PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Randy Slader (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cray Daddy Tay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Slader comes to the cage accompanied by Pantera - Walk. Tay comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Bow Down kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! This should be fireworks!

Slader
vs
Daddy Tay

175 cm
23
185 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

187 cm
30
186 lbs
17 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Randy Slader!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Cray Daddy Tay!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Hugh Johnson and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slapping leg kick lands for Slader.
Tay fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Tay misses the shot to the body.
Tay walks into a left hand.
Tay keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tay lands with a good body shot.
Tay missing with a left hand there. Slader was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Slader moves out of range of the strikes.
Tay walks into a straight right hand from Slader.
Slader connects with a nice looking jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tay scores with a crisp jab that stopped Slader in his tracks.
Tay cracks a nice hook into Slader's ribs.
Tay tests Slader's chin there with a solid looking shot.

It looks like Randy Slader has been cut.
Slader lands an overhand right.

Tay shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Slader's guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Slader controlling Tay's posture.
Slader seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Tay stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Slader swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tay showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Tay forces his way into half guard.

Tay is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Slader blocking the ground and pound attempt from Tay.
Tay trying to mount his opponent but Slader defends it.
Tay is looking to take a break and control but Slader is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slader is trying to get back to full guard.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Tay working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.

Tay seems to be working for a kimura but Slader defends the submission attempt.
Tay trying to pass the guard but Slader defending well.
Slader is pressing down on Tay's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Tay stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Slader swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Slader keeping moving, preventing Tay from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slader lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Tay!
Slader avoids the attempt from Tay to control.
Tay gets back to half guard.
Slader wants to stand up but Tay has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Tay trying to control from the bottom.

Slader moves into side control, avoiding a weak kimura attempt from Tay.
Tay is looking for a sweep.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Slader has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Slader swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Slader misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tay.
Slader moves out of range of the strikes.
Slader connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tay lands a nice shot to the body.
Tay lands a jab to the nose.
Tay throws a predictable looking body shot
and Slader counters with a straight right hand.
Tay throws a right hand that Slader ducks under and follows up with a left that Slader also avoids with ease.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice cross by Slader.
Good standup being displayed there by Slader as he connects with a hook.

Tay is rocked!
Tay throws a shot from downtown. Slader moves away and avoids it.
Slader misses with an uppercut. Tay saw that one coming.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Cray Daddy Tay will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Randy Slader's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Tay cracks Slader with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Nice uppercut lands for Tay. That snapped Slader's head back.
Tay connects with a looping right hand.
Tay smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

Slader is rocked!
Slader walks straight into a right hand from Tay - that's dropped him! Tay jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Slader from any more punishment! Slader complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Cray Daddy Tay!
Cray Daddy Tay thanked the fans post fight for their support.