PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Patricio Tavares (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricky Bobby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tavares's entrance music is Armin van Buuren - Sail. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Tavares
vs
Bobby

175 cm
28
183 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

184 cm
23
183 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Good knees
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Tends to cut

CEC Nutrition Q160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Patricio Tavares!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ricky Bobby!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tavares misses with a wild combination.

Tavares drives through and clinches with Bobby against the cage.
Bobby is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Tavares gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Bobby looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Tavares being controlled against the cage.
Bobby is looking for a takedown.
Bobby is trying to pull guard but Tavares has him pressed against the cage.
Patricio Tavares has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ricky Bobby.
Tavares wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Tavares changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Bobby fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Tavares misses with a wild combination.

Tavares instigates a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Tavares gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Bobby wants to control but Tavares passes into side.
Tavares tries to move to mount but Bobby blocks the move with his legs.
Bobby struggling a bit here.
Tavares is looking to take a break and control but Bobby is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bobby can't do much from the bottom here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bobby gets back to half guard.
Tavares moves nicely into side control.
Tavares is looking to take a break and control but Bobby is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Bobby is trying to control Tavares's posture but Tavares avoids it.
Tavares wants to control but Bobby is keeping him busy.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Bobby's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Tavares trying to control the action but Bobby is working from the bottom.
Bobby can't do much from the bottom here.
Bobby tries to improve position but can't.
Tavares content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Bobby takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Patricio Tavares seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Tavares forces Bobby back against the cage and clinches.
Bobby on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bobby is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

Tavares has Bobby pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Tavares pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Bobby tumbling to the mat - Tavares dives into Bobby's guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tavares pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bobby is keeping the position for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Patricio Tavares dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Bobby wants to clinch up but Tavares keeps it at a distance.
Tavares throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bobby circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tavares fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bobby shoots in and drives through. Tavares sprawls well.
Bobby gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Tavares counters with a one-two to the body.
Bobby tries to clinch there but Tavares circles away.
Tavares tries to close the distance and clinch but Bobby swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bobby fails with a takedown attempt.
Patricio Tavares has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ricky Bobby.
Bobby looks for a takedown but Tavares sprawls well.
Bobby showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tavares.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Tavares. Those never looked like landing.
Bobby takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Tavares misses with a combination
and Bobby counters with a head kick.
Tavares moves in looking to clinch but Bobby pushes him off.
Patricio Tavares is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tavares throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bobby.
Bobby doesn't manage to clinch there - Tavares circles away.
Tavares tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bobby paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tavares tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bobby looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Tavares fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bobby throws a front kick aimed at Tavares's knee but Tavares avoids it well.
Bobby blocks a head kick by Tavares.
Bobby misses with a straight right.
Tavares fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tavares tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bobby paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Bobby.

Bobby closes the distance and pushes Tavares back into the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Come on Bobby - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
The crowd are getting on Bobby's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.

Tavares's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Tavares closes the distance and clinches.
Tavares connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Ricky Bobby has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tavares landing knees to the head.

Bobby is rocked!
Bobby has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Tavares after a bit of a struggle.
Bobby is still on wobbly legs! Can Tavares finish him?
Tavares looking for a takedown.

Bobby breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Patricio Tavares is winning the standup battle so far.
BOOM! Tavares lands a beautiful left hook that drops Bobby. Bobby tries to recover but Tavares is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Bobby lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Patricio Tavares!
A victorious Patricio Tavares thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.