PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Gabin Nico (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luca Tse (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Tse's choice of entrance music: Clutch - Big News I . Gabin Nico has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Nico
vs
Tse

171 cm
25
153 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

170 cm
25
155 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Good chin

Decent wrestler
Counter striker
Very confident

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Gabin Nico!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Luca Tse!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Anni Minnemäki and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nico misses with a wild combination.
Nico drops his hands momentarily and Tse takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Tse scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Tse walks into a left hand.
Nico throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tse throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nico slips a straight right by Tse.
Nico throws a series of punches but Tse avoids them all with ease.
Nico misses with a shot to the body
and Tse counters with a nice uppercut.
A punch combination from Nico misses.
Gabin Nico seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nico misses with a wild body shot.
Nico avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tse lands a lovely overhand right.

Tse takes the fight into the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tse tries a body shot but Nico blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nico tries to break free but Tse pushes him back against the cage.
Nico blocks an uppercut.
Tse misses with some punches.
Tse misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tse displaying some good clinch control by pressing Nico up against the cage.
Tse throws a punch but it's blocked by Nico.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tse struggles to land a body shot inside as Nico controls his hands.
Tse misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nico is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Nico wants to break free but Tse has control.
Tse stalling against the cage.
Tse misses with some punches.
Tse struggles to land a body shot inside as Nico controls his hands.
A head punch on the inside from Tse fails to land.
Nico prevents a body shot from Tse.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tse keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Nico's efforts to push away.
Tse keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Nico's efforts to push away.
Tse misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nico wants to break free but Tse has control.
Nico leaning against his opponent.
A frustrated look appears on Nico's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Tse has a couple of punches blocked by Nico.
A right hook to the body lands for Nico.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nico is trying to push Tse away but Tse has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tse.
Tse swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nico blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tse avoiding damage.

Nico escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nico has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Tse.
Nico misses with a double jab
and Tse connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tse ducks under a wild hook from Nico.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luca Tse dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Tse shoots for a takedown but Nico saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Tse misses with a hook.
Nico misses with a double jab

and Tse counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Nico blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tse doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Tse as Nico tries to tie him up.
Nico is trying to break the clinch but Tse is controlling him.
Nico blocks an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tse misses with some punches.
Nico wants to get back to striking at distance but Tse won't allow it.
Tse throws a head punch that misses.
Nico wants to break free but Tse has control.
Nico wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tse has him pressed against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Tse.
Tse misses with some punches.
Nico is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Tse misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nico.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tse is pushing Nico up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Nico is trying to force a seperation but Tse has the dominant position.
Tse misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nico blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nico wants to get back to striking at distance but Tse won't allow it.
Tse misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tse lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nico wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Tse misses with a punch on the inside.
Nico tries to circle away but Tse has him pinned against the cage.
Luca Tse seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Come on Tse - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Nico blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tse struggles to land a body shot inside as Nico controls his hands.
Tse misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nico is trying to break the clinch but Tse is controlling him.
Nico is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tse throws a head punch that misses.
Nico is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Nico's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Tse is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Tse swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tse struggles to land a body shot inside as Nico controls his hands.
Tse keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Nico's efforts to push away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luca Tse showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!

A big right from Tse misses.
Nico scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Nico blocks a jab.
Nico fails to land with a series of punches.
Sloppy strikes from Nico. Those never looked like landing.
Nico smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Tse fails with a takedown attempt.
Nico stuffs the takedown.
Nico throws a jab when Tse was well out of range.
Nico lands with a hook. Tse tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Tse avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nico lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tse throws a lazy uppercut
and Nico counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Tse tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Luca Tse seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nico tries to bum rush Tse with a series of wild strikes but Tse uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A big left from Nico misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Tse misses the target.
Nico throws a series of punches but Tse moves out of range.
A nice combination there by Nico.
Nico misses with a shot to the body

and Tse moves into the clinch.
Tse lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Nico's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Tse content to slow the pace in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tse tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A frustrated look appears on Nico's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Tse misses with a punch on the inside.
Nico blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nico wants to get back to striking at distance but Tse won't allow it.
Nico just leaning against Tse, taking a breather.
Nico misses with a body punch.
Stalling in the clinch from Tse.
Tse keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Nico's efforts to push away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nico is trying to break free.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tse.
Tse doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tse working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tse.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nico.
Nico blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tse.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nico blocks an uppercut.

Nico escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tse lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Nico throws a combination that misses
and Tse counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nico lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tse circles away quickly and effectively.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tse throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice defenses there by Tse.
Nico avoids the head kick by Tse.
No joy there for Nico, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gabin Nico is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nico thows a body shot but no joy.
Tse avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nico misses with a combination
and Tse counters with a slapping leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Luca Tse.
Well Tse has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight for Luca Tse!
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight for Luca Tse!
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight for Luca Tse!

Luca Tse wins by unanimous decision!
An out of breath Luca Tse thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.