PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Maunu Tua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tetsuo Chiba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chiba has chosen Chop Suey as his entrance music. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Tua
vs
Chiba

192 cm
22
218 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

180 cm
27
205 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Maunu Tua!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tetsuo Chiba!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Bruno Hogan and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Donk. Tua catches Chiba right on the button with a cross.
Chiba dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tua jabs at Chiba's body.
Chiba cracks Tua with a right hand to the side of the head.
Tua smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Chiba avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tua takes a swing at Chiba's ribcage but misses.
Decent striking displayed by Chiba there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tua uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Chiba.
Tua fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Chiba manages to avoid it.
Tua tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Chiba was well out of range. Poor timing from Tua.
Chiba misses with an uppercut
and Tua counters with a nice uppercut.
Tua shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Tua has managed to clinch.
Chiba can't break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Tua.
Tua tries a body shot but Chiba blocks it.
Tua fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tua working aggressively here.
Chiba blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tua.
Tua throws a punch but it's blocked by Chiba.
Chiba prevents a body shot from Tua.
Chiba wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tua has him pressed against the cage.
Tua lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Tua tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tua misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tua working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tua digs a right hand into Chiba's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Chiba's gas tank.
Chiba wants to break the clinch but can't.
A right handed body shot lands from Tua.
Tua misses with a punch on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A short left from Tua.
A short right from Tua.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tua.
Tua lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Tua tries to throw a body punch but Chiba avoids it by throwing Tua back against the cage.
Tua lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Chiba or not.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Tua scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tua lands with a light punch inside.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Tua takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A right hook to the body lands for Tua.
Tua lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Tua lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Tua misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short body shot lands from Tua as the two fighters clinch.
Chiba takes a shot to the head.
Tua working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Tua lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Chiba blocking some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tua lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Chiba backwards.
Tua works on Chiba's body with a couple of short punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A left hand lands to the body for Tua.
Chiba looks gassed!
Tua lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Tua lands a shot to the body.
Tua scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short uppercut from Tua.
Tua working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Chiba is rocked!
Tua lands a big right hand that drops Chiba! The killer instinct kicks in and Tua finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Tua!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Maunu Tua!