PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dickie Crash (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tantalus Flay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Flay is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Outerspace- Revolution. 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.

Crash
vs
Flay

188 cm
31
200 lbs
20 - 13 - 0

185 cm
40
183 lbs
24 - 7 - 2

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Bullet Proof System

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dickie Crash!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 7 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tantalus Flay!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Columbo Gatti and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
An inside leg kick from Crash misses.

Flay scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Flay throws a strike but Crash avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Flay controls from within his opponent's guard.
Flay throwing strikes but missing.
Crash has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Crash is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crash looking to hit a scissor sweep but Flay is one step ahead there.
Flay landing with the ground and pound.
Flay works over Crash with some ground and pound from guard.
Crash has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Flay has passed into side control.
Crash takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Flay advances nicely into full mount.
Crash is squirming around, avoiding Flay's attempts to control the action.
Flay connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flay landing strikes, looking to finish!
Crash taking shots to the head.
Flay is landing with some decent strikes but Crash is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

Crash is rocked!
Crash tries to hold on but Flay postures up.
Flay unloading with bombs!
Oh Crash is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Crash is wriggling around trying to escape.
Crash seems to have got his legs back now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Crash tries to hold on but Flay postures up.
Crash is wriggling around trying to escape.
Flay lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Crash hang on?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flay connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Flay has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Flay lands a big elbow.
Flay lands a big elbow.
Flay working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Flay lands a heavy shot. That's hurt Crash! Flay sees the opportunity and turns up the heat - strike after strike land to the defenseless Crash and the ref dives in to save him! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Tantalus Flay!
During a confident post fight interview, Tantalus Flay thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.