PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Michael Hall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jebidiah Tayber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Hall might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Serial Killa. Tayber has chosen Terravita - Adult Robot Kung Fu as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Hall
vs
Tayber

178 cm
29
163 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

170 cm
28
170 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Olympic wrestler
Great elbows
Good gas tank

Conviction
Convicted Trap House

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 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Michael Hall!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jebidiah Tayber!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Roger Salmon and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tayber ducks under a wild hook from Hall.
Tayber misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A thudding body kick lands there by Hall!
Tayber throws the kick towards the body but Hall avoids it.
Hall motions for Tayber to come forward. Hall throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hall avoids a punch combination nicely.
An inside leg kick lands from Tayber.
Crunch! Hall slams his shin into Tayber's torso.
Hall misses with a head kick.
Tayber throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Hall throws a head kick but Tayber moves out of range.
Tayber scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Hall throws a body kick that misses

and Tayber counters by moving into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tayber dodges an elbow strike from Hall.
Hall throws a head punch that misses.
Hall swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hall misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tayber displaying some good clinch control by pressing Hall up against the cage.
Hall comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Jebidiah Tayber has been cut.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hall just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tayber's brow.
Tayber tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hall avoids it.
Tayber blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hall misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tayber can't find room to land a body shot as Hall controls the action.
Hall lands a hook that snaps the head of Tayber backwards.
Tayber misses with a hook to the ribs.

Hall breaks from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tayber bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Hall comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Tayber throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Hall lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Tayber lands with a slapping head kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tayber swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hall tries to work over Tayber's front leg with a kick but Tayber checks it.
Tayber ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A telegraphed right hand from Tayber misses the target.
Michael Hall seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hall takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Hall scores with a nice right hand.

Tayber has managed to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hall scores with a shot to the side of Tayber's head.
Tayber lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Hall misses with a knee to the head.
Tayber is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Tayber is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hall is defending well for now.
Hall landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hall tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Tayber gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Tayber misses with a head shot. Hall uses the momentum to regain guard.
Tayber stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hall swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Tayber is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hall looking to control.
Hall keeping moving, preventing Tayber from controlling successfully.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Tayber's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Hall knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Tayber on the ground.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tayber trying to control but Hall is working from the bottom.
Tayber throws a big right hand that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jebidiah Tayber dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jebidiah Tayber's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Hall scores with a hook.
Tayber checks a leg kick nicely.
Hall looks to throw the jab but Tayber is out of range.
Tayber takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Hall waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tayber.
Tayber sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Tayber slips a straight right by Hall.

Tayber closes the distance and clinches.
Hall prevents a body shot from Tayber.
Hall misses with a punch to the body.
Hall lands a body punch in the clinch.
Hall misses with some punches.

Tayber is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Hall can't fight it off and eventually Tayber manages to take the fight to the floor. Hall looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tayber stops Hall from standing up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tayber in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Tayber works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Tayber throwing shots but Hall is blocking nicely.
Hall blocking the ground and pound attempt from Tayber.
Tayber content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Hall is trying to stand up here but Tayber is controlling him well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tayber wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hall keeps working.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Hall trying to get back to full guard but Tayber takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Hall wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Tayber cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tayber can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Hall is looking to escape.
Tayber cracks Hall with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Tayber putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Hall is trying to escape the mount.
Tayber lands with some strikes.
Tayber lands a big elbow.
Tayber landing strikes, looking to finish!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tayber landing strikes, looking to finish!
Tayber takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Tayber looking to finish Hall with some ground and pound. This is bad for Hall!

Hall is rocked!

Tayber working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Hall looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Tayber! Submission of the night perhaps?

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Jebidiah Tayber!
Jebidiah Tayber decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.