PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Manny Baddabing (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pat Tillman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Tillman's choice of entrance music: Here Comes the Boom. Manny Baddabing has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Baddabing
vs
Tillman

188 cm
28
193 lbs
25 - 7 - 0

173 cm
25
195 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Manny Baddabing!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pat Tillman!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Robert Twigg and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baddabing looks to land a combination but Tillman avoids it well.
Baddabing swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Baddabing misses with a body shot
and Baddabing takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Baddabing fails with a takedown attempt.
Tillman stuns Baddabing with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Tillman scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Baddabing doesn't seem bothered though.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tillman displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Baddabing.
Tillman misses with a kick to the body.
Baddabing ducks under a wild hook from Tillman.
Baddabing works the jab nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tillman misses with a straight left.
Tillman dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tillman swings for the body but Baddabing moves out of range.
Tillman keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tillman misses with a double jab
and Baddabing counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Tillman clobbers Baddabing with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

It looks like Manny Baddabing has been cut.
Baddabing throws a one two combo.

It looks like Pat Tillman has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tillman looks to score with a jab to the body but Baddabing is just out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baddabing lands a jab to the nose.
Tillman lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Baddabing tries a head kick but it misses.
Baddabing just misses with a punch to the body.
Tillman misses with a hook. Baddabing ducked under it nicely.
Tillman throws a looping overhand right but Baddabing ducks down to avoid it.
Left hook, right uppercut from Baddabing.
Baddabing misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tillman.
Tillman misses the shot to the body.
Baddabing is looking to wear down Tillman with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

Baddabing shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Baddabing showed some decent athleticism there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Tillman keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Baddabing wants to lay and pray for a moment but Tillman keeps working.
Tillman tries to get to full guard but Baddabing has control of the leg.
Baddabing throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Baddabing is thwarting Tillman's attempts to control the position.
Baddabing takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Tillman trying to control but Baddabing postures up.
Tillman really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Baddabing. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Baddabing lands with a punch from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baddabing controlling the action here.
Tillman avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Baddabing.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Tillman can do anything to dispel that myth.
Baddabing prevents Tillman from standing back up.
Baddabing will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Tillman has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Baddabing is working away from the top position though.
Baddabing keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Baddabing throws an off balance right hand
and Tillman counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Baddabing throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tillman missing with a left hand there. Baddabing was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tillman ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Baddabing moves away.
Tillman moves out of range as Baddabing strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Pat Tillman will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Baddabing throws a head kick that misses.

Baddabing forces Tillman back against the cage and clinches.
Tillman lands a hook that snaps the head of Baddabing backwards.
Tillman working hard to break the clinch.
Tillman swings wildly with an uppercut but Baddabing uses good head movement to avoid it.

Baddabing breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tillman throws a jab when Baddabing was well out of range.
Tillman misses the shot to the body.
Baddabing works Tillman's body with a nice hook.
Baddabing takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A left lands for Baddabing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Baddabing misses the target.
Baddabing displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tillman throws out the jab.
Baddabing jabs Tillman right on the nose. Tillman blinks but takes it well.
Baddabing lands a jab to the head.

Baddabing shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Baddabing seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Tillman keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Baddabing is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Baddabing has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Baddabing has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Tillman's face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baddabing dominating with strikes here.
Tillman is desperately trying to improve his position but Baddabing has a good base and remains in mount.
Tillman is squirming around, avoiding Baddabing's attempts to control the action.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Baddabing prevents Tillman from getting the reversal.
Baddabing landing strikes from the mount.
Baddabing cracks Tillman with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Tillman really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Tillman wants to control but Baddabing is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baddabing landing strikes, looking to finish!
Baddabing 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.
Baddabing is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That has opened up Pat Tillman's cut even more.
Baddabing landing shots from mount.

Tillman is rocked!

The cut above Pat Tillman's eye is starting to cause him problems now.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Pat Tillman's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Manny Baddabing!