PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between J J Tucker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Radar Salter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

J Tucker
vs
Salter

160 cm
27
164 lbs
13 - 4 - 0

180 cm
30
156 lbs
18 - 15 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, J J Tucker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Radar Salter!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Radbod Blank and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tucker throws a body punch but Salter moves out of range.
Salter ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tucker moves away.
Tucker defending well as Salter loads up on a big left hand.
Salter works Tucker's body with a nice hook.
Tucker takes one on the chin but seems OK.

It looks like J J Tucker has been cut.
Tucker scores with a jab.
Salter throws a hook but Tucker blocks it.
Tucker moves out of range as Salter strikes.
Salter with a hook.
Salter's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Salter duly obliges.
Tucker looks for the body kick but Salter saw that one coming.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tucker throws a body punch but Salter moves out of range.
Tucker uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Salter.
Salter misses with a two punch combination.
Tucker tries a head kick but it misses.
Tucker ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Salter avoids the head kick by Tucker.
Salter lands a jab.
Salter misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tucker.
A big left from Tucker misses.
A head kick misses from Salter.
Salter dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Salter throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Radar Salter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Salter is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tucker.
Salter misses with a body shot.
Tucker throws a leg kick but Salter sees it coming and moves out of range.
Salter checks a leg kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A cross from Tucker lands.
Tucker looks to score with a jab to the body but Salter is just out of range.
Tucker throws a head kick but Salter moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Salter. Tucker does a little dance to reset his feet.
Salter scores with the left hand. Tucker knows he should have avoided that one.
Salter looks to land a combination but Tucker avoids it well.
Salter uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tucker.
Tucker tests Salter's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Tucker lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Salter swinging wildly here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Salter jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Tucker moves out of range of the strikes.
Tucker dodges the punch combination from Salter.
Salter scores with a punch to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A solid body kick from Tucker.
Tucker slips a jab from Salter.
Tucker connects with a high kick.
Tucker connects with a leg kick. Salter looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Salter misses with a body shot.
Tucker throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Salter stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Tucker just misses with a punch to the body.
Tucker looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Tucker changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Salter misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tucker.
Salter misses with a left hand
and Tucker makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
The fighters circling - Tucker throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tucker keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Salter.
Tucker throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tucker throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Salter's head.
Salter will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Salter fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tucker manages to avoid it.
Salter misses the jab.
Both fighters circling a little - Salter finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salter lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Salter takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Tucker connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Salter lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tucker circles away quickly and effectively.
Tucker ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tucker looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Salter connects with a single shot there.
Salter throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Tucker on the side of the head.
Tucker throws a push kick but Salter slaps the foot to one side.
Salter is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Tucker blocks a jab.
Salter jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Salter on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Salter moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice defenses there by Tucker.

Tucker has taken the fight to the clinch.
Tucker misses with a knee strike.
Tucker crunches a lovely knee into Salter's ribcage.
Salter managing to block the knees to the body from Tucker.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tucker throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Salter blocks it with crossed arms.
Tucker misses with a knee to the head.
Salter dodges an elbow strike from Tucker.

Salter breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Salter misses with a hook.
Tucker is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Salter throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Tucker is looking to wear down Salter with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A combination from Salter does no damage.
Tucker tries to clinch up.
Salter is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Tucker had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Salter misses with a two punch combination.
Salter throws a lazy right hand but Tucker sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Tucker goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Tucker bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Salter's head backwards.
Tucker lands with a good body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Salter lands a body shot.
Salter misses with a wild combination.
Tucker tries a head kick but it misses.
Salter throws a series of punches but Tucker moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Radar Salter dominated that round.
The cut man is working on J J Tucker's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Tucker is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Salter.
Tucker looks to land a body kick but Salter moved away.
Tucker avoids the body shot from Salter.
Tucker on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Tucker tries to land a front kick but Salter steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A looping hook to the body misses from Salter. Tucker does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tucker moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Tucker throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Salter takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Tucker loads up on a big right hand but Salter slips the punch.
Radar Salter is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Salter lands a nice hook to Tucker's body. Tucker takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Nice cross by Salter.
Salter throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tucker goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Some wild striking there from Salter.
A swing and a miss from Salter.
Salter misses with a straight left.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tucker misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A jab from Salter misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Salter waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tucker.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Salter crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Tucker - the referee stops the clock and Salter gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Tucker. Salter manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Tucker throws an overhand right that lands on Salter's shoulder, as Salter tries to avoid the shot.
Tucker throws a low kick but it's checked well by Salter.
Tucker takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A left lands for Salter.
Tucker throws a nice inside leg kick.
Tucker showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Salter.
Tucker slips under a jab.
Salter looks to score with a jab to the body but Tucker is just out of range.
Tucker slips a jab and a cross from Salter.
Salter takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Tucker scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A combination from Salter does no damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tucker cracks a nice hook into Salter's ribs.

Tucker drives through and clinches with Salter against the cage.
Salter wants to break free but Tucker has control.

Salter breaks the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tucker misses with a body kick.
Salter fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Tucker on the side of the head.
Radar Salter seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Tucker throws a sloppy head kick and Salter moves out of range easily.
The fighters circling - Salter throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Salter throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Tucker counters with a left to the body.
Salter throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Salter swats away the attempt to clinch by Tucker.
Salter swings widly with a right hand
and Tucker counters with a nice body shot.
Tucker misses with a head kick.
Salter throws a right hand that Tucker ducks under and follows up with a left that Tucker also avoids with ease.
Tucker misses with a head kick.
Salter scores with a jab.
Salter slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Salter throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Salter closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Salter misses with an uppercut.
Sloppy strikes from Salter. Those never looked like landing.
Tucker misses with a body kick.
Salter looks for the body kick but Tucker saw that one coming.
Salter slips a jab from Tucker.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tucker throws a sloppy head kick and Salter moves out of range easily.
Tucker displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Salter throws out the jab.
Tucker throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tucker lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Salter throws a nice looking combination but Tucker bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Tucker is looking to land body kicks.
Salter fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tucker manages to avoid it.
Salter is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Salter throws a hook but Tucker blocks it.
Salter scores with a kick to the body.
Salter misses the shot to the body.
A slow jab from Salter misses its intended target.

Salter tries to keep at a distance but Tucker has taken the fight into the clinch.

Salter pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
An inside leg kick lands from Tucker.
Salter throws out a loose jab but Tucker uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tucker misses with a head kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Tucker has Salter up against the cage in a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Salter tries to break the clinch but Tucker is controlling the position.
Tucker has a couple of punches blocked by Salter.

Salter breaks from the clinch.
Salter throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Salter moves out of range of the body kick from Tucker.
Tucker moves away from the strike by Salter.
Salter swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Salter looks to land a left hand but Tucker moved out of range nicely.
Salter tries to bum rush Tucker with a series of wild strikes but Tucker uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Salter cracks Tucker with a good jab.
Tucker moves out of range of the body kick.
Tucker scores with a spinning back kick!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tucker blocks the body kick.
Salter is breathing heavily.
Tucker lands with a straight right. Salter didn't see that one coming.
Tucker tries to score with a low kick but Salter moves his leg out of the way.
Tucker uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Salter.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Radar Salter showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on J J Tucker's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Salter tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tucker was well out of range. Poor timing from Salter.
Salter connects with a body shot that sends Tucker's belly button to the back.
Tucker throws a body punch but Salter moves out of range.
Tucker lands a nice looking body shot.
Tucker looks to throw the jab but Salter is out of range.
Salter swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tucker lands a nice shot to the body.
Tucker is looking to clinch but Salter is avoiding it.
Tucker is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Salter misses with a hook. Tucker ducked under it nicely.
Salter scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Tucker bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.

Tucker gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
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!
Salter on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tucker lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Salter breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tucker fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Salter looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Tucker looks for the body kick but Salter saw that one coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tucker slips under a jab from Salter.
Tucker swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tucker bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Salter's head.
Tucker moves in looking to clinch but Salter pushes him off.
Tucker keeps Salter at a distance using the push kick.
Salter fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Salter throws a jab when Tucker was well out of range.
Salter takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Salter takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Tucker misses with a body kick.
Tucker throws a sloppy head kick and Salter moves out of range easily.
Tucker getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Tucker keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tucker throws a head kick but Salter moves out of range.
Tucker fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Salter manages to avoid it.
Tucker displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Salter throws out the jab.
Salter avoids the head kick by Tucker.
Tucker will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Salter has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Tucker.
Tucker avoids the body shot from Salter.
J J Tucker has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tucker throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tucker throws a sloppy head kick and Salter moves out of range easily.
A big right from Salter misses.
Salter misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tucker.
Tucker moves out of range of the body kick from Salter.
Salter steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Tucker. That one must have hurt.
Tucker swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tucker takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Salter fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tucker manages to avoid it.
Tucker has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Salter.
Tucker blocks a jab.
Tucker fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Salter manages to avoid it.
Salter scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Salter swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The fighters circling - Salter throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tucker throws a head kick but Salter moves out of range.
Salter cracks Tucker with a right hand to the side of the head.
Tucker connects with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salter scores with a nice head shot.
Tucker pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tucker ducks under a wild hook from Salter.
Salter lands a lovely overhand right.
Salter cracks Tucker with an open hand slap.
Salter lands with an overhand left.

Tucker is rocked!
A swing and a miss from Tucker.
Oh Tucker is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tucker lunges at Salter with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Salter's hand.
Tucker seems to have got his legs back now.
Salter throws a series of punches but Tucker avoids them all with ease.
Salter waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tucker.
Tucker looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Salter throws a hook to the side of Tucker's head but Tucker sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Salter throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tucker throws a jab when Salter was well out of range.
Tucker keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Salter.
Tucker swings for the body but Salter moves out of range.
Salter throws a shot from downtown. Tucker moves away and avoids it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tucker uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Salter.
Salter lands a head kick. Tucker smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Salter, as that shot connected.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tucker throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Tucker instigates a clinch.

Salter pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tucker misses with an uppercut. Salter saw that one coming.
Tucker tries a head kick but it misses.
Salter misses with a jab, cross combination.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Salter.
Tucker ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Salter moves away.
Salter misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tucker takes one to the chin there.
Tucker lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Tucker keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Salter.
Tucker throws a low kick but Salter avoids it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Salter takes a swing at Tucker's ribcage but misses.
Tucker throws a head kick but Salter moves out of range.
Salter looks to land a right hand but Tucker moved out of range.
Nice body kick from Tucker.
Tucker lands with a thumping leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Radar Salter.
I've got Salter winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Daniel Blasius scores the fight 27:30
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 27:30
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Radar Salter!
A relieved looking Radar Salter thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.