PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Taako Taaco (ranked 3618 p4p, 5405 weight class) and Slum Lord (ranked 426 p4p, 569 weight class). Slum Lord will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Taaco
vs
Lord

187 cm
21
200
2 - 3 - 0

180 cm
22
203
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

30th Century Beer Store
Nevermore Clothing Co

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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Taako Taaco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Slum Lord!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Chris Edwards and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lord throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Taaco stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Lord connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Taaco's hands.
Lord scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A jab from Lord does it's job there.

Taaco closes the distance and pushes Lord back into the cage.
Taaco throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lord blocks it with crossed arms.
Lord tries a body shot but Taaco blocks it.
Lord throws a punch but it's blocked by Taaco.
Lord looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
A short right from Lord.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lord.

Lord gets control of Taaco's arms and successfully pulls guard. Lord will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Lord is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Taaco is aware though and is defending well.

Lord has his foot on Taaco's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Taaco works his way back into a safe position though.
Taaco connects with a couple of short punches.
Taaco has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Lord is looking for a triangle but Taaco pushes his legs off easily.

Taaco is sitting in close to Lord's body. Lord has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Taaco is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Taaco is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Lord.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Slum Lord!
Slum Lord really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Nevermore Clothing Co logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.