PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between John Tai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nevil Hawk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hawk has chosen Ruleta as his entrance music. Nevil Hawk has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Tai
vs
Hawk

175 cm
25
184 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

188 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Tai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nevil Hawk!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Alyssa Summers and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hawk keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Hawk scores with a jab. Tai acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Tai gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

Tai has managed to clinch.

Tai breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hawk stuffs the takedown.

Tai scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Tai thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Tai tries for a kimura but Hawk is defending well.
Hawk is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Tai has just dragged him back down to the mat.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Hawk can do anything to dispel that myth.

Tai tries for a kimura but Hawk is defending well.

Tai has hold of Hawk's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Hawk seems comfortable defending it but Tai has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Hawk is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Hawk is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Tai couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). John Tai!