PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Manartha Tagore (ranked 4867 p4p, 5388 weight class) and Red Eight Yabby (ranked 99 p4p, 107 weight class). Red Eight Yabby has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Tagore
vs
Yabby

171 cm
18
162
0 - 0 - 0

168 cm
18
145
1 - 0 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Manartha Tagore!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Red Eight Yabby!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Ben Watson and Topper Green.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tagore goes for a double leg but Yabby avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Yabby continues to drive forward.
Tagore is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Yabby to keep the fight standing.
Yabby misses with a body punch.
Tagore managing to block the knees to the body from Yabby.
Tagore looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Yabby misses with a punch on the inside.
Yabby avoiding damage as Tagore throws knees to the body.
Yabby has a couple of punches blocked by Tagore.
Yabby is working Tagore over against the cage.
Yabby tries a body shot but Tagore blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yabby lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Yabby breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Tagore.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Manartha Tagore. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Yabby avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yabby pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tagore attempts a counter takedown but Yabby avoids it well and moves away.
Yabby stuffs the takedown attempt from Tagore. Tagore gets slowly back to his feet.
Tagore is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Tagore closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Yabby to the mat! Yabby manages to get full guard.
Tagore tries to stand but Yabby is controlling from the bottom.
Yabby tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Yabby bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Tagore's guard.

Tagore not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yabby controlling from the top position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Yabby is looking to work some ground and pound but Tagore has wrist control.
Yabby sitting in guard here, content to control.

And that's the end of the fight!
Red Eight Yabby comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Yabby has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 9:10
Judge Ben Watson scores the fight 9:10
Judge Topper Green scores the fight 9:10

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Red Eight Yabby!