PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bentley Tessin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tam Conway (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tam Conway has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Tessin
vs
Conway

165 cm
26
175 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

180 cm
26
180 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Bentley Tessin !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tam Conway!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Conway stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Conway wants it to stay on the feet.
Nice defenses there by Conway.
Tessin misses the shot to the body.
Conway looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Tessin throws a leg kick that misses.

Tessin bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Check out the look on Tessin 's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Tessin misses with an attempted head punch from side control.

Tessin tries for a kimura but Conway is defending well.
Tessin sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Conway is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.

Tessin is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Conway has escaped the position, nice work there.
Tessin scores with a couple of short elbows.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tessin in side control, throwing shots but Conway defends.
Tessin lands some shots froms side control.
Tessin working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Conway parries the strikes from Tessin easily there. Tessin is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Conway to escape.
Tessin scores with punches from side control.
Tessin lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
The ground and pound from Tessin seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Tessin throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Tessin in side control, throwing shots but Conway defends.
Conway is working to avoid the ground and pound but Tessin connects with a decent elbow.
The strikes coming from Tessin are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Tessin throws a strike aimed at the side of Conway's head but Conway avoids it well.
Conway avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Tessin .

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tessin fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Conway wants to get back to his feet.
Tessin tries to score with some ground and pound. Conway controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Conway is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Tessin asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Conway really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Tessin . If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Tessin tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Tessin has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Tessin postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Tessin misses with an attempted head punch from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tessin working the head with strikes.
Tessin working the ground and pound but Conway is defending the strikes.
Conway tries to escape but Tessin is in control.
Tessin looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Conway is avoiding damage well.
Conway is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Tessin is controlling him well.
Tessin advances nicely into full mount.
Tessin looking to ground and pound but Conway is blocking nicely.
Conway wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Tessin .
Tessin 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.

Tessin wants to finish this one by submission but Conway is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Tessin .
Tessin punishing his opponent with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Conway trying desperately to get to his feet.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Conway can do anything to dispel that myth.

Tessin has hold of Conway's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Conway manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
The referee warns Conway that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Conway is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Tessin lands with some strikes.
Tessin looking to finish with strikes here!
Conway is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Tessin cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Tessin scores with a couple of good head shots there.

Tessin is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Conway is surviving well by controlling Tessin 's body position as best he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bentley Tessin dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Conway uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Tessin has time to react.

Tessin looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Tessin distracts Conway with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Conway working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Tessin .
Tessin working some strikes from top position.
Bentley Tessin overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Conway working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Tessin .
Tessin throws a big elbow that misses.
Tessin with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Tessin thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Tessin stops Conway from standing up.
Tessin is looking to work some ground and pound but Conway has wrist control.
Tessin works over Conway with some ground and pound from guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Tessin accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Tessin loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Tessin throwing strikes from guard but Conway blocks nicely.
Tessin works over Conway with some ground and pound from guard.
Tessin lands a couple of elbows.
Tessin missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Tessin chips away with some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tessin in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Tessin throwing strikes from guard but Conway blocks nicely.
Tessin throwing strikes from guard but Conway blocks nicely.
Conway avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Tessin could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Tessin slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Conway defending against the ground and pound.
Tessin working the head with strikes.
An elbow from Tessin crashes against the mat.
Tessin sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Conway is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
The ground and pound from Tessin seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Tessin is trying to get an arm triangle but Conway is defending well.
Tessin creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Conway sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Sloppy strikes there by Tessin .
Tessin 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.
Conway dodges the ground and pound from Tessin .
Tessin grinds an elbow into Conway's temple.
Tessin in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Tessin in side control, throwing shots but Conway defends.
Conway is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
The ground and pound from Tessin seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Conway managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Tessin .
Conway is trying to buck Tessin off.
Tessin lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Conway is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Conway takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tessin throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Tessin working the ground and pound.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tessin tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Tessin 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.
Conway avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Tessin .
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bentley Tessin dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Conway lands with a shot to the body.
Bentley Tessin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tessin misses with a low kick.
Tessin will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Tessin throws a low kick but it's checked well by Conway.
Tessin shoots in for a double leg but Conway sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
A bone on bone clash there as Conway blocks the leg kick.
Tessin goes for a double leg but Conway avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Conway continues to drive forward.

Conway breaks the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Conway sizes up Tessin with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Conway dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Conway rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tessin moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tessin shoots in for a takedown but Conway shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bentley Tessin . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Conway throws a right hand that Tessin ducks under and follows up with a left that Tessin also avoids with ease.

Tessin decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Tessin throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Conway blocking the ground and pound attempt from Tessin .
Tessin not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Bentley Tessin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tessin content to control rather than advance.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Bentley Tessin .
Tessin throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Conway enables Tessin to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Conway manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Tessin 's corner is telling him to maintain position.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Bentley Tessin wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Conway paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Conway fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tessin manages to avoid it.
Nice takedown defense from Conway. No joy for Tessin on that attempt.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Tessin .
Tessin gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Tessin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Conway throws a one two combo.
Tam Conway has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

It looks like Bentley Tessin has been cut.
Nice shot lands for Conway.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Bentley Tessin .
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Tessin , winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bentley Tessin !