PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bobby Tate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shaun Styles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Tate
vs
Styles

189 cm
36
215 lbs
15 - 15 - 1

190 cm
29
200 lbs
4 - 14 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 15 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Bobby Tate!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Shaun Styles!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Frank Dennis and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tate doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Styles counters with a straight right hand.
Shaun Styles seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tate misses with a series of wild punches.

Styles gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Tate passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Tate lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Styles down.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Styles pushes Tate away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Tate gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Tate is chipping away with strikes.
Tate in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.

Styles is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tate wants to control but Styles is keeping him busy.
Styles is still in real trouble! Can Tate finish him?
Tate tries to advance to mount but Styles denies him.
Styles seems to have recovered his senses.
Tate is looking to take a break and control but Styles is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Tate scoring with punches from side control.

Tate is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Styles is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Tate wants to control but Styles is keeping him busy.

Tate looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Tate 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Styles takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.

Tate is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Styles has escaped the position, nice work there.
Styles is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Tate asserts his dominance and retains side control.
A lull in the action here.
Styles takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Styles manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Tate gets full guard.

Tate looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Tate is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.

Tate is looking to cinch up a triangle. Styles throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Tate's body to avoid the submission. Tate has instead reached around Styles's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Tate arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Bobby Tate!
After winning the bout, Bobby Tate thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.