PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sisi Taille (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adam Easton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Easton has chosen I Do It as his entrance music. Sisi Taille has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Taille
vs
Easton

180 cm
25
160 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

175 cm
19
167 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sisi Taille!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Adam Easton!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some wild striking there from Easton.
Sisi Taille seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Easton showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Taille.
Taille misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Taille lands with a cross.

Taille gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Taille is trying to push Easton away but Easton has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Taille breaks the clinch.
Taille throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Taille tries to bum rush Easton with a series of wild strikes but Easton uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Easton swats away the attempt to clinch by Taille.
Taille wants to clinch.
Easton avoids the body shot from Taille.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Easton misses with a head kick.
Easton fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Easton misses with a hook.
Easton throws a series of punches but Taille moves out of range.
Taille wants to clinch.
Taille lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Easton circles away quickly and effectively.
Easton tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Taille is able to avoid easily.
Easton misses with the combination.
Taille lands a jab.

Taille darts in and clinches Easton up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Taille's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Easton breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Taille is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Taille tries to clinch but Easton moves out of range.
Easton looks to land a combination but Taille avoids it well.
Taille connects with a single shot there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Easton swinging wildly here.
Taille takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Taille is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Easton.
Taille tries to bum rush Easton with a series of wild strikes but Easton uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Easton swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Easton throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Taille.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taille looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Easton rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Taille moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Taille dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Easton wants to land a leg kick but Taille is out of range.
Taille fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A right-left combo lands from Easton.
Easton tries to clinch up but Taille circles away and keeps his distance.
Easton slips a jab and a cross from Taille.
Taille tries to clinch up but Easton circles away and keeps his distance.
Easton misses with a jab, cross combination.
Taille fails to land with a series of punches.
Taille swinging wildly here.
Taille displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Taille.
Easton's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Easton duly obliges.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Easton showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Taille.
Easton throws a right and a left that both miss.
Easton tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Taille manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Easton looks to land a combination but Taille avoids it well.
Easton misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Easton keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Taille lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Easton circles away quickly and effectively.
Taille lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Easton swats away the attempt to clinch by Taille.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sisi Taille dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

A looping hook to the body misses from Taille. Easton does a little dance to reset his feet.

Easton has Taille up against the cage in a clinch.
Easton wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Taille lands an elbow just above Easton 's eye.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Taille just misses with a elbow thrown towards Easton's brow.
Easton tries to break the clinch but Taille is controlling the position.
Easton wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Taille has him pressed against the cage.
Easton avoiding damage as Taille throws knees to the body.
Taille throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Easton wants to break free but Taille has control.
Taille keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Easton's efforts to push away.
Easton wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Easton wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Taille wants to break free but Easton has control.
Easton tries to circle away but Taille has him pinned against the cage.
Easton has had enough of the clinch but Taille keeps him there for the moment.
Easton is trying to break the clinch but Taille is controlling him.

Taille breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Easton moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Sisi Taille is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Taille turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Easton misses with a two punch combination.
Taille throws a right and a left that both miss.
Taille throws a jab when Easton was well out of range.
Easton looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sisi Taille is winning the standup battle so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Easton throws a right and a left that both miss.

Easton gets tackled into the cage by Taille. Taille maintains the clinch.
Taille landing some nice looking knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Easton is trying to push Taille away but Taille has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Taille pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Taille fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Easton manages to avoid it.
Taille throws a right and a left that Easton avoids nicely.
Easton moves away from the strike by Taille.
Taille pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Easton back to the cage. Taille follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
A combination from Taille does no damage.
Easton lands a jab-cross combination.
Taille tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Taille misses with a double jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Taille. That snapped Easton's head back.
Taille lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Easton circles away quickly and effectively.

Easton moves into range and clinches up with Taille.
Taille wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Taille pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Taille tries to clinch but Easton is having none of it.
Taille lands with a shot to the body.
Taille throws a series of punches but Easton moves out of range.
Taille misses with a jab, cross combination.
The fight stays on the outside here - Taille looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Easton throws a right hand that Taille ducks under and follows up with a left that Taille also avoids with ease.
Easton lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Taille circles away quickly and effectively.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Easton looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Easton tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Taille manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Taille throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Taille tries to clinch up but Easton circles away and keeps his distance.
Taille throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Taille misses the shot to the body.
Easton showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Taille.
Easton throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Easton misses with a jab, cross combination.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Some wild striking there from Taille.

Easton gets in close and instigates a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sisi Taille dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Easton instigates a clinch.
Easton working hard to break the clinch.

Easton escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Taille misses with a straight right.
Easton misses with a double jab.
Taille has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Easton throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Taille counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Easton tries to bum rush Taille with a series of wild strikes but Taille uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Taille throws a right and a left that both miss.
A nice combination there by Easton.
Easton throws a series of punches but Taille avoids them all with ease.
Easton swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Taille lands a slapping body shot.
Easton takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Taille misses with a two punch combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taille displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Easton tries to bum rush Taille with a series of wild strikes but Taille uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Taille misses with a jab, cross combination.
Easton misses with a head kick.
Taille throws a right and a left that both miss.
Taille lands with a nice body punch.
Taille looks to score with a jab to the body but Easton is just out of range.
Taille throws a right and a left that both miss.
The fight stays on the outside here - Easton looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Taille looks to score with a jab to the body but Easton is just out of range.
Taille misses with a series of wild punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Taille checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Taille looks to land a combination but Easton avoids it well.
Easton dodges the punch combination from Taille.
Easton connects with a looping right hand.
Taille keeps the fight on the outside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sloppy strikes from Taille. Those never looked like landing.
Easton tries to bum rush Taille with a series of wild strikes but Taille uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Taille with a body punch. A glancing blow.

Taille pushes Easton up against the cage in a clinch.

Taille breaks the clinch.
Easton tries a head kick but it misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Taille misses.
Taille rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Easton moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Easton fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Taille manages to avoid it.
Easton misses with a wild combination.
Taille thows a body shot but no joy.
Taille moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Taille swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Easton uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Taille.
Easton rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Taille moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Easton throws a series of punches but Taille avoids them all with ease.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taille fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A punch combination from Easton misses.
Easton throws a right and a left that both miss.
Taille misses with a two punch combination.
Some wild striking there from Easton.
Taille works Easton's body with a nice hook.
Taille smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Taille throws a leg kick that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Easton throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Easton uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Taille.
Adam Easton has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sisi Taille is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Taille clobbers Easton with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sisi Taille showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Taille has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sisi Taille!