PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between brad tavares (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Augusto Pires (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pires has chosen Tier - Rammstein as his entrance music. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

tavares
vs
Pires

185 cm
23
185 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

183 cm
23
193 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, brad tavares!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Augusto Pires!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Frank Dennis and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pires cracks tavares with a good jab.
Pires stuffs the takedown.
Pires misses with a straight left.
Nice jab there from Pires.
tavares moves out of range of the strikes.
Augusto Pires seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pires just misses with a punch to the body.
tavares keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pires.
tavares shoots in for a double leg but Pires sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Pires connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
tavares fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for brad tavares. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pires tries to bum rush tavares with a series of wild strikes but tavares uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Pires scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Pires, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Pires lands a two punch combo.
Pires jabs at tavares's body.
Horrible takedown by tavares or perhaps it was just good defense by Pires which made him look bad.
tavares on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Pires lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Pires connects with a nice looking jab.
Pires fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches tavares on the side of the head.
Pires lands a two punch combo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
tavares doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
tavares is breathing heavily.
tavares on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
tavares closes this distance looking for a takedown but Pires circles away.
Pires moves into range and connects with a jab.
Pires misses with a two punch combination.
Pires closes the distance and lands a one-two.
tavares showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pires.
Pires connects with a good right hand that stumbles tavares. tavares circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pires lands a nice shot that snaps tavares's head back.
Pires throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pires displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Pires misses with a two punch combination.
Pires dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Pires throws a series of strikes that have tavares backpedaling.
Pires digs a good body shot into tavares's ribs.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Pires!
Pires jabs tavares right on the nose. tavares blinks but takes it well.
Pires dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
tavares walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Pires tries to bum rush tavares with a series of wild strikes but tavares uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
tavares takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Augusto Pires is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
tavares takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Danga de danga de dang - Pires scores with a four punch combination!

tavares is rocked!
Pires works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Oh tavares is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Pires jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
tavares seems to have got his legs back now.
Pires works tavares's body with a nice hook.

Nice combo by Pires! Oh, that's hurt him - tavares falls to the canvas and Pires follows him into side control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Pires decides to take the fight back to the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Augusto Pires dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Pires connects with a crisp jab.
Augusto Pires is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pires throws a series of punches but tavares avoids them all with ease.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for tavares. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Pires bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of tavares's head.
Pires misses with the combination.
Pires comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
tavares shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Pires lands a left and a right that sends tavares crashing to the canvas! Pires dives into mount looking to finish!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Pires is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pires lands with a good body shot.
Pires throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Pires with a hook.
Pires jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
tavares with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Pires to score with a decent uppercut.
tavares has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
tavares takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Pires has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Pires lands a nice hook to tavares's body. tavares takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Pires scores with a hook to the body. tavares takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Pires lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as tavares backs up against the cage.
Pires cracks tavares with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Pires scores with a shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pires goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Pires lands with a right that hurts tavares. tavares looks to clinch but Pires throws a short knee that drops tavares. This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch and Knee). Augusto Pires!