PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Christian Birchmont (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabriel Tablita (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Christian Birchmont has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Birchmont
vs
Tablita

177 cm
24
147 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

173 cm
24
134 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Christian Birchmont!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Gabriel Tablita!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Hugh Johnson and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Birchmont getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Tablita shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Birchmont eats them both and turns towards Tablita to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Tablita throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Tablita misses with a two punch combination.
Birchmont lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Tablita takes one to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Birchmont tries to clinch up.
Birchmont slips a jab from Tablita.
Tablita throws a big shot that misses.
Birchmont lands a jab.

Tablita is rocked!
Tablita misses with a wild body shot.
Tablita is still on wobbly legs! Can Birchmont finish him?
The crowd cheers as Tablita lands an impressive looking overhand right. Birchmont doesn't seem phased though.
Birchmont moves in looking to clinch but Tablita pushes him off.
Tablita seems to have recovered his senses.
Nice uppercut lands for Tablita. That snapped Birchmont's head back.
Tablita thows a left - swing and a miss!
A jab from Birchmont misses.
Birchmont misses with a looping left.
Birchmont throws a lazy right hand but Tablita sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Tablita scores with a punch to the head.
A telegraphed right hand from Birchmont misses the target.
A swing and a miss from Birchmont.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Birchmont tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Tablita manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Tablita keeps the fight on the outside.
Birchmont slips a jab and a cross from Tablita.
Birchmont lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Tablita's jab looks to have found its range, popping Birchmont under the eye.
Tablita throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tablita scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Birchmont misses with a looping right.
Tablita lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Birchmont circles away quickly and effectively.
Tablita lands a right hook to the body.
Tablita throws a series of punches but Birchmont avoids them all with ease.

Birchmont drives through and clinches with Tablita against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tablita scores with a shoulder strike.
Birchmont misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tablita scores with a hook to the body.
Tablita lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Birchmont has had enough of the clinch but Tablita keeps him there for the moment.
Birchmont misses with some punches.
Birchmont is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Tablita to keep the fight standing.

Tablita breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Birchmont ducks under a wild hook from Tablita.
Birchmont thows a body shot but no joy.
Tablita thows a left - swing and a miss!
Birchmont doesn't manage to clinch there - Tablita circles away.
Tablita lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

Birchmont instigates a clinch.
Birchmont working hard to break the clinch.
Birchmont leaning against his opponent.
Tablita lands a body shot in the clinch.

Tablita manages to break the clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Birchmont. Tablita does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tablita fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Birchmont on the side of the head.

Birchmont is rocked!
Birchmont tries to clinch but Tablita is having none of it.
Oh Birchmont is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tablita throws the left hand but Birchmont avoids the punch easily.
Tablita is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Birchmont.

Tablita moves into the clinch successfully.
Birchmont blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Birchmont looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Tablita swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tablita doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Tablita breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tablita misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tablita looks to land a left hand but Birchmont moved out of range nicely.
Birchmont slips a straight right by Tablita.
Birchmont uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tablita.
Birchmont seems to have got his legs back now.
Tablita moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Tablita blocks a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tablita loads up on a big right hand but Birchmont slips the punch.
Tablita throws a head kick that misses.

Birchmont fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Tablita, pushing him back against the cage.
Tablita blocking some punches.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A short right from Tablita.

Birchmont pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Birchmont is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Tablita connects with a stiff jab that staggers Birchmont - oh and he follows up with a huge uppercut that knocks him out cold! Man, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Gabriel Tablita!
A relieved looking Gabriel Tablita thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.