PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tyler Taleb (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bubba Balls (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Balls has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. The key to victory for Tyler Taleb has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Taleb
vs
Balls

187 cm
25
209 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

189 cm
27
206 lbs
8 - 8 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tyler Taleb!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bubba Balls!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Trevor Gratis and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Taleb gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Balls tries for a takedown but Taleb manages to get underhooks.

Taleb breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Taleb swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A head kick misses from Taleb.
Taleb cracks Balls with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Taleb throws a low kick but Balls avoids it.
Balls tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Taleb swivels and escapes.
Taleb throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Taleb with a poor takedown

and Balls counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Balls seems to be working for a kimura but Taleb defends the submission attempt.
Balls looks winded!
Taleb trying to control from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Balls missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

Balls is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Taleb has managed to free his arm - good work.

Balls is looking for a kimura here.
Taleb knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Balls on the ground.
Balls is thwarting Taleb's attempts to control the position.

Balls is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balls prevents Taleb from improving his position.

Balls is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Taleb has managed to free his arm - good work.
Balls is keen to just control but Taleb is a slippery customer.
Balls prevents Taleb from improving his position.
Taleb is looking to control Balls's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Taleb avoid being mounted?
Taleb is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Balls is trying for a kimura here. Taleb looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Balls wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Bubba Balls!
Bubba Balls decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.