PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Brandon Short (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Laurent Tesser (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brandon Short could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Laurent Tesser's chin.

Short
vs
Tesser

188 cm
24
156 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

183 cm
23
155 lbs
8 - 10 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Canuck Beavermeat Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brandon Short!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Laurent Tesser!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Tiny Johnson and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Tesser takes the fight into the clinch.
Tesser misses with some punches.
Tesser managing to block the knees to the body from Short.
Tesser takes an elbow to the temple.
Short is struggling to control the position.
Tesser lands a left hand.
Tesser is trying to push Short away but Short has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Short keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tesser's efforts to push away.
Short landing knees to the body.
A short left from Tesser.
Tesser lands with a short shot to the head.
Short lands with a light punch inside.
Short comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Tesser is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Short gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Short lands a damaging elbow.
A frustrated look appears on Tesser's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Tesser lands a left hand that snaps the head of Short backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head punch on the inside from Tesser fails to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tesser is trying to break the clinch but Short has him pressed against the cage.
Tesser wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Short has him pressed against the cage.
Tesser tries to circle away but Short has him pinned against the cage.
Short lands a damaging elbow.
Nice elbow from Short.
Short using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tesser has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tesser fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tesser is trying to break free.
Tesser lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Short lands an elbow inside that Tesser shrugs off.
Short lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Short can't find room to land a body shot as Tesser controls the action.
Tesser managing to block the knees to the body from Short.
Tesser wants to get back to striking at distance but Short won't allow it.
Short lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Tesser is looking to break free of the clinch but Short has double underhooks.
Tesser is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Tesser is trying to push Short away but Short has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Tesser fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tesser misses with some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Tesser's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Tesser fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tesser swings wildly with an uppercut but Short uses good head movement to avoid it.
Short's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Short really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Short comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Short lands a nice elbow.
Short is looking to control Tesser's arms but Tesser gets an underhook and turns him. Now Short has his back to the cage.
Short trying to land knees to the body.

Tesser escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Short tries to keep at a distance but Tesser has taken the fight into the clinch.
Short lands an elbow that stopped Tesser in his tracks for a moment.

Tesser is rocked!
Short is stalling here.
Short unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Short tries to land knees in the clinch but Tesser avoids the damage to the body.
Tesser takes an elbow to the temple.
Nice elbow from Short.
Tesser is still on wobbly legs! Can Short finish him?
A nice glancing elbow lands by Short.
Short lands an elbow inside.
Tesser wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Short lands with a right to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Short lands a big right hand that drops Tesser! The killer instinct kicks in and Short finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Short!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brandon Short!
Brandon Short is the new lightweight champion!