PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Se Tulee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dick Power (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Tulee
vs
Power

185 cm
18
265 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

195 cm
25
270 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Se Tulee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dick Power!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Wagner Zegers and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tulee uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Power.
Good standup being displayed there by Power as he connects with a hook.
Tulee really is a fat lump.
Tulee wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Power throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Tulee fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Tulee connects with a looping right hand.
Tulee takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Power takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Power swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tulee lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Power misses with an uppercut. Tulee saw that one coming.
Power misses with an uppercut.
Dick Power seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tulee lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Tulee connects with a crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Power throws an overhand right that lands on Tulee's shoulder, as Tulee tries to avoid the shot.
Power misses with a looping right.
Power misses with a hook
and Tulee counters with a stiff right hand.
Power dips to his left and cracks Tulee with an uppercut!
Power misses with a hook. Tulee ducked under it nicely.
Power misses with a series of wild punches.
Tulee connects with a looping right hand.
Power takes one on the button.
Power throws an overhand right that lands on Tulee's shoulder, as Tulee tries to avoid the shot.
Power drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Power fails to land with a series of punches.
Power displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tulee throws out the jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Tulee.
Tulee defending well as Power loads up on a big left hand.
Tulee throwing a counter right hand but Power manages to avoid it.
Tulee is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Power throws a hook but Tulee blocks it.
An attempted straight right counter from Tulee misses the target.
Tulee throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Power looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Power throws a lazy uppercut
and Tulee counters with a right hand to the body.
Tulee uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Power.
Tulee slips a jab from Power.
Tulee avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Power looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Power connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Power. Tulee does a little dance to reset his feet.
Power throws a big shot that misses.
Power looks to land a right hand but Tulee moved out of range.
Tulee lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Power circles away quickly and effectively.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Power throws a jab when Tulee was well out of range.
Tulee throws out a powerful jab.
Power takes a swing at Tulee's ribcage but misses.
Tulee appears to be looking for a big counter.
Tulee moves out of range as Power strikes.
Tulee with a jab.
Power misses with a double jab
and Tulee connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tulee misses with a hook. Power ducked under it nicely.
Power fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tulee manages to avoid it.
Power misses with a combination
and Tulee counters with a stiff right hand.
Power ducks right into an uppercut from Tulee.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tulee throws a right and a left that Power avoids nicely.
Tulee bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Power ducks under a wild hook from Tulee.
Tulee pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Power misses with an uppercut. Tulee saw that one coming.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Power misses with a straight left.
Tulee defending well as Power loads up on a big left hand.
Tulee swings widly with a right hand
and Power counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Tulee moves out of range of the strikes.
A telegraphed right hand from Power misses the target.
Power misses with a hook. Tulee ducked under it nicely.
Tulee swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Power slips a jab from Tulee.
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 Se Tulee will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Tulee lands a jab to the nose.
Tulee just misses with a punch to the body.
Power misses with a wild combination.
Power throws a hook but Tulee blocks it.
Power throws out a loose jab but Tulee uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tulee has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Tulee connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Power misses with a jab to the body
and Tulee counters with a one-two to the body.
A jab from Tulee misses.
Power just misses with a punch to the body.
Tulee lands a nice hook to Power's body. Power takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Power might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Power throws a body shot but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Power takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Tulee takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Some wild striking there from Tulee.
Power sizes up Tulee with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
A looping hook to the body misses from Power. Tulee does a little dance to reset his feet.
Power ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Power slips a jab from Tulee.
Tulee throws the left hand but Power avoids the punch easily.
Nice jab there from Tulee.
Power uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Tulee has time to react.
Tulee throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Power counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A left lands for Tulee.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A combination from Power does no damage.
Tulee ducks under a wild hook from Power.
Tulee swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Power throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Power throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Tulee counters with a stiff right hand.
Se Tulee is winning the standup battle so far.
Power misses with a looping left.
Tulee misses with an uppercut. Power saw that one coming.
Power throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Tulee feints a jab promting Power to slip. Tulee then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Power slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Tulee throws a right hand that Power ducks under and follows up with a left that Power also avoids with ease.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tulee gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Power fails to land with a series of punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Power lands with a straight right. Tulee didn't see that one coming.
Power looks to land a right hand but Tulee moved out of range.
Power misses with a wild combination.
Power throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Tulee counters with a nice uppercut.
Some wild striking there from Tulee.
Power misses with a straight left.
Tulee is looking to counter punch.
Tulee ducks under a wild hook from Power.
Tulee is looking for a counter combo.
Tulee defending well as Power loads up on a big left hand.
Tulee throws a body punch but Power moves out of range.
Power misses with an uppercut. Tulee saw that one coming.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Power swings for the body but Tulee moves out of range.
Tulee throwing a counter right hand but Power manages to avoid it.
Power cracks Tulee with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Power swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Power pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Power throws a shot from downtown. Tulee moves away and avoids it.
Tulee blocks a jab.
Tulee keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Power.
Power just misses with a punch to the body.
Power jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Power jabbing away but nothing is landing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A slow jab from Power misses its intended target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dick Power showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

A jab from Power misses.
Tulee lands a jab.
Tulee lands a head shot.
Power thows a left - swing and a miss!
Power has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Power misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
An attempted straight right counter from Tulee misses the target.
Tulee throws a body punch but Power moves out of range.
Power loads up on a big right hand but Tulee slips the punch.
It looked like Tulee wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Power throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tulee sees it coming and avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Power avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tulee takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Power pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Tulee back to the cage. Power follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Power will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Power staying out of range there.
Jab, jab by Tulee - just one landing.
Power lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tulee circles away quickly and effectively.
Power throws a body shot but no joy.
Power just misses with a punch to the body.
Power blocks a jab.
Tulee ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Tulee connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A swing and a miss from Tulee.
Tulee slips under a jab.
Power looks to throw the jab but Tulee is out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Power misses the shot to the body.
Tulee thuds a left hand into Power's body.
Tulee looks to throw the jab but Power is out of range.
Power lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Power slips under a jab from Tulee.
A punch combination from Tulee misses.
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!
Power throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Power blocks a jab.
A swing and a miss from Power.
Power connects with a good right hand that stumbles Tulee. Tulee circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Tulee ducks under a wild hook from Power.
Tulee misses with an uppercut. Power saw that one coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Power moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tulee misses with a hook.
Power now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Power throws a series of punches but Tulee moves out of range.
Power moves out of range of the strikes.
Power swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tulee misses with a body shot.
Tulee will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Power.
Tulee defending well as Power loads up on a big left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tulee moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Power scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Power misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tulee avoids the body shot from Power.
Tulee displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Power throws out the jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Power. Tulee does a little dance to reset his feet.
Power swings for the body but Tulee moves out of range.
Power throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tulee sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tulee defending well as Power loads up on a big left hand.
A punch combination from Tulee misses.
Power throws a nice looking combination but Tulee bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dick Power comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Power has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Saam Ante scores the fight 28:29
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dick Power!