PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jan David (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Royal Tenenbaum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). David comes into the arena with Pity the Man With the Fast Right Hand blaring out of the sound system. Jan David is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

David
vs
Tenenbaum

182 cm
29
180 lbs
25 - 11 - 0

176 cm
33
183 lbs
22 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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STEEL PENN'S - STEEL TERROR: Video Proven 160Q

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 25 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Jan David!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Royal Tenenbaum!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yuuki Gou and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tenenbaum tries to clinch but David is having none of it.
David lands an overhand right.
Tenenbaum on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
David looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
David misses with a combination

and Tenenbaum counters with a shoot takedown. David fights it but they end up in guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now David is on top in guard.

David drops back, looking for a kneebar! Tenenbaum looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Tenenbaum looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Tenenbaum!
This has been an exciting period of action!
David is looking for a sweep.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
You can see the frustration on David's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tenenbaum looks up at the clock and then as David takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Tenenbaum smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
David manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
David not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

David is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
David content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

David is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
David is looking to pass Tenenbaum's guard but actually Tenenbaum recovers to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
David slips nicely into half guard.
Tenenbaum wants to get back to full guard.

David is working for a kimura but Tenenbaum is defending it quite comfortably.

David is looking for a kimura but Tenenbaum is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for David to get the leverage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
David wants to pass to mount but Tenenbaum is defending the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
David seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Tenenbaum does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

David seems to be looking for submissions.

David is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Tenenbaum wants to improve his position but David is controlling well.

David is trying to work for a kimura but Tenenbaum is defending well.
David wants to lay and pray for a moment but Tenenbaum keeps working.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tenenbaum trying to control from the bottom.

David is looking for a kimura but Tenenbaum is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for David to get the leverage.

David is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Tenenbaum defends it well.

David is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Tenenbaum has managed to free his arm - good work.
Tenenbaum trying to control but David postures up.
David is figuring out what he wants to do next.

David is working for a submission of some sort.

That's five minutes gone in the round.

David is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Tenenbaum sees it coming and defends easily.
Tenenbaum wants to control but David is keeping busy.
Tenenbaum won't allow David to pass to mount.
Tenenbaum avoiding damage under a succession of punches from David.

David wants to work for an arm triangle but Tenenbaum is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
David is thwarting Tenenbaum's attempts to control the position.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Tenenbaum is pressing down on David's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
David throwing strikes but missing.
Tenenbaum keeping moving, preventing David from controlling successfully.
Tenenbaum is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
David wants to control but Tenenbaum is keeping busy and won't allow it.
David gets full guard.
Tenenbaum stops David from standing up.

David working for a triangle but Tenenbaum defends it easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
David is trying to keep Tenenbaum in close.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.

David looking for a guillotine here but Tenenbaum defends easily.
David managing to control the position.

David has his foot on Tenenbaum's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Tenenbaum works his way back into a safe position though.
David keeping moving, preventing Tenenbaum from controlling successfully.
David tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
David manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

David looking to secure an arm triangle but Tenenbaum defends it well.
Tenenbaum wants to hold on but David pushes him away.

David working for a submission but Tenenbaum is keeping him at bay.

David is standing up, even though he is in mount.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Tenenbaum misses with a low kick.
David is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tenenbaum.
Tenenbaum tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but David was well out of range. Poor timing from Tenenbaum.
A jab from David finds it's way through Tenenbaum's defenses.
David looks to score with a jab to the body but Tenenbaum is just out of range.
Tenenbaum drops his hands momentarily and David takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Tenenbaum checks the leg kick.
David misses with a left hand
and Tenenbaum counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
David thows a body shot but no joy.
David wants to slow Tenenbaum down by chopping away at his legs.
Tenenbaum uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from David.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jan David dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

A slow jab from Tenenbaum misses its intended target.
David tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tenenbaum was well out of range. Poor timing from David.
Tenenbaum swings for the body but David moves out of range.
Tenenbaum tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. David manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
David looks to throw the jab but Tenenbaum is out of range.
Tenenbaum keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tenenbaum dives in and grabs David's left leg, looking for a takedown. David pushes down on Tenenbaum's head and hops out.
David misses with a hook
and Tenenbaum makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Tenenbaum chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before David can pounce on him.
David misses with an uppercut.
David lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Tenenbaum is breathing heavily.
Nice shot by David.
Tenenbaum misses with a wild body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
David just misses with a punch to the body.
David tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Tenenbaum throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around David's waist but David gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Tenenbaum off to one side.
David lands with a shot to the body.
Tenenbaum walks forward, straight into a front kick from David.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from David, right into the meat.
David scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A decent looking body kick lands there for David.
David throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jan David seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
David scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
David fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tenenbaum manages to avoid it.
David lands a jab to Tenenbaum's midsection.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
David misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tenenbaum.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts David, as that shot connected.
David chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tenenbaum keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
David with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Jab by David.
David throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jan David is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tenenbaum throws a looping overhand right but David ducks down to avoid it.
David stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Tenenbaum.
David lands with a good body shot.
Tenenbaum moves out of range of the leg kick from David.
David feints and then cracks Tenenbaum's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Tenenbaum down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
David misses with a low kick.
David lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
David is looking to wear down Tenenbaum with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
David throws a jab but it's blocked by Tenenbaum.
David scores with a decent looking hook.
David moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Tenenbaum throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck David on the side of the head.
David misses with a body shot.
Tenenbaum blocks a low kick nicely.
David scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
An inside leg kick from David misses.
David misses with an uppercut. Tenenbaum saw that one coming.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tenenbaum moves out of range as David throws a body kick.
David misses with a kick to the body.
Tenenbaum tries to clinch but David is having none of it.
David takes a swing at Tenenbaum's ribcage but misses.
Tenenbaum tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. David manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tenenbaum. David does a little dance to reset his feet.
David throws a half hearted mid kick.

Tenenbaum gets a takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
David is trying to stand up here but Tenenbaum is controlling him well.
Tenenbaum is trying to control the action in half guard but David is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
David is trying to stand.
Tenenbaum slips a nice elbow through David's hands, connecting with David's forehead.
Tenenbaum drops an elbow to the side of David's head.
Tenenbaum slips a nice elbow through David's hands, connecting with David's forehead.
David slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Tenenbaum preventing the sweep.
David bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Tenenbaum's guard.
Jan David overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
David trying to control the position from guard on top but Tenenbaum is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tenenbaum keeping full guard, as David tries to pass.
David makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Tenenbaum is adopting a defensive guard.
David is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tenenbaum keeping moving, preventing David from controlling successfully.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Tenenbaum working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from David.
David trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
David would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Tenenbaum keeping full guard, as David tries to pass.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Tenenbaum is looking to clinch but David is avoiding it.
David moves forwards but Tenenbaum connects with a nice, crisp jab.
David cracks the inside of Tenenbaum's front leg.
Tenenbaum on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
David fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tenenbaum manages to avoid it.
Tenenbaum uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from David.
Tenenbaum just misses with a punch to the body.
David tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Tenenbaum is able to avoid easily.
David moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
David paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
David lands a head shot.
David misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tenenbaum.
Tenenbaum slips a jab from David.
Tenenbaum keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from David.
David wants to slow Tenenbaum down by chopping away at his legs.
David scores with a nice body kick.
David avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tenenbaum tries a low kick but David avoids it.
David throws a front kick aimed at Tenenbaum's knee but Tenenbaum avoids it well.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A slapping leg kick lands for David.
Tenenbaum pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Tenenbaum lands with a thumping leg kick.
David is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Tenenbaum.
Tenenbaum connects with a body shot.
A leg kick checked by Tenenbaum.
David connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Tenenbaum swings for the body but David moves out of range.
David ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
David lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Tenenbaum at a distance.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
David throws a series of punches but Tenenbaum avoids them all with ease.
David dips to his left and cracks Tenenbaum with an uppercut!
David tries a low kick but Tenenbaum avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jan David dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Tenenbaum dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jan David is winning the standup battle so far.
David misses with an attempted mid kick.
David lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Tenenbaum misses with a wild body shot.
David pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Tenenbaum back to the cage. David follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
David throws a leg kick
and Tenenbaum counters with a leg kick.
David is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tenenbaum can do to turn this around?
Tenenbaum misses with a straight right.
Tenenbaum defending well as David loads up on a big left hand.
Tenenbaum moves forwards but David connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Some bone on bone action there as Tenenbaum checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
David feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Tenenbaum's calf.
Tenenbaum takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
David circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
David jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A nice leg kick lands there from David.
The fighters circle momentarily. David darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Tenenbaum looks to land a right hand but David moved out of range.
Tenenbaum shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
David moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
David works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
David looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A solid leg kick lands there for David.
Tenenbaum uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from David.
Tenenbaum's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
David fakes the leg kick and cracks Tenenbaum in the body.
Nice shot by David.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tenenbaum throws a low kick but David avoids it.
David throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Some wild striking there from Tenenbaum.
Tenenbaum has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
David looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Tenenbaum dives in and grabs David's left leg, looking for a takedown. David pushes down on Tenenbaum's head and hops out.
David feints and then cracks Tenenbaum's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Tenenbaum down.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
David throws a good cross that connects.
David tries to bum rush Tenenbaum with a series of wild strikes but Tenenbaum uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tenenbaum with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling David to score with a decent uppercut.
David is looking to score with low kicks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tenenbaum looks to land a right hand but David moved out of range.
David lands a nice looking body shot.
Tenenbaum takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Tenenbaum tries to clinch up but David circles away and keeps his distance.
David defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Tenenbaum.
Tenenbaum changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. David tries to avoid it but Tenenbaum manages to keep hold of a leg and drag David to the ground. David escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Jan David has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Royal Tenenbaum.
Tenenbaum gets cracked with a nice right hand there by David.
Tenenbaum takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A left lands for David.
David looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
David fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Tenenbaum on the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
David tried to score with a low kick but Tenenbaum checks it.
David lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
David lands a two punch combo.
David dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
David swings and misses with a hook to the body.
David takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
David misses with a body kick.
Tenenbaum doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Tenenbaum misses the target.
Tenenbaum throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
David takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
David misses with a looping right.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
David throws a shot to the body.
David scores with the left hand. Tenenbaum knows he should have avoided that one.
A jab lands there for David.
David finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
David lands a jab.
Tenenbaum misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
David explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Tenenbaum wants to clinch up but David keeps it at a distance.
David scores with the left hand. Tenenbaum knows he should have avoided that one.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Tenenbaum walks into a jab.

Tenenbaum is rocked!
Tenenbaum throws a wild hook but David just manages to duck under it and - ooooh! Tenenbaum gets nailed by a brutal uppercut which crumples him back against the cage! The referee jumps in - David raises his hands in celebration and walks away!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 6:12 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jan David!
Jan David took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, [CBK] The Smashwear Corporation for their support in the buildup to the fight.