PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paolo Tataglia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kickin His (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Tataglia
vs
His

225 cm
22
300 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

198 cm
22
300 lbs
1 - 6 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Paolo Tataglia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kickin His!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
His fails with an attempt to clinch.
His connects with a single shot there.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Tataglia tries to score a body lock takedown but His shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
His wants to break free but Tataglia has control.
His stops a takedown attempt from Tataglia.

His jumps guard and drags Tataglia to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
His wants to get back to his feet but Tataglia is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Tataglia wants to stand but His is controlling his posture from full guard.
Tataglia being controlled here momentarily.
Tataglia will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
His striking off his back but it's not causing Tataglia any problems.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tataglia would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Tataglia trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
A left and a right from Tataglia both land. Nice combination.

That has opened up Kickin His's cut even more.

His closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
His tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
His trying to stall but Tataglia improves his position.
His with an attempt at a knee that misses.
His prevents Tataglia from breaking the clinch.

His's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
No luck for Tataglia with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paolo Tataglia. That's going to take a lot out of him.
His tries to clinch up but Tataglia circles away and keeps his distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tataglia throws a nice looking combination but His bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Tataglia is breathing heavily.
Tataglia moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

The cut above Kickin His's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tataglia fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Tataglia throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around His's waist but His gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Tataglia off to one side.
His throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tataglia fakes high and swings low for a body shot but His manages to avoid it.

His looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Tataglia!
His takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
His looking to control but Tataglia is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
A nice elbow there by His.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
His breaks from Tataglia's wrist control and lands an elbow.
His looking to control but Tataglia is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Tataglia is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
His cracks Tataglia with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
His trying to control but Tataglia is having none of it.
His working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
His controlling the pace for now.
His can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Tataglia is looking to escape.
Tataglia is trying to stand up.
His has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

His has hold of Tataglia's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Tataglia manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
His scores with a couple of good head shots there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Kickin His will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Kickin His's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Tataglia misses with the combination.
Paolo Tataglia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tataglia cracks His with a right hand to the side of the head.
Tataglia fails with the takedown

and His counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Tataglia's guard now.
His wants to control from the top but Tataglia keeps moving.
Tataglia wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and His manages to pass to side control.
Tataglia knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for His on the ground.
His controlling the pace.
His works his way into side control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tataglia is not content to let His control the position.
Tataglia wants to get back to his feet.

His decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Tataglia closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Paolo Tataglia is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
His avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tataglia has his takedown stuffed

and His counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
His pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Tataglia is keeping the position for now.

Tataglia pushes His off and scrambles back to his feet.

His scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Tataglia on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Tataglia tries to get out of the position.
Tataglia wants to get back to his feet.
His is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
His missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tataglia is refusing to be controlled, as His sits in half guard.
Tataglia wants to get back to his feet.

Tataglia kicks His off and gets back to his feet.
His shoots in for a double leg but Tataglia sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

His shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
His seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
His trying to control but Tataglia is working from the bottom.

Despite being in the dominant position, Kickin His just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
His walks into a stiff left hand from Tataglia.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tataglia swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and His counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Kickin His has got the better of the ground game so far.
His passes Tataglia's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
His trying to control from half guard but Tataglia is working away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kickin His showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Kickin His's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Tataglia throws a right and a left that His avoids nicely.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Tataglia changes levels and goes for a takedown here. His fights it off and pushes away nicely.

His shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Tataglia tries to buck His off but His takes his back!
Tataglia staying busy and making it hard for His to control.
His has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Tataglia.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tataglia holding both His 's hands and preventing any damage.
A lull in the action here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tataglia wants to get back to his feet.
His lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
His throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Tataglia!
Tataglia looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.

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.

Tataglia showing good submission defense here.

Tataglia is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if His gets his way!
Tataglia just trying to survive but His is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
His wants to control but Tataglia is keeping busy.
Tataglia avoids the strikes from His.

His looking for the choke but no joy.
Tataglia is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.

His looking for the choke from the back.
Tataglia holding both His 's hands and preventing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Tataglia prevents His from getting a body triangle.
Tataglia holding both His 's hands and preventing any damage.
His missing with strikes from the back.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Tataglia preventing the rear naked choke attempt from His.
His tries to get the hooks in deep but Tataglia pushed the leg off.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kickin His comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got His winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kickin His!