PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Balbus Michael (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Tambling (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Michael comes to the cage accompanied by Lose Yourself. Tambling has chosen i just want it all as his entrance music. Balbus Michael has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Michael
vs
Tambling

178 cm
18
150 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

168 cm
25
143 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Determined

KAISER

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Balbus Michael!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ben Tambling!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Anthony Taglia and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Tambling gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Michael blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Michael avoiding damage as Tambling throws knees to the body.
Michael crunches a lovely knee into Tambling's ribcage.
Michael tries a knee to the head but Tambling blocks it.
Michael lands a good knee to the midsection. Tambling won't want to take too many of those.
Michael connects with a knee to the head.
Michael avoids the elbow strike from Tambling, against the cage.
Michael trying to land knees to the body.
Tambling avoiding damage as Michael throws knees to the body.
Michael on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Michael with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Michael managing to block the knees to the body from Tambling.
Michael stalling the fight.
Tambling pushes off an throws an elbow but Michael leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Michael crunches a lovely knee into Tambling's ribcage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Knees in the clinch landing for Michael.
A bit of stalling here from Michael.
Tambling takes a knee to the side of the body.
Tambling looks winded!
Michael is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Tambling takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Michael lands a nice knee to the body.
Michael lands a nice knee to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Michael takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Our sources have told us that Michael has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Michael obliges.
Michael tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Michael misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tambling.
Tambling blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Michael unloads a knee to the mid-section. Tambling lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Michael misses with a knee to the head.
Michael blocks an uppercut.
Tambling misses with a body punch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Tambling has thrown a lot of knees so far in this fight and we're lead to believe that's something he's been working on the gym prior to this fight.
Michael stalls.
Michael tries to land knees in the clinch but Tambling avoids the damage to the body.
Michael avoiding damage as Tambling throws knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tambling throws an elbow that misses.
Michael tries to land a knee to the head but Tambling blocks with his arms.
Tambling misses with an elbow over the top.
Tambling working aggressively here.
Tambling tries to break the clinch but Michael is controlling the position.
Michael with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tambling creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Michael.
Michael is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Michael misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tambling.
Michael slowing the pace effectively.
Michael connects with a nasty looking knee right to Tambling's face.

It looks like Ben Tambling has been cut.
Michael tries a knee to the head but Tambling blocks it.
Tambling takes a knee right on the jaw!
Michael is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tambling is defending well for now.
Michael blocks an uppercut.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Michael obliges.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Michael obliges.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Michael.
Michael tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tambling on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Michael connects with a nasty looking knee right to Tambling's face.
Michael throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tambling blocks it with crossed arms.
Michael effectively controlling the action here.
Michael is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Michael connects with a knee to the head.
Michael misses with a knee strike.
Michael landing knees to the head.
Michael connects with a knee to the head.
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!
Michael scores a nice knee to the body.
Michael stalling the fight.
Michael lands a knee to the body.
Michael misses with a knee strike.
Michael is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Michael tries a knee to the head but Tambling blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Michael.
Michael with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Tambling blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Michael unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Michael connects with a nasty looking knee right to Tambling's face.
Michael unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The referee calls for Michael to work.
Michael lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tambling.
Michael throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tambling blocks it with crossed arms.
Tambling lands a nice elbow.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Michael controlling the action here for a moment.
Michael tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tambling avoids it.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Michael takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Balbus Michael dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ben Tambling's cut.
That's time! Michael's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Tambling takes the fight into the clinch.
Tambling tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tambling blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Michael on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tambling on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tambling can't break the clinch.
Michael blocks an elbow strike from Tambling.
Michael landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Michael takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Michael landing some nice looking knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tambling tries a knee to the head but Michael blocks it.
Tambling is breathing heavily.
Tambling takes a knee right on the jaw!
Michael is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tambling can do to turn this around?
Michael tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tambling avoids it.
Balbus Michael has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Michael scores with a knee to the head.
Michael 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.
Michael unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Michael connects with a nasty looking knee right to Tambling's face.

Tambling is rocked!
Michael unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Tambling is still on wobbly legs! Can Michael finish him?
Knees in the clinch landing for Michael.
Tambling seems to have recovered his senses.
Michael working Tambling over with knees to the body.
Michael tries to land a knee to the head but Tambling blocks with his arms.
Michael tries a knee to the head but Tambling blocks it.
Michael stalling the fight.
Michael with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Michael working Tambling over with knees to the body.
Michael throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tambling blocks it with crossed arms.
A knee to the head by Michael.
Michael misses with a knee strike.
Michael misses with a knee strike.
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!
Michael landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Michael obliges.
Michael lands a knee to the body.
Michael landing knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Michael connects with a nasty looking knee right to Tambling's face.
Michael controlling the action here for a moment.
Michael just leaning against Tambling, taking a breather.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Tambling misses with a hook to the ribs.
Michael connects with a knee to the head.
Michael taking a breather.
Michael scores with a knee to the head.
Tambling misses with a punch on the inside.
Tambling avoiding damage as Michael throws knees to the body.
Tambling throws an elbow that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Michael is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tambling is defending well for now.
Michael missing with knees to the body.
Michael missing with knees to the body.
Tambling misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tambling throws an elbow but it misses.
Tambling throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Tambling avoiding damage as Michael throws knees to the body.
Michael tries a knee to the head but Tambling blocks it.
Tambling pushes off an throws an elbow but Michael leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Michael is stalling here.
Tambling managing to block the knees to the body from Michael.
Michael with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Michael.
Tambling avoiding damage as Michael throws knees to the body.
Michael lands a good knee to the midsection. Tambling won't want to take too many of those.
Michael lands a good knee to the midsection. Tambling won't want to take too many of those.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Michael.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Michael tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tambling trying to land knees to the body.
Michael is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Michael throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tambling blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Michael just leaning against Tambling, taking a breather.
Tambling misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Michael.
Michael unloads a knee to the mid-section. Tambling lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Michael unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Michael misses with a knee strike.
Michael utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Michael landing knees to the body.
Michael lands a good knee to the midsection. Tambling won't want to take too many of those.
Michael with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Balbus Michael dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ben Tambling's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Michael misses with a body shot.
Tambling shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Michael pinned against the cage. Michael gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Michael moves into range and clinches up with Tambling.
Michael lands a knee to the head.
Michael lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Tambling blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tambling misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Michael.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Michael tries to land knees in the clinch but Tambling avoids the damage to the body.
Tambling on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tambling takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Tambling tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tambling blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Michael misses with a knee strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Michael avoiding damage as Tambling throws knees to the body.
Michael misses with a punch to the body.
Michael is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tambling is defending well for now.
Michael avoiding damage as Tambling throws knees to the body.
Tambling is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Michael is keeping busy.
Tambling pushes off an throws an elbow but Michael leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Michael trying to land knees to the body.
Michael unloads a knee to the mid-section. Tambling lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Michael connects with a nasty looking knee right to Tambling's face.
Michael tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tambling avoids it.
Michael with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Michael.
Michael using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Michael throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Michael crunches a lovely knee into Tambling's ribcage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Michael lands with a right to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Michael.
Michael tries to land a knee to the head but Tambling blocks with his arms.
Stalling in the clinch from Michael.
Knees in the clinch landing for Michael.
Michael unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Michael tries to land knees in the clinch but Tambling avoids the damage to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Michael.
Michael tries a knee to the head but Tambling blocks it.
Michael dodges an elbow strike from Tambling.
Michael with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Michael using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Michael.
Michael blocking some punches.
Tambling is trying to maintain a safe position but Michael gets an underhook and turns Tambling into the cage.
Michael tries to land a knee to the head but Tambling blocks with his arms.
Tambling missing with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tambling managing to block the knees to the body from Michael.
Michael landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Michael.
Michael lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Tambling or not.
Michael tries a knee to the head but Tambling blocks it.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Michael.
Michael tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tambling avoids it.
Michael tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tambling misses with a knee strike.
Michael with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Michael on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Michael holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Michael unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Michael unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A body shot lands from Michael.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Michael with a knee to the head.
Michael utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
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!
Tambling takes a knee right on the jaw!
Michael landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees to the body from Michael.
Michael is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Michael obliges.
Balbus Michael is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Michael tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tambling avoids it.
Michael avoiding damage as Tambling throws knees to the body.
Tambling with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ben Tambling has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Michael is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Tambling misses with the head strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
Balbus Michael showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Michael 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 Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:25
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Balbus Michael!
An out of breath Balbus Michael thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
Ben Tambling spoke after the fight, saying 'hes got lucky'.