PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jesper Elbaek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Taka Ta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Elbaek might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Just give up, or sub. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Elbaek
vs
Ta

200 cm
19
200 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

190 cm
19
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Good in bed

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jesper Elbaek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Taka Ta!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Mauricio Rocha and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ta tries a head kick but it misses.
Elbaek closes the distance and clinches up with Ta, looking for a takedown. Elbaek pushes Ta against the cage but Ta circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
A head kick misses from Ta.
Ta lands with a kick to the temple. Elbaek shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

It looks like Jesper Elbaek has been cut.
A head kick misses from Ta.
Ta swinging wildly here.
Some wild striking there from Ta.
Ta tries a head kick but it misses.
Ta plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Elbaek pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Elbaek avoids the head kick by Ta.
Ta tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Elbaek showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ta.
Ta misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Elbaek throws a sloppy head kick and Ta moves out of range easily.
Ta connects with a high kick.
Ta throws a head kick but Elbaek moves out of range.
Ta throws a sloppy head kick and Elbaek moves out of range easily.
Ta looks gassed!
Ta showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Elbaek.
Elbaek takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Ta fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Elbaek blocks a head kick by Ta.
Ta throws a sloppy head kick and Elbaek moves out of range easily.
Ta throws a head kick but Elbaek moves out of range.
Taka Ta seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Elbaek on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Taka Ta is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ta looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Ta tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Elbaek is able to avoid easily.
A head kick misses from Elbaek.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Ta.

Elbaek gets a double leg takedown into Ta's guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Elbaek chips away with some ground and pound.
Elbaek working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Elbaek with a nice head shot there.
Ta utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Ta is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Elbaek is controlling him.
Elbaek postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Elbaek throwing strikes but missing.
Ta is looking to stand up but Elbaek isn't so interested in that idea.
Elbaek postures up and lands a big shot to Ta's brow.
Elbaek scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ta wants to get back to his feet but Elbaek is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Ta avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Ta avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Elbaek thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Elbaek working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Ta's head.
Elbaek stops Ta from standing up.
Elbaek missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Elbaek cracks Ta with a solid left hand.

Elbaek drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Elbaek jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Elbaek thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Elbaek wants to control from the top but Ta keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Elbaek works over Ta with some ground and pound from guard.
Elbaek with a flurry of punches that miss.
Elbaek in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Ta wants to stand up but Elbaek is controlling him.
Elbaek 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.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Elbaek with a nice head shot there.
Ta keeping moving, preventing Elbaek from controlling successfully.
Elbaek lands a couple of elbows.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Elbaek connects with a couple of short punches.
Elbaek working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Jesper Elbaek will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jesper Elbaek's cut.
That's time! Elbaek's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Ta misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Taka Ta is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ta slips under a jab from Elbaek.
Ta avoids the head kick by Elbaek.
Ta throws a head kick that misses.
Elbaek avoids the head kick by Ta.
Elbaek tries a head kick but it misses.
Elbaek pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Elbaek misses with a head kick.
Ta pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Taka Ta seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ta connects with an inside leg kick.

Elbaek shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Elbaek scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Elbaek working Ta over with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ta wants to get back to his feet.

Elbaek seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Ta is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Jesper Elbaek!
In his post fight interview, Jesper Elbaek gave a big smile as he said 'I can sub everyone...'.