PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between General Tso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Edwards (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tso kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Kung Fu Fighting. Edwards has chosen The Who - Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Mark Edwards has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with General Tso's chin.

Tso
vs
Edwards

166 cm
33
135 lbs
27 - 23 - 0

180 cm
28
197 lbs
19 - 11 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Steel Penn's All 160

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 27 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, General Tso!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Mark Edwards!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Winston Howard and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Edwards showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tso.
Tso throws a right hand that misses
and Edwards makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Tso just misses with a punch to the body.
Tso looks to land a combination but Edwards avoids it well.

Tso shoots in and bounces Edwards off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Tso throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Edwards works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Edwards is trying to control the position but Tso postures up.
Edwards is controlling Tso's posture.
Tso landing with the ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Tso accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Edwards trying to control the position.
Tso landing with the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tso throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Edwards works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Tso is looking to work some ground and pound but Edwards has wrist control.
Tso wanted to stand there but Edwards had control of the position.
Edwards is controlling Tso's posture.
Tso postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Edwards controlling the position.
Tso has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Tso throws a big right hand that misses.
Edwards is trying to control the position but Tso postures up.

Mark Edwards has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Tso scores with a body shot.
Edwards stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Edwards wants it to stay on the feet.
Tso shoots in but Edwards avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Tso shoots in for a takedown but Edwards shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for General Tso. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tso comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Edwards bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Edwards avoids the body shot from Tso.
Nice takedown defense from Edwards. No joy for Tso on that attempt.
Tso looks to score with a jab to the body but Edwards is just out of range.
Tso throws a right and a left that Edwards avoids nicely.
Edwards keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tso shoots in looking for a takedown but Edwards manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Tso's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Edwards stuffs the takedown attempt from Tso. Tso gets slowly back to his feet.
Tso changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Edwards tries to avoid it but Tso manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Edwards to the ground. Edwards escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tso scores with a nice right hand.
Tso swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tso is looking to wear down Edwards with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Tso shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Edwards but Edwards pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Tso fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
General Tso seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tso is breathing heavily.
Nice defenses there by Edwards.
Tso digs a good hook to Edwards's body.
Tso takes a swing at Edwards's ribcage but misses.
Tso shoots in and drives through. Edwards sprawls well.
Tso misses with a looping right.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Edwards closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Tso dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Edwards stuffs the takedown attempt from Tso. Tso gets slowly back to his feet.
Tso throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tso fails with the takedown.
Tso misses with a straight right.
Tso throws a jab but it's blocked by Edwards.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tso shoots in and drives through. Edwards sprawls well.
Tso looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

General Tso dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Tso lands a two punch combo.
Tso throws a right and a left that both miss.
Horrible takedown by Tso or perhaps it was just good defense by Edwards which made him look bad.
Edwards displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Tso.
Tso lands a nice shot to the body.
Edwards uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tso.
Tso looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for General Tso. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Tso.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tso throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Edwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Tso.
Tso paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Tso here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Edwards avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tso misses with an uppercut. Edwards saw that one coming.
Edwards uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tso.
A shot to the body from Tso misses
and Edwards counters with a low kick, right behind Tso 's knee.
Tso misses with a body punch
and Edwards counters with a slapping leg kick.
Edwards moves out of range of the strikes.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Tso.
Tso throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Edwards's waist but Edwards gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Tso off to one side.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Edwards scoring well with a low kick there.
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!
Tso takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Tso throws a right hand that misses
and Edwards counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Tso is rocked!
Tso tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Edwards was well out of range. Poor timing from Tso.
Oh Tso is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tso missing with a left hand there. Edwards was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tso fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Tso seems to have got his legs back now.

Edwards lands a big uppercut and Tso crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Tso looks OK. Edwards waves Tso back to his feet!
Tso loads up on a big right hand but Edwards slips the punch.
Tso misses with a double jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good exchange - Tso coming out on top.
Tso throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tso misses with a takedown attempt
and Edwards counters with a huge left! Tso is in big trouble! He's backing up but Edwards isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Tso from any more damage. A dominating finish by Edwards!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mark Edwards!
A very excited looking Mark Edwards rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.