PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Timy Tiger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ahmad Massoud (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Massoud has chosen Kulobi as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Timy Tiger has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Tiger
vs
Massoud

175 cm
20
160 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

172 cm
27
165 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Timy Tiger!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ahmad Massoud!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Albert Achterberg and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tiger jabs Massoud to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Tiger takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Massoud works Tiger's body with a nice hook.
Massoud tests Tiger's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Tiger throws out a leg kick but Massoud moves out of range and Tiger only half commits.
Tiger thows a leg kick but Massoud checks it
and Massoud counters with a nice uppercut.
Tiger throws a leg kick that is checked
and Massoud counters with a nice uppercut.
Massoud slips a straight right by Tiger.
Massoud throws a body punch but Tiger moves out of range.
Tiger misses with a low kick.
Tiger tries a low kick but Massoud avoids it.
Massoud is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tiger.
Massoud misses the shot to the body.
A head kick misses from Tiger.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Massoud ducks under a wild hook from Tiger.
Timy Tiger seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tiger throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Massoud avoids the body shot from Tiger.
Massoud pivots, looking for a leg kick but Tiger is out of range and Massoud settles back down.
Tiger looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Tiger misses with a head kick.
Tiger finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Nice straight punches there by Massoud. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Massoud.
Massoud bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Tiger's head.
Tiger moves out of range as Massoud strikes.
Massoud moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Massoud avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tiger takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
The fighters circling - Tiger throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tiger misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Massoud misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tiger lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lazy left from Tiger finds it's target.
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!
Tiger takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A telegraphed right hand from Tiger misses the target.
Tiger avoids the head kick by Massoud.
Tiger has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Massoud.
Tiger misses with a looping left.
Massoud ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Massoud moves out of range of the leg kick from Tiger.
Tiger misses with a hook. Massoud ducked under it nicely.
Tiger takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Massoud scores with a nice right hand.
Massoud slips a jab from Tiger.
Tiger swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Massoud misses with a hook. Tiger ducked under it nicely.
Tiger uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Massoud.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Massoud scores with a body shot.
Tiger throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Tiger throws out a loose jab but Massoud uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jab, jab by Massoud - just one landing.
Tiger misses with a low kick as Massoud jumps back.
Massoud takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

Tiger is rocked!
BAM! Massoud delivers a spinning backfist that drops Tiger like a ragdoll! This is all oooooveeeer! He was out before he hit the ground!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Spinning Backfist). Ahmad Massoud! Ahmad Massoud retains his lightweight title!
A very excited looking Ahmad Massoud made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
Timy Tiger spoke after the fight, saying 'Not again!!...Congratulations to my opponent'.