PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Travis Bickle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tanner Pond (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bickle's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Edu Kehäkettunen & Stig Dogg - Kullii . Pond comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Stick To Your Guns - Agianst Them All kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Tanner Pond enters the cage!

Bickle
vs
Pond

185 cm
23
182 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

189 cm
24
186 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Perkele!

Conquer

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 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Travis Bickle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tanner Pond!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Donald Grub and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pond misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bickle.
Bickle finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Pond has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Bickle is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Bickle throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bickle throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Pond's head.

It looks like Tanner Pond has been cut.
Nice defenses there by Pond.
Bickle keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pond lands with a straight right. Bickle didn't see that one coming.

It looks like Travis Bickle has been cut.
Bickle tried to score with a low kick but Pond checks it.
Pond on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Bickle throws a head kick that misses.
Pond takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
A good leg kick by Bickle.
Bickle throws a solid leg kick but Pond takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Bickle.
Pond tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bickle was well out of range. Poor timing from Pond.
Pond connects with a right hand. Bickle shakes it off.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bickle throws a head kick that misses.
Pond looks to throw the jab but Bickle is out of range.
Bickle lands with an uppercut that bounces Pond off the cage and back into range.
Pond lands with a thumping leg kick.
Pond checks a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pond checks a leg kick.
Bickle definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
A jab lands there for Pond.
Bickle wants to slow Pond down by chopping away at his legs.
Tanner Pond seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pond throws a right and a left that Bickle avoids nicely.
Bickle pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bickle throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The fighters circling - Bickle throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pond throws an overhand right that lands on Bickle's shoulder, as Bickle tries to avoid the shot.
Pond throws a nice looking combination but Bickle bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bickle throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Pond swings widly with a right hand
and Bickle connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Pond throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bickle pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Bickle scores with a push kick.
Bickle throws the left hand but Pond avoids the punch easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bickle is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pond.
Bickle lands a nice looking kick to the body. Pond takes a step back to recover.
Bickle tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as Pond blocks the low kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Bickle, right into the meat.
Pond misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bickle.

Bickle closes the distance and pushes Pond back into the cage.
Pond wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bickle has him pressed against the cage.
Bickle tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bickle lands with a light punch inside.
Pond wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bickle has him pressed against the cage.
Bickle struggles to land a body shot inside as Pond controls his hands.
Bickle misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Bickle breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Pond swings for the body but Bickle moves out of range.
A chopping leg kick lands by Pond.
Pond misses with a body shot.
Pond looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bickle connects with an inside leg kick.
Pond buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

Bickle instigates a clinch.
Bickle is working Pond over against the cage.
Bickle misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bickle scores with a hook to the body.
Bickle lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Pond or not.
Pond misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bickle blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pond goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pond can't find room to land a body shot as Bickle controls the action.
Bickle tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pond's elbow.
Pond blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pond blocking some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bickle working aggressively here.
A right hook to the body lands for Bickle.
Bickle misses with a body punch.
Come on Bickle - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Bickle lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Pond backwards.
Bickle tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bickle has a couple of punches blocked by Pond.
Bickle cracks Pond with a nice body shot.
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!
Pond is trying to break the clinch but Bickle is controlling him.
Pond's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bickle.
Bickle scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Bickle throws a head punch that misses.
Bickle tries to throw a body punch but Pond avoids it by throwing Bickle back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Travis Bickle dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Pond throws a front kick aimed at Bickle's knee but Bickle avoids it well.
Bickle throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Bickle misses with an attempted mid kick.
Pond swinging wildly here.
Bickle fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Pond.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Bickle.
Pond swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Bickle.
Bickle fakes the leg kick and cracks Pond in the body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Bickle.
Pond misses with a looping right.
Pond throws a hook to the side of Bickle's head but Bickle sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bickle tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pond paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Travis Bickle is winning the standup battle so far.
A leg kick checked by Bickle.
Bickle throws a low kick but Pond moves out of range easily.
Bickle with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Pond throws a body shot but no joy.
Bickle misses with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pond misses with a hook. Bickle ducked under it nicely.
Pond smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Pond checks a low kick from Bickle.
Bickle has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Pond feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Bickles jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Pond fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Bickle is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pond can do to turn this around?
Pond walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Bickle checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Bickle moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Pond on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Pond moves out of range of the body kick.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Bickle misses with a wild body shot.
Pond misses with a leg kick.
Pond throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Pond misses the target.
Bickle lands a nice hook to Pond's body. Pond takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Bickle turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Pond lands a two punch combo.
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!
Bickle swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Pond throws a lazy uppercut
and Bickle counters with a nice leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pond misses with a hook to the body
and Bickle connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Crunch! Bickle slams his shin into Pond's torso.
Pond is breathing heavily.
A thudding body kick lands there by Bickle!
A big right from Pond misses.
Bickle connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Bickle, right into the meat.
Bickle throws a half hearted mid kick.

Bickle takes the fight into the clinch.
Pond tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bickle scores with a hook to the body.
Bickle lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bickle blocking some punches.
Bickle misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pond takes a shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bickle prevents Pond from breaking the clinch.
Bickle lands a body punch in the clinch.
Pond prevents a body shot from Bickle.
Bickle stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Bickle can't find room to land a body shot as Pond controls the action.
Pond wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Pond blocking some punches.
Bickle tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short uppercut from Pond.
Bickle has Pond pressed against the cage.
Bickle prevents Pond from breaking the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Bickle.
Pond is looking to break free of the clinch but Bickle has double underhooks.
Bickle misses with a punch on the inside.
Bickle struggles to land a body shot inside as Pond controls his hands.
Pond blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bickle.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pond.
Bickle manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A left hand lands to the body for Bickle.
Bickle misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Pond escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pond rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bickle moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Travis Bickle dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Bickle misses with a wild body shot.
Pond misses with a looping left.
A good leg kick by Bickle.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bickle. Pond does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pond lands a nice hook to Bickle's body. Bickle takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Bickle avoids the body shot from Pond.
Pond is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Bickle doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Pond avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Pond moves out of range of the leg kick from Bickle.
Bickle blocks a jab.
Pond throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Both fighters circling a little - Bickle finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Bickle moves out of range of the strikes.
Pond jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Pond has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Bickle.
Nice body kick from Bickle.
Pond takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bickle fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Pond has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bickle connects with a solid leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bickle scores with a push kick.
Bickle on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Bickle scores with a nice right hand.
Pond throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bickle throws a wild body kick that Pond sees coming a mile off.
Bickle connects with an inside leg kick.
Bickle lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

Bickle drives through and clinches with Pond against the cage.
Bickle blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bickle slows down the pace here.
Bickle lands a right hand that snaps the head of Pond backwards.
Bickle has a couple of punches blocked by Pond.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bickle stalling the fight.
Pond blocks a body shot from Bickle.
Still in the clinch, Bickle scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bickle throws a head punch that misses.
Pond throws a punch but it's blocked by Bickle.
Travis Bickle has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bickle swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bickle lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bickle tries to throw a body punch but Pond avoids it by throwing Bickle back against the cage.
Bickle lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Pond blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bickle lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Pond pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bickle throws a leg kick which misses Pond's front leg but catches the back leg as Pond tries to avoid it.
Bickle throws a jab but it's blocked by Pond.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bickle closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Bickle keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pond lands a nice hook to Bickle's body. Bickle takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Bickle throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Bickle dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Pond. That did some damage!
Pond throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A combination from Pond does no damage.

Bickle clinches up against the cage.
Pond lands with a right to the head.
Pond misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pond.
Pond's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bickle tries a body shot but Pond blocks it.
Bickle working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bickle prevents Pond from breaking the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bickle misses with a shot to the kidneys.
You can see that Pond has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks

Pond escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pond swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A jab from Pond misses.
Tanner Pond has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pond throws a leg kick
and Bickle makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Pond moves away from the strike by Bickle.
Pond throws out a leg kick but Bickle moves out of range and Pond only half commits.
Pond misses with a low kick.
Bickle misses with an attempted mid kick.
Bickle lands a head kick!

Pond is rocked!
Bickle chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Pond is still on wobbly legs! Can Bickle finish him?
Pond stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Bickle.
Pond drops his hands momentarily and Bickle takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Pond walks forward, straight into a front kick from Bickle.
Bickle jabs Pond to the body, keeping him at a distance.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
OH! Pond has been rocked by a huge right hand and is in deep trouble! Bickle smells blood and charges in for the finish! Bickle unloads a vicious overhand right and connects to the jaw of Pond sending him face first to the canvas! Unbelievable!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Travis Bickle!
After winning the bout, Travis Bickle thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.