PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jose Tapia (ranked 4852 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Blitz (ranked 3456 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Tapia
vs
Blitz

185 cm
25
155 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

175 cm
30
158 lbs
17 - 23 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jose Tapia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, John Blitz!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tapia shoots in for a takedown but Blitz shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Tapia looks to clinch

and Blitz counters with a flying knee that drops Tapia!

Tapia is rocked!
Blitz stays in close to Tapia's body and controls the position.
Oh Tapia is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Blitz tries to free his leg and advance position but Tapia is retaining full guard.
Blitz controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Blitz stopping the sweep attempt from Tapia.
Blitz passes Tapia's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Tapia seems to have got his legs back now.
Blitz content to control rather than advance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blitz is trying to control. Tapia wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Blitz frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blitz takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Tapia is looking to improve his position but Blitz isn't that keen on the idea.
Blitz trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Tapia tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Tapia on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Tapia tries to get out of the position.
Tapia wants to hold on but Blitz pushes him away.

Blitz looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Blitz dominating with strikes here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blitz unloading with bombs!
Blitz drops a big elbow. That's hurt Tapia! More shots from Blitz and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Blitz!
John Blitz took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Mohito Fightwear (Laundry) for their support in the buildup to the fight.