PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tim Tibayan (ranked 6029 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tuan Le (ranked 4200 p4p, 0 weight class). Tuan Le has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Tibayan
vs
Le

165 cm
25
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
25
157 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Hates pizza

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

IniTech Nutrition
Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tim Tibayan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tuan Le!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Micheangelo Fripello and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Tibayan clinches with his opponent.
Le tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Le lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Le tries a body shot but Tibayan blocks it.
Tibayan drops down looking for an ankle pick but Le pulls his leg out and moves away.
Le works the jab nicely.

Le closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Tibayan takes a shot to the head.
Le tries to throw a body punch but Tibayan avoids it by throwing Le back against the cage.
Tibayan tries to throw a body punch but Le avoids it by throwing Tibayan back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Le is leaning against Tibayan and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Tibayan could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Tibayan drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Le gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Tibayan tries to break the clinch but Le is controlling the position.
Tibayan has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Le avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tim Tibayan. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Le.
Le scores with a hook to the body.
Tibayan tries to pull guard but Le forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Tibayan pushes off an throws an elbow but Le leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Tibayan tries to break free but Le pushes him back against the cage.
Le prevents a takedown attempt there.
Le misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tibayan takes a shot to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Le creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Le.

Tibayan is rocked!
Le unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Tibayan! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Le is unloading with more strikes now! Tibayan drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tuan Le!
A victorious Tuan Le thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.