PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shrimp Tail (ranked 4660 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hi Beautiful (ranked 24710 p4p, 0 weight class). Hi Beautiful has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Tail
vs
Beautiful

190 cm
18
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

183 cm
18
200 lbs
1 - 6 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Shrimp Tail!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hi Beautiful!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Chris Downing and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice sprawl there from Beautiful as Tail shoots in.
Some wild striking there from Tail.

Beautiful shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Tail's guard.
Beautiful postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Beautiful decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Tail, up you get!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Tail enables Beautiful to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Tail manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Tail wants to get back to his feet but Beautiful passes into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Beautiful thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Tail's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beautiful not doing much here.
Tail wants to get back to his feet.
Beautiful sitting and controlling from the half guard.

Beautiful gets to his feet - back to striking we go!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Tail tries to sprawl but Beautiful drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Tail pushes Beautiful off but Beautiful dives into side control.
Beautiful controlling from side mount.
Tail tries to escape but Beautiful is in control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beautiful is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Tail will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Tail tries to escape but Beautiful is in control.

Beautiful decides to stand back up. Beautiful steps back and let's Tail get back to his feet.
Tail takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Tail is looking to clinch but Beautiful is avoiding it.
A nice side step and Beautiful releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Tail misses with a body shot.
Shrimp Tail seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Beautiful scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Beautiful controls the position.

Beautiful stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Beautiful defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Tail.
A countering left hand to the body from Beautiful misses.
Tail is breathing heavily.
Tail fails to land with a series of punches.
Tail fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Beautiful avoids it really well and circles away.
Beautiful appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Shrimp Tail. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Beautiful gets the takedown into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hi Beautiful dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Tail.
Beautiful doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Tail looks to land a body kick but Beautiful moved away.

Beautiful looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Tail is wriggling around but Beautiful manages to pass to half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Tail wants to get back to his feet.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Beautiful in particular looking to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Beautiful is working for a submission of some sort.

Beautiful decides to stand and escape the position.
Shrimp Tail is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Beautiful stuffs the takedown attempt from Tail. Tail gets slowly back to his feet.
Tail has his takedown stuffed
and Beautiful counters with a three punch combo that has Tail backing up. Tail nods at Beautiful to acknowledge the strikes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Shrimp Tail. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tail misses with a takedown attempt - Beautiful sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Beautiful let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Beautiful has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Beautiful shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Tail tries to kick Beautiful off in order to stand up. Beautiful Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.

Beautiful has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Tail will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Beautiful let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tail tries to score with a low kick but Beautiful moves his leg out of the way.
Tail throws a body kick that misses.
Tail tries for a takedown but Beautiful sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

Beautiful shoots in and gets a takedown into Tail's guard.
Tail wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Beautiful manages to pass to side control.

This has been an exciting period of action!
Beautiful is controlling the pace.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Beautiful decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hi Beautiful showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Tail shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Beautiful pinned against the cage. Beautiful gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Beautiful doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.

Beautiful looking to score a takedown here. Tail is defending well but Beautiful drives through and ends up in Tail's guard.
Tail is wriggling around but Beautiful manages to pass to half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Beautiful decides to return to a standing position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tail goes for a double leg but Beautiful avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Beautiful continues to drive forward.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tail misses with a takedown
and Beautiful counters with a right hand to the body.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Shrimp Tail. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Beautiful looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Beautiful controlling from the top position.

Beautiful gets to his feet - Tail follows without any prompting.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Tail gets tackled into the cage by Beautiful. Beautiful maintains the clinch.
Tail misses with a body punch.
Tail tries to circle away but Beautiful has him pinned against the cage.
Beautiful pushes Tail back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tail prevents a body shot from Beautiful.
Tail with an attempt at a knee that misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Beautiful.
Tail wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Tail tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Beautiful's elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

Beautiful breaks from the clinch.
Tail fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
A head kick misses from Tail.

Beautiful shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Tail napping and manages to drive through into side control!
A lull in the action here as Beautiful stalls from top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Beautiful decides to stand back up. Beautiful steps back and let's Tail get back to his feet.

Beautiful scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Hi Beautiful is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

Beautiful decides to stand back up. Beautiful steps back and let's Tail get back to his feet.

Beautiful shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Beautiful was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Beautiful in side control, just content to control the action for now.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hi Beautiful comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Beautiful has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 27:30
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hi Beautiful!