PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Manny Tavares (ranked 914 p4p, 871 weight class) and Haitian Ginger (ranked 113 p4p, 104 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Manny Tavares has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Manny Tavares seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Tavares
vs
Ginger

183 cm
34
185
25 - 15 - 1

193 cm
30
185
16 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

NARCOS
Brooklyn Apothecary

30th Century Beer Store
Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Manny Tavares!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Haitian Ginger!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Frank Dennis and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tavares takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Ginger misses with a right hand
and Tavares counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Ginger thinking.
Tavares misses the jab.
Tavares lands with a hook. Ginger tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Tavares throws a leg kick which misses Ginger's front leg but catches the back leg as Ginger tries to avoid it.
Tavares lands a really nice looking cross but Ginger seems unphased.
Tavares is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

Ginger clinches up against the cage.
Ginger struggles to land a body shot inside as Tavares controls his hands.
Ginger lands a nice shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Good body shot from Tavares.
Ginger swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ginger misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ginger fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ginger tries to work over Tavares's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tavares tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tavares lands with a right to the head.
Tavares tries a body shot but Ginger blocks it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ginger.
Ginger tries a body shot but Tavares blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ginger tries a body shot but Tavares blocks it.

Tavares escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tavares throws a hook but Ginger blocks it.
Ginger tries to counter with a clinch but Tavares shakes him off and moves away.
Tavares is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ginger.
Tavares throws a hook to the side of Ginger's head but Ginger sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ginger staying out of range there.
Tavares looks to land a right hand but Ginger moved out of range.
Ginger moves out of range as Tavares throws a body kick.
Tavares looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Tavares looks to land a left hand but Ginger moved out of range nicely.
Ginger swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Ginger cracks Tavares with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Tavares takes a swing at Ginger's ribcage but misses.
Nice straight punches there by Ginger. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Ginger.
Tavares just misses with a punch to the body.

Tavares lands a left and a right that send Ginger crashing to the mat, dazed. Tavares thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

It looks like Haitian Ginger has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ginger throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tavares takes a jab right on the kisser.

It looks like Manny Tavares has been cut.
Tavares swings widly with a right hand
and Ginger counters with a good low kick that Tavares was not able to check.
Tavares misses with a hook
and Ginger counters with a nice uppercut.
and Ginger counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Tavares! He's just covering up as Ginger starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Haitian Ginger!
An out of breath Haitian Ginger thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.