PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Andres Tiburcio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and William Klinger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Klinger is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Dangerous Muse - Give Me Danger. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Tiburcio
vs
Klinger

182 cm
18
180 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

171 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

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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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Andres Tiburcio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, William Klinger!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Micheangelo Fripello and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tiburcio lands a lovely overhand right.
Klinger thows a body shot but no joy.
Tiburcio keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Tiburcio connects with a body shot.
Klinger throws the left hand but Tiburcio avoids the punch easily.
Klinger misses with a body shot.
Klinger throws a body punch but Tiburcio moves out of range.
Tiburcio lands with a shot to the body.
Klinger fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Klinger throws a series of punches but Tiburcio moves out of range.
Tiburcio misses with a low kick.
Tiburcio throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Klinger throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tiburcio sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A big left from Klinger misses.
Klinger ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A jab from Tiburcio finds it's way through Klinger's defenses.
Klinger tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tiburcio was well out of range. Poor timing from Klinger.
Klinger moves out of range as Tiburcio throws a body kick.
Klinger tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tiburcio was well out of range. Poor timing from Klinger.
Good shot there by Tiburcio.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A combination from Tiburcio does no damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Klinger takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Klinger misses with a low kick.
Klinger looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Klinger throws a series of punches but Tiburcio moves out of range.
Tiburcio ducks under a wild hook from Klinger.
Tiburcio turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Tiburcio lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Klinger misses with a lunging right hand
and Tiburcio counters with a nice low kick that buckles Klinger's knee momentarily.
Tiburcio seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Klinger throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Klinger. Tiburcio does a little dance to reset his feet.
Klinger on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Klinger lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Tiburcio connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Klinger misses with a double jab
and Tiburcio counters with a stiff right hand.
Klinger tries a head kick but it misses.
Klinger looks winded!
Klinger takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Klinger ducks right into an uppercut from Tiburcio.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tiburcio scores with the left hand. Klinger knows he should have avoided that one.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tiburcio lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Tiburcio.
Klinger misses with a straight right.
Tiburcio connects with a solid leg kick.
Tiburcio slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Klinger shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Danga de danga de dang - Tiburcio scores with a four punch combination!
Tiburcio jabs at Klinger's body.
Klinger on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Klinger throws the left hand but Tiburcio avoids the punch easily.
Klinger misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tiburcio.
Klinger connects with a right hand. Tiburcio shakes it off.
Tiburcio is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Nice straight punches there by Tiburcio. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Tiburcio.
Andres Tiburcio is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Klinger just misses with a punch to the body.
William Klinger seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tiburcio scores with a nice strike.
Klinger takes a swing at Tiburcio's ribcage but misses.
Tiburcio thuds a left hand into Klinger's body.
Tiburcio connects with a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tiburcio lands with a good body shot.
Tiburcio is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Klinger is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Tiburcio scores with a nice head shot.
Tiburcio uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Klinger has time to react.
Tiburcio attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Klinger takes a swing at Tiburcio's ribcage but misses.
Nice body punch from Tiburcio.
Klinger moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Tiburcio smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Tiburcio lands with a nice combination. Klinger backs away looking to recover.
Tiburcio scores with a one two! Klinger had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Klinger throws a lazy uppercut
and Tiburcio counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Klinger tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tiburcio lands a right hook to the body.
Tiburcio works Klinger's body with a nice hook.
Some wild striking there from Tiburcio.
Klinger swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Klinger pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Klinger on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Klinger misses the shot to the body.
Tiburcio punishes Klinger's body with a nice straight punch.
Tiburcio fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Klinger misses with a hook
and Tiburcio counters with a stiff right hand.
Tiburcio scores with a hook to the body. Klinger takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Klinger takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Klinger swings for the body but Tiburcio moves out of range.
Klinger is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Tiburcio throws a nice outside leg kick.
Klinger misses with a straight left.
Klinger waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tiburcio.
Klinger ducks right into an uppercut from Tiburcio.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tiburcio works Klinger's body with a nice hook.
Tiburcio wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Klinger shoots in looking for a takedown but Tiburcio manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Klinger's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Andres Tiburcio has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of William Klinger.
Tiburcio scores with a jab to the body.
Tiburcio lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andres Tiburcio dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Tiburcio.
Klinger is looking to land body kicks.
Tiburcio scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Klinger looks to land a left hand but Tiburcio moved out of range nicely.
Klinger thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tiburcio scores with a hook.
Tiburcio steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Klinger.
Klinger rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tiburcio moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tiburcio staying out of range there.
Tiburcio lands with a shot to the body.
Tiburcio swinging wildly here.
Klinger has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Klinger shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Tiburcio but Tiburcio pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Tiburcio moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Klinger takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Klinger misses the shot to the body.
Tiburcio sizes up Klinger with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
A thudding body kick lands there by Tiburcio!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tiburcio throws out a powerful jab.
Klinger is breathing heavily.
Klinger throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tiburcio sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tiburcio lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Tiburcio.
Klinger throws an overhand right that lands on Tiburcio's shoulder, as Tiburcio tries to avoid the shot.
Klinger with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Tiburcio to score with a decent uppercut.
Klinger looks to score with a jab to the body but Tiburcio is just out of range.
Jab by Tiburcio.
Tiburcio misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Andres Tiburcio is winning the standup battle so far.
Jab from Tiburcio.
Klinger tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tiburcio paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tiburcio uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Klinger.
Klinger on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Tiburcio scores with a body shot.
A head kick misses from Klinger.
A right-left combo lands from Tiburcio.
Klinger tries to move into range but Tiburcio moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Tiburcio fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Klinger looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Klinger's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Klinger tries to score with a low kick but Tiburcio moves his leg out of the way.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tiburcio connects with a crisp jab.
Tiburcio tests Klinger's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Tiburcio.
Tiburcio fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Klinger walks into a stiff left hand from Tiburcio.
Tiburcio works the jab nicely.
Klinger misses with an uppercut.
Nice uppercut there from Tiburcio.
Sloppy strikes from Tiburcio. Those never looked like landing.
Klinger waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tiburcio.
Klinger shoots for a takedown but Tiburcio saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Klinger drops his hands momentarily and Tiburcio takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Tiburcio lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Klinger throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Tiburcio counters with an inside leg kick.
Klinger shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Tiburcio is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Klinger throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tiburcio works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Klinger doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Tiburcio scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Klinger walks into a left hand.
Klinger is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Tiburcio.
Klinger is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Tiburcio.
Klinger is trying desperately to land a takedown but Tiburcio is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Klinger.
Klinger misses with a left hand
and Tiburcio counters with a three punch combo that has Klinger backing up. Klinger nods at Tiburcio to acknowledge the strikes.
Klinger walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Tiburcio lands a jab.
Tiburcio connects with a leg kick. Klinger looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Tiburcio lands a nice leg kick that just misses Klinger's sensitive parts.
Good leg kick by Tiburcio there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Tiburcio lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A solid leg kick lands there for Tiburcio.
Tiburcio lands a body shot.
Tiburcio throws a shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Klinger tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Tiburcio shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Klinger eats them both and turns towards Tiburcio to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Klinger misses with a straight left.
Klinger tries to move into range but Tiburcio moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Tiburcio paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Tiburcio lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Klinger at a distance.
A big right from Klinger misses.
Tiburcio comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Tiburcio fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A shot to the liver by Tiburcio. Beautiful body shot.
Tiburcio paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
An inside leg kick lands from Tiburcio.
Klinger checks the leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Klinger takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Tiburcio scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Tiburcio fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Tiburcio connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andres Tiburcio dominated that second round.
That's time! Tiburcio's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Tiburcio changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Klinger scores with a jab. Tiburcio acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Tiburcio scores with a sloppy right hand. Klinger should have avoided that one.
Tiburcio is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Klinger can do to turn this around?
Tiburcio lands a nice shot to the body.
Tiburcio punishes Klinger's body with a nice straight punch.
Tiburcio throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Tiburcio throws a shot to the body.
Tiburcio lands a two punch combo.
Klinger throws a combination that misses
and Tiburcio counters with a slapping leg kick.
Klinger shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Tiburcio but Tiburcio pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Tiburcio bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Some wild striking there from Tiburcio.
Tiburcio tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Klinger was well out of range. Poor timing from Tiburcio.
Danga de danga de dang - Tiburcio scores with a four punch combination!
Tiburcio is working the combinations to good effect here.
Klinger takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Tiburcio is looking to slow Klinger down with leg kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A right-left combo lands from Tiburcio.
Tiburcio ducks under a wild hook from Klinger.
Klinger misses with a hook.
Klinger on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Tiburcio. Tiburcio obviously looking to wear him down.
Tiburcio shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Klinger eats them both and turns towards Tiburcio to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Nice jab there from Tiburcio.
Klinger scores with a hook.
Tiburcio throws a combination. Klinger tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Tiburcio lands a nice shot that snaps Klinger's head back.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Klinger might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Tiburcio has got the better of the exchanges.
Tiburcio slips under a jab.
Tiburcio tests Klinger's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Tiburcio with a jab.
Klinger throws a sloppy head kick and Tiburcio moves out of range easily.
Klinger misses with a wild body shot.
Tiburcio lands a lovely overhand right.
Klinger walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tiburcio with a nice cross.
Klinger scores with a jab. Tiburcio acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tiburcio keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tiburcio with a nice cross.
Klinger has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Klinger there as he acknowledges the shot.
Klinger throws a sloppy head kick and Tiburcio moves out of range easily.
Tiburcio scores with a one two! Klinger had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Tiburcio connects with a looping right hand.
Tiburcio sizes up Klinger with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Tiburcio lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Klinger backs up against the cage.
Klinger looks to land a body kick but Tiburcio moved away.
Tiburcio moves out of range of the strikes.
Tiburcio lands a right hook to the body.
Klinger takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Tiburcio cracks Klinger with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Good standup being displayed there by Tiburcio as he connects with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Klinger.
Tiburcio bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tiburcio lands a head shot.
Tiburcio keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Klinger.
Klinger loads up on a big right hand but Tiburcio slips the punch.
William Klinger has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tiburcio with a hook.
Tiburcio scores with a nice head shot.
Klinger misses with an uppercut
and Tiburcio counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Klinger takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Tiburcio getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Tiburcio misses with a jab, cross combination.
Klinger throws a sloppy head kick and Tiburcio moves out of range easily.
Tiburcio scores with a jab to the head.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Klinger.
Tiburcio digs a good hook to Klinger's body.
Andres Tiburcio is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A punch lands to the side of Klinger 's head but he takes it in his stride.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab from Tiburcio.
Tiburcio dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Klinger. That did some damage!
Tiburcio scores with a three punch combo!
Tiburcio throws a nice outside leg kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Klinger ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tiburcio moves away.
Tiburcio shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Klinger eats them both and turns towards Tiburcio to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
A left and a right from Tiburcio both land. Nice combination.
Klinger takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Klinger takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Tiburcio fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Klinger looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A left lands for Tiburcio.
Klinger throws a poor cross that misses
and Tiburcio counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Klinger misses with a straight right.
Tiburcio changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Klinger goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Tiburcio jabs at Klinger's body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Andres Tiburcio showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Tiburcio 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 Josh West scores the fight 30:27
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Andres Tiburcio!
After the big win, Andres Tiburcio made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Kemists ↑ 5x160Q and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.