PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bobby McBarz (ranked 4657 p4p, 0 weight class) and Katuro Tisoaka (ranked 2893 p4p, 0 weight class). McBarz comes to the cage accompanied by 50 Cent - In da club. Tisoaka has chosen Festivo as his entrance music. Bobby McBarz has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

McBarz
vs
Tisoaka

183 cm
32
174 lbs
15 - 23 - 0

169 cm
41
184 lbs
28 - 18 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Good elbows
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 23 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bobby McBarz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 18 - 0, fighting out of New York, Katuro Tisoaka!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, David Schapiro and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McBarz throws a right hand that Tisoaka ducks under and follows up with a left that Tisoaka also avoids with ease.
McBarz connects with a right hand. Tisoaka shakes it off.
Tisoaka wants to clinch up but McBarz keeps it at a distance.

A momentary lapse in concentration from McBarz enables Tisoaka to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. McBarz manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Tisoaka is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Tisoaka stopping the sweep attempt from McBarz.
Tisoaka sitting in guard, not really doing much.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McBarz will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tisoaka's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Let's hope that Tisoaka has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Tisoaka throws a head kick that McBarz semi-blocks.

It looks like Bobby McBarz has been cut.

McBarz tries to keep at a distance but Tisoaka has taken the fight into the clinch.
Tisoaka looking for a takedown.
Tisoaka is trying to work for a single leg takedown but McBarz pulls him back up using the underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

McBarz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
McBarz lands a head shot.
McBarz bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Tisoaka walks straight into a right hand from McBarz - that's dropped him! McBarz jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Tisoaka from any more punishment! Tisoaka complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Bobby McBarz!
A very excited looking Bobby McBarz rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
The defeated Katuro Tisoaka had this to say: 'I fall but RIZE again!!!!!!'.