PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Master Yi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andres Tiburcio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Andres Tiburcio enters the cage!

Yi
vs
Tiburcio

177 cm
27
178 lbs
8 - 3 - 1

182 cm
19
180 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Good gas tank

Kemists ↑ 5x160Q

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Master Yi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Andres Tiburcio!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Paul Gruel and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tiburcio throws a big shot that misses.
Tiburcio lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Tiburcio has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Andres Tiburcio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tiburcio fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Yi looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Tiburcio stuns Yi with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Tiburcio with a hook.
A big right from Tiburcio misses.
Tiburcio uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Yi has time to react.
A clash of legs there as Tiburcio blocks the low kick.
Yi throws a body punch but Tiburcio moves out of range.
Yi scores with a hook to the body. Tiburcio takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A jab from Tiburcio does it's job there.
Yi throws a big shot that misses.
Tiburcio throws a low kick but Yi avoids it.
Yi looks to score with a jab to the body but Tiburcio is just out of range.
Yi misses with a looping left.
Yi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Yi lands with an overhand left.
Yi takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yi cracks a nice hook into Tiburcio's ribs.
Yi throws a low kick but Tiburcio moves out of range easily.
Yi is looking to chop away at Tiburcio's legs.
Tiburcio looks to land a combination but Yi avoids it well.
Tiburcio takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Yi throws a jab when Tiburcio was well out of range.
Tiburcio moves away from the strike by Yi.
Tiburcio scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Yi ducks under a wild hook from Tiburcio.
Yi connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Tiburcio scores with a sloppy right hand. Yi should have avoided that one.
Yi misses with a right hand
and Tiburcio counters with a right hand to the body.
A bone on bone clash there as Tiburcio blocks the leg kick.
Yi moves out of range as Tiburcio strikes.
Tiburcio clobbers Yi with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yi's jab looks to have found its range, popping Tiburcio under the eye.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yi connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Yi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tiburcio loads up on a big right hand but Yi slips the punch.
Tiburcio throws a body shot but no joy.
Tiburcio displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Yi throws out the jab.
Yi moves out of range of the leg kick from Tiburcio.
Tiburcio moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Yi lands with a thumping leg kick.
Yi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tiburcio.
Yi tries to land a front kick but Tiburcio steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Tiburcio is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Yi had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Yi looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Yi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Tiburcio scores with a hook.
Yi slips under a jab.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Yi - that will leave a mark!
Yi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tiburcio throws out the jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tiburcio throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tiburcio avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tiburcio tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Yi was well out of range. Poor timing from Tiburcio.
Tiburcio comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Yi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Yi throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tiburcio sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tiburcio misses with an uppercut.
Yi fails to land with a series of punches.
An inside leg kick lands from Tiburcio.
Yi misses with a wild body shot.
Tiburcio ducks under a wild hook from Yi.
Nice jab there from Tiburcio.
Yi bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Tiburcio misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yi.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tiburcio stalks Yi and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Yi's face. Yi staggers backwards, shaken.
A jab lands there for Tiburcio.
Tiburcio lands with an overhand left.
Yi scores with a nice strike.
Tiburcio blocks a head kick by Yi.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tiburcio lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Yi looks to land a combination but Tiburcio avoids it well.
Tiburcio throws a hook but Yi blocks it.
Tiburcio throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tiburcio misses with a hook. Yi ducked under it nicely.
Yi scores with the left hand. Tiburcio knows he should have avoided that one.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Yi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tiburcio.
Yi moves out of range of the strikes.
Tiburcio tries a low kick but Yi avoids it.
Tiburcio scores with a hook to the body. Yi takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Master Yi will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Tiburcio defending well as Yi loads up on a big left hand.
Tiburcio throws a body punch but Yi moves out of range.
Tiburcio does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Yi works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Yi misses with a body shot.
Yi tries to land a leg kick but Tiburcio saw it coming and moves away.
Tiburcio just misses with a punch to the body.
Yi takes one to the chin there.
Yi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tiburcio.
Yi throws a jab when Tiburcio was well out of range.
Tiburcio misses with a two punch combination.
Yi lands with a hook. Tiburcio tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Yi throws a right hand that Tiburcio ducks under and follows up with a left that Tiburcio also avoids with ease.
Master Yi is winning the standup battle so far.
Yi throws a combination. Tiburcio tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yi wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Yi catches Tiburcio with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

Tiburcio is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tiburcio tried to score with a low kick but Yi checks it.
Tiburcio is still on wobbly legs! Can Yi finish him?
Yi staying out of range there.
Yi throws a shot from downtown. Tiburcio moves away and avoids it.
Tiburcio seems to have recovered his senses.
Yi tries to close the distance and clinch but Tiburcio swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Yi dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Yi tries to clinch there but Tiburcio circles away.
Good exchange - Yi coming out on top.
Yi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tiburcio connects with a jab.
Yi misses with a body shot.
Yi takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Yi throws a nice looking combination but Tiburcio bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Tiburcio misses with a low kick as Yi jumps back.
Yi feints and then cracks Tiburcio's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Tiburcio down.
Yi lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
That kick from Yi tenderised Tiburcio's leg. Tiburcio is trying to keep his angry face on.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yi throws a right and a left that Tiburcio avoids nicely.
Tiburcio misses with the combination.
Tiburcio lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Yi circles away quickly and effectively.
Yi thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tiburcio throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Yi on the side of the head.
Tiburcio throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Tiburcio misses with a wild body shot.
Yi throws a jab when Tiburcio was well out of range.
Yi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tiburcio takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Tiburcio slips under a jab from Yi.
Yi cracks Tiburcio with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Tiburcio tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Yi pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Tiburcio is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Master Yi!
As Master Yi got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: You wish to learn the hard way, I see.'.