PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fifth Fist (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Tua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fifth Fist could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to David Tua 's chin.

Fist
vs
Tua

194 cm
23
240 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

178 cm
20
235 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Heavy handed

MayheM sportswear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Fifth Fist!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, David Tua !
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Paulsen Ambrosius and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tua keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fist throws a body shot but no joy.
Tua steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Tua loads up on a big right hand but Fist slips the punch.
Fist moves into range and connects with a jab.
Tua with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Fist to score with a decent uppercut.
Fist throws a big shot that misses.
Fist misses with a looping left.
Tua misses with a hook. Fist ducked under it nicely.
Fist defending well as Tua loads up on a big left hand.
Tua displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Fist throws out the jab.
Fist connects with a looping right hand.
Tua throws a hook to the side of Fist's head but Fist sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fist. Tua does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tua throws a shot from downtown. Fist moves away and avoids it.
Fist looks to throw the jab but Tua is out of range.
Fist throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Tua stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Nice straight punches there by Fist. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Fist.
Fist looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fist looks to land a left hand but Tua moved out of range nicely.
Fist ducks under a wild hook from Tua .
Tua uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fist.
Tua looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Tua tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fist was well out of range. Poor timing from Tua .
Tua slips under a jab.
Tua ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fist moves away.
Fist throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fist cracks Tua with a good jab.
A solid leg kick lands there for Tua .
Tua is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Tua takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Tua takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Fist missing with a left hand there. Tua was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tua scores with a nice right hand.
Tua connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Fist's hands.
Fist throws a shot from downtown. Tua moves away and avoids it.
Tua throws out a counter right but Fist avoids it with no problem.
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!
Tua on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tua throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Fist swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Fifth Fist seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tua jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A little feinted left hand from Fist on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Fist lands a jab to the head.
A bone on bone clash there as Fist blocks the leg kick.
Fist pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tua tries to score with a low kick but Fist moves his leg out of the way.
Fist misses with a shot to the body
and Tua counters with a straight right hand.
Tua looks to score with a jab to the body but Fist is just out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Fist on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Fist misses with a hook to the body
and Tua counters with an outside leg kick.
Tua tests Fist's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Fist looks to throw the jab but Tua is out of range.
Fist looks to throw the jab but Tua is out of range.
Fist misses with a hook
and Tua counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Tua rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Fist moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tua lands with a straight right. Fist didn't see that one coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tua takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Fist keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tua .
Tua throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Tua throws a head kick that misses.
A big left from Fist misses.
Tua throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Fist keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tua .
Tua takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Tua tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Fist takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Fist throws a hook to the side of Tua 's head but Tua sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Fist connects with a looping right hand.
Tua keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fist.
Fist misses the shot to the body.
Fist missing with a left hand there. Tua was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fist throws an overhand right that lands on Tua 's shoulder, as Tua tries to avoid the shot.
A jab from Fist misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tua throws a shot from downtown. Fist moves away and avoids it.
Fist is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tua .
Tua let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Tua misses with a straight right.
Tua misses with a lunging right hand
and Fist cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tua lands with a slapping head kick.

It looks like Fifth Fist has been cut.
Fist keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tua .
An attempted straight right counter from Fist misses the target.
Tua throws out a loose jab but Fist uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fist lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Tua at a distance.
Fist pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tua is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Fist throws a lazy right hand but Tua sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Fist avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tua comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Fist slips a jab from Tua .
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 Fifth Fist will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Fifth Fist's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Nice defenses there by Tua .
Tua takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Tua throws a sloppy head kick and Fist moves out of range easily.
Tua moves away from the strike by Fist.
Tua takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Fist throws a shot from downtown. Tua moves away and avoids it.
Fist takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Fist displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tua throws out the jab.
It looked like Fist wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Tua defending well as Fist loads up on a big left hand.
Tua moves away from the strike by Fist.
Tua works Fist's body with a nice hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tua bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tua throws out a counter right but Fist avoids it with no problem.
The fighters circling - Tua throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tua ducks under a wild hook from Fist.
Tua is looking for the big counter here.
Fist misses with a hook. Tua ducked under it nicely.
Tua avoids the body shot from Fist.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tua uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Fist.
Fist cracks Tua with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Tua connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Tua uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Fist.
Tua looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Tua lands a jab to the head.
Tua slips under a jab from Fist.
Fist lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Tua moves out of range as Fist strikes.
Tua is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Tua connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Fist momentarily.
Fist takes one on the button.
Fist misses with an uppercut.
A nice side step and Tua releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Fifth Fist is winning the standup battle so far.
Tua ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Fist thuds a left hand into Tua 's body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fist tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tua was well out of range. Poor timing from Fist.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fist sizes up Tua with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Fist throws a lazy right hand but Tua sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Fist throws out a loose jab but Tua uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fist blocks a jab.
Tua avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tua 's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Fist connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Tua scrambles back to his feet.
Tua misses the shot to the body.
The fighters circling - Fist throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tua throws out a counter right but Fist avoids it with no problem.
Fist uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tua .
Tua misses with a looping right.
Fist swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Tua throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Fist swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Tua throws a right hand that Fist ducks under and follows up with a left that Fist also avoids with ease.
Tua moves out of range of the strikes.
Tua takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Nice straight punches there by Fist. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Fist.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tua misses the shot to the body.
Fist looks to land a left hand but Tua moved out of range nicely.
Fist tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tua was well out of range. Poor timing from Fist.
Fist misses with a hook.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Tua might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Fist has got the better of the exchanges.
Tua throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Fist appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Tua pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Fist misses with an uppercut.
Good shot there by Fist.
Fist misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tua .
Tua throws a body shot but no joy.
Fist misses the shot to the body.
Fist throws out a loose jab but Tua uses good head movement to avoid it.
The fighters circling - Fist throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Fist misses with a straight right.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fist throws a lazy right hand but Tua sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Fist scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Tua lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Fist getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Fist swings and misses with a hook to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tua slips under a jab.
Tua throws out a loose jab but Fist uses good head movement to avoid it.
A counter left hand to the body from Fist misses its target.
Tua slips a jab from Fist.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Tua takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Tua defending well as Fist loads up on a big left hand.
Tua tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Fist has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Tua takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Tua ducks under a wild hook from Fist.
Tua tries a quick counter leg kick but Fist is wise to it.
Tua moves away from the strike by Fist.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fifth Fist dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Fifth Fist's cut.
That's time! Fist's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Tua throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tua has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Fist defending well as Tua loads up on a big left hand.
An attempted straight right counter from Fist misses the target.
Fist throws a jab but it's blocked by Tua .
Tua appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Fist pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Fist blocks a head kick by Tua .
Fist lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A telegraphed right hand from Tua misses the target.
Fist swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Tua .

Fist lands a big right hand that sends Tua crashing to the mat! Fist stays standing though and waves Tua back to his feet!

Tua is rocked!
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!
Fist throws a jab but it's blocked by Tua .
Tua is still on wobbly legs! Can Fist finish him?
Tua keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fist.
Fist scores with a nice strike.
Fist tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tua was well out of range. Poor timing from Fist.
Fist waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tua .
Tua seems to have recovered his senses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tua ducks under a wild hook from Fist.
Fist throws a looping overhand right but Tua ducks down to avoid it.
Fist shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Tua moves out of range as Fist strikes.
Tua tries a quick counter leg kick but Fist is wise to it.
Fist works Tua 's body with a nice hook.
Fist throws out a loose jab but Tua uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tua avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Fist thows a left - swing and a miss!
Fist throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fist throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tua looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Fist throws an overhand right that lands on Tua 's shoulder, as Tua tries to avoid the shot.
Tua misses with a looping right.
Fist swings widly with a right hand
and Tua connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tua lands a high kick!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Fist lands an impressive looking overhand right. Tua doesn't seem phased though.
Fist works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fist throws a hook to the side of Tua 's head but Tua sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tua misses with a straight left.
Tua slips under a jab from Fist.
Fist looks to land a right hand but Tua moved out of range.
Tua tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tua takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Fist throws a shot from downtown. Tua moves away and avoids it.
Tua throws a head kick but Fist moves out of range.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Fist, as that shot connected.
Fist throws a predictable looking body shot
and Tua connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Fist blocks a leg kick.
Fist loads up on a big right hand but Tua slips the punch.
Tua is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fist misses with a wild body shot.
Tua fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fist manages to avoid it.
Tua takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Fist lands with a hook. Tua tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Fist throws a hook but Tua avoids it easily.
That kick from Tua tenderised Fist's leg. Fist is trying to keep his angry face on.
Tua fails to land with a series of punches.
Fifth Fist is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A left lands for Fist.
Fist connects with a looping right hand.
Fist moves away from the strike by Tua .
Fist ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A little feinted left hand from Fist on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Tua throws a head kick that misses.
Fist misses the shot to the body.
Fist stuns Tua with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Tua misses.
Tua walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
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!
Tua scores with a nice strike.
Fist fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Tua on the side of the head.
Tua throws a left and a right that both miss
and Fist counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Tua walks into a straight right hand from Fist.
Fist looks to land a right hand but Tua moved out of range.
Fist swings for the body but Tua moves out of range.
Tua throws a big counter head kick but Fist avoids it with no problem.
Tua bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tua slips under a jab.
Fist avoids the body shot from Tua .
Tua ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tua looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Fist throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
David Tua has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tua ducks under a wild hook from Fist.

And that's the end of the fight!
Fifth Fist showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Fist 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 Paul Aken scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Fifth Fist!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Fifth Fist waved his t-shirt featuring MayheM sportswear's logo in front of the cameras.