PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Gunnar Tuft (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Li Kong Ho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tuft's entrance music is Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike - The Hum . A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Tuft
vs
Kong Ho

170 cm
23
141 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

162 cm
25
149 lbs
18 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Bullet Proof System
KAISER Nutrition - Q160/$250

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gunnar Tuft!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Li Kong Ho!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Taro Takaoka and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tuft ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tuft seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Tuft ducks under a wild hook from Ho.
Tuft appears to be looking for a big counter.
Ho misses with a left hand
and Tuft makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Ho looks to throw the jab but Tuft is out of range.
Ho misses with a few strikes there.
Ho is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tuft.
Ho tries to bum rush Tuft with a series of wild strikes but Tuft uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
It looked like Tuft wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Tuft lands a lovely overhand right.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A cross from Tuft lands.
Ho throws a poor cross that misses
and Tuft cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tuft steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ho.
Tuft was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Ho misses with the body kick
and Tuft cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Ho has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Tuft.
Tuft keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tuft dodges the punch combination from Ho.
A counter left hand to the body from Tuft misses its target.
Ho waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tuft.
Tuft is looking to counter punch.
A nice inside leg kick there by Tuft. That's going to slow Ho down.
Ho throws a lazy right hand but Tuft sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Tuft bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tuft swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Ho misses with a hook. Tuft ducked under it nicely.
Ho misses with an uppercut. Tuft saw that one coming.
Tuft swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Ho is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Tuft ducks under a wild hook from Ho.
A little feinted left hand from Tuft on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Gunnar Tuft is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Ho misses.
Ho throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ho misses with a double jab
and Tuft connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ho rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Tuft connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tuft throws a looping overhand right but Ho ducks down to avoid it.
Ho throws an off balance right hand
and Tuft counters with a big right hand! Oh Ho is in trouble here! Tuft follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gunnar Tuft!
An intense looking Gunnar Tuft took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'Almost Davy, almost.'.