PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Marco Bazzottia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kent Tunge (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kent Tunge has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Bazzottia
vs
Tunge

174 cm
25
167 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

176 cm
25
164 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big heart

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Determined

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Marco Bazzottia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Kent Tunge!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tunge fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Tunge connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Bazzottia momentarily.
Bazzottia avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tunge throws a series of punches but Bazzottia moves out of range.
Bazzottia takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Tunge takes a swing at Bazzottia's ribcage but misses.
Tunge jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Tunge lands a nice shot to the body.
Jab, jab by Tunge - just one landing.
Tunge smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Tunge rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bazzottia moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bazzottia takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Tunge throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tunge lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Tunge lands with a straight right. Bazzottia didn't see that one coming.
Tunge swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tunge lands a two punch combo.
Tunge misses with a double jab
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Tunge looks to land a combination but Bazzottia avoids it well.
Tunge throws a right and a left that Bazzottia avoids nicely.
Bazzottia takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Tunge throws a combination that misses
and Bazzottia counters with a slapping leg kick.
A punch lands to the side of Bazzottia 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Tunge tries to bum rush Bazzottia with a series of wild strikes but Bazzottia uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tunge jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Tunge misses with a two punch combination.
Some wild striking there from Tunge.
Tunge looks to score with a jab to the body but Bazzottia is just out of range.
A punch combination from Tunge misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tunge swinging wildly here.
Bazzottia slips a jab and a cross from Tunge.
Bazzottia is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tunge.
Kent Tunge seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bazzottia slips a jab and a cross from Tunge.
Bazzottia slips a straight right by Tunge.
Tunge throws an overhand right that lands on Bazzottia's shoulder, as Bazzottia tries to avoid the shot.
Tunge swinging wildly here.
Tunge throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tunge tries to bum rush Bazzottia with a series of wild strikes but Bazzottia uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tunge will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Tunge throws a right and a left that Bazzottia avoids nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tunge throws a jab but it's blocked by Bazzottia.
Tunge throws a poor cross that misses
and Bazzottia cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tunge throws a series of punches but Bazzottia moves out of range.
Tunge swinging wildly here.
Tunge misses with a body punch
and Bazzottia counters with an outside leg kick.
Tunge looks winded!
Tunge throws an overhand right that lands on Bazzottia's shoulder, as Bazzottia tries to avoid the shot.
Tunge misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bazzottia.
Bazzottia dodges the punch combination from Tunge.
Tunge shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Bazzottia eats them both and turns towards Tunge to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Bazzottia keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A left and a right from Tunge both land. Nice combination.
Tunge listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tunge swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Bazzottia.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bazzottia takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Tunge misses with the combination.
Tunge tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Tunge looks to land a combination but Bazzottia avoids it well.
Tunge throws a right hand that misses
and Bazzottia counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Tunge misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tunge jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bazzottia avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tunge looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bazzottia throws a nice inside leg kick.

Bazzottia lands a big head kick that sends Tunge tumbling to the mat! Bazzottia takes a step backwards and waves Tunge back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Tunge is rocked!
Bazzottia ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tunge moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Kent Tunge will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

BOOM! Bazzottia lands a beautiful left hook that drops Tunge. Tunge tries to recover but Bazzottia is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Tunge lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marco Bazzottia!
Marco Bazzottia bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.