PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Taco Grande (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wes Miles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Miles has chosen Kings of Leon - Closer as his entrance music. Wes Miles told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Grande
vs
Miles

193 cm
25
204 lbs
10 - 9 - 0

179 cm
30
196 lbs
19 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

ADCC Champion
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Mango Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Taco Grande!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Wes Miles!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Ian Loll and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grande takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Miles connects with a right hand. Grande shakes it off.
Miles misses with a kick to the body
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Miles swats away the attempt to clinch by Grande.
Grande bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Wes Miles seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Grande checks a leg kick.
Grande displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Miles throws out the jab.
Miles will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Miles throws a push kick but Grande slaps the foot to one side.

Miles bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Miles misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Miles tries to move into full mount but can't pass Grande's legs.
Grande struggling a bit here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Miles is chipping away with strikes.
Miles tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Miles takes a little break here. Grande wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Grande tries to bench press Miles off him but Miles keeps the position.
Miles tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.

Miles is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Grande is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Grande tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grande manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Miles is staying active underneath Grande, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Grande will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Miles tries to get to full guard but Grande has control of the leg.
Grande is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Miles has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Grande is working away from the top position though.
Miles tries to get to full guard but Grande has control of the leg.

Grande postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Miles to stand up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Miles misses.
Grande keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Grande's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Miles connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Grande scrambles back to his feet.
Miles swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Grande takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Grande walks into a left hand.
Miles throws a hook but Grande blocks it.

Grande has closed the distance and engaged Miles in a clinch.
A hook to the body from Miles.
Miles tries to pull guard but Grande forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Miles looking to stall.
Grande lands a nice knee to the body.
Grande blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Grande scores with a nice short uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Grande throws an elbow but it misses.
Miles misses with a hook to the ribs.
Miles misses with a hook from the clinch.
Miles trying to land knees to the body.
Miles misses with some punches.
Grande lands an elbow inside that Miles shrugs off.
Miles tries to pull guard but Grande won't allow it.
Taco Grande has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Wes Miles.
Grande tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Miles misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Grande.

Miles manages to break the clinch.
Miles looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Miles misses with a body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A jab from Miles misses.
Miles misses with a body punch
and Grande counters with a left to the body.

Grande moves into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Wes Miles will probably get the nod.
That's time! Grande's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Grande misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Miles.
Grande is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A jab from Miles misses.
Miles misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Grande.
Miles is looking to chop away at Grande's legs.
Miles throws a lazy uppercut

and Grande counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Miles misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Miles tries to work over Grande's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Grande is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Miles is defending well for now.
Miles tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Grande avoids it.
Miles avoids a wild elbow strike from Grande.
Miles tries to break the clinch but Grande is controlling the position.
With the fighters up against the cage, Grande throws an elbow but misses.
Grande lands with a short shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grande prevents a body shot from Miles.
Miles lands with a short shot to the head.
Grande with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Wes Miles has been cut.
Miles misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Grande.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Miles.
Grande has a couple of punches blocked by Miles.
Grande blocks an elbow strike.
Grande is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Miles is defending well for now.
Grande throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Miles is looking to take this one to the mat.
Miles takes a knee to the side of the body.
Miles blocks an elbow strike from Grande.
Grande gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Grande looking to stall.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Grande with a knee to the head.
Grande prevents a body shot from Miles.
Grande lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grande throws an elbow but it misses.
Grande misses with the head strike.
Grande with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Grande tries to throw a body punch but Miles avoids it by throwing Grande back against the cage.
Miles misses with a body punch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Miles.
Miles blocks the elbow strike.
Grande's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Miles tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Grande's elbow.
Grande has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Miles tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Grande avoids it.
Grande blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Miles breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Taco Grande is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Miles chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Grande defending well as Miles loads up on a big left hand.
Grande fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grande slips under a jab from Miles.
Wes Miles seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Grande wants to clinch but Miles slips to the side
and Miles counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Miles lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Grande at a distance.
Miles throws a lazy body kick
and Grande counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Miles misses with an uppercut.
Grande on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Grande fails with an attempt to clinch.

Grande rushes Miles and presses him up against the cage.
Grande lands an elbow inside that Miles shrugs off.
Miles taking a breather.
Miles struggles to land a body shot inside as Grande controls his hands.
Grande doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grande lands an elbow inside.
Grande misses with a knee to the head.
Grande with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Grande throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Miles blocking some punches.
Miles taking a breather.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Grande throws an elbow but it misses.
Miles trying to control the position but instead, Grande has worked for underhooks and has pushed Miles into the cage.
Taco Grande has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Grande misses with a punch to the body.
Grande lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Miles goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Grande throws an elbow but it misses.
Grande is trying to break the clinch but Miles has him pressed against the cage.
Grande lands a body punch in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Grande fails to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Taco Grande dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Wes Miles's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!

Grande slips a jab from Miles.
Grande needs to keep his hands up - Miles had a free shot at his head there.
Miles throws a body kick, spinning off balance
letting Grande counter with a right hand.
Miles swats away the attempt to clinch by Grande.
Grande slips under a jab.
Miles throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Grande counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Grande tries to clinch but Miles moves out of range.
Grande displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Miles.
Miles keeps the fight on the outside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Miles throws a predictable looking body shot

and Grande moves into the clinch.
A body shot lands from Grande.
Grande creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Grande.
Grande is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Miles misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short uppercut from Grande.
Miles with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Grande is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Grande keeps control of Miles as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Miles looking to stall.
Grande prevents Miles from breaking the clinch.
Grande gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Grande.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Miles prevents a body shot from Grande.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Grande.
Miles looking to stall.
Miles fails to pull guard.
Miles tries to work over Grande's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Grande lands a good knee to the midsection. Miles won't want to take too many of those.
Miles takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Miles struggles to land a body shot inside as Grande controls his hands.
Grande connects with a knee to the head.
Miles blocks an elbow strike.
Grande lands an elbow inside that Miles shrugs off.

Miles is rocked!
Grande misses with a knee strike.
Miles is still on wobbly legs! Can Grande finish him?
A short left from Grande.
Grande pressing his opponent against the cage.
Grande tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miles wants to get back to striking at distance but Grande won't allow it.
Miles seems to have recovered his senses.
Grande lands with a right to the head.
Grande throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Grande scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Grande misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Grande.
Grande lands a nice uppercut.
Grande throws an elbow but it misses.
Grande landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Grande throws a knee to the head but misses.
Miles working aggressively here.
Grande tries to land a knee to the head but Miles blocks with his arms.
Grande avoids the elbow strike from Miles, against the cage.
Grande misses with a hook to the ribs.
Grande misses with an elbow over the top.
Grande misses with a knee strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grande wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Grande gets through Miles's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Miles trying to stall but Grande improves his position.
Miles misses with a punch to the body.
Miles is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Miles takes an elbow to the forehead.
Grande trying to land knees to the body.
Miles lands a shoulder strike.
Miles is trying to break the clinch but Grande is controlling him.
Miles fails to pull guard.
Taco Grande has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Wes Miles.
Grande pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Grande lands an elbow just above Miles 's eye.

Miles breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Miles misses with a left hand
and Grande counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Miles throws a sloppy body shot
and Grande counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Taco Grande showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Grande has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Steve Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Taco Grande!
Taco Grande managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Charlie Wang's Tattered Rags & 95% Laundry, into his post fight interview.