PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Greg Tism (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Beeboy Batongbakal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tism comes to the cage accompanied by Greg! The Stop Sign. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Tism
vs
Batongbakal

187 cm
22
203 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

184 cm
24
200 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Powerful

Tokyo United Fightwear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Greg Tism!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Beeboy Batongbakal!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Saam Ante and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tism misses with a wild body shot.
Tism throws a body punch but Batongbakal moves out of range.
Tism pivots, looking for a leg kick but Batongbakal is out of range and Tism settles back down.
Tism fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Batongbakal has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Tism lands with a right hand.
Batongbakal ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Batongbakal defending well as Tism loads up on a big left hand.
Tism scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tism connects with a nice looking jab.
Batongbakal steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tism.
Tism connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Tism swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Tism drops Batongbakal with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Batongbakal looks back up at him and smiles so Tism waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.

Batongbakal is rocked!
Batongbakal keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tism.
Batongbakal is still on wobbly legs! Can Tism finish him?
Tism throws a nice outside leg kick.
Batongbakal slips under a jab.
Tism connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Tism punishes Batongbakal's body with a nice straight punch.
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!
Tism lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Batongbakal falls backwards - clearly groggy! Tism dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Greg Tism!
An out of breath Greg Tism thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.