PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Rick Tripple (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Akira Tao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Tripple
vs
Tao

180 cm
22
134 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

150 cm
25
137 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Very confident

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rick Tripple!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Akira Tao!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, John Kavanagh and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horrible takedown attempt by Tao or perhaps it was just good defense by Tripple, which made it look bad.
Tao looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Tao throws a head kick but Tripple moves out of range.
Tao should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.

Tripple moves into the clinch successfully.

Tripple pulls guard effortlessly.
Tripple is controlling Tao's posture.
Tao won't allow Tripple to get back to his feet.
Tripple keeping moving, preventing Tao from controlling successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tao stops Tripple from standing up.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Tao has eaten all the pies!

Tripple pushes Tao off and gets back to his feet.
Tripple misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Tripple shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Tripple was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Tripple taking a breather here.
Tripple passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Tao!
Tripple takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Tripple's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Tripple wants to take Tao's back but he can't do it this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tripple with the ground and pound from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tripple content just to control the position here.
Tripple connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Tripple with a couple of short strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tripple scoring with strikes but Tao is staying in there.
Tripple sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tripple working Tao over with strikes here.

Tao is rocked!
Tripple lands a big elbow - Tao is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Tao is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Rick Tripple!