PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tyrone Linford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Talley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). James Talley is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Linford
vs
Talley

183 cm
21
170 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

186 cm
21
178 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tyrone Linford!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, James Talley!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, John Roberts and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Linford misses with a wild body shot.
Talley moves out of range as Linford strikes.
Linford misses with a straight left.
Talley throws out a loose jab but Linford uses good head movement to avoid it.
Linford misses with a series of wild punches.
Talley thuds a left hand into Linford's body.
Linford connects with a body shot.
Linford throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Talley throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Linford misses with the combination.
Talley changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Linford ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Talley avoids the body shot from Linford.

Talley rushes Linford and presses him up against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Linford is looking to break free of the clinch but Talley has double underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Talley throws a punch but it's blocked by Linford.
Linford blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Linford breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Linford misses with an uppercut
letting Talley counter with a right hand.
Talley throws a nice looking combination but Linford bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Talley uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Linford.
Linford throws a lazy right hand but Talley sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Linford.
Talley showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Linford.
Linford takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A big left from Linford misses.
Linford gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Talley throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Linford stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Talley staying out of range there.
Talley jabs Linford to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Talley lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Some wild striking there from Talley.
Linford scores with a nice strike.
Linford's corner calls for a 1-2. Linford obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Talley moves out of range of the strikes.
Talley defending well as Linford loads up on a big left hand.
Talley throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Talley lands with a shot to the body.
Linford swats away the attempt to clinch by Talley.
Talley scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Linford doesn't seem bothered though.
Linford throws a body punch but Talley moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Talley there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Linford on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Linford is breathing heavily.

Talley gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Talley misses with a body punch.
Linford wants to break free but Talley has control.
Linford tries to circle away but Talley has him pinned against the cage.
Talley is trying to maintain a safe position but Linford gets an underhook and turns Talley into the cage.
Talley lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Linford backwards.
Linford tries to circle away but Talley has him pinned against the cage.
Talley lands a right hand.
Linford wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Talley makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Linford is looking to break free of the clinch but Talley has double underhooks.
Talley misses with a short punch on the inside.
Linford has had enough of the clinch but Talley keeps him there for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Linford is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Linford is trying to break free.
Talley leaning against his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Linford is trying to push Talley away but Talley has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Linford is trying to force a seperation but Talley has the dominant position.
Linford is trying to break the clinch but Talley has him pressed against the cage.
Talley misses with the head strike.
Linford has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Talley is leaning against Linford and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Linford wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Talley.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Linford prevents a body shot from Talley.
Talley keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Linford's efforts to push away.
Talley lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Linford backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Talley dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Talley connects with a body shot.
Talley throws an off balance right hand
enabling Linford to counter with a crisp jab.
Talley keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Talley misses with a wild body shot.
Talley scores with a hook.
Talley scores with a nice head shot.
Talley scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Linford doesn't seem bothered though.
Talley connects with a looping right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Talley tries to close the distance and clinch but Linford swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Talley tries to close the distance and clinch but Linford swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Talley fails to land with a series of punches.
Linford avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Talley on the wrong end of a nice jab.

Talley instigates a clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Talley has a couple of punches blocked by Linford.
Talley struggles to land a body shot inside as Linford controls his hands.
Talley lands a right hand.
Talley misses with the head strike.
Talley misses with a short punch on the inside.
Talley prevents Linford from breaking the clinch.
Linford blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Linford can't break the clinch.
Talley misses with a body punch.
Linford wants to break the clinch but can't.
Talley misses with the head strike.

Linford's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Talley showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Linford.
Talley tries to clinch up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Linford tries to bum rush Talley with a series of wild strikes but Talley uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Talley takes a swing at Linford's ribcage but misses.
Talley throws a leg kick which misses Linford's front leg but catches the back leg as Linford tries to avoid it.
Linford scores with a shot to the body.
Good leg kick by Talley there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Talley defending well as Linford loads up on a big left hand.
Talley getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The fight stays on the outside here - Talley looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A solid leg kick lands there for Talley.
Linford misses with a straight left.
Linford with a nice cross.
Linford takes a swing at Talley's ribcage but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Linford looks to score with a jab to the body but Talley is just out of range.
A solid leg kick lands there for Talley.
Nice shot by Talley.
Talley lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Linford circles away quickly and effectively.
Linford misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Talley.
Linford swings for the body but Talley moves out of range.
Linford fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
James Talley seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Talley takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Talley scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Oh, that's a big right hand from Talley and Linford goes tumbling to the canvas! Talley follows him to the ground and looks to finish from half guard.

Linford is rocked!
Linford wants to control the action here but instead Talley manages to pass to full mount!
Oh Linford is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Talley trying to control but Linford is having none of it.

Talley working from mount. He moves in close and looks like he might be going for an arm triangle... He's hopped off to the side and he's transitioned into an Anaconda choke. Linford turning a nasty shade of purple. He's refusing to tap but he's gone! He's out! The ref rips Talley off and cradles Linford's limp body as Talley celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Anaconda Choke). James Talley!