PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Elizondo Tacos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Buck Nutt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nutt has chosen 0 as his entrance music. Buck Nutt has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Elizondo Tacos's chin.

Tacos
vs
Nutt

185 cm
23
215 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

192 cm
23
210 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Blueprint Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Elizondo Tacos!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Buck Nutt!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Donatello Bradman and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nutt has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Nutt there as he acknowledges the shot.
Nutt throws a sloppy head kick and Tacos moves out of range easily.
Tacos lands a jab to Nutt's midsection.
Tacos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nutt will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Nutt needs to keep his hands up - Tacos had a free shot at his head there.
Tacos lunges at Nutt with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Nutt's hand.
Buck Nutt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nutt looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Nutt gets caught flat footed, as Tacos shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
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!
Nutt keeping full guard, as Tacos tries to pass.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tacos wants to control from the top but Nutt keeps moving.
Tacos forces his way into half guard.
Tacos slips a nice elbow through Nutt's hands, connecting with Nutt's forehead.
Tacos is looking to take a break and control but Nutt is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Nutt keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tacos not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Nutt blocking the ground and pound attempt from Tacos.
Nutt tries to roll over but Tacos keeps him under control.
Tacos thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Nutt's head.
Nutt blocking the ground and pound attempt from Tacos.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Nutt swings for the body but Tacos moves out of range.
Nutt looks gassed!
Tacos lands the left hand.
Nutt looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Tacos decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Tacos 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.
Tacos working the head and body with strikes.
Tacos wants to pass to mount but Nutt is defending the position.
Tacos throwing shots but Nutt is blocking nicely.
Tacos working the head and body with strikes.
Tacos takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tacos working the head and body with strikes.
Tacos trying to control from half guard but Nutt is working away.
Tacos landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Tacos working Nutt over with strikes.
Nutt on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Nutt trying to control from the bottom.
Tacos sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Nutt defending well though.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Tacos throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Tacos passes the guard and advances to mount!
Nutt really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Tacos. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Tacos is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Tacos in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tacos lands with some strikes.
Tacos lands a big elbow.
Tacos with the ground and pound from mount.
Tacos lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Tacos connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Tacos connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The referee warns Nutt that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Tacos postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Nutt looks a forlorn figure.

Tacos has hold of Nutt's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Nutt manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tacos working the ground and pound effectively.
Tacos landing punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tacos is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Nutt can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Tacos takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Tacos lands a heavy elbow.
Tacos looking to finish Nutt with some ground and pound. This is bad for Nutt!
Tacos landing strikes, looking to finish!
Tacos raining down shots from the mount!
Tacos scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Nutt?
Tacos with good strikes from the mount here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
BOOM! Tacos connects with a massive shot to the dome!
A nice elbow there by Tacos.
Tacos scores with a couple of good head shots there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Elizondo Tacos dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Tacos drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Nutt dodges the ground and pound from Tacos.
Tacos connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Nutt some visible discomfort.
Tacos happy to just control the position for now.
Tacos working away.
Nutt takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Tacos throws a strike aimed at the side of Nutt's head but Nutt avoids it well.
Tacos is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nutt can do to turn this around?
Tacos landing strikes.
Tacos lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Tacos throws an elbow but Nutt slips to the side and avoids it well.
Nutt is breathing heavily.
Tacos looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Nutt is avoiding damage well.
Tacos creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tacos working the head with strikes.
Tacos scoring with punches and elbows.
Tacos scoring with punches from side control.
Tacos tries to score with some ground and pound. Nutt controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Elizondo Tacos overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The ground and pound from Tacos seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Nutt tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Tacos wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

Tacos goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Nutt rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Tacos's guard! Nice work there by Nutt!
Tacos looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Tacos tries to strike from the bottom.

Nutt has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Tacos to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Nutt is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Tacos pulls down on the head and he's put Nutt to sleep! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:01 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Elizondo Tacos!
Elizondo Tacos retains his light heavyweight title!