PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Lao Shin (ranked 216 p4p, 34 weight class) and Bruno Tepes (ranked 233 p4p, 39 weight class). Shin kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Shaolin Chamber of Death. Bruno Tepes is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Shin
vs
Tepes

182 cm
36
176 lbs
36 - 14 - 1

176 cm
30
170 lbs
17 - 8 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 36 - 14 - 1, fighting out of London, Lao Shin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bruno Tepes!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Richard Clark and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Tepes misses.
Tepes swings away with a body shot that misses
and Shin counters with a nice low kick that buckles Tepes's knee momentarily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Tepes. That's going to slow Shin down.
Tepes on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Tepes misses with a kick to the body.
Shin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tepes was well out of range. Poor timing from Shin.
Shin throws a head kick but Tepes moves out of range.
Shin misses the jab.
Shin throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Shin ducks under a wild hook from Tepes.
Shin swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shin just misses with a punch to the body.
A solid body kick from Tepes.
Shin takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Tepes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Shin.
Tepes misses with a shot to the body
and Shin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tepes looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Nice defenses there by Shin.
Shin throws a nice outside leg kick.
Tepes thumps Shin with a low kick.
An inside leg kick from Shin misses.
Tepes misses with a kick to the body.
Tepes avoids a kick to the body.
Shin lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Tepes at a distance.
Shin jabs at Tepes's body.
Shin scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Tepes connects with a nice looking jab.
Tepes misses with a leg kick
and Shin counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Tepes ducks under a wild hook from Shin.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tepes throws a nice outside leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tepes throws a low kick but Shin moves out of range easily.
Tepes delivers a nice body kick.
A head kick misses from Tepes.
Shin has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Tepes finds it's way round the side to connect with Shin's head.
Tepes throws a nice inside leg kick.
Shin lands with an overhand left.
Tepes throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Shin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Shin tries to score with a low kick but Tepes moves his leg out of the way.
Tepes pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
It looked like Shin wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Tepes digs a good body shot into Shin's ribs.
Tepes lands a nice hook to Shin's body. Shin takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Shin misses with a kick to the body.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Tepes, right into the meat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tepes scores with a nice body kick.
Tepes looks for the body kick but Shin saw that one coming.
Shin is looking to counter punch.
Tepes throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Tepes misses with a straight right.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Shin.
Shin scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Shin throws a hook but Tepes blocks it.
Tepes thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Shin if he has to take too many more of those.
Shin avoids the body shot from Tepes.
Shin throwing a counter right hand but Tepes manages to avoid it.
Tepes dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Shin. That did some damage!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Tepes lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Shin has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Shin and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Bruno Tepes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jab, jab by Tepes - just one landing.
Tepes avoids a low kick by using good footwork.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tepes swings away with a body shot that misses
and Shin counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shin lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Tepes lands a jab to the head.
Tepes pivots, looking for a leg kick but Shin is out of range and Tepes settles back down.
Shin blocks a jab.
Tepes is looking to land body kicks.
Tepes looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Shin throws a shot from downtown. Tepes moves away and avoids it.
Shin stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Tepes.
Tepes throws a half hearted mid kick.
Tepes tries a head kick but it misses.
Tepes misses with a body punch
and Shin counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Tepes goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Bruno Tepes will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Shin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tepes.
Tepes throws out a counter right but Shin avoids it with no problem.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tepes. Shin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Shin tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Tepes connects with a right hand. Shin shakes it off.
Tepes throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Shin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Shin is looking to slow Tepes down with leg kicks.
Tepes takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

Tepes gets tackled into the cage by Shin. Shin maintains the clinch.
Nice body punch from Shin.
Tepes prevents a body shot from Shin.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Shin.
Shin lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Shin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Shin tries to throw a body punch but Tepes avoids it by throwing Shin back against the cage.
Shin digs a right hand underneath Tepes's ribcage. Tepes let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Tepes working aggressively here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Tepes as the two fighters clinch.
Shin lands an elbow inside.
Tepes prevents a body shot from Shin.
Shin throws a punch but it's blocked by Tepes.
A nice left hand lands by Tepes.
Tepes's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Shin swings wildly with an uppercut but Tepes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Shin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Shin.
A head punch on the inside from Shin fails to land.

Tepes breaks from the clinch.
Tepes connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Tepes pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Tepes throws a leg kick which misses Shin's front leg but catches the back leg as Shin tries to avoid it.
Tepes misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Shin.
Tepes throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Shin counter with a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tepes misses with a low kick.
Tepes lands an overhand right.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shin moves out of range of the body kick.
It looks like Shin has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Tepes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Shin was well out of range. Poor timing from Tepes.
An attempted straight right counter from Shin misses the target.
Shin checks the leg kick.
Shin slips under a jab.
Shin tried to counter with a leg kick but Tepes avoided it.
Tepes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tepes throws a leg kick that is checked
and Tepes takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Tepes cracks the inside of Shin's front leg.
Tepes misses with a body punch
and Shin counters with a slapping leg kick.
Shin tries to move into range but Tepes moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Tepes scores with a jab to the head.
Tepes walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Shin checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tepes bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tepes. Shin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tepes lands a glancing blow to the side of Shin's head.
Tepes needs to keep his hands up - Shin had a free shot at his head there.
Tepes swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Shin is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Shin takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Shin takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Shin takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Tepes moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Tepes misses with a hook. Shin ducked under it nicely.
Tepes on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Shin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bruno Tepes seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Shin scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Tepes doesn't seem bothered though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Shin feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Tepes's calf.
Tepes throws a big shot that misses.
Shin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Shin has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Tepes finds it's way round the side to connect with Shin's head.
Shin slips a straight right by Tepes.
Shin appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Shin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tepes.
Shin feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Tepes doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A low kick from Tepes is predictable there
and Shin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Shin will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Jab by Tepes.
A punch lands to the side of Shin 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Tepes gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Tepes tries to land a leg kick but Shin saw it coming and moves away.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Tepes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Bruno Tepes will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Tepes feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Shin's calf.
Both fighters circling a little - Shin finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Tepes.
Tepes fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Shin.
Tepes moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Tepes tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Shin is able to avoid easily.
Tepes walks into a stiff left hand from Shin.
Tepes looks to score with a jab to the body but Shin is just out of range.
Tepes lets loose with a powerful body kick. Shin will feel that in the morning.
Tepes chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Shin can pounce on him.
Shin throws a quick inside leg kick.
Tepes fakes the leg kick and cracks Shin in the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tepes works Shin's body with a nice hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tepes looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Good work by Shin as he checks the leg kick.
A little feinted left hand from Shin on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Tepes connects with a single shot there.
A nice inside leg kick there by Tepes. That's going to slow Shin down.
Shin scores with a nice strike.
Shin dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Tepes. That did some damage!
Tepes throws a leg kick
and Shin counters with a good low kick that Tepes was not able to check.
Tepes throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Shin connects with a solid leg kick.
Tepes throws an off balance right hand
and Shin counters with a nice leg kick.
Tepes lands with a thumping leg kick.
Shin throws a half hearted mid kick.
Shin lands with a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tepes swings widly with a right hand
and Shin counters with a straight right hand.
A chopping leg kick lands by Tepes.
Lao Shin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tepes misses with a body kick.
Tepes throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Shin stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Shin throws out a loose jab but Tepes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Shin throws a body kick that misses.
Tepes throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Shin stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Shin lands a front kick.
Shin moves out of range as Tepes strikes.
Tepes fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Shin checks it well.
Tepes pivots, looking for a leg kick but Shin is out of range and Tepes settles back down.
Shin throws a leg kick that is checked
and Tepes counters with a series of strikes. Shin will be more careful next time no doubt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shin misses with an uppercut
and Tepes counters with a body kick.
Tepes stuns Shin with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Shin swings for the body but Tepes moves out of range.
Shin scoring well with a low kick there.
Shin throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Shin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tepes steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Shin. That one must have hurt.
Tepes takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Tepes misses with a low kick.
Shin blocks the body kick.
Shin looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Tepes takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Tepes throws a leg kick but Shin checks it.
Shin throws out a loose jab but Tepes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Shin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tepes sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bruno Tepes is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shin moves out of range of the body kick from Tepes.
Tepes on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Shin. Shin obviously looking to wear him down.
Shin tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Shin fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A jab from Tepes misses.
Shin digs a good body shot into Tepes's ribs.
Shin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tepes follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Good leg kick by Tepes there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Tepes misses with the body kick
and Shin counters with a good low kick that Tepes was not able to check.
Some bone on bone action there as Tepes checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Shin connects with a jab.
Shin takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Lao Shin.
I think Tepes has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 27:30
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 29:28
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Lao Shin!
Our winner, Lao Shin, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.