PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Gavin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Azadshatru Singh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Azadshatru Singh is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Gavin
vs
Singh

172 cm
34
156 lbs
27 - 14 - 1

176 cm
43
148 lbs
21 - 8 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 14 - 1, fighting out of New York, Tommy Gavin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Azadshatru Singh!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Sosuke Kotani and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Singh closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Singh stalling.
Singh is looking to take a break and control but Gavin is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Gavin controlling the position well.
Singh missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gavin is trying to stand up here but Singh is controlling him well.
Gavin trying to control but Singh postures up.
Gavin tries to get to full guard but Singh has control of the leg.
Singh throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Singh is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Gavin reverses the position - he's now on top in Singh's guard.
Singh looking to control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gavin is in close to Singh's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Gavin won't allow Singh to get back to his feet.
Singh is controlling Gavin's posture.
Gavin tries to free his leg and advance position but Singh is retaining full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gavin trying to control the position from guard on top but Singh is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Singh is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Gavin dives into side control.
Singh is trying to control Gavin's posture but Gavin avoids it.
Singh is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Gavin controlling the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gavin wants to lay and pray for a moment but Singh keeps working.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Gavin with a hook.
Singh uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gavin.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Singh checks a leg kick.
Singh buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Gavin is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Gavin swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Singh misses with a wild body shot.
Singh checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gavin cracks the inside of Singh's front leg.
Singh attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Singh finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Gavin checks a low kick from Singh.
Gavin throws a sloppy head kick and Singh moves out of range easily.

Singh shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Gavin is trying to defend but Singh finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Gavin is trying to control but can't.
Gavin is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Gavin avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Singh.
Gavin keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tommy Gavin dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Gavin walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
A cross from Singh lands.
Singh throws the left hand but Gavin avoids the punch easily.
Gavin misses with a straight right.
A lazy left from Gavin finds it's target.
Singh misses with a body shot
and Gavin counters with an inside leg kick.
Gavin swings widly with a right hand
and Singh connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Gavin lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Singh has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Singh and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Singh is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gavin.
Singh misses with a looping right.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gavin walks into a stiff left hand from Singh.
A left lands for Gavin.
Gavin throws a leg kick that misses.
Singh misses with an uppercut. Gavin saw that one coming.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Singh throws a body kick that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gavin gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Singh ducks right into an uppercut from Gavin.
Singh fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Gavin looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A leg kick checked by Singh.
Gavin with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Singh to score with a decent uppercut.
Singh closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Singh throws an overhand right that lands on Gavin's shoulder, as Gavin tries to avoid the shot.
Gavin tries a head kick but it misses.
Singh tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gavin was well out of range. Poor timing from Singh.
Singh scores with a body shot.
Gavin bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Singh's head backwards.
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!
Gavin throws a wild body kick that Singh sees coming a mile off.
Singh throws an overhand right that lands on Gavin's shoulder, as Gavin tries to avoid the shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gavin takes one on the button.
A slow jab from Gavin misses its intended target.
Singh only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Singh takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Singh swings for the body but Gavin moves out of range.
Singh blocks a jab.
Singh avoids the head kick by Gavin.
Singh tries a quick counter leg kick but Gavin is wise to it.
Gavin connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Singh's hands.
A clash of legs there as Gavin blocks the low kick.
Gavin fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Singh cracks a nice hook into Gavin's ribs.
Singh looks to score with a jab to the body but Gavin is just out of range.
Gavin throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Singh.
Gavin throws a good cross that connects.
Gavin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Singh appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Singh takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Gavin swings for the body but Singh moves out of range.
Singh throws a front kick aimed at Gavin's knee but Gavin avoids it well.
Gavin fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Singh checks it well.
Gavin looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Singh lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Gavin ducks under a wild hook from Singh.
Gavin misses with a looping left.
Singh scoring well with a low kick there.
Singh throws a body shot but no joy.
Gavin scores with a body shot.
Gavin throws a hook to the side of Singh's head but Singh sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Singh is looking for the big counter here.
A slapping leg kick lands for Singh.
Singh throws a shot from downtown. Gavin moves away and avoids it.
Gavin fires out a quick counter leg kick but Singh just manages to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Singh ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gavin swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Gavin thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gavin with a nice cross.
Gavin slips under a jab.
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!
Gavin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Singh.
Singh turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Gavin blocks the leg kick.
Gavin ducks under a wild hook from Singh.
A quick step to the side and Gavin tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
A swing and a miss from Singh.
Singh throws an overhand right that lands on Gavin's shoulder, as Gavin tries to avoid the shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Gavin misses the target.
Singh lands with a kick to the temple. Gavin shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Gavin is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Azadshatru Singh will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Gavin throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Singh tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Gavin defends well and Singh ends up having to push Gavin into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Gavin swinging wildly here.
Gavin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Singh throws out the jab.
It looked like Gavin wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Good shot there by Gavin.
Gavin moves out of range of the strikes.
Gavin throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Singh throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Nice cross by Gavin.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gavin pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Gavin avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Singh attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Singh throws a chopping leg kick but Gavin manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gavin lands with a hook. Singh tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Singh turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Singh swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gavin defending well as Singh loads up on a big left hand.
Singh fails to land with a series of punches.
An attempted straight right counter from Gavin misses the target.
Gavin scoring well with a low kick there.
Gavin takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The fighters circle momentarily. Gavin darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Gavin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gavin throws a body shot but no joy.
Singh lands a nice leg kick that just misses Gavin's sensitive parts.
Gavin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Singh.
Singh lunges at Gavin with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Gavin's hand.
Gavin takes a swing at Singh's ribcage but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gavin looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Singh misses with a low kick.
Singh missing with a left hand there. Gavin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Singh on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Gavin chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Singh looks to score with a jab to the body but Gavin is just out of range.
Gavin misses with a kick to the body
and Singh counters with a stiff right hand.
Singh keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gavin scores with a shot to the body.
Singh lands a really nice looking cross but Gavin seems unphased.
Gavin lands a front kick.
Singh scores with a leg kick.
Gavin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Singh moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gavin misses with an attempted mid kick.
Gavin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Singh throws a chopping leg kick but Gavin manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Gavin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tommy Gavin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gavin checks the leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Singh.
Singh keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A big right from Singh misses.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Gavin!
Gavin throws a sloppy body shot
and Singh counters with a nice body shot.
Gavin will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Singh throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gavin sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gavin has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Singh.
Singh tried to score with a low kick but Gavin checks it.
Singh chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Gavin can pounce on him.
Singh is looking to score with low kicks.
A slapping leg kick lands for Singh.
Singh throws a body shot but no joy.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Singh scores with a jab.
A big right from Singh misses.
Singh throws the left hand but Gavin avoids the punch easily.
Singh lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Singh scoring well with a low kick there.
Gavin lunges at Singh with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Singh's hand.
Gavin doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Gavin.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Tommy Gavin.
I think Gavin has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:28
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tommy Gavin!
Tommy Gavin thanked the fans post fight for their support.