PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Elizondo Tacos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Filipo Greco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Greco comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Drowning Pool - Bodies kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Elizondo Tacos has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Tacos
vs
Greco

185 cm
25
215 lbs
10 - 0 - 0

200 cm
24
210 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Elizondo Tacos!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Filipo Greco!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Steve Erwin and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Greco throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Tacos's waist but Tacos gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Greco off to one side.

Tacos closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Greco did well to prevent Tacos getting side control.
Tacos thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Greco wants to control but Tacos is keeping busy.

Tacos is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Tacos looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Greco with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Greco tries to kick Tacos off but Tacos keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Greco blocking the ground and pound attempt from Tacos.
Tacos passes the guard and advances to mount!
Greco blocking the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tacos looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Tacos looking to finish Greco with some ground and pound. This is bad for Greco!
Tacos has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Greco is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Tacos thowing shots but they're missing.
Tacos sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Greco is squirming around, avoiding Tacos's attempts to control the action.
Tacos lands a nice shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Tacos connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Tacos landing strikes, looking to finish!
Greco is trying desperately to improve position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tacos wants to control the action but instead Greco gets a body lock and reverses into Tacos's guard! Nice work!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Greco stopping the sweep attempt from Tacos.
Greco wants to control from the top but Tacos keeps moving.
Tacos might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Tacos tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Greco is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Greco pushing down on Tacos's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Tacos won't allow Greco to pass to mount.
Tacos works his way to full guard. Good work.
Tacos trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Tacos lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Greco!
Tacos throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Tacos looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Tacos connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tacos with the ground and pound from mount.

Tacos looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Greco really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Tacos with good strikes from the mount here!
Tacos lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Greco hang on?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tacos throwing strikes here but Greco is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Greco taking shots to the head.
Tacos looking to finish with strikes here!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Elizondo Tacos dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Greco tries to clinch there but Tacos circles away.
Tacos feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Greco's calf.
Greco takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Tacos fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Greco looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Tacos thows a body kick. Greco tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Tacos throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Greco fails with the takedown

and Tacos counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tacos wants to pass the guard but Greco is keeping the position.
Tacos trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Greco is breathing heavily.
Tacos trying to control the position from guard on top but Greco is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Tacos postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Greco is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Tacos, into his guard.

Greco got a little sloppy there for a moment and Tacos has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Greco has managed to get both his arms back between Tacos's legs - danger averted.
Greco must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Tacos manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Greco is trying desperately to improve position.
Tacos looking to finish with strikes here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Greco keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Greco wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Tacos.
Tacos working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Tacos cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tacos lands a big elbow.

Greco is rocked!
Tacos lands a nice shot to the head.
Greco is still in real trouble! Can Tacos finish him?
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tacos postures up and throws a big right hand. BOOM! Right on the button! Greco is out cold - huge knockout for Tacos!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Elizondo Tacos!
Elizondo Tacos retains his light heavyweight title!