PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Damon Pierce (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cray Daddy Tay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pierce comes to the cage accompanied by Eve 6 - Inside Out. Tay has chosen Bow Down as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Damon Pierce has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Pierce
vs
Daddy Tay

190 cm
35
195 lbs
29 - 18 - 0

187 cm
31
186 lbs
19 - 12 - 0

Great wrestler
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
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 29 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Damon Pierce!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Cray Daddy Tay!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Ben Watson and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tay lands a slapping body shot.
Nice body punch from Tay.

Pierce rushes Tay and presses him up against the cage.

Pierce has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Tay uses from the top position.
Tay trying to control the position from guard on top but Pierce is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Pierce manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Pierce lands a nice shot to the head.
Tay sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tay wants to improve his position but Pierce is controlling well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pierce with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Tay is staying active underneath Pierce, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Tay tries to roll over but Pierce keeps him under control.
Pierce throwing shots but Tay is blocking nicely.
Pierce sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Tay defending well though.
Pierce slows the pace down in half guard.
Pierce throwing shots but Tay is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pierce thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Tay's head.
Pierce lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Tay keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Pierce wants to control but Tay is keeping him busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tay wants to control but Pierce is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Pierce looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Pierce content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Pierce missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Pierce is working for a submission of some sort.
Tay is looking for a sweep. Pierce is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tay blocking the ground and pound attempt from Pierce.
Pierce throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Tay is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Pierce winds up and cracks Tay with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Pierce missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pierce content to control rather than advance.
Pierce landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Tay pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Pierce misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Pierce changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Tay looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Tay taking a bit of punishment here - Pierce scoring with strikes.
Pierce working away.
Pierce misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Tay is looking to reverse the position.
Pierce trying to control the position but Tay is working away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tay is trying to get back to half guard.
Tay manages to get back to half guard.
Damon Pierce overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Pierce is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Tay moves into full guard.
Pierce looking to sit in guard and control but Tay gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Tay is looking to work some ground and pound but Pierce has wrist control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tay working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Pierce bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Tay's guard.

Tay escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Pierce gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
We've been hearing that Pierce has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Pierce landing some decent shots from guard.
Pierce postures up and lands a big shot to Tay's brow.
Pierce trying to control the position from guard on top but Tay is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Pierce is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Tay is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pierce distracts Tay with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Pierce lands a couple of digs.
Tay keeping moving, preventing Pierce from controlling successfully.
Pierce postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Tay keeping full guard, as Pierce tries to pass.
Tay avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pierce looking to sit in guard and control but Tay gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Pierce is on top in guard.
Tay lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Pierce!
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Tay cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pierce tries to lock up and control but Tay gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

Tay is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Pierce can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
My spies in The Training Hive (msg to rent a coach) inform me that Tay has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Tay tries to control but Pierce wriggling away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Damon Pierce dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Pierce shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Pierce was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Tay is trying to improve his position.
Pierce lands some shots froms side control.
Pierce throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Tay works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Pierce not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Tay gets full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pierce postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Pierce sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Tay keeping moving, preventing Pierce from controlling successfully.
Tay manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Pierce manages to get himself to full guard.
Tay wants to control from the top but Pierce keeps moving.
Tay missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Cray Daddy Tay has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pierce looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Pierce 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.

Pierce escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Tay gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Tay trying to control but Pierce is working from the bottom.
Tay throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Tay trying to control the position from guard on top but Pierce is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Pierce is pulling down on Tay's head. It's preventing any offense from Tay, at least for the moment.
Tay pushes down on Pierce's leg and manages to get into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tay thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Pierce's head.
Pierce trying to control but Tay postures up.
Tay throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Tay trying to control from half guard but Pierce is working away.
Tay sitting and controlling from the half guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Pierce wants to get back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Pierce with the active half guard here but Tay passes nicely into side control.
Pierce can't do much from the bottom here.
Tay wants to lay and pray for a moment but Pierce keeps working.
Pierce is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Tay off and has taken his back!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pierce is trying to control but Tay is trying to escape here - he's now mounted.
Damon Pierce is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Pierce fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

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 Damon Pierce.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Pierce, 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 John Mangel scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ben Watson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Damon Pierce!
After the fight, Damon Pierce was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.