PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Billy Rae Tater (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Colt Bragg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tater comes to the cage accompanied by Turtle Fence - Auto-Tune the News. Bragg has chosen My My Misfire - The Sinatra as his entrance music. Billy Rae Tater has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Rae Tater
vs
Bragg

193 cm
25
286 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

191 cm
24
270 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Billy Rae Tater!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Colt Bragg!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tater lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

It looks like Colt Bragg has been cut.
Tater misses the shot to the body.
Tater throws a nice looking combination but Bragg bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Tater bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Bragg's head.
Tater throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tater connects with a body shot.
Bragg misses with a looping left.
Tater is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bragg.
Tater keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tater misses with a few strikes there.
Tater takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Tater throws a right hand that Bragg ducks under and follows up with a left that Bragg also avoids with ease.
A big right from Bragg misses.
Bragg lands with a right hand.
Tater connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Bragg's hands.
Tater connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tater misses with a double jab.
A left and a right from Tater both land. Nice combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tater throws a series of punches but Bragg moves out of range.
Bragg fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tater manages to avoid it.
Tater throws a hook but Bragg blocks it.
A jab from Tater misses.
Tater misses with a looping right.
Tater connects with the punch.
Tater works the jab nicely.
Bragg slips under a jab from Tater.
Bragg misses the shot to the body.
Tater throws a hook to the side of Bragg's head but Bragg sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tater thows a body shot but no joy.

Bragg scores with a takedown into Tater's guard.
Tater bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Bragg's guard.
Tater wants to pass the guard but Bragg is keeping the position.
Tater controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tater trying to control the position from guard on top but Bragg is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bragg looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Bragg seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tater trying to control the position from guard on top but Bragg is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tater throws a big right hand that misses.
Bragg looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bragg manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Tater manages to get himself to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tater not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Bragg postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Bragg missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Tater is on top in guard.
Bragg is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Tater is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Tater won't allow Bragg to sweep him here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tater postures up.
Bragg wants to sweep but no luck.
Tater wants to stand but Bragg has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Bragg doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Bragg just misses with a punch to the body.
Bragg throws a body punch but Tater moves out of range.
Tater keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tater scores with a decent looking hook.
Tater is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bragg.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bragg avoids the body shot from Tater.
Bragg ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tater moves away.
Tater moves away from the strike by Bragg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Billy Rae Tater dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Colt Bragg's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Tater works the jab nicely.
A slow jab from Tater misses its intended target.
Tater looks to throw the jab but Bragg is out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bragg. Tater does a little dance to reset his feet.
The fighters circle momentarily. Tater darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Bragg walks into a jab.
Tater cracks Bragg with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Tater jabs at Bragg's body.
Tater swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bragg tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tater was well out of range. Poor timing from Bragg.
Tater avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tater scores with a body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A looping hook to the body misses from Bragg. Tater does a little dance to reset his feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tater. Bragg does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bragg throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bragg tests Tater's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Tater throws a right and a left that Bragg avoids nicely.
Danga de danga de dang - Tater scores with a four punch combination!
Tater looks to score with a jab to the body but Bragg is just out of range.
Bragg walks into a left hand.
Tater uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bragg.
Tater throws a looping overhand right but Bragg ducks down to avoid it.
Tater fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Tater misses with a double jab.
Tater keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tater steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bragg.
Tater throws a predictable looking body shot
and Bragg cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tater ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tater misses with a double jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bragg misses with a body shot
and Bragg takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Tater slips under a jab.
Tater throws a lazy right hand but Bragg sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Billy Rae Tater is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tater swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Bragg counters with a right hand to the body.
Bragg throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Tater throws a sloppy body shot
and Bragg counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bragg throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tater misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bragg.
Bragg connects with a body shot.
Tater lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Tater.
Tater ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bragg moves away.
A jab lands there for Bragg.
Bragg misses the shot to the body.
Bragg lands a glancing blow to the side of Tater's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bragg shoots for a double leg takedown but Tater sprawls well. He's pushed Bragg's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Tater misses with a wild body shot.
Tater chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Tater lands with a nice body punch.
Bragg is breathing heavily.
Tater thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tater lands a right hook to the body.
The fighters circling - Tater throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Billy Rae Tater is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tater looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bragg throws a jab when Tater was well out of range.
Tater lands a head shot.
Tater stuns Bragg with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Tater moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
A combination from Bragg does no damage.
Bragg checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tater throws a nice looking combination but Bragg bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Tater misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bragg.
Tater takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tater ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Tater throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bragg sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tater misses with a combination

and Bragg counters with a takedown into side control.
Tater gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Bragg winds up and cracks Tater with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bragg blocks the strikes from Tater.
Tater keeping hold of Bragg's head, controlling as best he can.
Bragg trying to control the action but Tater is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Billy Rae Tater dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Colt Bragg's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Tater fails to land with a series of punches.
Bragg takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Bragg lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Tater at a distance.
Tater throws a hook but Bragg blocks it.
Bragg takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Tater throws a combination that misses
and Bragg counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Bragg closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Tater did well to prevent Bragg getting side control.
Tater avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Bragg.
Bragg not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Bragg working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Bragg landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Tater gets full guard.
Bragg takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bragg preventing the sweep.
Tater preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bragg stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Tater swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Bragg loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Bragg throwing strikes from guard but Tater blocks nicely.
Tater is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Tater is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
The fighters circling - Tater throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bragg. Tater does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tater uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bragg.
Bragg slips under a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Tater connects with a looping right hand.
A jab from Tater misses.
Billy Rae Tater seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tater misses with a wild body shot.
Bragg bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tater cracks Bragg with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Bragg swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bragg ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Tater misses with a body shot
and Bragg counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Bragg connects with a good right hand that stumbles Tater. Tater circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Tater scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Bragg thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tater throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tater throws a shot from downtown. Bragg moves away and avoids it.
Tater keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bragg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tater swings away with a body shot that misses
and Bragg counters with a right hand to the body.
Tater swings for the body but Bragg moves out of range.
Tater throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

so Bragg counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Bragg makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Bragg landing with the ground and pound.
Tater has Bragg pulled in close to control his posture.
Bragg throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Bragg trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Bragg is looking to work some ground and pound but Tater has wrist control.
Tater trying to control the position.
Bragg throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Tater works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Bragg preventing the sweep.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bragg is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Tater waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bragg.
Tater thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tater defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Bragg.
Tater throws a right hand that Bragg ducks under and follows up with a left that Bragg also avoids with ease.
Tater throws a body punch but Bragg moves out of range.
Bragg fails with the takedown
enabling Tater to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tater takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Tater takes a swing at Bragg's ribcage but misses.
Tater swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tater misses with a series of wild punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Colt Bragg really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Colt Bragg's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Bragg ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tater moves away.
Tater swings and misses with a shot to the body

and Bragg counters with a takedown into side control.
Tater is looking for a sweep.
Tater is trying to control Bragg's posture but Bragg avoids it.
Bragg lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Bragg landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
The ground and pound from Bragg seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Bragg is chipping away with strikes.
Tater gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Tater is in all sorts of trouble here.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Tater tries to lock up and control but Bragg gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bragg lands a big elbow.
Bragg with good strikes from the mount here!
Tater taking shots to the head.
Tater keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Bragg raining down shots from the mount!
Bragg is landing with some decent strikes but Tater is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Tater tries to lock up and control but Bragg gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Bragg lands a nice shot to the head.
Bragg is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Tater can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
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!
Bragg landing punches.
Tater tries to hold on but Bragg pushes him away.
Bragg connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bragg lands with some strikes.
Bragg landing shots from mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Bragg cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Tater is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Bragg looking to control but Tater is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Bragg dominating with strikes here.
Bragg cracks Tater with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Bragg with the ground and pound from mount.
Bragg avoids the attempt from Tater to control.
Bragg lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Bragg avoids the attempt from Tater to control.
Bragg working Tater over with strikes here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bragg scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Tater?
Bragg working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Bragg is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Bragg lands a big elbow.
Tater tries to hold on but Bragg postures up.
Bragg prevents Tater from getting the reversal.
Bragg landing strikes from the mount.
Bragg scoring with strikes but Tater is staying in there.
Tater wants to hold on but Bragg pushes him away.
Bragg with a couple of short strikes.
Bragg dominating with strikes here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bragg working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Bragg connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Bragg lands a big elbow.
Tater really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Bragg avoids the attempt from Tater to control.
Colt Bragg has got the better of the ground game so far.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bragg landing strikes from the mount and Tater is in trouble!
Bragg landing shots from mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tater is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Colt Bragg dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Colt Bragg's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Bragg listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Some wild striking there from Tater.
The fighters circling - Bragg throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nice defenses there by Bragg.
Bragg missing with a left hand there. Tater was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tater throws a left and a right that both miss
and Bragg counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Tater connects with a body shot.
Bragg fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Billy Rae Tater is winning the standup battle so far.
Left hook, right uppercut from Tater.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Tater lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bragg circles away quickly and effectively.

Bragg shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Tater keeping hold of Bragg's head, controlling as best he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bragg tries to pass to full mount but Tater defends it.
Bragg winds up and cracks Tater with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Bragg wants to take a breather but Tater is having none of it.
Tater wants to improve his position but Bragg is controlling well.
Tater is trying to maintain the position but Bragg is very close to passing his half guard.
Nice strikes from Bragg there.
Bragg passes into side control, despite Tater's attempt to control the position.
Tater isn't going anywhere.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bragg working the body and head with strikes.
Bragg wants to control but Tater is keeping him busy.
Bragg misses with the ground and pound.
Bragg is looking to take a break and control but Tater is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Bragg landing strikes.
Tater sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Bragg looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Tater gets back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bragg with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Bragg distracts Tater with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Tater pulls Bragg in close to his closed guard and prevents Bragg from doing any damage or advancing position.
Bragg lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Bragg trying to control the position from guard on top but Tater is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bragg won't allow Tater to sweep him here.
Tater keeping moving, preventing Bragg from controlling successfully.
Bragg won't allow Tater to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Tater has momentary wrist control but Bragg slips an elbow through the middle.
Tater trying to control the position.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Bragg tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tater was well out of range. Poor timing from Bragg.
Bragg tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tater was well out of range. Poor timing from Bragg.
Tater throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bragg.
Bragg pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tater loads up on a big right hand but Bragg slips the punch.
Tater blocks a jab.

Bragg scores a takedown into full mount!
Bragg in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Tater tries to lock up and control but Bragg gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Tater is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Bragg is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

And that's the end of the fight!
Colt Bragg comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Bragg has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 46:48
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 46:48
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 46:48

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Colt Bragg!
Colt Bragg is the new heavyweight champion!