PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Gilberto Tanquinho (ranked 7932 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lee Dae Chung (ranked 6037 p4p, 0 weight class). Gilberto Tanquinho has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Tanquinho
vs
Dae Chung

184 cm
19
158 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

175 cm
25
156 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Tends to cut

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Gilberto Tanquinho!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Lee Dae Chung!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Daniel Franklin and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice sprawl there from Tanquinho as Chung shoots in.
Tanquinho slaps away a takedown attempt from Chung, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Chung tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tanquinho swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Chung tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tanquinho swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Tanquinho darts in and clinches Chung up against the cage.
Chung tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Chung trying to land knees to the body.
Tanquinho wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Tanquinho pulls guard effortlessly.
Tanquinho is looking to stand up but Chung isn't so interested in that idea.
Tanquinho trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chung wants to pass the guard but Tanquinho is keeping the position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Chung accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Tanquinho keeping moving, preventing Chung from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Tanquinho is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Chung is aware though and is defending well.
Tanquinho is looking to stand up but Chung isn't so interested in that idea.
Tanquinho throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Chung really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Tanquinho. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Tanquinho wants to get back to his feet but Chung is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Tanquinho throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tanquinho keeping full guard, as Chung tries to pass.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Tanquinho working for a triangle but Chung defends it easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Chung slips nicely into half guard.
Tanquinho flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Tanquinho is trying to stand back up but Chung is controlling him
Chung wants to stand but Tanquinho has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Tanquinho has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Chung blocks the strikes from Tanquinho.

Tanquinho looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Chung working the head and body with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chung sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Tanquinho defending well though.
Tanquinho manages to get to full guard.
Tanquinho trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Tanquinho will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Tanquinho trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Chung trying to control but Tanquinho is working from the bottom.

Tanquinho is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Chung defends well.
Chung pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Tanquinho is keeping the position for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chung content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

Tanquinho escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Chung gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Tanquinho had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Chung defends it easily.
Chung showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Tanquinho looking for a sweep. Not yet Tanquinho, not yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gilberto Tanquinho dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Chung lands with a kick to the temple. Tanquinho shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

Chung closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Chung lands in his opponent's guard.
Chung wants to stand but Tanquinho is controlling his posture from full guard.
Gilberto Tanquinho overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Tanquinho had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Chung defends it easily.
Tanquinho will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tanquinho throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Tanquinho tries to strike from the bottom.
Tanquinho keeping moving, preventing Chung from controlling successfully.
Chung might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Tanquinho haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Tanquinho throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Tanquinho wants to sweep here but Chung controlling him for the moment.

Tanquinho escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Chung gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Tanquinho is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Chung can do to turn this around?
Tanquinho keeping full guard, as Chung tries to pass.
Chung must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Tanquinho looking for a guillotine here but Chung defends easily.
Chung scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tanquinho striking off his back, scoring a few points.
Chung trying to control but Tanquinho is working from the bottom.
Tanquinho throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Tanquinho throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Tanquinho striking off his back, scoring a few points.
Tanquinho throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.

Tanquinho had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Chung defends it easily.

Tanquinho working for a triangle but Chung defends it easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tanquinho with a couple of shots from the bottom there - nothing Chung can't handle though.

Tanquinho has his foot on Chung's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Chung works his way back into a safe position though.
Chung scoring with some ground and pound.
Chung trying to control but Tanquinho is working from the bottom.
Tanquinho wants to get back to his feet but Chung is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Chung is looking to stand up but Tanquinho won't let him.
Tanquinho is looking to stand up but Chung isn't so interested in that idea.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Chung trying to control but Tanquinho is working from the bottom.
Chung stays in close to Tanquinho's body and controls the position.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Tanquinho thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Chung shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Tanquinho but Tanquinho pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Tanquinho slaps away a takedown attempt from Chung, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Tanquinho closes the distance and clinches.
Chung wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Tanquinho manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gilberto Tanquinho dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Tanquinho misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Chung.
Tanquinho jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Chung needs to keep his hands up - Tanquinho had a free shot at his head there.
Lee Dae Chung is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tanquinho displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Chung.
Chung shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Tanquinho defends it nicely.

Chung tries to keep at a distance but Tanquinho has taken the fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Tanquinho breaks the clinch.
Tanquinho tries for a takedown but Chung sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Chung uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tanquinho.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tanquinho circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tanquinho was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Chung steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tanquinho.
Chung doesn't manage to clinch there - Tanquinho circles away.

Chung takes the fight into the clinch.

Tanquinho gets control of Chung's arms and successfully pulls guard. Tanquinho will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Chung trying to control but Tanquinho is working from the bottom.

Tanquinho looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Chung won't allow Tanquinho to get back to his feet.
Chung wants to control from the top but Tanquinho keeps moving.
Tanquinho thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tanquinho trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!

Tanquinho working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Chung doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Chung manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tanquinho throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Tanquinho throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Chung stops Tanquinho from standing up.

Tanquinho is looking for a triangle but Chung pushes his legs off easily.
Chung trying to stand up but can't free himself from Tanquinho's guard.
Chung trying to control but Tanquinho is working from the bottom.
Tanquinho trying to strike off his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Tanquinho had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Chung defends it easily.
Chung trying to control but Tanquinho is working from the bottom.
Tanquinho wants to stand up but Chung is controlling him.

Tanquinho throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Tanquinho is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Chung defends well.
Chung wants to control from the top but Tanquinho keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Tanquinho thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Chung trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Tanquinho had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Chung defends it easily.
Chung trying to control but Tanquinho is working from the bottom.
Tanquinho tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Chung gets to his feet - Tanquinho follows without any prompting.
Lee Dae Chung has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gilberto Tanquinho is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The fighters circle momentarily. Chung darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gilberto Tanquinho showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Tanquinho 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 Winston Alpacca scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gilberto Tanquinho!