PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Tiger Chu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tiga Manso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Chu
vs
Manso

170 cm
25
130 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

225 cm
25
160 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Excellent MT
Good chin

Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tiger Chu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tiga Manso!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Alexandre Firmino and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Manso gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Chu lands with a right to the head.
Chu lands a nice uppercut.
Chu avoiding damage as Manso throws knees to the body.
Manso lands a body punch.
Manso working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Chu lands an elbow that stopped Manso in his tracks for a moment.
Manso is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Chu lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Chu lands an elbow inside that Manso shrugs off.
Chu lands an elbow that stopped Manso in his tracks for a moment.
Manso on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Chu landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Chu scores with a shot to the side of Manso's head.
Manso managing to block the knees to the body from Chu.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chu throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Manso blocks it with crossed arms.
Chu lands a good knee to the midsection. Manso won't want to take too many of those.
Manso has Chu pushed against the ropes.
Chu utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Chu lands a nice elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Manso tries to break the clinch but Chu is controlling the position.
Knees in the clinch landing for Chu.
Chu tries to land a knee to the head but Manso blocks with his arms.
Chu lands an elbow inside.
Chu misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Manso.
Chu unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Chu as Manso tries to tie him up.
Chu scores a nice knee to the body.
Manso looks winded!
Manso landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Chu utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
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!
Chu lands a knee to the body.
Manso wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Chu has him pressed against the ropes.
Chu lands a knee to the head.
Chu tries to land a knee to the head but Manso blocks with his arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chu landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Chu scores with a knee to the head.
Manso takes a shot to the head.
Manso pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Chu landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Manso takes a shot to the head.
Manso wants to get back to striking at distance but Chu won't allow it.
Chu blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Manso misses with some punches.
Chu unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Chu landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Chu lands a knee to the body.
Chu connects with a nasty looking knee right to Manso's face.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Manso misses with a knee to the head.
Manso wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Chu using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Chu.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tiger Chu dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Chu moves into range and clinches up with Manso.
Chu utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Manso on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A body shot lands from Chu.
Manso is trying to break the clinch but Chu has him pressed against the ropes.
Chu throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Chu lands a shot to the body.
Chu lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Chu lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chu putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Manso in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Chu makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Chu lands an elbow inside that Manso shrugs off.
Chu is leaning against Manso and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Manso is breathing heavily.
Chu works on Manso's body with a couple of short punches.
Tiger Chu has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Chu is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Chu.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chu utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Chu crunches a lovely knee into Manso's ribcage.
Chu putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Manso in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Chu scores a nice knee to the body.
Manso takes an elbow to the temple.
Still in the clinch, Chu scores with a nice short uppercut.
Chu using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Chu landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Manso misses with a punch on the inside.
Chu utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Chu here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Chu connects with a nasty looking knee right to Manso's face.
Nice elbow from Chu.
Chu lands a body punch in the clinch.
Chu working Manso over with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chu landing knees to the body.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Chu gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Chu lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Chu obliges.
Chu landing knees to the body.
Chu throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Chu lands a knee to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Chu.
Knees in the clinch landing for Chu.
Chu using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Manso has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Chu is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Chu connects with a nasty looking knee right to Manso's face.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Chu throws a knee to the head but misses.
Chu lands a good knee to the midsection. Manso won't want to take too many of those.
Chu scores a nice knee to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Manso's face as he tries to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tiger Chu dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

A solid body kick from Chu.
Tiger Chu is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Chu fails with an attempt to clinch.

Manso closes the distance and clinches.
Chu tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Manso avoids it.
Chu is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Manso can do to turn this around?
Manso trying to control the position but instead, Chu has worked for underhooks and has pushed Manso into the ropes.
Chu lands a nice knee to the body.
Chu trying to land knees to the body.
Chu misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Manso.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Chu looking to throw knees to the head but Manso is blocking nicely.
Chu tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Chu using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Chu lands a knee to the body.
Chu throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Manso blocks it with crossed arms.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chu unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Manso is trying to break free.
Chu definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Knees in the clinch landing for Chu.
Chu tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Manso avoids it.
Chu stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

Manso breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Manso tries to circle away but Chu has him pinned against the ropes.
Chu throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Chu lands a nice knee to the body.
Chu softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Manso taking a breather.
Chu crunches a lovely knee into Manso's ribcage.
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!
Manso takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chu using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Chu utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Chu using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Chu unloads a knee to the mid-section. Manso lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Manso takes an elbow to the temple.
Chu cracks Manso with a nice body shot.
Chu tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Chu working Manso over with knees to the body.
Chu stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Chu lands a nice knee to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A right handed body shot lands from Chu.
Chu unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Tiga Manso has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tiger Chu is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Chu utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Manso trying to land knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tiger Chu showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Chu has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:26
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:26
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tiger Chu!
During a confident post fight interview, Tiger Chu thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.