PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chris Tamburello (ranked 1578 p4p, 1635 weight class) and Solomon Pruitt (ranked 179 p4p, 186 weight class). Tamburello's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Going Out of Style - Dropkick Murphys. The crowd seem to be enjoying Pruitt's choice of entrance music: Singularity - By: DL Incognito. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Tamburello
vs
Pruitt

192 cm
27
255
9 - 12 - 0

194 cm
30
280
10 - 5 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Chris Tamburello!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Solomon Pruitt!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Ren Mimura and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tamburello swings for the body but Pruitt moves out of range.
Tamburello lands with a nice body punch.
Pruitt misses the jab.
Pruitt misses with a straight left.
Tamburello just misses with a punch to the body.
Tamburello shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Pruitt throws a nice inside leg kick.
Tamburello misses the shot to the body.
Tamburello closes this distance looking for a takedown but Pruitt circles away.

Tamburello clinches up against the cage.
Pruitt pushes off an throws an elbow but Tamburello leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Tamburello scores with a nice short uppercut.
Pruitt wants to break the clinch but can't.
Still in the clinch, Tamburello scores with a nice short uppercut.
Tamburello lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Tamburello has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Pruitt is trying to break the clinch but Tamburello is controlling him.
Tamburello throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Pruitt goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tamburello keeps control of Pruitt as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Tamburello goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tamburello misses with a body punch.
Tamburello tries to throw a body punch but Pruitt avoids it by throwing Tamburello back against the cage.
Tamburello swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tamburello tries a body shot but Pruitt blocks it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Tamburello.
Tamburello lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Pruitt misses with a punch on the inside.
Pruitt tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tamburello lands with a left to the head.
Tamburello lands a nice uppercut.
Tamburello misses with a body punch.
Tamburello tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pruitt's elbow.
Tamburello lands an uppercut.
Pruitt throws an elbow but it misses.
Tamburello lands a left hand that snaps the head of Pruitt backwards.
Tamburello goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pruitt blocks a body shot from Tamburello.
Pruitt creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tamburello lands a right hand that snaps the head of Pruitt backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Pruitt escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tamburello wants to clinch up but Pruitt keeps it at a distance.
Tamburello jabs Pruitt to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Tamburello misses the shot to the body.
Tamburello scores with a hook to the body. Pruitt takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Pruitt misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pruitt misses with a low kick as Tamburello jumps back.
Tamburello misses the shot to the body.
Pruitt swats away the attempt to clinch by Tamburello.
Tamburello dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Pruitt fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Tamburello is out of range.
Pruitt takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Pruitt fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Pruitt avoids the body shot from Tamburello.
Tamburello throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Solomon Pruitt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A lazy left from Tamburello finds it's target.

It looks like Solomon Pruitt has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tamburello changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Solomon Pruitt is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tamburello throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tamburello checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Pruitt lands a jab to Tamburello's midsection.
Tamburello misses with a double jab.
Tamburello swings for the body but Pruitt moves out of range.
Pruitt ducks under a wild hook from Tamburello.
Tamburello swings for the body but Pruitt moves out of range.
Tamburello is looking to wear down Pruitt with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Tamburello jabs at Pruitt's body.
Tamburello feints a jab promting Pruitt to slip. Tamburello then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Pruitt slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Pruitt tries to score with a low kick but Tamburello moves his leg out of the way.
It looked like Tamburello was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Pruitt.

Tamburello forces Pruitt back against the cage and clinches.
Pruitt wants to get back to striking at distance but Tamburello won't allow it.
Pruitt blocks an uppercut.
A frustrated look appears on Pruitt's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Tamburello misses with a hook to the ribs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tamburello lands a shot to the body.
Tamburello tries a body shot but Pruitt blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pruitt lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pruitt misses with the head strike.
Tamburello lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short right from Tamburello on the inside.
Pruitt scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A shot in the inside from Tamburello.
Tamburello is leaning against Pruitt and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Pruitt throws an elbow but misses.
Tamburello leaning against his opponent.
Tamburello tries to work over Pruitt's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pruitt throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Tamburello lands with a light punch inside.
Tamburello digs a right hand underneath Pruitt's ribcage. Pruitt let out a lung full of air as it connected.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tamburello is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Pruitt gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Pruitt can't break the clinch.
Good body shot from Tamburello.
Tamburello lands a nice shot to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Chris Tamburello dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Solomon Pruitt's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Tamburello looks to score with a jab to the body but Pruitt is just out of range.
Pruitt stuffs the takedown.
Tamburello fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tamburello connects with a body shot that sends Pruitt's belly button to the back.
Pruitt throws a leg kick that misses.
Tamburello connects with a nice looking jab.
Good exchange - Pruitt coming out on top.
Tamburello looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Tamburello ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pruitt moves away.
Tamburello fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A head kick misses from Pruitt.
Pruitt wants to land a leg kick but Tamburello is out of range.
Tamburello rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pruitt moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tamburello moves away from the strike by Pruitt.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Tamburello here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Pruitt takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Tamburello throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pruitt sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Pruitt misses with a looping left.
Pruitt looks to throw the jab but Tamburello is out of range.

Tamburello fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Pruitt, pushing him back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pruitt gets underhooks to prevent Tamburello's takedown attempt.
Tamburello pushes Pruitt back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tamburello lands a nice shot to the body.
Tamburello tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pruitt's elbow.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tamburello.

Pruitt's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tamburello throws out a loose jab but Pruitt uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tamburello shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chris Tamburello. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tamburello tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pruitt was well out of range. Poor timing from Tamburello.
Tamburello misses the jab.
Tamburello staying out of range there.
Tamburello misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pruitt.
Tamburello lands with a shot to the body.
Pruitt tries a head kick but it misses.

Pruitt gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Tamburello to score an easy takedown into full guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tamburello passes easily into side control. Nice work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tamburello working the head with strikes.
Tamburello scoring with punches and elbows.
Tamburello grinds an elbow into Pruitt's temple.
Tamburello fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Pruitt seems a little lost for a moment, as Tamburello dominates the positioning.
Pruitt is looking for a sweep.
Tamburello cracks Pruitt with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Pruitt struggling a bit here.
Tamburello cracks Pruitt with a big elbow.
Tamburello in side control, throwing shots but Pruitt defends.
Tamburello scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Pruitt to see if he's OK.
Tamburello has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pruitt taking a bit of punishment here - Tamburello scoring with strikes.
An elbow from Tamburello crashes against the mat.
Tamburello landing a few strikes.
Tamburello is putting a hurting on Pruitt here, landing some big shots from side control.
Pruitt struggling a bit here.
Pruitt is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Tamburello is working Pruitt over with some ground and pound from side control.
Tamburello working the ground and pound.
Tamburello scores with a couple of short elbows.
Pruitt is looking for a sweep.
Tamburello cracks Pruitt with a big elbow. Oh, he's hurt! Tamburello immediately mounts and start dropping bombs! Pruitt is done! The referee jumps in and saves him from any more punishment - a quick and decisive finish by Tamburello!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chris Tamburello!