PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Dillie Mcfly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jum Tigre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tigre comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Queens of the Stoneage - 3´s & 7´s kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Dillie Mcfly has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Mcfly
vs
Tigre

225 cm
18
130 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

163 cm
19
139 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dillie Mcfly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jum Tigre!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Kenichi Hosakawa and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tigre circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tigre connects with a solid leg kick.
A head kick misses from Tigre.
Mcfly misses with a series of wild punches.
Mcfly throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tigre.
Mcfly fails in his attempt to clinch.
No joy there for Mcfly, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mcfly lands a two punch combo.
Tigre changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Mcfly tries to avoid it but Tigre manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Mcfly to the ground. Mcfly escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Mcfly rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tigre moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tigre stuffs the takedown attempt from Mcfly. Mcfly gets slowly back to his feet.
Mcfly tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

Tigre has Mcfly up against the cage in a clinch.
Mcfly throws an elbow that misses.
Mcfly misses with a hook from the clinch.

Tigre breaks the clinch.
Tigre buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Mcfly throws a right and a left that Tigre avoids nicely.
Mcfly lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Tigre backs up against the cage.
Mcfly is breathing heavily.
Mcfly looks to land a combination but Tigre avoids it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Tigre shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Mcfly's guard.

Tigre stands up from Mcfly's guard - Tigre perhaps looking for a knockout.
Tigre throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Mcfly sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Tigre throws a head kick but Mcfly moves out of range.
Mcfly throws a right hand that Tigre ducks under and follows up with a left that Tigre also avoids with ease.
Mcfly really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Tigre tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Mcfly avoids the head kick by Tigre.
Tigre avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tigre misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tigre tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tigre tries a head kick but it misses.
A slapping body kick lands there for Tigre.

Tigre instigates a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Tigre gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Tigre wants to stand up but Mcfly is controlling the position.
Tigre tries to pass the half guard into mount. Mcfly knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Tigre works his way into full mount!
Tigre wants to control the pace but Mcfly is squirming around nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Tigre is standing up, even though he is in mount.
A head kick misses from Tigre.
Mcfly clinches but Tigre breaks the clinch
and Tigre counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Tigre pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Mcfly shoots for a double leg takedown but Tigre sprawls well. He's pushed Mcfly's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
A head kick misses from Tigre.
Tigre moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Tigre swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mcfly stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Tigre.
Mcfly looks to clinch
and Tigre counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Mcfly with a lazy takedown attempt
and Tigre counters with a big head kick but Mcfly shrugs it off.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dillie Mcfly. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tigre circles away from the clinch attempt

and Tigre counters with a single leg into guard. Mcfly didn't expect that.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Tigre gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Tigre is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jum Tigre dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Tigre swats away the attempt to clinch by Mcfly.
Mcfly tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Mcfly rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tigre moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Mcfly tries to clinch up

and Tigre decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Mcfly's guard.
Tigre postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Tigre stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Mcfly swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Mcfly pushes Tigre off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mcfly misses with a combination
and Tigre counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Mcfly is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Mcfly looks to clinch
and Tigre counters with a good low kick that Mcfly was not able to check.
Tigre misses with a head kick.

Tigre pushes Mcfly up against the cage in a clinch.

Tigre escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tigre connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Dillie Mcfly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Tigre forces Mcfly back against the cage and clinches.
Mcfly keeps control of Tigre as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Mcfly pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tigre pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Mcfly tries to clinch but Tigre moves away
and Tigre counters with a head kick.
Tigre misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Mcfly wants to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Tigre moves into the clinch successfully.
Mcfly wants to break the clinch but can't.
Mcfly working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Mcfly manages to break the clinch.
A jab lands there for Mcfly.
Mcfly clinches but Tigre breaks the clinch
and Tigre counters with a head kick.

Tigre shoots in and bounces Mcfly off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Mcfly knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Tigre on the ground.
Mcfly wants to stand up but Tigre is controlling him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tigre has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Mcfly is proving hard to escape from.

Mcfly uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Tigre dodges the punch combination from Mcfly.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Tigre tries for a takedown but Mcfly sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Tigre misses with a head kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Tigre.
Tigre circles away from the clinch attempt
and Tigre counters with a good low kick that Mcfly was not able to check.
Tigre tries a head kick but it misses.
Tigre tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Mcfly looks to clinch
and Tigre counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Tigre throws a head kick but Mcfly moves out of range.
Mcfly throws a sloppy head kick and Tigre moves out of range easily.
Mcfly swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Tigre counters with a low kick, right behind Mcfly 's knee.
Tigre circles away from the clinch attempt
and Tigre counters with a good low kick that Mcfly was not able to check.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jum Tigre showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Mcfly's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

A chopping leg kick lands by Tigre.
Mcfly throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Tigre counters with an inside leg kick.
Mcfly avoids the head kick by Tigre.
Mcfly looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Mcfly fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Tigre misses with a series of wild punches.
Tigre throws a nice head kick!
Tigre tries a head kick but it misses.
Tigre pulls out of a head kick attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mcfly tries to clinch but Tigre moves away
and Tigre counters with a three punch combo that has Mcfly backing up. Mcfly nods at Tigre to acknowledge the strikes.
Tigre moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Tigre is looking to clinch but Mcfly is avoiding it.
Mcfly blocks a head kick by Tigre.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Mcfly tries to clinch up
and Tigre counters with a nice low kick that buckles Mcfly's knee momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mcfly shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Tigre counters with a thumping low kick.
Tigre lands a head kick. Mcfly smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Mcfly tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Tigre counters with a good low kick that Mcfly was not able to check.
Mcfly wants to clinch
and Tigre counters with a low kick, right behind Mcfly 's knee.
Mcfly avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tigre misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Mcfly looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Mcfly throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Tigre counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Horrible takedown by Mcfly or perhaps it was just good defense by Tigre which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dillie Mcfly. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mcfly misses with a two punch combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Tigre misses with a head kick.
Mcfly is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Mcfly blocks a head kick by Tigre.
Mcfly closes the distance but Tigre moves to the side
and Tigre makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Mcfly really felt that one!
Tigre tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mcfly paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mcfly throws a series of punches but Tigre avoids them all with ease.
Dillie Mcfly is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mcfly tries to clinch but Tigre moves away
and Tigre counters with a leg kick.
Mcfly falls off balance throwing a combination
and Tigre counters with a good low kick that Mcfly was not able to check.
Mcfly misses with the combination.
Mcfly throws a combination that misses

and Tigre decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Mcfly's guard.
Tigre wanted to stand there but Mcfly had control of the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tigre wants to stand and escape but instead Mcfly has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Tigre looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Mcfly puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Dillie Mcfly has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tigre is looking to escape.

Mcfly stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Tigre to get to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Mcfly wants to clinch but Tigre slips to the side
and Tigre counters with a nice leg kick.
Tigre goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Mcfly misses with a combination
and Tigre counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Mcfly throws a series of strikes that have Tigre backpedaling.
Mcfly misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mcfly wants to clinch
and Tigre counters with an inside leg kick.
Mcfly misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tigre shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Mcfly pinned against the cage. Mcfly gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Tigre has Mcfly up against the cage in a clinch.
Jum Tigre is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Tigre using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jum Tigre comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Tigre has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 27:30
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 27:30
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jum Tigre!