PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rob Herbert (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Terry Tibbs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Herbert's entrance music is Bodies. A fine choice. Terry Tibbs has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Herbert
vs
Tibbs

183 cm
26
194 lbs
9 - 11 - 0

190 cm
30
190 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Broken Halo Pride Nutrition
Broken Halo Pride Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Rob Herbert!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Terry Tibbs!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Sam Margolis and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Herbert falls off balance throwing a combination
and Tibbs counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Herbert tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tibbs was well out of range. Poor timing from Herbert.
The fighters circling - Herbert throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tibbs misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Herbert misses with a series of wild punches.
Tibbs throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Herbert throws a hook to the side of Tibbs's head but Tibbs sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Herbert throws a series of punches but Tibbs moves out of range.
Tibbs lands with a good body shot.
Herbert shoots in but Tibbs avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Herbert misses with a double jab
and Tibbs counters with a nice uppercut.
Tibbs stalks Herbert and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Herbert's face. Herbert staggers backwards, shaken.
Tibbs will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Herbert shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Tibbs makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tibbs lands an overhand right.
Herbert misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tibbs.
A punch combination from Herbert misses.
Herbert wants to clinch up but Tibbs keeps it at a distance.
Herbert fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rob Herbert. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Herbert is breathing heavily.
Herbert misses with a wild combination.
Herbert misses with a combination
and Tibbs counters with a three punch combo that has Herbert backing up. Herbert nods at Tibbs to acknowledge the strikes.
Herbert misses with a double jab
and Tibbs cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tibbs bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Herbert's head backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A jab from Tibbs finds it's way through Herbert's defenses.
Tibbs rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Herbert moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tibbs throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Herbert avoids the head kick by Tibbs.
Rob Herbert seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tibbs connects with a solid leg kick.
Tibbs moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Tibbs tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tibbs has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Tibbs lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Herbert circles away quickly and effectively.
Tibbs defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Herbert.
Tibbs lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Nice jab there from Tibbs.
Crunch! Tibbs slams his shin into Herbert's torso.
Terry Tibbs is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tibbs pushes Herbert away with a front kick.
Nice body kick there by Tibbs.
Tibbs cracks Herbert with an open hand slap.
Herbert throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tibbs lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Tibbs scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Tibbs lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tibbs fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Herbert looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Tibbs lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Tibbs lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Tibbs scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Tibbs darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

Herbert is rocked!
Tibbs connects with a right hand. Herbert shakes it off.
Oh Herbert is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tibbs lands a big right hand and follows it up with an uppercut. Oh and another big punch and a knee - Herbert can't take much more of this! Another big shot to the jaw from Tibbs and Herbert drops to the floor. Beaten and bloodied - he had enough there. A vicious beatdown by Tibbs.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Terry Tibbs!