PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paul Walker (ranked 6705 p4p, 651 weight class) and Tan Han Tuong (ranked 8203 p4p, 707 weight class). Tan Han Tuong has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Paul Walker's chin.

Walker
vs
Han Tuong

183 cm
18
173 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

174 cm
18
271 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Heavy handed

IniTech Nutrition
WarHorse Fightwear

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Paul Walker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tan Han Tuong!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Walker moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

It looks like Paul Walker has been cut.
Tuong has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Walker is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Tuong just misses with a punch to the body.

Tuong clinches with his opponent.

Tuong's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tan Han Tuong seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tuong misses the shot to the body.
Walker ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Walker appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Walker misses with a low kick as Tuong jumps back.
Walker connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Walker avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tuong throws a body shot but no joy.
Tuong throws a body kick that misses.
Tuong scores with a shot to the body.
Walker swings away with a leg kick that misses.
It seemed like Tuong was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Walker slips under a jab from Tuong.
Tuong swings for the body but Walker moves out of range.
A bone on bone clash there as Walker blocks the leg kick.
Tuong just misses with a punch to the body.
Tuong scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

Walker is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Walker throws a series of punches but Tuong moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Tuong misses.
Walker ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Walker closes this distance looking for a takedown but Tuong circles away.
Walker swings for the body but Tuong moves out of range.
Walker slips a jab from Tuong.
Tuong throws a lazy right hand but Walker sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Tuong misses the jab.
Walker lands with a cross.
Tuong blocks a low kick nicely.
Walker shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Tuong counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Tuong keeps the fight on the outside.
Walker misses the shot to the body.
Tuong gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Walker shoots in but Tuong avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paul Walker. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Walker scores with a punch to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Tuong cracks Walker with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Walker looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Tuong finish him?
Oh Walker is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tuong looks to score with a jab to the body but Walker is just out of range.
Tuong drops Walker with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Walker! Tuong dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tan Han Tuong!
After winning the bout, Tan Han Tuong thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.