PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gilson Tavarinho (ranked 4160 p4p, 5094 weight class) and Omar Badari (ranked 483 p4p, 543 weight class). Badari has chosen ? as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Tavarinho
vs
Badari

178 cm
25
215
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
212
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Gilson Tavarinho!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Omar Badari!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Roosa Järviläinen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Badari needs to keep his hands up - Tavarinho had a free shot at his head there.

It looks like Omar Badari has been cut.
Badari throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tavarinho lands with a right hand.
Badari misses with a head kick.
Tavarinho fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
No joy there for Tavarinho, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Badari throws a head kick but Tavarinho moves out of range.
Badari rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tavarinho moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
As Badari looks to move away, Tavarinho throws a big counter combo but Badari just gets out of the way.
Tavarinho definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Tavarinho clobbers Badari with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Nice jab there from Tavarinho.
Badari throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Tavarinho stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tavarinho misses with a wild body shot.
Tavarinho cracks a nice hook into Badari's ribs.
Badari looks winded!
Tavarinho misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Badari tries to counter by closing the distance.
The crowd cheers as Tavarinho lands an impressive looking overhand right. Badari doesn't seem phased though.

That has opened up Omar Badari's cut even more.
Badari misses with a right hand

and Tavarinho counters with a nice right hand that sends Badari toppling to the canvas! Badari scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Tavarinho finish him?!

Badari is rocked!
Tavarinho lands with a right and another and another! Badari is in big trouble! Tavarinho lands again and this time it's lights out for Badari! A quality knockout there for Tavarinho.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Gilson Tavarinho!
Omar Badari spoke after the fight, saying 'He got lucky is all I'd starch him in the rematch.'.