PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Kid Torres (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brandon Tate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Torres might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Adagio For Strings. Tate has chosen Diamonds Aren't Forever as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Torres
vs
Tate

169 cm
22
149 lbs
11 - 5 - 1

182 cm
24
153 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent elbows
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent knees
Solid chin

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 11 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kid Torres!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brandon Tate!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Chris Downing and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Torres throws a leg kick that misses.
A nice inside leg kick there by Torres. That's going to slow Tate down.
Tate wants to clinch.
Torres connects with a good right hand that stumbles Tate. Tate circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Tate is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Torres keeps the fight on the outside.
Tate checks a low kick from Torres.
Tate on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Torres throws a nice outside leg kick.
Torres lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Torres throws a leg kick but Tate sees it coming and moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Torres swats away the attempt to clinch by Tate.
Torres tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Tate tries to close the distance and clinch but Torres swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tate is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Torres throws a push kick but Tate slaps the foot to one side.

Torres closes the distance and pushes Tate back into the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Torres missing with knees to the body.
Torres trying to land knees to the body.
Torres avoids the elbow strike from Tate, against the cage.
Torres on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Torres takes a knee to the side of the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Torres just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tate's brow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Nice elbow from Tate.
Tate avoiding damage as Torres throws knees to the body.
Tate leaning against his opponent.
Tate lands an elbow inside that Torres shrugs off.
Torres creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Torres with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tate with a knee to the head.
Tate lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Tate is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Tate wants to stall.
Torres throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tate blocks it with crossed arms.
Torres tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tate avoids it.
Tate blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tate misses with a knee to the head.
Torres with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Torres misses with a knee to the head.
A bit of stalling here from Tate.
Torres with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tate tries a knee to the head but Torres blocks it.
Tate lands a damaging elbow.
Torres lands a knee to the head.
Tate avoiding damage as Torres throws knees to the body.
Tate on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Torres dodges an elbow strike from Tate.
Tate comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torres is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tate is defending well for now.
Torres is breathing heavily.
Tate will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Torres up against the cage.
Torres misses with a knee to the head.
Tate throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Torres connects with a nasty looking knee right to Tate's face.
Torres misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tate.
Torres is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Tate throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Tate unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Torres tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Tate smiles and moves away.
Tate tries to clinch up
and Torres counters with a one-two to the body.
Torres darts in trying to clinch

and Tate holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tate avoiding damage as Torres throws knees to the body.
Torres throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tate blocks it with crossed arms.
Tate taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Tate looking to stall.
Torres tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tate leaning his opponent against the cage.
Tate receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Torres using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tate has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tate on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Torres misses with a knee strike.
Torres tries a knee to the head but Tate blocks it.
The is referee keeping an eye on Tate - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Tate lands an elbow just above Torres 's eye.
Torres dodges an elbow strike from Tate.
Tate stalling against the cage.
The crowd are getting on Tate's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Brandon Tate.
A head kick by Torres misses

and Tate holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kid Torres dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Torres closes the distance but Tate moves to the side

and Tate moves into the clinch.
Torres is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tate is defending well for now.
Tate is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Torres landing knees to the head.
Tate throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Torres lands a nice knee to the body.
Tate creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Torres's defenses.
Torres trying to land knees to the body.
Tate trying to control the position but instead, Torres has worked for underhooks and has pushed Tate into the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Tate takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Torres tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tate stalling in the clinch.
Torres takes an elbow to the temple.
Tate gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Torres tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tate avoids it.
Torres tries to stall but Tate uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Torres is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tate is defending well for now.
Torres is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tate is defending well for now.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Torres throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tate tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tate throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Tate gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Torres tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tate avoids it.
Torres avoiding damage as Tate throws knees to the body.
The is referee keeping an eye on Tate - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Torres pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Torres tries to land a knee to the head but Tate blocks with his arms.
Torres is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tate is defending well for now.
Tate displaying some good clinch control by pressing Torres up against the cage.
Torres landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Torres trying to land knees to the body.
Torres blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Torres misses with a knee to the head.
Torres looking to throw knees to the head but Tate is blocking nicely.
Tate comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Torres is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tate is defending well for now.
Torres tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tate avoids it.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Tate dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Torres's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Torres takes an elbow to the temple.
Tate lands an elbow inside that Torres shrugs off.
Torres misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tate.
Torres is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tate is defending well for now.
Tate scores with a knee to the head.
Tate lands a damaging elbow.
Torres throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tate lands an elbow just above Torres 's eye.
Tate gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Tate has Torres pushed against the cage.
Tate comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Tate with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tate stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Tate managing to block the knees to the body from Torres.
Tate using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kid Torres has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Tate slows down the pace here.
Torres blocks an elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torres blocks a body shot from Tate.
Tate tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Torres takes a shot to the head.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Torres as Tate tries to tie him up.
Tate lands an elbow that stopped Torres in his tracks for a moment.
Torres tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tate avoids it.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Torres lands a nice knee to the body.
Torres tries to land knees in the clinch but Tate avoids the damage to the body.
Tate trying to control the position but instead, Torres has worked for underhooks and has pushed Tate into the cage.
Tate creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Torres's defenses.
Tate is looking to control Torres's arms but Torres gets an underhook and turns him. Now Tate has his back to the cage.
Torres tries to land knees in the clinch but Tate avoids the damage to the body.
Torres missing with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Tate on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Tate.
Torres tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tate avoids it.
Tate creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Tate is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Torres is defending well for now.
Tate managing to block the knees to the body from Torres.
A short right from Tate on the inside.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Tate misses with an elbow over the top.
Torres blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Torres misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tate.
Tate avoiding damage as Torres throws knees to the body.
Tate wants to stall.
Tate has Torres pushed against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Brandon Tate.
Tate tries to close the distance and clinch but Torres swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Kid Torres will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Torres closes the distance but Tate moves to the side

and Tate counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Tate throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Torres throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Torres tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tate avoids it.
Tate stalling in the clinch but Torres improves position.
Torres throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Torres misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tate.
Tate effectively controlling the action here.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Tate as Torres tries to tie him up.
Tate throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Tate crunches a lovely knee into Torres's ribcage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Torres putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Tate in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Torres unloads a knee to the mid-section. Tate lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Torres landing knees to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Torres is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tate is defending well for now.
Torres tries to land knees in the clinch but Tate avoids the damage to the body.
Tate content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Torres crunches a lovely knee into Tate's ribcage.
Torres with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Torres lands a damaging elbow.
Torres landing knees to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Torres missing with knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Tate just misses with a elbow thrown towards Torres's brow.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Torres tries a knee to the head but Tate blocks it.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Tate takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Tate lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Torres tries to land a knee to the head but Tate blocks with his arms.
Tate pressing his opponent against the cage.
Tate blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tate lands a damaging elbow.
Torres with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tate taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Tate misses with some punches.
Torres trying to land knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Tate lands an elbow just above Torres 's eye.
Tate creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Tate lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Tate displaying some good clinch control by pressing Torres up against the cage.
Tate managing to block the knees to the body from Torres.
Tate blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tate has Torres pushed against the cage.
Torres tries to land knees in the clinch but Tate avoids the damage to the body.
Tate landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Tate is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Brandon Tate.
Tate darts in trying to clinch
and Torres counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Tate is lucky that one didn't land flush.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tate moves in looking to clinch but Torres pushes him off.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Torres!
Torres swats away the attempt to clinch by Tate.
Tate wants to clinch but Torres slips to the side
and Torres counters with a low kick, right behind Tate 's knee.
Tate tries to clinch up
and Torres counters with a slapping leg kick.
Tate tries to clinch

and Torres counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Torres.
Kid Torres is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tate tries a knee to the head but Torres blocks it.
Torres scores with a knee to the head.
Tate lands an elbow inside that Torres shrugs off.
Tate is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Tate misses with an elbow strike.
Torres takes a knee right on the jaw!
Brandon Tate has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tate tries to stall but Torres uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Torres misses with a knee to the head.
Torres takes an elbow to the forehead.
Torres misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tate.
Tate misses with an elbow strike.
Tate avoiding damage.
Tate is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Torres is defending well for now.
Tate is trying to stall.
Tate creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kid Torres showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Torres has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kid Torres!