PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tucker Filkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Attard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Attard comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Waving flag kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Filkins
vs
Attard

204 cm
25
275 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

155 cm
18
225 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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 Las Vegas, Tucker Filkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joe Attard!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Stewart Dunkirk and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Filkins gets the takedown into side control.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Attard can do anything to dispel that myth.
Filkins cracks Attard with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Filkins 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.
Filkins working the ground and pound.
Filkins lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Attard down.
Filkins lands a decent elbow from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Filkins cracks Attard with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Filkins working the head with strikes.
Filkins lands a nice forearm strike.
Attard is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Filkins is controlling him well.
Filkins working the ground and pound from side control.
Filkins lands some shots froms side control.
Attard is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Filkins looks up at the clock and then as Attard takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Filkins smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Filkins lands a nice forearm strike.
Attard is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Filkins works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Attard taking a bit of punishment here - Filkins scoring with strikes.
Filkins working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Filkins lands a decent elbow from side control.
Attard takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Attard is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Filkins asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Filkins in side control lands a decent elbow.
Filkins working the body and head with strikes.
Attard taking punishment in the form of punches.
Attard taking a bit of punishment here - Filkins scoring with strikes.
Filkins working the ground and pound.
Attard looks gassed!
Attard is trying to buck Filkins off.
Filkins working the ground and pound.
Attard is working to avoid the ground and pound but Filkins connects with a decent elbow.
Filkins is working Attard over with some ground and pound from side control.
Filkins landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Filkins creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Filkins working the ground and pound.
Filkins in side control lands a decent elbow.
Filkins cracks Attard with a big elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Filkins lands a nice forearm strike.
Attard is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Filkins scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Attard to see if he's OK.
Attard really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Filkins. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Filkins working the head and body with strikes.
Attard takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Attard is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Filkins is working Attard over with some ground and pound from side control.
Filkins landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Filkins is chipping away with strikes.
Filkins landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Filkins grinds an elbow into Attard's temple.
Attard is working to avoid the ground and pound but Filkins connects with a decent elbow.
Filkins grinds an elbow into Attard's temple.
Filkins connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Attard some visible discomfort.
Filkins works to advance to full mount. Attard defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Filkins with a couple of short strikes.
Filkins dominating with strikes here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Attard that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Filkins landing shots from mount.
Filkins dominating with strikes here.
Filkins has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Attard's face.
Attard is bucking up trying to escape but Filkins cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Filkins breaks from Attard's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Filkins scoring with strikes but Attard is staying in there.
Filkins connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Filkins dominating with strikes here.
Attard is in a horrible position here. Filkins smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Attard is bucking up trying to escape but Filkins cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Filkins working the ground and pound effectively.
Filkins punishing his opponent with strikes.
Attard is in a horrible position here. Filkins smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Filkins fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Filkins will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Filkins working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Filkins with the ground and pound from mount.
Filkins working Attard over with strikes here.
Filkins landing shots from mount.
Filkins postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Attard looks a forlorn figure.
Filkins lands a nice shot to the head.
Filkins is landing with some decent strikes but Attard is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
This has been an exciting period of action!
BOOM! Filkins connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Filkins breaks from Attard's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Filkins has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Attard's face.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
A nice elbow there by Filkins.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Filkins scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Filkins lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Filkins with shots to the head and body - Attard looks very uncomfortable down there.
Filkins with good strikes from the mount here!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Filkins fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Attard avoids it really well and circles away.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Filkins is defended easily by Attard.
Attard closes this distance looking for a takedown but Filkins circles away.
No luck for Attard with that takedown attempt.
Attard stuffs the takedown attempt from Filkins. Filkins gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tucker Filkins. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Attard shoots in but Filkins avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Filkins drives through with a takedown into guard.
Attard throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Attard is breathing heavily.
Attard has momentary wrist control but Filkins slips an elbow through the middle.
Filkins lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Filkins advances position into side control!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Filkins scores with a couple of short elbows.
Attard takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Filkins working the ground and pound from side control.
Filkins cracks Attard with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Filkins cracks Attard with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Filkins lands an elbow.
Filkins landing strikes.
Filkins in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Filkins working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Filkins working the ground and pound from side control.
Filkins works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Filkins cracks Attard with a big elbow.
Check out the look on Filkins's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Filkins landing a few strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Filkins connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Attard some visible discomfort.
Filkins lands a decent elbow from side control.
Filkins cracks Attard with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Filkins in side control lands a decent elbow.
Filkins working the ground and pound.
Filkins working the ground and pound.
Attard takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Filkins lands a nice forearm strike.
Filkins landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Filkins lands a decent elbow from side control.
Filkins scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Attard to see if he's OK.
Filkins landing strikes.
Filkins lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Filkins scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Attard to see if he's OK.
Filkins lands a nice forearm strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Filkins lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Attard down.
Filkins lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Attard is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Attard gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Filkins with good strikes from the mount here!
Filkins is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Attard can do to turn this around?
The referee warns Attard that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Tucker Filkins overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Filkins with good strikes from the mount here!
Filkins in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Filkins landing punches.
Filkins putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Filkins lands a big elbow.
Attard taking shots to the head.
Filkins working the ground and pound effectively.
Filkins dominating with strikes here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Filkins lands a big shot there that rocks Attard but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Filkins fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Filkins lands a heavy elbow.
Attard takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Filkins putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Filkins with good strikes from the mount here!
Filkins in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Filkins landing strikes, looking to finish!
Filkins with good strikes from the mount here!
Filkins raining down shots from the mount!
Filkins lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Filkins is in the full mount, landing strikes.
The referee warns Attard that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Filkins fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
BOOM! Filkins connects with a massive shot to the dome!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tucker Filkins dominated that second round.
That's time! Filkins's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Filkins feints and as Attard raises his hands in defense, Filkins changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Filkins landing with the ground and pound.
Filkins connects with a couple of short punches.
Filkins working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Attard's head.
Filkins is working Attard over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Filkins working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Filkins is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Filkins scoring with some ground and pound.
Attard wants to get back to his feet but Filkins is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Filkins is in close to Attard's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Filkins content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Filkins landing with the ground and pound.
Attard takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Filkins lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Filkins with a nice head shot there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Filkins stands up over Attard, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Filkins advances to half guard.
Filkins winds up and cracks Attard with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Filkins drops an elbow to the side of Attard's head.
Filkins working the head and body with strikes.
Filkins seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Filkins lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Filkins takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Filkins working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Attard taking some punishment here, with Filkins in his half guard.
Attard on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Filkins is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Filkins is nestled in close to Attard, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Filkins connects with a nice short shot to Attard's temple.
Attard has hold of Filkins's hands but Filkins slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Filkins scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Filkins scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Attard on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Filkins is nestled in close to Attard, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Filkins landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Filkins drops an elbow to the side of Attard's head.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Filkins lands a nice short elbow.
Filkins working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Filkins slips a nice elbow through Attard's hands, connecting with Attard's forehead.
Filkins lands with a punch from half guard.
Filkins passes to side control.
Filkins scoring with punches from side control.
Filkins scores with a couple of short elbows.
Filkins lands an elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Filkins lands a decent elbow from side control.
Attard takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Filkins scoring with punches from side control.
Filkins scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Attard to see if he's OK.
Filkins lands a few punches from side control.
Filkins in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Filkins creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Filkins landing strikes.
Filkins lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Attard is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Filkins cracks Attard with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Filkins working the ground and pound.
Filkins scores with punches from side control.
Attard on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Filkins in side control lands a decent elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Attard gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Filkins is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Filkins raining down hammerfists from mount.
BOOM! Filkins connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Filkins raining down hammerfists from mount.
Filkins is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Attard can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Attard is in a horrible position here. Filkins smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Attard in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Filkins lands a big shot there that rocks Attard but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Filkins pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Joe Attard has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Filkins lands with some strikes.
Filkins lands a nice shot to the head.
Filkins putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Filkins unloading with bombs!

And that's the end of the fight!
Tucker Filkins showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Filkins has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 30:25
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:24
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tucker Filkins!