PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jay Warner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luca Tse (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tse has chosen Clutch - Big News I as his entrance music. Jay Warner has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Warner
vs
Tse

185 cm
27
160 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

170 cm
26
155 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Knockout power

CEC Nutrition Q160 & Loans

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 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jay Warner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Luca Tse!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Johanna Lukiainen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Tse moves into the clinch.
Warner wants a takedown.
Tse lands with a right to the head.
Tse scores with a shot to the side of Warner's head.
Warner has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Tse avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Warner drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Tse gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jay Warner. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Warner looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tse keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Warner's efforts to push away.
Tse misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tse misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tse swings wildly with an uppercut but Warner uses good head movement to avoid it.
Warner drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Tse gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Warner drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Tse gets the underhooks and prevents it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tse scores with a nice hook to the head.
Warner is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Warner tries for a takedown but Tse manages to get underhooks.
Tse displaying some good clinch control by pressing Warner up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tse creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Tse fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tse lands a left hand.
A body shot lands from Tse.
Warner has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Tse is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Tse throws a punch but it's blocked by Warner.
Tse swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tse lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Tse digs a right hand into Warner's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Warner's gas tank.
Warner wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tse has him pressed against the cage.
Tse working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Tse lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Still in the clinch, Tse scores with a nice short uppercut.
Tse misses with the head strike.
Tse's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luca Tse 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.

Tse gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Tse is pushing Warner up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Warner fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Warner is trying to drag Tse to the mat but Tse just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Warner wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jay Warner. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Warner can't get the takedown.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tse.
Tse lands a right hand that snaps the head of Warner backwards.
Tse prevents the takedown attempt.
Tse lands a left hand that snaps the head of Warner backwards.
Warner is looking for a takedown.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tse.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Warner.
Tse lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Warner backwards.
Tse cracks Warner with a nice body shot.
Warner is working for takedown but Tse is calmly controlling the position for now.
Warner blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tse lands with a right to the head.
Luca Tse seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Warner goes for a takedown in the clinch but Tse prevents it.
Tse lands an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Warner drops down looking for an ankle pick but Tse pulls his leg out and moves away.
Warner avoids the body shot from Tse.
Luca Tse seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tse looks to throw the jab but Warner is out of range.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tse creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tse slowing the pace effectively.
Warner drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Warner tries for a takedown but Tse manages to get underhooks.
Tse's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Warner prevents a body shot from Tse.
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.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Warner keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tse misses with a low kick.
Tse misses with a left hand

and Warner counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Warner.
Warner passes Tse's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Tse can do anything to dispel that myth.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Warner not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Tse really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Warner. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Tse is doing well to control the position and prevent Warner from advancing to side control.

Warner is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Tse sees it coming and defends easily.
Warner missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Warner has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Tse has his hands clasped together around Warner's back. He's all about the action.

Warner seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Tse is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Jay Warner!
Jay Warner opened up his post fight interview with a scream to camera that he wants a title shot! Whether he deserves the shot will be up to the management of the organization, so I guess he'll have to wait and see.