PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jayson Ma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miesha Tate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Ma
vs
Tate

170 cm
25
139 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

165 cm
19
140 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Can Moonwalk

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jayson Ma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Miesha Tate!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ma scores with a nice body kick.
Tate dives in for a single leg takedown but Ma sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Tate is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Ma to keep the fight standing.
Tate is trying to push Ma away but Ma has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Tate takes a knee to the side of the body.
Ma manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Tate drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Ma gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Jayson Ma has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Miesha Tate.

Ma breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ma. Tate does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tate misses with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No luck for Tate with that takedown attempt.
Tate throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tate shoots in looking for a takedown but Ma manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Tate's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Ma.
Tate takes a head kick and keeps coming.

Ma has managed to clinch.
Ma can't find room to land a body shot as Tate controls the action.
Ma lands a nice knee to the body.
Ma unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ma on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Ma's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ma looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ma tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ma digs a good body shot into Tate's ribs.
Ma bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Ma explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Tate looks winded!
Ohhhhh! A huge head kick from Ma! Tate is out on his feet! Ma rushes in and throws more strikes. The ref is looking closely - Tate is covering up but the punishment is just too much and the ref steps in to stop the fight! Tate is staring into space, just thankful that the beatdown has ended. Brutal finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jayson Ma!
Jayson Ma decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.