PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Koloff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyson TapOut (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). TapOut has chosen Bonkers- Dizzee Rascal and Amanda Van Helden as his entrance music. Tyson TapOut told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Koloff
vs
TapOut

180 cm
18
135 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

175 cm
19
140 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Self confident

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Ivan Koloff!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Tyson TapOut!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Colin Fotheringham and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Koloff lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Koloff.
TapOut closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Koloff fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Koloff lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
TapOut shoots in but Koloff avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Koloff lands a jab to the nose.
TapOut shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Koloff as he jumps to the side.
Koloff tries a head kick but it misses.
Koloff closes the distance and lands a one-two.
TapOut looks gassed!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
TapOut shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Koloff pinned against the cage. Koloff gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Ivan Koloff has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tyson TapOut.
Koloff misses with a series of wild punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
TapOut walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Left hook, right uppercut from Koloff.

Koloff has managed to clinch.
Koloff gets underhooks to prevent TapOut's takedown attempt.

Koloff breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
TapOut dodges the punch combination from Koloff.
Koloff tries to close the distance and clinch but TapOut swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
TapOut avoids a punch combination nicely.
TapOut avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koloff lands a two punch combo.
Koloff throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
TapOut fails with a takedown attempt.

Koloff instigates a clinch.
Koloff wants a takedown but no success here.
TapOut is trying desperately to land a takedown but Koloff is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for TapOut.

Koloff has TapOut pressed up against the ropes. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Koloff pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending TapOut tumbling to the mat - Koloff dives into TapOut's guard.
Koloff knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for TapOut on the ground.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
TapOut looking to hit a scissor sweep but Koloff is one step ahead there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koloff sitting in guard here, content to control.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Koloff wants to stand but TapOut has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Koloff working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
TapOut keeping moving, preventing Koloff from controlling successfully.
Koloff really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Koloff throws a big right hand that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Koloff wants to control from the top but TapOut keeps moving.
Koloff pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. TapOut is keeping the position for now.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Koloff takes the fight into the clinch.
Koloff scores with a shot to the side of TapOut's head.
TapOut jumps guard but Koloff stands there with TapOut around his waist. TapOut gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Koloff pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Koloff dips to his left and cracks TapOut with an uppercut!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Koloff, right into the meat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

A good leg kick by Koloff.
Koloff dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on TapOut. That did some damage!
Koloff throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
TapOut closes the distance and clinches up with Koloff, looking for a takedown. TapOut pushes Koloff against the ropes but Koloff circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Koloff lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Koloff throws a series of punches but TapOut avoids them all with ease.

Koloff has closed the distance and engaged TapOut in a clinch.

Koloff pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Danga de danga de dang - Koloff scores with a four punch combination!
TapOut is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Koloff.
TapOut is breathing heavily.
Koloff with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Koloff scores with the left hand. TapOut knows he should have avoided that one.
Koloff throws a right and a left that TapOut avoids nicely.
Koloff connects with a high kick.
A thudding body kick lands there by Koloff!
Left hook, right uppercut from Koloff.
Koloff goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

Koloff looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Koloff looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
TapOut trying to control here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koloff looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Koloff wants to get back to his feet.
TapOut is refusing to be controlled, as Koloff sits in half guard.
TapOut has hold of Koloff's hands but Koloff slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Koloff drops an elbow to the side of TapOut's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koloff misses with a head shot. TapOut uses the momentum to regain guard.
Koloff wants to control from the top but TapOut keeps moving.
Koloff forces his way into half guard.
Koloff wants to take a breather but TapOut is having none of it.
Koloff looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Koloff trying to control the action but TapOut is working from the bottom.
TapOut trying to control from the bottom.
Koloff is looking to take a break and control but TapOut is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Nice strikes from Koloff there.
Koloff works his foot free and advances to mount.
Koloff controlling from the full mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ivan Koloff dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Koloff tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but TapOut paws at him with a jab and circles away.
TapOut gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Koloff counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Koloff closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Koloff sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Koloff wants to pass to mount but TapOut is defending the position.
Koloff is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that TapOut can do to turn this around?
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Koloff in particular looking to stall.
TapOut is trying to control but can't.

Koloff is working for a kimura but TapOut is defending it quite comfortably.
Koloff wants to control but TapOut is keeping him busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Koloff is looking to advance position but TapOut won't allow it.
Koloff is trying to control the action in half guard but TapOut is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Koloff looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Koloff jabs TapOut right on the nose. TapOut blinks but takes it well.
A punch combination from Koloff misses.
Koloff connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between TapOut's hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Koloff.
Koloff works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
TapOut has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
TapOut gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Koloff counters with a shoot takedown. TapOut fights it but they end up in guard.
Koloff is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
TapOut trying to control the position.
TapOut is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koloff pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. TapOut is keeping the position for now.
TapOut looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Koloff puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Ivan Koloff is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
TapOut trying to hold on to Koloff's head to control him but Koloff postures up.
Koloff performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Tyson TapOut has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Koloff wants to control but TapOut is keeping him busy.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ivan Koloff showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Koloff has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 William Gold scores the fight for Ivan Koloff!
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight for Ivan Koloff!
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight for Ivan Koloff!

Ivan Koloff wins by unanimous decision!