PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Victorio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and General Hua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Victorio's entrance music is Breaking Benjamin - Dance With The Devil. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Victorio
vs
Hua

197 cm
19
260 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

225 cm
24
197 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
World class MT
Knockout power

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tommy Victorio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, General Hua!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Paul Aken and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Victorio shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Victorio was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Victorio looking to finish with strikes here!
Victorio trying to control but he's not successful this time.

Victorio is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Hua can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Victorio takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Victorio's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Poor strikes thrown by Victorio there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Hua is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Victorio looking to finish with strikes here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Victorio takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Victorio working Hua over with strikes here.
Victorio tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Victorio with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Hua avoids a series of strikes thrown by Victorio.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Victorio sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Victorio misses with a head shot.
Victorio throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Hua because Victorio loaded up on that one.
Victorio 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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Victorio 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.
Victorio content just to control the position here.
Victorio unloads with some shots from mount but Hua bucks and avoids them well.
Victorio unloads with some shots from mount but Hua bucks and avoids them well.
Victorio sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Hua wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Victorio.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Hua gets caught flat footed, as Victorio shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Victorio pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hua is keeping the position for now.
Hua is looking to stand up but Victorio isn't so interested in that idea.
Victorio trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Victorio prevents Hua from getting back to his feet.
Victorio might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Victorio throws an elbow that misses. Hua uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Victorio's guard. Nice move by Hua!
Hua stopping the sweep attempt from Victorio.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. General Hua was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Victorio looks to land a left hand but Hua moved out of range nicely.
Hua displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Victorio throws out the jab.
Hua showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Victorio.
Hua avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hua fails in his attempt to clinch.
General Hua is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Victorio closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Victorio is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Victorio thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hua keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Victorio sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Hua defending well though.
Hua keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Victorio seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Victorio thows a huge punch but Hua dodges it nicely.
Victorio is nestled in close to Hua, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Victorio missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Hua is not content to let Victorio control the position.
Victorio is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Tommy Victorio overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Victorio has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Victorio thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Victorio unloads with some shots from mount but Hua bucks and avoids them well.
Victorio can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Hua is looking to escape.
Victorio controlling the position easily from mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hua is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tommy Victorio dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Hua uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Victorio.
Hua tries to clinch up
and Victorio makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Hua really felt that one!
Victorio misses with a body shot.
Hua slips a jab from Victorio.
Victorio takes a swing at Hua's ribcage but misses.
Hua tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Victorio misses with a head kick.
Hua is looking to clinch but Victorio is avoiding it.
Hua tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Victorio paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hua wants to clinch
and Hua takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Victorio shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Hua blocking the ground and pound attempt from Victorio.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Victorio missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Victorio content to control rather than advance.
Victorio not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Victorio not doing much here.
Victorio works his way into side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Victorio controls the position from side control.
Victorio in side control, throwing shots but Hua defends.
Victorio throwing strikes but missing, from side control.

Victorio looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Victorio wants to control but Hua is keeping him busy.
Tommy Victorio is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Victorio throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Victorio slows the pace down.
Victorio fails to land a wild elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Victorio sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Hua is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Victorio looking to control but instead Hua has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
Victorio thows a huge punch but Hua dodges it nicely.
Still in half guard, Victorio seems content to control.
Victorio thows a huge punch but Hua dodges it nicely.
Victorio seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
General Hua has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Victorio is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Hua!

And that's the end of the fight!
Tommy Victorio showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Victorio 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 Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:26
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 30:26
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tommy Victorio!
An out of breath Tommy Victorio thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.