PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Baron Brady (ranked 2892 p4p, 299 weight class) and Paea Talanoa (ranked 2330 p4p, 245 weight class). Talanoa has chosen Tonga as his entrance music. The key to victory for Baron Brady has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Brady
vs
Talanoa

205 cm
25
275 lbs
7 - 7 - 0

187 cm
23
280 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent elbows
KO power

Excellent grappler
Counter fighter
Good gas tank

Juggernaut And Gladiators(90% Laundry)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Baron Brady!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Paea Talanoa!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Cecil Peabody and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Brady gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Brady is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Brady looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Talanoa lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Talanoa throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Brady works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Brady keeping moving, preventing Talanoa from controlling successfully.
Brady is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brady keeping moving, preventing Talanoa from controlling successfully.
Talanoa looking to sit in guard and control but Brady gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Talanoa has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Brady can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Talanoa looking for a guillotine here but Brady defends easily.
Talanoa trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Brady throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Talanoa works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Talanoa has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Talanoa lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Brady keeping moving, preventing Talanoa from controlling successfully.
Talanoa is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Brady definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Talanoa is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brady keeping moving, preventing Talanoa from controlling successfully.

Talanoa thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Brady is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Talanoa postures up and lands a big shot to Brady's brow.
Brady is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Talanoa trying to control the position from guard on top but Brady is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Talanoa stands up from guard. Let's bang!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brady scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Brady tries to clinch but Talanoa is having none of it.
Baron Brady seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Talanoa tries to sprawl but Brady drives through with a takedown into half guard.

Talanoa pushes Brady off and gets back to his feet.
Talanoa shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Brady sprawls well. Brady wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Talanoa gets slowly back to his feet.
Brady wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Brady swings away with a body shot that misses

and Talanoa counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Talanoa moves into side control, avoiding a weak kimura attempt from Brady.
Brady is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.

Talanoa is trying to work for a kimura but Brady is defending well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Talanoa is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Brady has managed to free his arm - good work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Brady misses with some strikes from the bottom.

Talanoa has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Brady defend it? Talanoa steps over the head and cranks it - Brady is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Talanoa!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Paea Talanoa!
After winning the bout, Paea Talanoa thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.