PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nitro Trouble (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Noah Tafoya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nitro Trouble had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Trouble
vs
Tafoya

175 cm
22
200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 St Petersburg, Nitro Trouble!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Noah Tafoya!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Konstantin Menshow and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Trouble misses with a body kick.

Tafoya closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Tafoya throwing strikes but Trouble manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Trouble wants to lay and pray for a moment but Tafoya keeps working.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tafoya manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Tafoya punching from the bottom.
Tafoya flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Tafoya missing with punches from the bottom.
Tafoya is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Trouble is working for a submission of some sort.
Tafoya tries to roll over but Trouble keeps him under control.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Trouble uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tafoya.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tafoya takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Trouble shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Tafoya as he jumps to the side.
Trouble tries to clinch up.
Tafoya scores with a hook.
Tafoya stuns Trouble with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Tafoya throws a one two combo.
Trouble has his takedown stuffed
and Tafoya counters with a straight right hand.
Trouble looks to land a left hand but Tafoya moved out of range nicely.
Trouble throws a leg kick which misses Tafoya's front leg but catches the back leg as Tafoya tries to avoid it.
Trouble tries for a takedown but Tafoya circles away easily

and Tafoya counters with a single leg into guard. Trouble didn't expect that.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nitro Trouble. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Trouble is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Trouble trying to control the position.

Tafoya stands and steps away. Trouble gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

Trouble closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Tafoya is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.

Trouble stands up out of the half guard.

Trouble drives through and clinches with Tafoya against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Trouble breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nitro Trouble seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Trouble with a poor takedown

and Tafoya counters with a shoot takedown. Trouble fights it but they end up in guard.
Trouble manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Trouble wants to control the pace but Tafoya is squirming around nicely.

Trouble has hold of Tafoya's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Tafoya manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Tafoya tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trouble wants to take Tafoya's back but he can't do it this time.
Trouble trying to control but Tafoya is having none of it.
Tafoya is looking to improve his position but Trouble isn't that keen on the idea.
Trouble looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Trouble wants to control but Tafoya has made it back to half guard. Nice work.
The fighters are battling for position here. Tafoya manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Tafoya throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Trouble trying to control the position from guard on top but Tafoya is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Trouble could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Tafoya is on top in guard.

Trouble wriggles free and stands up.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Tafoya.
Trouble prevents Tafoya from improving position.

Tafoya has hold of Trouble's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Trouble tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Tafoya cranks the arm and Trouble screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Trouble, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Noah Tafoya!