PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Claudio Tenorio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lee Comblin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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.

Tenorio
vs
Comblin

170 cm
26
150 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

185 cm
23
145 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Claudio Tenorio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lee Comblin!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Emerson Jorge and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Tenorio closes the distance and clinches.

Tenorio breaks the clinch.
Comblin is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Comblin fails to land with a series of punches.
Comblin rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tenorio moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Comblin takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Comblin looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Tenorio lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Tenorio looks to land a combination. Comblin sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

Comblin tries to keep at a distance but Tenorio has taken the fight into the clinch.
Tenorio has Comblin pressed against the cage, preventing Comblin from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Comblin tries to circle away but Tenorio has him pinned against the cage.
Comblin tries to break free but Tenorio pushes him back against the cage.

Tenorio escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tenorio misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
No joy there for Comblin, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Tenorio has closed the distance and engaged Comblin in a clinch.

Tenorio manages to break the clinch.
Tenorio throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Comblin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Comblin throws a series of punches but Tenorio moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tenorio jabs at Comblin's body.
Comblin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tenorio sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tenorio throws an off balance right hand
and Comblin counters with a nice body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Comblin. Tenorio does a little dance to reset his feet.
Comblin throws a right hand that Tenorio ducks under and follows up with a left that Tenorio also avoids with ease.
Tenorio moves in looking to clinch but Comblin pushes him off.
Comblin swinging wildly here.

Tenorio darts in and clinches Comblin up against the cage.

Tenorio pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Comblin misses with a double jab.
Comblin misses with a wild combination.

Tenorio clinches up against the cage.

Tenorio pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Tenorio gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Tenorio escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tenorio connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Comblin momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Comblin lands the left hand.
Comblin throws a series of punches but Tenorio avoids them all with ease.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Good shot there by Tenorio.
Left hook, right uppercut from Comblin.
Tenorio swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Comblin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Comblin falls off balance throwing a combination

and Tenorio counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Tenorio.

Tenorio breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tenorio moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Comblin throws a series of punches but Tenorio moves out of range.
Comblin keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

Tenorio rushes Comblin and presses him up against the cage.
Comblin tries to break free but Tenorio pushes him back against the cage.
Comblin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Tenorio escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Comblin will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Claudio Tenorio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Tenorio closes the distance and pushes Comblin back into the cage.

Tenorio escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Comblin looks to score with a jab to the body but Tenorio is just out of range.
Tenorio avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tenorio slips a jab and a cross from Comblin.
A punch combination from Comblin misses.
Tenorio scores with the left hand. Comblin knows he should have avoided that one.
Tenorio showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Comblin.

Tenorio clinches up against the cage.

Tenorio breaks from the clinch.
Comblin misses with a jab, cross combination.
Comblin looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Comblin gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Tenorio.

Comblin gets tackled into the cage by Tenorio. Tenorio maintains the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Comblin can't break the clinch.
Comblin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Tenorio's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Comblin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Tenorio moves into the clinch.

Tenorio escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Comblin misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tenorio scores with a jab.
Comblin misses with a wild combination.
Tenorio cracks Comblin with an open hand slap.
Comblin misses with a combination
and Tenorio counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tenorio tries to clinch there but Comblin circles away.

Tenorio gets a clinch.

Tenorio breaks from the clinch.
Tenorio loads up on a big right hand but Comblin slips the punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Claudio Tenorio dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Tenorio tries to close the distance and clinch up but Comblin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Comblin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tenorio moves in looking to clinch but Comblin pushes him off.

Tenorio clinches up with Comblin and pushes him back against the cage.

Tenorio breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Tenorio gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Tenorio breaks the clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A frustrated look appears on Comblin's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Tenorio breaks the clinch.
Comblin connects with a good right hand that stumbles Tenorio. Tenorio circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

Tenorio forces Comblin back against the cage and clinches.
Tenorio tries to circle away but Comblin has him pinned against the cage.

Tenorio escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tenorio tries to clinch there but Comblin circles away.
Comblin misses with a wild combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Comblin takes one on the button.
Comblin misses with the combination.
Claudio Tenorio is winning the standup battle so far.
Comblin throws a right and a left that Tenorio avoids nicely.
Comblin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Tenorio moves into the clinch.

Tenorio breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tenorio is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.

Tenorio has closed the distance and engaged Comblin in a clinch.

Tenorio breaks the clinch.
Lee Comblin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tenorio takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

Tenorio moves into the clinch.
Comblin is trying to break free.
Tenorio keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Comblin's efforts to push away.

Tenorio breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Comblin tries to move into range but Tenorio moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Comblin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Tenorio moves in looking to clinch but Comblin pushes him off.

Tenorio closes the distance and clinches.
Comblin has Tenorio pressed against the cage, preventing Tenorio from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Comblin wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Tenorio breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Comblin throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tenorio.
Comblin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tenorio circles away quickly and effectively.
Comblin throws a body punch but Tenorio moves out of range.

Tenorio clinches.

Tenorio manages to break the clinch.
Tenorio tries to clinch but Comblin is having none of it.
Tenorio lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Comblin misses with the combination.
Comblin throws a series of punches but Tenorio moves out of range.

Tenorio takes the fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Tenorio breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Comblin throws a series of punches but Tenorio moves out of range.

Tenorio clinches up against the cage.

Tenorio manages to break the clinch.
Comblin fails to land with a series of punches.

Tenorio rushes Comblin and presses him up against the cage.

Tenorio pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Tenorio has closed the distance and engaged Comblin in a clinch.

Tenorio's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Tenorio moves into the clinch.

Tenorio breaks the clinch.
Sloppy strikes from Comblin. Those never looked like landing.
Comblin throws a right and a left that Tenorio avoids nicely.

Comblin gets tackled into the cage by Tenorio. Tenorio maintains the clinch.

Tenorio's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tenorio tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tenorio throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Comblin tries to bum rush Tenorio with a series of wild strikes but Tenorio uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Comblin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Tenorio moves into the clinch.

Tenorio escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Tenorio clinches.
Tenorio keeps control of Comblin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Tenorio breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Tenorio closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Claudio Tenorio has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Tenorio breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tenorio moves away from the strike by Comblin.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Comblin misses with a series of wild punches.
Comblin misses with a few strikes there.
Comblin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tenorio.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Claudio Tenorio dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Tenorio gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Tenorio breaks from the clinch.
Tenorio slips a jab and a cross from Comblin.
Comblin throws a nice looking combination but Tenorio bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Tenorio clinches with his opponent.

Tenorio pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tenorio connects with the punch.
Comblin throws a looping overhand right but Tenorio ducks down to avoid it.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Tenorio breaks from the clinch.
A punch combination from Comblin misses.
Comblin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A punch combination from Comblin misses.
Tenorio stalks Comblin and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Comblin's face. Comblin staggers backwards, shaken.
Tenorio lands a really nice looking cross but Comblin seems unphased.
Tenorio bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Comblin's head backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Comblin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Tenorio lands a jab.
Comblin walks into a straight right hand from Tenorio.
Tenorio lands with an overhand left.
Comblin misses with an uppercut
and Tenorio counters with a straight right hand.
Comblin throws a series of punches but Tenorio avoids them all with ease.
A punch combination from Comblin misses.

Tenorio pushes Comblin up against the cage in a clinch.

Tenorio pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Comblin will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Comblin swinging wildly here.
Comblin takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Comblin misses with a lunging right hand
and Tenorio counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Comblin throws a nice looking combination but Tenorio bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Tenorio lands with a right hand.

Tenorio clinches.

Tenorio breaks from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tenorio uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Comblin.

Tenorio rushes Comblin and presses him up against the cage.

Tenorio escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Comblin throws a right hand that Tenorio ducks under and follows up with a left that Tenorio also avoids with ease.
Comblin misses with a two punch combination.
Tenorio wants to clinch.
Comblin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Tenorio tries to clinch up.

Comblin gets tackled into the cage by Tenorio. Tenorio maintains the clinch.

Tenorio breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tenorio tries to close the distance and clinch up but Comblin swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Tenorio closes the distance and clinches.

Tenorio breaks the clinch.
Comblin misses with a wild combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Comblin misses with a series of wild punches.
Tenorio lands the left hand.

Tenorio darts in and clinches Comblin up against the cage.

Tenorio pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tenorio tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Comblin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Comblin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tenorio fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tenorio tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Comblin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Comblin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tenorio was well out of range. Poor timing from Comblin.

Tenorio clinches up with Comblin and pushes him back against the cage.

Tenorio escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A punch combination from Comblin misses.
Tenorio tries to clinch up but Comblin circles away and keeps his distance.
Comblin throws a series of punches but Tenorio avoids them all with ease.
Tenorio tries to bum rush Comblin with a series of wild strikes but Comblin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Claudio Tenorio is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tenorio throws a hook but Comblin blocks it.
Tenorio is looking to clinch.
Tenorio lands a two punch combo.
Comblin thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tenorio throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Comblin on the side of the head.
Comblin throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tenorio.
Comblin swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Tenorio moves into range and clinches up with Comblin.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Tenorio breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tenorio steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Comblin.
Nice straight punches there by Tenorio. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Tenorio.
A looping hook to the body misses from Comblin. Tenorio does a little dance to reset his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Tenorio closes the distance and pushes Comblin back into the cage.
Comblin is trying to break free.
Lee Comblin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Tenorio breaks from the clinch.
Comblin has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Comblin throws a nice looking combination but Tenorio bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Claudio Tenorio showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Tenorio 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 Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Claudio Tenorio!