PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Joe Tanagul (ranked 8635 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chief Bear (ranked 3034 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Joe Tanagul has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Tanagul
vs
Bear

186 cm
19
187 lbs
6 - 11 - 0

190 cm
19
199 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 11 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Joe Tanagul!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Chief Bear!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Santiago Holmes and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tanagul misses with a double jab

and Bear decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Tanagul's guard.
Bear throwing strikes from guard but Tanagul blocks nicely.
Bear distracts Tanagul with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Bear lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Bear trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Bear throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Tanagul avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Tanagul has momentary wrist control but Bear slips an elbow through the middle.
Bear loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Tanagul is breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bear lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Bear postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Bear is looking to work some ground and pound but Tanagul has wrist control.
Tanagul working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Bear.
Bear postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bear lands a couple of digs.
Bear has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Bear landing some decent shots from guard.
Tanagul utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Bear is in close to Tanagul's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Bear loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Bear cracks Tanagul with a solid left hand.
Bear postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Bear postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Tanagul knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Bear on the ground.
Bear with a nice head shot there.

Tanagul is rocked!
Bear postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Oh Tanagul is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bear postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Tanagul covers up, he's hurt! Bear keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Bear and the ref steps in to end the fight! Bear can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chief Bear!
After the fight, Chief Bear was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.