PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Gaudalupe (ranked 4604 p4p, 377 weight class) and TJ Tate (ranked 25036 p4p, 0 weight class). Tate comes into a darkened arena with his song building. shotta flow kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Ivan Gaudalupe has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Gaudalupe
vs
Tate

225 cm
21
270 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

196 cm
19
255 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ivan Gaudalupe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, TJ Tate!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tate throws a head kick but Gaudalupe moves out of range.
Gaudalupe wants to clinch but Tate slips to the side

and Tate counters with a single leg into guard. Gaudalupe didn't expect that.
Gaudalupe wants to improve his position but instead Tate has moved into half guard.
Tate content to control rather than advance.
Gaudalupe really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gaudalupe knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Tate on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Tate is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tate controlling the pace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Tate winds up and cracks Gaudalupe with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Tate is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!

Tate is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Tate!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). TJ Tate!
Our winner, TJ Tate, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.