PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Cray Daddy Tay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mikko Rourke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tay comes into the arena with Bow Down blaring out of the sound system. Rourke has chosen Rolling Stones - Paint it black as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Daddy Tay
vs
Rourke

187 cm
31
186 lbs
19 - 13 - 0

182 cm
36
196 lbs
30 - 17 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

Milwaukee's Best Nutrition

Perkele!

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 19 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Cray Daddy Tay!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Mikko Rourke!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Chris Dean and Ron Honeybunn.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tay connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Tay throws a hook but Rourke avoids it easily.
Tay checks the leg kick.
Rourke avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tay looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A telegraphed right hand from Tay misses the target.
Rourke pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Nice straight punches there by Tay. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Tay.
Rourke scores with a crisp jab that stopped Tay in his tracks.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rourke wants to slow Tay down by chopping away at his legs.
Tay is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rourke.
Rourke misses with an uppercut.
An inside leg kick from Rourke misses.
Rourke throws a half hearted mid kick.
Rourke takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Tay checks a low kick from Rourke.
Tay blocks a leg kick.
Tay connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Tay misses with a wild body shot.
The fighters circling - Tay throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tay bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rourke lunges at Tay with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Tay's hand.
Tay fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Rourke misses with an uppercut.
Nice uppercut there from Rourke.
Tay ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rourke misses with a leg kick
enabling Tay to counter with a crisp jab.
Tay missing with a left hand there. Rourke was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tay looks to land a left hand but Rourke moved out of range nicely.
Rourke connects with a body shot that sends Tay's belly button to the back.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tay slips a straight right by Rourke.
Tay thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tay is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Tay cracks a nice hook into Rourke's ribs.
Rourke misses with a hook
and Tay counters with a straight right hand.
Tay looks to land a left hand but Rourke moved out of range nicely.
Cray Daddy Tay seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rourke lands a jab.
Tay fails with the takedown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rourke uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tay.
Rourke ducks under a wild hook from Tay.
Rourke looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Rourke connects with a solid leg kick.
Tay lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Rourke lands the left hand.
Rourke fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Tay checks it well.
Tay thows a body shot but no joy.
Tay missing with a left hand there. Rourke was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nice jab there from Tay.
Tay jabs Rourke to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Tay checks the leg kick.
Tay throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rourke throws a wild body kick that Tay sees coming a mile off.
Tay just misses with a punch to the body.
Tay throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rourke sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rourke gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Tay.
Rourke pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Rourke ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Rourke displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tay throws out the jab.
Tay throws out a loose jab but Rourke uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tay misses with a straight right.
Tay stuffs the takedown.
Rourke cracks Tay with a right hand to the side of the head.
A slapping leg kick lands for Rourke.
Rourke looks to score with a jab to the body but Tay is just out of range.
Tay with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Nice defenses there by Tay.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rourke doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Tay counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Tay misses the jab.
Tay scores with a jab to the jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tay throws a big shot that misses.
Tay lands a glancing blow to the side of Rourke's head.
Tay is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Tay scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Tay fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rourke manages to avoid it.
Tay lands a slapping body shot.
Tay takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Rourke throws a body punch but Tay moves out of range.
Tay misses the shot to the body.
Rourke keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tay.
Tay connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Rourke's hands.
Rourke walks into a stiff left hand from Tay.
Rourke swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice body punch from Tay.
Rourke lands with a kick to the ribs.
Rourke moves out of range of the strikes.
Tay tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Tay connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Rourke cracks Tay with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Tay throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tay throws a hook but Rourke avoids it easily.
Tay misses with a jab to the body
and Rourke counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Rourke lands with a cross.
Rourke throws a nice inside leg kick.
Tay lands with a shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A left lands for Tay.
Rourke misses with a wild body shot.
Tay missing with a left hand there. Rourke was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tay fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rourke manages to avoid it.
Rourke uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tay.
Tay tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rourke was well out of range. Poor timing from Tay.
Rourke moves out of range as Tay strikes.
Rourke misses with a head kick.
Cray Daddy Tay is winning the standup battle so far.
Tay tests Rourke's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rourke lands a nice leg kick that just misses Tay's sensitive parts.
Tay takes a swing at Rourke's ribcage but misses.
Tay throws an overhand right that lands on Rourke's shoulder, as Rourke tries to avoid the shot.
Tay uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Tay misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Rourke lands with a kick to the temple. Tay shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

Rourke shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Tay manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Rourke must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Rourke postures up and lands a big shot to Tay's brow.

Tay is rocked!
Rourke wants to control from the top but Tay keeps moving.
Rourke might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Tay haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Rourke stopping the sweep attempt from Tay.
Rourke throws an elbow that misses. Tay uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Rourke's guard. Nice move by Tay!
Rourke keeping moving, preventing Tay from controlling successfully.
Tay tries to free his leg and advance position but Rourke is retaining full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rourke controls Tay momentarily but Tay frees himself.
Tay throws a strike but Rourke rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Rourke looking to sit in guard and control but Tay gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Rourke is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Tay defends well.
Tay throwing strikes but missing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tay postures up and lands a big shot to Rourke's brow.
Tay trying to control the position from guard on top but Rourke is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rourke managing to control the position.
Tay missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rourke keeping moving, preventing Tay from controlling successfully.
Rourke looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Cray Daddy Tay will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Tay fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Tay connects with a crisp jab.
Jab from Rourke.
Rourke getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
A big left from Tay misses.
Tay fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rourke manages to avoid it.
Tay steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Rourke. That one must have hurt.
Rourke fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Tay on the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rourke throws a wild body kick that Tay sees coming a mile off.
Rourke throws a nice looking combination but Tay bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Rourke throws a leg kick
and Tay counters with a nice uppercut.
A combination from Tay does no damage.
Tay scores with a crisp jab that stopped Rourke in his tracks.
Rourke lands a jab to the nose.
Tay jabs Rourke right on the nose. Rourke blinks but takes it well.

Rourke is rocked!
Rourke thows a body shot but no joy.
Rourke is still on wobbly legs! Can Tay finish him?
Tay jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tay misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rourke.
Rourke seems to have recovered his senses.
Tay dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tay clobbers Rourke with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Tay misses with an uppercut.
Tay throws a body punch but Rourke moves out of range.
Rourke slips under a jab.
Rourke throws a hook to the side of Tay's head but Tay sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The fighters circle momentarily. Rourke darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Tay misses with a hook. Rourke ducked under it nicely.
Rourke throws a leg kick but Tay sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Tay throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rourke sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rourke misses with a wild body shot.
Tay with a hook.

Oh, that's a big right hand from Tay and Rourke goes tumbling to the canvas! Tay follows him to the ground and looks to finish from half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rourke is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tay is controlling the pace.
Tay trying to control the action but Rourke is working from the bottom.
Tay is looking to stall here but Rourke recovers full guard.
Rourke preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rourke looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Tay stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Rourke swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Cray Daddy Tay is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Rourke wants to sweep here but Tay controlling him for the moment.
Mikko Rourke has got the better of the ground game so far.
Tay looking to pass the guard.

Tay got a little sloppy there for a moment and Rourke has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Tay has managed to get both his arms back between Rourke's legs - danger averted.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tay lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Rourke is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Rourke works his foot free and advances to mount.
Tay can't escape the position.
Mikko Rourke has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tay is working hard here to advance position.
Rourke lands a big elbow.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cray Daddy Tay showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Tay, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Winston Howard scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Dean scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ron Honeybunn scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cray Daddy Tay!
An out of breath Cray Daddy Tay thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.