PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jake Tyler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcello Magalhaes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Magalhaes's choice of entrance music: Last Of The Mohicans Soundtrack. Jake Tyler has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Tyler
vs
Magalhaes

193 cm
24
205 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

180 cm
27
220 lbs
9 - 9 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Good elbows
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 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jake Tyler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marcello Magalhaes!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Luis Engracia and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Magalhaes scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Magalhaes wants to free his trapped foot but Tyler is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Magalhaes landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Magalhaes wants to work for an arm triangle but Tyler is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Magalhaes passes to full mount!
Magalhaes pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

Magalhaes with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Magalhaes with the ground and pound from mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Magalhaes working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Magalhaes scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Tyler?
Tyler is breathing heavily.
Magalhaes raining down shots from the mount!

It looks like Jake Tyler has been cut.
Magalhaes punishing his opponent with strikes.

Jake Tyler's cut is getting worse.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Magalhaes scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Tyler?

Jake Tyler's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

Magalhaes is standing up, even though he is in mount.

Magalhaes looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Tyler knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Magalhaes on the ground.
Magalhaes passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Tyler!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Magalhaes is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Tyler has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Magalhaes with a couple of short strikes.
Magalhaes lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

Jeez, Jake Tyler's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Jake Tyler's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Marcello Magalhaes!