PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Estevan Tavares (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eric Mitchell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Tavares
vs
Mitchell

225 cm
22
291 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

208 cm
25
294 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Self confident

Good wrestler
Brawler
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Estevan Tavares!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Eric Mitchell!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Summer Carpenter and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mitchell shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Tavares sprawls well. Tavares wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Mitchell gets slowly back to his feet.
Tavares slips a straight right by Mitchell.

Mitchell closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Tavares keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Mitchell sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Tavares defending well though.
Tavares wants to get back to his feet.
Tavares keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Tavares pushes Mitchell off looking to stand but Mitchell dives back in and keeps control.
Mitchell not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Tavares looks like he's trying to stand up.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Tavares stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Tavares wants it to stay on the feet.
Mitchell changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Tavares tries to avoid it but Mitchell manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Tavares to the ground. Tavares escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Estevan Tavares has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eric Mitchell.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Mitchell.
Mitchell shoots in but no luck this time.
Tavares scores with a shot to the body.
Mitchell looks gassed!
Nice sprawl there from Tavares as Mitchell shoots in.
A left and a right from Tavares both land. Nice combination.
Mitchell fails with a takedown attempt.
Tavares pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Tavares.
Both fighters circling a little - Tavares finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Good shot there by Tavares.
Tavares turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Mitchell shoots in but no luck this time.
Estevan Tavares is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A right-left combo lands from Tavares.
Tavares throws a nice outside leg kick.
Tavares fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tavares lands a jab to Mitchell's midsection.
Mitchell takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Danga de danga de dang - Tavares scores with a four punch combination!
Tavares cracks the inside of Mitchell's front leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tavares looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Tavares lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Tavares throws a head kick that half lands.
Tavares tries to bum rush Mitchell with a series of wild strikes but Mitchell uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Mitchell dives in and grabs Tavares's left leg, looking for a takedown. Tavares pushes down on Mitchell's head and hops out.
Mitchell avoids a punch combination nicely.
Mitchell looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Tavares is fending him off so far but Mitchell persists. Nope, Tavares circles away and we're back to standing.
Tavares throws a nice outside leg kick.
Tavares fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Mitchell.
Tavares goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
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!
Tavares scores with a spinning back kick!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tavares throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Mitchell tries for a takedown but Tavares sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Tavares lands a nice leg kick that just misses Mitchell's sensitive parts.
Mitchell chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Tavares can pounce on him.
Tavares lands with a nice combination. Mitchell backs away looking to recover.
Tavares tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tavares throws a right and a left that Mitchell avoids nicely.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Tavares.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Tavares.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mitchell closes this distance looking for a takedown but Tavares circles away.
Tavares goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Estevan Tavares dominated that round.
That's time! Tavares's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Tavares thumps Mitchell with a low kick.
Eric Mitchell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mitchell shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Tavares thuds his shin into the meat of Mitchell's side.
Tavares lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Mitchell on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Tavares. Tavares obviously looking to wear him down.
Tavares throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Tavares throws a nice outside leg kick.
Tavares keeps Mitchell at a distance using the push kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mitchell takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Tavares chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Mitchell is breathing heavily.
Good leg kick by Tavares there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Mitchell blocks a head kick by Tavares.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tavares tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tavares scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Estevan Tavares is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mitchell shoots in but no luck this time.
Tavares buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Mitchell avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tavares is working the combinations to good effect here.
Tavares keeps Mitchell at a distance using the push kick.
Tavares scores with a spinning back kick!
Mitchell has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Tavares scores with a head kick.
Tavares throws a leg kick which misses Mitchell's front leg but catches the back leg as Mitchell tries to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tavares throws a sloppy head kick and Mitchell moves out of range easily.
Mitchell takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Mitchell's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tavares throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Estevan Tavares is winning the standup battle so far.
Mitchell takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Mitchell shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Tavares as he avoids it easily.
Estevan Tavares has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eric Mitchell.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Mitchell is defended easily by Tavares.
A nice leg kick lands there from Tavares.
Tavares lands a head kick!
Tavares turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Mitchell has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Tavares.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from Tavares. No joy for Mitchell on that attempt.
Tavares moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Tavares. That's going to slow Mitchell down.
Tavares throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Tavares stalks Mitchell and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Mitchell's face. Mitchell staggers backwards, shaken.
A solid leg kick lands there for Tavares.
Tavares swats away the attempt to clinch by Mitchell.
Tavares throws a head kick that misses.
Tavares closes the distance and lands a one-two.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mitchell closes the distance and clinches up with Tavares, looking for a takedown. Mitchell pushes Tavares against the cage but Tavares circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Tavares misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Tavares gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Tavares is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mitchell can do to turn this around?
Mitchell prevents Tavares from getting back to his feet.
Mitchell throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Mitchell in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Mitchell in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mitchell loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Mitchell throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Estevan Tavares dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Mitchell fails with a takedown attempt.
Mitchell tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Tavares swivels and escapes.
Mitchell has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Tavares.
Tavares rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Mitchell moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tavares leaves Mitchell with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Estevan Tavares has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eric Mitchell.
Tavares throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
A head kick misses from Tavares.
Tavares lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Tavares tries a head kick but it misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tavares fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tavares throws a right hand that Mitchell ducks under and follows up with a left that Mitchell also avoids with ease.
Mitchell shoots in looking for a takedown. Tavares tries to sprawl out of it but Mitchell keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Tavares manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Mitchell has a takedown stuffed.
Mitchell on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A solid leg kick lands there for Tavares.
Tavares lands a head kick. Mitchell smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Danga de danga de dang - Tavares scores with a four punch combination!
Nice takedown defense from Tavares. No joy for Mitchell on that attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tavares connects with a solid leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Tavares.
Mitchell tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Mitchell chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Tavares can pounce on him.
Tavares lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Tavares lands a high kick!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tavares lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Tavares throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Tavares looks to land a combination. Mitchell sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Tavares throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Mitchell's head.
Tavares displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mitchell changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Tavares tries to avoid it but Mitchell manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Tavares to the ground. Tavares escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Tavares is looking to slow Mitchell down with leg kicks.
Tavares lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Tavares lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Tavares misses with a series of wild punches.
Tavares throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Mitchell's head.

Mitchell scores with a takedown into Tavares's guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Mitchell accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tavares wants to stand up but Mitchell is controlling him.
Tavares avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Mitchell working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Mitchell accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tavares wants to stand up but Mitchell is controlling him.
Eric Mitchell has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mitchell in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Estevan Tavares is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Mitchell drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Tavares manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Mitchell has Tavares in his guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Estevan Tavares showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Tavares, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 30:26
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 30:26
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Estevan Tavares!