PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jon Tully (ranked 4038 p4p, 4106 weight class) and Manuel Bautista (ranked 0 p4p, 259 weight class). Bautista has chosen Reincidentes - Vicio as his entrance music. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Tully
vs
Bautista

185 cm
23
145
0 - 0 - 0

172 cm
18
132
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Very confident

BANZAI COMBAT NUTRITION

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jon Tully!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Manuel Bautista!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Gwen Towbar and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Tully manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Bautista on his heels. He'll look to pass Bautista's guard now, I'm sure.
Bautista is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tully is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Bautista scores with a couple of nice shots.

Bautista is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Bautista is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Tully moves into full guard.
Tully really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Tully kicks Bautista off and gets to his feet.
Tully displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Bautista.

Tully is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Bautista's half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bautista is looking for a sweep. Tully is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Tully escapes and gets back to his feet.

Tully rushes Bautista and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Tully breaks from the clinch.

Tully shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

Bautista makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!

Tully drives through with a takedown into guard.
Bautista looks winded!
Bautista wants to stand up but Tully is controlling him.
Bautista being controlled here, momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tully seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Bautista for as long as he can get away with.
Bautista looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Tully has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bautista preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tully engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

Tully gets a takedown into half guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Tully perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Tully prevents Bautista from improving his position.
Tully works his way into side control.
Bautista is trying to get back to half guard.

That's four 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.

Tully stands up and beckons Bautista to his feet.

Tully shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Bautista is trying to get back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tully keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Bautista is looking for a sweep. Tully is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Tully decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.

Bautista gets caught napping as Tully dives in and scores a takedown. Bautista manages to retain guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jon Tully dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Tully drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

Tully looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Tully happy to just control the position for now.
Tully is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bautista can do to turn this around?
Bautista is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Tully is controlling him well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Tully tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Bautista is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bautista is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Tully pulls his head out easily.
Bautista is breathing heavily.
Tully is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Tully will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Bautista manages to get to full guard.
Tully is looking to work some ground and pound but Bautista has wrist control.
Tully is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Tully wants to pass the guard but Bautista is keeping the position.
Jon Tully overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Bautista looking for a guillotine here but Tully defends easily.
Tully looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

Tully stands up and waves to Bautista to follow him.
Bautista fails with the takedown
and Tully counters with a right hand to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Tully shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Tully was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Bautista is being controlled here.
Tully tries to move to mount but Bautista blocks the move with his legs.

Tully thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Bautista sneaks back into half guard.
Bautista tries to get to full guard but Tully has control of the leg.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Tully in particular looking to stall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tully looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Bautista moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Bautista avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Tully's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

Bautista is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Tully sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Bautista's guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Bautista tries to roll over but Tully keeps him under control.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jon Tully dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Tully closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Bautista tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Tully wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Bautista managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Tully.
Bautista tries to buck Tully off but Tully is having none of it.
Tully creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Bautista tries to improve position but can't.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bautista is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Tully is one step ahead and moves to full mount!

Tully stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.

Tully dives in and scores a takedown into Bautista's guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Tully gets to his feet - Bautista follows without any prompting.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Tully fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Bautista, pushing him back against the cage.

Tully gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Tully accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Bautista wants to sweep here but Tully controlling him for the moment.
Tully controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Tully advances position into side control!
Tully controlling the position from side mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tully's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Bautista tries to buck Tully off but Tully is having none of it.
Bautista regains half guard.
Bautista is looking to improve his position.
Tully thows a huge punch but Bautista dodges it nicely.
Tully content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bautista tries to roll over but Tully keeps him under control.
Tully looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

Bautista looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Tully tries to pass the half guard into mount. Bautista knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Tully is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

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.

Tully pushes Bautista up against the cage in a clinch.

Tully jumps guard and drags Bautista to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Bautista being controlled here momentarily.
Bautista wants to control from the top but Tully keeps moving.
Manuel Bautista has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jon Tully is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Tully has control of Bautista's left arm, preventing Bautista from doing any damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jon Tully showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Tully 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jon Tully!
A victorious Jon Tully thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
Manuel Bautista spoke after the fight, saying 'What a fuck!'.