants to pass the guard but Tecate is defending well.
Tecate avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Justice.
Tecate trying to control from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Justice landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Justice is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Tecate has managed to free his arm - good work.
Tecate tries to kick Justice off but Justice keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Markus Justice dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Tecate fails with the takedown
and Justice counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

Justice shoots in and bounces Tecate off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Tecate looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Justice trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Tecate looking to control.
Justice wants to pass the guard but Tecate is keeping the position.
Justice trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Tecate manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Justice looking for a guillotine here but Tecate defends easily.

Justice isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Tecate stacks Justice 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 Tecate!
Justice manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.

Justice looking for submissions off his back.
Tecate wants to control but Justice is keeping him busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Justice wants to get back to full guard.
Justice is working hard here to advance position.
Justice is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Tecate's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Tecate's back!
Tecate avoids the strikes from Justice.

Justice is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Tecate defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Tecate wants to control his opponent's hands but Justice gets his hands free.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tecate covering up well under a series of strikes from Justice.
Justice throwing wild punches that miss their target.
Justice lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Tecate controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.

Tecate is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.

Justice is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Tecate defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tecate tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!

Justice is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Tecate has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Tecate!

Justice looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Justice has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Tecate is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Justice.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Tecate stands up and we're back to a striking position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Markus Justice dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Justice throws a right hand that misses
and Tecate counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Justice takes one on the button.
Justice walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Tecate fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Justice scores with a nice strike.
Markus Justice is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tecate gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Justice misses with an uppercut
and Tecate counters with a nice uppercut.
Justice shoots in for a takedown but Tecate shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Markus Justice is winning the standup battle so far.
Justice cracks a nice hook into Tecate's ribs.
Tecate shoots in but no luck this time.
Tecate lands a nice shot that snaps Justice's head back.
Tecate looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Justice misses with a combination
and Tecate makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Tecate shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Justice defends it nicely.
Markus Justice has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Louis Tecate.
Justice throws a jab when Tecate was well out of range.
Tecate thows a left - swing and a miss!
Justice tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tecate was well out of range. Poor timing from Justice.
Justice dives in and grabs Tecate's left leg, looking for a takedown. Tecate pushes down on Justice's head and hops out.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Justice throws a head kick that misses.
Justice fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Tecate looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Tecate walks into a straight right hand from Justice.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Justice swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Tecate counters with a two punch combo.
Justice swinging wildly here.
The fighters circling - Justice throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Justice fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Justice throws an off balance right hand
and Tecate counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Tecate scores with a crisp jab that stopped Justice in his tracks.
Tecate moves in looking to clinch but Justice pushes him off.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tecate leaves Justice with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Tecate doesn't manage to clinch there - Justice circles away.
Tecate lunges at Justice with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Justice's hand.
Justice throws a lazy right hand but Tecate sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Justice stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Justice wants it to stay on the feet.
Justice misses with a combination
and Tecate counters with a straight right hand.
Justice misses with a straight right.

Tecate clinches with his opponent.
Tecate wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tecate displaying some good clinch control by pressing Justice up against the cage.
Tecate wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Justice has him pressed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tecate is trying to maintain a safe position but Justice gets an underhook and turns Tecate into the cage.

Justice has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Tecate regains guard immediately.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Justice wants to pass the guard but Tecate is keeping the position.

Justice drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Tecate dives on top into guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Justice looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Louis Tecate has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Markus Justice is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Justice manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Markus Justice.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Justice, 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 Dean Styles scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Markus Justice!