PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Miesha Tate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Winston Roscoe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Tate
vs
Roscoe

166 cm
25
140 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

162 cm
25
140 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Good chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Very confident

Sully's Bar & Grill

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Miesha Tate!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Winston Roscoe!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Sandra Marshall and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tate shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Roscoe sprawls well. Roscoe wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Tate gets slowly back to his feet.
Roscoe is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Roscoe has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.

Tate drives through with a takedown into guard.

Tate is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Roscoe keeping full guard, as Tate tries to pass.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Tate thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Tate stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Roscoe swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Tate is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tate slips nicely into half guard.

Roscoe is defending against the submission attempts here by Tate.
Roscoe is looking for a sweep. Tate is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Miesha Tate!
Miesha Tate retains his bantamweight title!
Miesha Tate decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.