PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Elizondo Tacos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eddie Willis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Willis has chosen Can't be touched as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Tacos
vs
Willis

185 cm
24
215 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

195 cm
23
215 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Elizondo Tacos!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Eddie Willis!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Bruno Hogan and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Willis misses with a looping left.

Tacos throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Willis was covering up waiting for the punch and Tacos finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Willis wants to stand but Tacos is controlling the position.
Tacos thows a big elbow that misses.
Tacos working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Willis is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Willis really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Tacos. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Tacos is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tacos throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Willis works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Tacos is pushing down on Willis's leg trying to pass to half guard. Willis is fighting to maintain full guard but Tacos has managed to sneak the leg through.
Willis is staying active underneath Tacos, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Willis pushes Tacos off looking to stand but Tacos dives back in and keeps control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Tacos thows a huge punch but Willis dodges it nicely.

Tacos is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Tacos misses with a head shot. Willis uses the momentum to regain guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tacos pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Willis is keeping the position for now.
Tacos has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Willis utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Tacos misses with a straight right.
Tacos takes one on the button.
Tacos moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A left lands for Tacos.
Tacos lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Tacos throws the kick towards the body but Willis avoids it.
Tacos keeps Willis at a distance using the push kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Tacos.
Willis missing with a left hand there. Tacos was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A good leg kick by Tacos.
Eddie Willis is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tacos ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tacos waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Willis.
Willis misses with a straight left.
Willis chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Tacos can pounce on him.
Tacos fails with the takedown.
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!
Willis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tacos lands a front kick.
Tacos feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Willis's calf.
Willis looks gassed!
Tacos comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

Tacos throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Willis was covering up waiting for the punch and Tacos finishes the takedown easily into guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tacos trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Elizondo Tacos dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Tacos throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tacos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Willis waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Tacos.
Willis throws a lazy right hand but Tacos sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Tacos feints and as Willis raises his hands in defense, Tacos changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Tacos sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Willis's guard.
Tacos missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Tacos landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Willis is not content to let Tacos control the position.
Tacos is controlling the pace.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Willis keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Tacos trying to control the action but Willis is working from the bottom.
Willis wants to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Willis is refusing to be controlled, as Tacos sits in half guard.

Tacos is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Tacos missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Willis looks to land a combination but Tacos avoids it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Willis there.
Willis connects with a right hand. Tacos shakes it off.
Willis moves out of range as Tacos strikes.
A big right from Willis misses.
A punch combination from Willis misses.
Willis uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tacos.
The fighters circle momentarily. Willis darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
A good leg kick by Tacos.
Willis drops his hands momentarily and Tacos takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Willis with a jab.
Eddie Willis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tacos avoids a punch combination nicely.
Elizondo Tacos is winning the standup battle so far.
The fighters circling - Willis throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tacos fakes the leg kick and cracks Willis in the body.
Willis is breathing heavily.

Tacos drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Willis keeping moving, preventing Tacos from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Willis can do anything to dispel that myth.
Tacos in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Tacos pushing down on Willis's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tacos thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Tacos takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Elizondo Tacos dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Tacos misses with a head kick.
Tacos lands a nice leg kick that just misses Willis's sensitive parts.
Willis looks to land a combination but Tacos avoids it well.
Tacos showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Willis.
Tacos lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Tacos swings for the body but Willis moves out of range.
Willis throws a looping overhand right but Tacos ducks down to avoid it.
Willis throws a series of punches but Tacos moves out of range.
Tacos connects with a solid leg kick.
Willis takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Tacos is looking to slow Willis down with leg kicks.
Willis might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Tacos moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Tacos throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Willis takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Willis takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Tacos throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Tacos shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Willis's guard.
Tacos stands and throws Willis's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Tacos throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Tacos in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Willis gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Tacos looking to finish Willis with some ground and pound. This is bad for Willis!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tacos thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Tacos punching from mount but Willis doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Tacos throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Willis because Tacos loaded up on that one.
Tacos misses with a head shot.
Willis blocking the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tacos sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Tacos misses with a head shot.
Willis wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Tacos.
Tacos has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Willis's face.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tacos with a couple of short strikes.
Willis is squirming around, avoiding Tacos's attempts to control the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Willis is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Tacos cracks Willis with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Tacos throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Willis because Tacos loaded up on that one.
Tacos throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tacos misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Tacos is landing with some decent strikes but Willis is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Elizondo Tacos clearly takes that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Tacos lands a nice looking body kick.
Willis misses with a two punch combination.
Tacos shoots in but no luck this time.

Tacos scores with a takedown into Willis's guard.
Willis keeping moving, preventing Tacos from controlling successfully.
Willis throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Tacos throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tacos missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Tacos loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Tacos in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Tacos trying to control but Willis is working from the bottom.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Tacos accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Tacos is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Willis can do to turn this around?

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Tacos is looking to slow Willis down with leg kicks.
Willis is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Tacos drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Willis misses with a combination
and Tacos counters with a nice body kick.
Tacos pushes Willis away with a front kick.
Willis takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Tacos works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Tacos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tacos pushes Willis away with a front kick.
Tacos with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A nice inside leg kick there by Tacos. That's going to slow Willis down.
A chopping leg kick lands by Tacos.
Tacos throws a nice outside leg kick.
Jab from Tacos.
Willis takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Willis displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Tacos.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Tacos.
Tacos throws a quick inside leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Tacos.
Tacos lands with a hook. Willis tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Tacos works Willis's body with a nice hook.
Tacos scoring well with a low kick there.
Willis ducks under a wild hook from Tacos.
Tacos tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tacos is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Willis on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Tacos scores with a jab to the body.
Tacos scores with a spinning back kick!
Tacos takes a swing at Willis's ribcage but misses.
Willis misses with a double jab
and Tacos makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tacos will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Elizondo Tacos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A head kick from Tacos lands but Willis takes it in his stride.
Tacos avoids the body shot from Willis.
Willis on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Tacos is defended easily by Willis.
Tacos is looking to slow Willis down with leg kicks.
Tacos thumps Willis with a low kick.
Tacos turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Willis tries to bum rush Tacos with a series of wild strikes but Tacos uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tacos throws a body punch but Willis moves out of range.
Tacos closes this distance looking for a takedown but Willis circles away.
Willis takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Elizondo Tacos had his way with Eddie Willis in that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Willis misses with a looping right.
A swing and a miss from Willis.
Willis falls off balance throwing a combination
and Tacos cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Willis misses with the combination.
Tacos connects with a high kick.
Willis throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tacos.
Tacos avoids the body shot from Willis.
Willis has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Tacos.
Willis misses with a jab, cross combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tacos throws a nice inside leg kick.
Willis is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?

Tacos shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Tacos passes to side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tacos misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Willis parries the strikes from Tacos easily there. Tacos is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Willis to escape.
Willis managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Tacos.
Willis prevents Tacos from improving position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Tacos working the ground and pound from side control.
Tacos throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Willis works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Tacos thows a huge punch but Willis dodges it nicely.
Tacos looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tacos throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Tacos is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Tacos missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Tacos is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Tacos is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Willis!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tacos thowing shots but they're missing.
Tacos unloads with some shots from mount but Willis bucks and avoids them well.
Eddie Willis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Willis is in a horrible position here. Tacos smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Elizondo Tacos is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Tacos controlling the pace for now.

And that's the end of the fight!
Elizondo Tacos showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Tacos 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 50:44
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 50:44
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 50:44

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Elizondo Tacos!
Elizondo Tacos is the new light heavyweight champion!