PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Darius Badolato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cray Daddy Tay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Badolato comes to the cage accompanied by Nneka - Heartbeat. Tay is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Blue (Dancing Crayfish Version). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Badolato
vs
Daddy Tay

180 cm
27
200 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

187 cm
26
186 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Darius Badolato!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Cray Daddy Tay!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Steve Erwin and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Badolato takes one on the button.
Badolato scores with a shot to the body.
Tay listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Badolato is looking to clinch but Tay is avoiding it.
Badolato throws a leg kick but Tay sees it coming and moves out of range.
Badolato throws a body kick that misses
and Tay counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Tay checks a leg kick.
Badolato takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Badolato throws a body punch but Tay moves out of range.

Badolato closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Badolato lands in his opponent's guard.
Badolato tries to free his leg and advance position but Tay is retaining full guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Badolato avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Badolato trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Badolato with a flurry of punches that miss.
Tay wants to sweep but no luck.
Badolato wants to pass the guard but Tay is keeping the position.
Badolato won't allow Tay to sweep him here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Tay is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Badolato is aware though and is defending well.
Badolato in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Tay keeping moving, preventing Badolato from controlling successfully.
Tay keeping full guard, as Badolato tries to pass.
Tay is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Badolato stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Tay swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Tay keeping moving, preventing Badolato from controlling successfully.
Badolato tries to free his leg and advance position but Tay is retaining full guard.
Badolato stopping the sweep attempt from Tay.

Tay is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Badolato forces his way into half guard.
Badolato moves into full mount! Tay won't be happy about that!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Badolato misses with a head shot.
Badolato tries to control but Tay wriggling away.
Tay takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Badolato has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Badolato trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Badolato tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Tay is bucking up trying to escape but Badolato cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Badolato throwing strikes here but Tay is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Badolato misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Badolato working away from the top, dropping strikes.

Tay is rocked!
Oooooh, big shot lands for Badolato! Tay is hurt baaadly! Badolato is firing away with more strikes - Tay is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Darius Badolato!
During a confident post fight interview, Darius Badolato thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.