PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chris Tamburello (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eddie Brock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Tamburello
vs
Brock

184 cm
23
205 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

190 cm
24
212 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Powerful

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Chris Tamburello!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Eddie Brock!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Steve Montenegro and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tamburello dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tamburello misses with a double jab.
Tamburello scores with a one two! Brock had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Brock moves forwards but Tamburello connects with a nice, crisp jab.
No joy there for Tamburello, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Brock keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tamburello fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tamburello tests Brock's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Tamburello misses with a series of wild punches.
Tamburello scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Tamburello throws a series of punches but Brock avoids them all with ease.
Tamburello misses with a two punch combination.
Tamburello throws a series of punches but Brock moves out of range.

Brock shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tamburello avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brock is looking to work some ground and pound but Tamburello has wrist control.
Tamburello wants to get back to his feet but Brock is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Tamburello tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Brock gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Brock walks into a jab.
Chris Tamburello seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tamburello misses with a hook.
Brock avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tamburello misses with a wild combination.
Brock takes one to the side of the head.
Tamburello throws a body punch but Brock moves out of range.
Tamburello avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Tamburello there.
Tamburello throws a combination that misses

and Brock counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Brock controlling the pace.

Brock decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Brock slips a jab from Tamburello.
Brock shoots in and drives through. Tamburello sprawls well.
Brock pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tamburello takes a jab right on the kisser.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brock uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tamburello.
Tamburello throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Brock counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tamburello is looking for a sweep. Brock is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Brock stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Brock will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Tamburello looks to land a combination. Brock sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
A punch combination from Tamburello misses.
Tamburello throws a one two combo.
A big left from Tamburello misses.
Brock shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Tamburello but Tamburello pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Chris Tamburello has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eddie Brock.
Tamburello displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Brock.
Brock looks gassed!
Tamburello lands a nice hook to Brock's body. Brock takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tamburello misses with a few strikes there.
Tamburello digs a good body shot into Brock's ribs.
Tamburello swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Brock counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tamburello looks like he's trying to stand up.

Brock is trying to work for a kimura but Tamburello is defending well.
Brock prevents Tamburello from improving his position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Brock stops Tamburello from getting back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Eddie Brock will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Brock dodges the punch combination from Tamburello.
Tamburello circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tamburello punishes Brock's body with a nice straight punch.
A right-left combo lands from Tamburello.
Tamburello throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Brock clinches with his opponent.
Tamburello tries to break the clinch but Brock is controlling the position.
Brock keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tamburello's efforts to push away.
Tamburello wants to break free but Brock has control.
Brock lands a body punch in the clinch.
Tamburello wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Brock has him pressed against the cage.
Tamburello tries to break free but Brock pushes him back against the cage.
Tamburello wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Brock has him pressed against the cage.
Brock has Tamburello pressed against the cage.
Brock has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Tamburello is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Brock breaks from the clinch.
No luck for Brock with that takedown attempt.
Brock tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Brock avoids a punch combination nicely.

Brock looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Tamburello!
Brock 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.
Brock in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Tamburello is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Tamburello is squirming around, avoiding Brock's attempts to control the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tamburello tries to hold on but Brock postures up.
Brock with shots to the head and body - Tamburello looks very uncomfortable down there.
Tamburello is working to get back to half guard.
Brock controlling his opponent.
Tamburello is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brock pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
A nice elbow there by Brock.
Oooooh, big shot lands for Brock! Tamburello is hurt baaadly! Brock is firing away with more strikes - Tamburello is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Eddie Brock!