PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Duilio Tagliabue (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chupa Cobre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Tagliabue might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Cage the Elephant - Ain't No Rest for the Wicked. Chupa Cobre is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Tagliabue
vs
Cobre

173 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
24
180 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

Good takedowns
Brawler
Tends to cut

Grapple, Inc.
Grapple, Inc.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Duilio Tagliabue!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Chupa Cobre!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Dean Styles and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Cobre.
Cobre takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Tagliabue lands a body shot.
Cobre dives in and grabs Tagliabue's left leg, looking for a takedown. Tagliabue pushes down on Cobre's head and hops out.

Cobre shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Cobre was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Cobre controlling the position easily from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Cobre working for a submission but Tagliabue is keeping him at bay.
Tagliabue knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Cobre on the ground.
Tagliabue is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tagliabue taking shots to the head.

Tagliabue defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Cobre.
Cobre thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Cobre prevents Tagliabue from getting the reversal.
Cobre lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cobre trying to control but he's not successful this time.

Cobre working for a guillotine from mount but Tagliabue is in no mood to give up.
Tagliabue keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Cobre looking to control but Tagliabue is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cobre takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Cobre connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

Cobre jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Tagliabue is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Tagliabue and Cobre has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Tagliabue is trying to improve his position.

Cobre thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Cobre is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Tagliabue has escaped the position, nice work there.
Cobre scoring with punches and elbows.
Tagliabue can't do much from the bottom here.
Cobre trying to control the action but Tagliabue is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chupa Cobre dominated that round.
That's time! Tagliabue's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Tagliabue looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Tagliabue getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Tagliabue stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Tagliabue wants it to stay on the feet.
Cobre takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Tagliabue scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Tagliabue scores with a nice strike.

Cobre feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Cobre lands a couple of elbows.
Tagliabue keeping moving, preventing Cobre from controlling successfully.
Cobre slips nicely into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tagliabue slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

Cobre drops back looking for a submission - "I'm sorry sir, but I'm gunna break your leg" says Cobre as he cranks on the unfortunate limb! Tagliabue screams and taps out before any major damage is done! Don't mess with Cobre! Nice submission victory there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Chupa Cobre!