PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Royal Tenenbaum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kong Le (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Le has chosen Ave Maria as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Tenenbaum
vs
Le

176 cm
27
183 lbs
13 - 3 - 0

180 cm
24
183 lbs
15 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Granite chin

Supreme Anabolics
Broken Halo Pride Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Royal Tenenbaum!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kong Le!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Stewart Dunkirk and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tenenbaum ducks under a wild hook from Le.
Tenenbaum throws the left hand but Le avoids the punch easily.
Le is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Le throws a hook to the side of Tenenbaum's head but Tenenbaum sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kong Le seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Le will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Le does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Le looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Le takes a swing at Tenenbaum's ribcage but misses.
Tenenbaum throws an overhand right that lands on Le's shoulder, as Le tries to avoid the shot.

Le drops Tenenbaum with a beautiful combination! Tenenbaum stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Le is looking for the KO!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Le misses the shot to the body.
Tenenbaum misses with a wild combination.
Le ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tenenbaum moves away.
Tenenbaum displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Le throws out the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Le misses the shot to the body.
Le tries to land a front kick but Tenenbaum steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Tenenbaum looks to throw the jab but Le is out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Le. Those never looked like landing.
Tenenbaum uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Le.
Le moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Le pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Le thuds a left hand into Tenenbaum's body.
Tenenbaum circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tenenbaum checks a leg kick nicely.
A big right from Le misses.
Le throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Le misses with a kick to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Le misses with a head kick.
Tenenbaum moves out of range of the body kick.
Tenenbaum avoids the body shot from Le.
Tenenbaum keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A big left from Le misses.
Le throws a leg kick but Tenenbaum moved away.
Le keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A jab from Le misses.
Tenenbaum checks a low kick from Le.
Le throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Le tries to close the distance and clinch but Tenenbaum swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tenenbaum throws the left hand but Le avoids the punch easily.
Tenenbaum fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Tenenbaum checks a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le misses with a low kick.
Le looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Le throws a head kick that misses.
Tenenbaum checks a low kick from Le.
Le throws out a loose jab but Tenenbaum uses good head movement to avoid it.
A slow jab from Le misses its intended target.
Le is looking to land body kicks.
Le throws a half hearted mid kick.
Le throws a one two combo.
Tenenbaum uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Le.
Kong Le is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Le tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Tenenbaum manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Le takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Le looks gassed!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tenenbaum throws a series of punches but Le avoids them all with ease.
Le misses with a body kick.
Tenenbaum lands a jab-cross combination.

It looks like Kong Le has been cut.
Tenenbaum ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Le moves away.
Le takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Le tried to score with a low kick but Tenenbaum checks it.
Tenenbaum scores with a shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Le takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

Tenenbaum decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Le keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tenenbaum throwing shots but Le is blocking nicely.
Tenenbaum winds up and cracks Le with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kong Le dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kong Le's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Le throws a head kick that misses.
Le throws a leg kick but Tenenbaum moved away.
Tenenbaum slips a jab from Le.
Le avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A nice combination there by Tenenbaum.
Le misses with a head kick.
Tenenbaum will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
An inside leg kick from Le misses.
Le throws the kick towards the body but Tenenbaum avoids it.
Le connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Le has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Tenenbaum finds it's way round the side to connect with Le's head.
Le is breathing heavily.
A head kick misses from Le.
Le lands a head kick. Tenenbaum smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Le motions for Tenenbaum to come forward. Le throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Le misses with a body kick.
Tenenbaum connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Le momentarily.
Le misses the jab.
Le throws a body kick that misses.
Le throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tenenbaum sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tenenbaum shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Le eats them both and turns towards Tenenbaum to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Royal Tenenbaum is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tenenbaum swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Le on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A solid leg kick lands there for Tenenbaum.
Tenenbaum throws a right and a left that Le avoids nicely.
Kong Le seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Le on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tenenbaum misses with a series of wild punches.
Tenenbaum lands with a cross.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Le pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tenenbaum misses the shot to the body.
Le throws a looping overhand right but Tenenbaum ducks down to avoid it.

Tenenbaum throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Le tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Tenenbaum is in Le's guard.
Le bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Tenenbaum's guard.
Le won't allow Tenenbaum to sweep him here.
Tenenbaum is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Le controlling from the top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tenenbaum is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

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.
Tenenbaum is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

We're going to have a standup here because Royal Tenenbaum wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Le is looking to slow Tenenbaum down with leg kicks.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Le scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Le misses with a wild body shot.
Le misses the jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Royal Tenenbaum dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kong Le's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Le wants to land a leg kick but Tenenbaum is out of range.
Le scores with a kick to the body.
Le takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Le scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Le connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Le throws an overhand right that lands on Tenenbaum's shoulder, as Tenenbaum tries to avoid the shot.
Le fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Le shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Le throws a head kick but Tenenbaum moves out of range.
Le scoring well with a low kick there.
Tenenbaum avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Le misses with a hook to the body
letting Tenenbaum counter with a right hand.
A nice inside leg kick there by Le. That's going to slow Tenenbaum down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tenenbaum looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Le tries to clinch there but Tenenbaum circles away.
Le wants to slow Tenenbaum down by chopping away at his legs.
Le scores with a kick to the body.
Le scoring well with a low kick there.
Le tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Tenenbaum manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Tenenbaum moves out of range of the strikes.
A nice leg kick lands there from Le.
Le lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Tenenbaum has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Tenenbaum there as he acknowledges the shot.
Tenenbaum blocks a jab.
Le is looking to clinch but Tenenbaum is avoiding it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Le. Tenenbaum shrugs it off though.
Tenenbaum avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Le connects with a single shot there.
Le throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Le.
Tenenbaum is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Tenenbaum takes one to the side of the head.
Le dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Tenenbaum. That did some damage!
A solid leg kick lands there for Le.
Le will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Tenenbaum keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Le throws a series of punches but Tenenbaum moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tenenbaum checks a leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Tenenbaum. That's going to slow Le down.
A solid leg kick lands there for Le.
Le misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Le takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Tenenbaum scores with a hook to the body. Le takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Le misses with a head kick.
Tenenbaum misses with a combination
and Le counters with a straight right hand.
Tenenbaum throws a series of punches but Le avoids them all with ease.
Tenenbaum fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Le looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Le throws a leg kick
letting Tenenbaum counter with a right hand.
Le avoids a punch combination nicely.
Le takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A slapping leg kick lands for Le.
Le scores with a kick to the body.
Le misses with a low kick.
Le pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Le throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tenenbaum.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Le misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Le throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tenenbaum scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kong Le really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kong Le's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Le takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Le misses with a shot to the body
and Tenenbaum counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Le throws a push kick but Tenenbaum slaps the foot to one side.
A chopping leg kick lands by Le.
Tenenbaum moves out of range of the strikes.
Tenenbaum dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tenenbaum connects with the punch.
Le moves forwards but Tenenbaum connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Tenenbaum just misses with a punch to the body.
Le throws a predictable looking body shot
and Tenenbaum counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Le is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Tenenbaum scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

Tenenbaum looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Le!
Tenenbaum scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Le?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tenenbaum misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Le is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Tenenbaum cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Tenenbaum lands a big elbow.
Tenenbaum scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Le?
Tenenbaum throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Tenenbaum throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Tenenbaum working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tenenbaum throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Tenenbaum trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Tenenbaum raining down shots from the mount!
Tenenbaum looking to ground and pound but Le is blocking nicely.
Tenenbaum throws some wild stikes that Le manages to avoid easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tenenbaum looking to ground and pound but Le is blocking nicely.
Tenenbaum throwing strikes here but Le is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Tenenbaum is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Tenenbaum landing strikes from the mount.
Poor strikes thrown by Tenenbaum there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Tenenbaum trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Tenenbaum cracks Le with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Tenenbaum thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tenenbaum lands a nice shot to the head.

That has opened up Kong Le's cut even more.
Le is looking to get to half guard.
Le is in a horrible position here. Tenenbaum smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Le is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Tenenbaum avoids the attempt from Le to control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Le in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Royal Tenenbaum had his way with Kong Le in that round.
The cut man is working on Kong Le's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Le misses with a leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Le, right into the meat.
Le throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tenenbaum takes a jab right on the kisser.
Le throws a leg kick
and Tenenbaum counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Le ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tenenbaum moves away.
Le throws a head kick that misses.
Le misses with a head kick.
Nice jab there from Tenenbaum.

The cut above Kong Le's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Le throws a leg kick that misses.
Le misses with a body shot.
Tenenbaum looks to land a combination. Le sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Le is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
A punch lands to the side of Le 's head but he takes it in his stride.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tenenbaum uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Le has time to react.
Tenenbaum scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Le with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Tenenbaum to score with a decent uppercut.
Tenenbaum works Le's body with a nice hook.
Tenenbaum jabs Le to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Tenenbaum lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Tenenbaum swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tenenbaum feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Les jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Le misses with a leg kick
and Tenenbaum counters with a series of strikes. Le will be more careful next time no doubt.
Le chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Le throws a body kick that misses.
Le throws a head kick but Tenenbaum moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tenenbaum throws a right and a left that Le avoids nicely.
Le misses with a body shot
and Tenenbaum makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Tenenbaum scores with a crisp jab that stopped Le in his tracks.
Le on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Tenenbaum connects with a body shot.
Tenenbaum fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Sloppy strikes from Tenenbaum. Those never looked like landing.
Tenenbaum connects with a looping right hand.
Le misses with a body shot
and Tenenbaum makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Le takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Tenenbaum lands with a hook. Le tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Le tries to land a body kick
letting Tenenbaum counter with a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tenenbaum lands with an overhand left.
Le takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Jab, jab by Tenenbaum - just one landing.
Le cracks Tenenbaum with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Le misses with an uppercut. Tenenbaum saw that one coming.
Le misses with a hook.
Le misses with a leg kick
and Tenenbaum counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jab, jab by Tenenbaum - just one landing.

Tenenbaum feints and as Le raises his hands in defense, Tenenbaum changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Tenenbaum throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Tenenbaum postures up in Le's guard and throws a big left but Le blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Le trying to control the position.
Le preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Tenenbaum trying to control the position from guard on top but Le is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tenenbaum missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Tenenbaum throwing strikes from guard but Le blocks nicely.
Tenenbaum preventing the sweep.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Le is trying to control the position from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
Royal Tenenbaum showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Tenenbaum has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge George Francis scores the fight 48:46
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 48:46
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 48:46

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Royal Tenenbaum!
Royal Tenenbaum retains his welterweight title!