PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Teppi Tarinashi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sham Wowner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wowner has chosen Empire as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Tarinashi
vs
Wowner

186 cm
21
195 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

188 cm
21
194 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Fast

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Teppi Tarinashi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Sham Wowner!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Daniel Bishop and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Wowner shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Tarinashi is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Wowner tries to free his leg and advance position but Tarinashi is retaining full guard.
Wowner is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Wowner is looking to advance position but Tarinashi has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
A nice elbow there by Tarinashi.
Wowner takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Wowner is working to get back to half guard.
Tarinashi in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

Wowner is rocked!
Wowner is looking to get to half guard.
Tarinashi wants to control the pace but Wowner is squirming around nicely.
Wowner really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tarinashi lands a big shot there that rocks Wowner but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Wowner is still on wobbly legs! Can Tarinashi finish him?
Wowner is trying to escape the mount.
Wowner seems to have recovered his senses.
Tarinashi controlling his opponent.
Wowner is looking to get to half guard.
Tarinashi looking to control and managing it successfully.
BOOM! Tarinashi connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Tarinashi controlling from mount.
Tarinashi lands a nice shot to the head.
Wowner looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wowner slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Tarinashi passes to full mount!
Wowner manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Tarinashi controlling the pace.
Tarinashi working Wowner over with strikes.
Tarinashi landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Tarinashi scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Wowner wants to get back to his feet.
Tarinashi trying to mount his opponent but Wowner defends it.
Wowner wants to get back to full guard.
Tarinashi is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Wowner is trying to control but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wowner wants to sweep but Tarinashi has passed to side control!
You can see the frustration on Wowner's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Wowner is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Wowner closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Wowner tries to move to mount but Tarinashi blocks the move with his legs.

Wowner tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Wowner has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Wowner cracks Tarinashi with a big elbow.

Wowner tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Wowner landing a few strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tarinashi sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Wowner drops an elbow to the side of Tarinashi's head.
Tarinashi taking some punishment here, with Wowner in his half guard.
Wowner content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Tarinashi is controlling Wowner's position as best he can from this difficult position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tarinashi wants to get back to full guard.

Wowner is looking for a kimura here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tarinashi wants to control but Wowner is keeping busy and won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Teppi Tarinashi will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Wowner throws a series of punches but Tarinashi moves out of range.
Wowner fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Wowner is looking to clinch.
Wowner showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tarinashi.

Wowner looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Wowner working Tarinashi over with strikes.
Wowner is looking to advance position but Tarinashi won't allow it.

Wowner wants to work for an arm triangle but Tarinashi is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Wowner wants to get back to his feet.
Wowner is trying to control the action in half guard but Tarinashi is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Wowner is breathing heavily.

Wowner wants to work for an arm triangle but Tarinashi is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Wowner stops Tarinashi from getting back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tarinashi landing strikes from the bottom.
Wowner looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Tarinashi feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Tarinashi trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Wowner is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Wowner avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Tarinashi stopping the sweep attempt from Wowner.
Wowner is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Wowner is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Tarinashi doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Wowner.

Wowner is working for a kimura but Tarinashi is defending it quite comfortably.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tarinashi trying to control here.

Wowner is trying to work for a kimura but Tarinashi is defending well.
Tarinashi tries to get to full guard but Wowner has control of the leg.
Ground and pound from Wowner.
Wowner wants to take a breather but Tarinashi is having none of it.
Wowner wants to free his trapped foot but Tarinashi is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Wowner passes the guard and advances to mount!
Tarinashi is working to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wowner punishing his opponent with strikes.
Tarinashi tries to lock up and control but Wowner gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Sham Wowner has got the better of the ground game so far.
Wowner lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Wowner trying to control but Tarinashi is having none of it.
Tarinashi is trying to escape the mount.

Wowner get's back to his feet.
Wowner misses with the combination.

Wowner scores with a takedown into Tarinashi's guard.
Wowner won't allow Tarinashi to sweep him here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tarinashi scores with a short punch from the bottom.
Tarinashi tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Wowner wants to control from the top but Tarinashi keeps moving.
Wowner wants to stand but Tarinashi has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Wowner trying to control but Tarinashi is working from the bottom.
Wowner preventing the sweep.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Tarinashi misses with a takedown attempt - Wowner sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Tarinashi tries to clinch there but Wowner circles away.
Wowner is looking to clinch.
Decent striking displayed by Wowner there.
Wowner cracks Tarinashi with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

Wowner tries to keep at a distance but Tarinashi has taken the fight into the clinch.
Tarinashi prevents a takedown attempt there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sham Wowner showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Wowner checks a leg kick.
Tarinashi fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Wowner fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Wowner lands with a straight right. Tarinashi didn't see that one coming.
Tarinashi tries to clinch up.
Tarinashi will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
A left and a right from Wowner both land. Nice combination.

Tarinashi is rocked!

Tarinashi shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Oh Tarinashi is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wowner throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Tarinashi not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Tarinashi seems to have got his legs back now.

Tarinashi avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Tarinashi with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Tarinashi prevents Wowner from getting back to his feet.
Wowner looking to hit a scissor sweep but Tarinashi is one step ahead there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tarinashi won't allow Wowner to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tarinashi trying to control but Wowner is working from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Tarinashi stalks Wowner and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Wowner's face. Wowner staggers backwards, shaken.
Wowner clinches but Tarinashi breaks the clinch

and Tarinashi counters with a nice double leg into side control. Wowner won't be happy with that.
Wowner is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Tarinashi off and has taken his back!

Tarinashi won't enjoy being in this position. Wowner looking for the choke. Oh... he's slipped the arm under the neck - Tarinashi is tapping - it's over boys! Wowner picks up the submission victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:46 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Sham Wowner!