PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Balink Tarlah (ranked 4648 p4p, 414 weight class) and Leevan Taylor (ranked 5438 p4p, 435 weight class). Leevan Taylor looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Tarlah
vs
Taylor

179 cm
25
165 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

174 cm
20
155 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Balink Tarlah!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Leevan Taylor!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Bruno Lombardi and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taylor tries to bum rush Tarlah with a series of wild strikes but Tarlah uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Tarlah dives in and scores a takedown into Taylor's guard.
Taylor wants to stand but Tarlah is controlling the position.
Taylor looks winded!
Tarlah scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Tarlah postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Tarlah controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tarlah scoring with some ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tarlah is working Taylor over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Tarlah's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Tarlah pushes down on Taylor's leg and manages to get into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tarlah works his way into full mount!
Tarlah raining down hammerfists from mount.
Taylor has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
The referee warns Taylor that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Tarlah dominating with strikes here.

Taylor is rocked!
A nice elbow there by Tarlah.
Taylor is still in real trouble! Can Tarlah finish him?
Taylor takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Tarlah's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Balink Tarlah!
After winning the bout, Balink Tarlah thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.