PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lucien Smalls (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sol Tavarez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Smalls might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Kelis - Milkshake. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Sol Tavarez was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Smalls
vs
Tavarez

184 cm
28
221 lbs
11 - 9 - 0

186 cm
24
204 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

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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 11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lucien Smalls!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sol Tavarez!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Frank Dennis and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tavarez motions for Smalls to come forward. Tavarez throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Tavarez looks to clinch

and Smalls counters with a crisp one two that drops Tavarez! Smalls thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Tavarez to his feet! Tavarez is in big trouble!

Tavarez is rocked!
Smalls throws a nice inside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Smalls tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tavarez was well out of range. Poor timing from Smalls.
Smalls is looking to score with low kicks.
Smalls throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Tavarez looks to score with a jab to the body but Smalls is just out of range.
Tavarez defending well as Smalls loads up on a big left hand.
A nice inside leg kick there by Tavarez. That's going to slow Smalls down.
Smalls sizes up Tavarez with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Tavarez throws a combination that misses
and Smalls counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Smalls throws a hook but Tavarez avoids it easily.
Some wild striking there from Tavarez.
Tavarez throws a body kick the misses
and Smalls counters with a nice low kick that buckles Tavarez's knee momentarily.
Sol Tavarez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tavarez throws a sloppy head kick and Smalls moves out of range easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tavarez throws a sloppy body shot

and Smalls counters with a crisp one two that drops Tavarez! Smalls thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Tavarez to his feet! Tavarez is in big trouble!
Tavarez is still on wobbly legs! Can Smalls finish him?
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Smalls crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Tavarez - the referee stops the clock and Smalls gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Tavarez. Smalls manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Smalls swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tavarez seems to have recovered his senses.
Smalls displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tavarez throws out the jab.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Tavarez. Smalls shrugs it off though.
Lucien Smalls is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Smalls looks to throw the jab but Tavarez is out of range.
Tavarez throws a nice looking combination but Smalls bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Tavarez avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Tavarez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Smalls misses with an uppercut
and Tavarez finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Smalls is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Smalls avoids a kick to the body.
Tavarez tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Smalls manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Smalls misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Tavarez counters with an inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tavarez thows a body shot but no joy.
A combination from Smalls does no damage.
Smalls takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Tavarez fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Tavarez throws a looping overhand right but Smalls ducks down to avoid it.
Tavarez catches Smalls with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Smalls looks to land a body kick but Tavarez moved away.

Tavarez moves into range and clinches up with Smalls.
Tavarez works on Smalls's body with a couple of short punches.
The referee is keeping an eye on Tavarez - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Smalls's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Tavarez slows down the pace here.
Tavarez lands a nice elbow.
Still in the clinch, Tavarez scores with a nice short uppercut.
Tavarez unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Tavarez lands a nice shot to the body.
Smalls takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tavarez digs a right hand into Smalls's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Smalls's gas tank.
Nice body punch from Tavarez.
Tavarez digs a right hand underneath Smalls's ribcage. Smalls let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Smalls takes an elbow to the forehead.
A right hand to the body from Tavarez.
Tavarez will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Smalls up against the cage.
Tavarez tries to land knees in the clinch but Smalls avoids the damage to the body.
Tavarez stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Smalls misses with a punch to the body.
A right hand to the body from Tavarez.
Smalls wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Smalls wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tavarez lands a nice knee to the body.
Smalls blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tavarez lands a nice uppercut.
Tavarez is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Smalls pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Tavarez missing with knees to the body.
Tavarez using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Tavarez holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Tavarez lands a shoulder strike.
Tavarez pressing his opponent against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tavarez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tavarez lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Tavarez scores with a hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tavarez digs a right hand into Smalls's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Smalls's gas tank.
Tavarez digs a right hand underneath Smalls's ribcage. Smalls let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Tavarez landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Smalls gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Tavarez.
Tavarez is working Smalls over against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Tavarez.
Tavarez stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Tavarez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Smalls's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Tavarez takes the fight into the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Smalls trying to land knees to the body.
Smalls misses with a punch on the inside.
Tavarez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tavarez lands a body shot.
Tavarez lands a body shot in the clinch.

Tavarez has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Smalls regains guard immediately.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sol Tavarez dominated that 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.

Tavarez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tavarez scoring well with a low kick there.
Tavarez misses with a hook. Smalls ducked under it nicely.
Lucien Smalls is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tavarez swings for the body but Smalls moves out of range.
Tavarez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tavarez throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Smalls looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Tavarez throws a big shot that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Decent striking displayed by Tavarez there.
Left hook, right uppercut from Smalls.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tavarez tries a head kick but it misses.
Smalls bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tavarez tries to land a front kick but Smalls steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Tavarez moves into range and connects with a jab.
Tavarez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Smalls was well out of range. Poor timing from Tavarez.
Smalls takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Tavarez sizes up Smalls with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Smalls swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Tavarez counters with a flying knee. Nice.

Smalls is rocked!
Smalls gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Tavarez gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sol Tavarez!