PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Wayne Brady (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Trey Tamura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tamura has chosen Once again 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.

Brady
vs
Tamura

182 cm
22
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Wayne Brady!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Trey Tamura!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Ren Mimura and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Brady bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Brady in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
You can see the frustration on Tamura's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Tamura dodges the ground and pound from Brady.
Tamura really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Brady. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Brady misses with the ground and pound.
A lull in the action here as Brady stalls from top position.

Brady wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Tamura, who protects the arm well.
Tamura is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Brady throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Tamura is trying to escape the position but Brady is controlling the position.

Brady tries for a kimura but Tamura is defending well.
Tamura tries to buck Brady off but Brady is having none of it.
Tamura is trying to control Brady's posture but Brady avoids it.
Tamura pushes Brady away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Brady gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tamura prevents Brady from moving into mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Brady tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
You can see the frustration on Tamura's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Brady tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Brady shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Brady was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Tamura keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Tamura looks gassed!
Brady looking to finish with strikes here!
Tamura wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Brady.
Brady looking to control but Tamura is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Brady throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tamura is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Brady trying to control but Tamura is having none of it.
Tamura keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Tamura wants to control but Brady is having none of it.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Brady misses with a head shot.
Tamura tries to lock up and control but Brady gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Tamura is trying to stand.
Brady 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.
Brady lands a nice shot to the head.
Brady looking to control but Tamura is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Tamura tries to hold on but Brady pushes him away.
Tamura tries to reverse the position but Brady maintains control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tamura wants to hold on but Brady pushes him away.
Brady tries to control but Tamura wriggling away.
Tamura holds on to Brady as tight as he can, avoiding damage.
Tamura wants to hold on but Brady pushes him away.
Tamura might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Brady kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Brady won't let Tamura get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Tamura tries to hold on but Brady postures up.
Brady wants to control the pace but Tamura is squirming around nicely.
Tamura is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Brady looking to ground and pound but Tamura is blocking nicely.
Brady lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Brady dominating with strikes here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brady looking to control and managing it successfully.

Brady has control of Tamura's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Tamura regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Brady with a couple of short strikes.
Tamura tries to lock up and control but Brady gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Brady landing punches.
Brady connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

Tamura is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brady scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Tamura is still in real trouble! Can Brady finish him?
Brady lands a big elbow.
Brady content just to control the position here.
Tamura is bucking up trying to escape but Brady cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Brady won't let Tamura get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Brady lands a heavy elbow.
Tamura is looking to get to half guard.
Brady controlling the position easily from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Brady throws a right and a left that Tamura avoids nicely.
Brady misses with a double jab.
Brady throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Brady throws and low kick but Tamura moves out of range easily.
Brady throws a hook to the side of Tamura's head but Tamura sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tamura blocks a jab.
Brady fails to land with a series of punches.
Brady tries to bum rush Tamura with a series of wild strikes but Tamura uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Brady throws a leg kick but Tamura sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Brady swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Brady misses with a few strikes there.
Tamura slips under a jab.
Tamura seems to have recovered his senses.
Tamura swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Brady shoots in looking for a takedown. Tamura tries to sprawl out of it but Brady keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Tamura manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tamura looks to land a combination but Brady avoids it well.
Brady throws a body punch but Tamura moves out of range.
Wayne Brady is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tamura rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Brady moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Brady feints and as Tamura raises his hands in defense, Brady changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.

Tamura kicks Brady off and gets to his feet.
Brady throws a leg kick which misses Tamura's front leg but catches the back leg as Tamura tries to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brady misses with the combination.
Tamura takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Tamura scores with a three punch combo!
Brady throws a right and a left that both miss.
Brady takes a swing at Tamura's ribcage but misses.
Brady misses with a series of wild punches.
Brady throws a right and a left that Tamura avoids nicely.
Brady walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Tamura checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Tamura chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Brady can pounce on him.
A punch combination from Tamura misses.

Brady clinches.
Tamura tries to break the clinch but Brady is controlling the position.
Tamura is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Tamura wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Brady with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tamura wants to break free but Brady has control.

Tamura manages to break the clinch.
Tamura rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Brady moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A combination from Tamura does no damage.
Tamura scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

It looks like Wayne Brady has been cut.
Tamura throws the kick towards the body but Brady avoids it.
Brady wants to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brady fails with a takedown attempt.
Tamura throws a leg kick which misses Brady's front leg but catches the back leg as Brady tries to avoid it.
Brady takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Tamura swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Brady counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Tamura!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tamura is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Brady pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Wayne Brady overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Brady loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Tamura scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Brady land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Brady stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Wayne Brady!