PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rikki Tavi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Romulo Barral (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tavi's entrance music is Judas Priest - You've Got Another Thing Coming. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Tavi
vs
Barral

186 cm
21
205 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

190 cm
22
216 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Experienced

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rikki Tavi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Romulo Barral!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Taro Takaoka and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Barral shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Barral was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Tavi avoids a series of strikes thrown by Barral.

Tavi defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Barral.
Barral thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Barral throwing strikes here but Tavi is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Tavi knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Barral on the ground.
Barral misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Barral misses with some ground and pound and Tavi recovers position to half guard.
Barral seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barral trying to pass the guard but Tavi defending well.
Barral is stalling here. Tavi is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Barral seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Tavi has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Barral manages to work his way to half guard, despite Tavi's best efforts.
Barral is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Tavi looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Barral wants to improve his position but Tavi is controlling well.
The fighters are battling for position here. Barral manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

Barral is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Tavi defends well.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Tavi is looking to advance position but Barral has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Tavi wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Barral.
Barral thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barral tries to control but Tavi wriggling away.
Tavi on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Tavi tries to get out of the position.
Poor strikes thrown by Barral there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Tavi blocking the ground and pound.
Barral wants to control the pace but Tavi is squirming around nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Tavi is desperately trying to improve his position but Barral has a good base and remains in mount.
Barral misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Barral looking to ground and pound but Tavi is blocking nicely.
Barral misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Barral throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Tavi avoids a series of strikes thrown by Barral.
Barral thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Barral tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Barral trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Tavi holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Barral tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.

Barral moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Tavi has worked his arm free - good work by Tavi!
Tavi avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Barral.

That's six 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.
Barral throws an elbow but Tavi slips to the side and avoids it well.
Barral sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Tavi is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Barral has knee on belly momentarily but Tavi bucks him off and regains half guard.

Barral is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Barral working the head and body with strikes.
Barral wants to lay and pray for a moment but Tavi keeps working.
Barral throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Tavi is trying to control but Barral manages to pass to mount!
BOOM! Barral connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Barral looking to finish with strikes here!
Tavi is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Tavi avoids a series of strikes thrown by Barral.

Barral is working for a guillotine from mount but Tavi frees his head quite easily.
Barral trying to control but Tavi is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Barral throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Tavi because Barral loaded up on that one.
Barral looking to finish with strikes here!
Barral has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Barral lands with some strikes.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Barral sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Barral lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Romulo Barral dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Barral swats away the attempt to clinch by Tavi.

It looks like Rikki Tavi has been cut.
Barral throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tavi throws a sloppy body shot
and Barral counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Tavi misses with a hook. Barral ducked under it nicely.
Tavi throws a one two combo.
Tavi falls off balance throwing a combination

and Barral counters with a shoot takedown. Tavi fights it but they end up in guard.
Barral trying to control but Tavi is working from the bottom.
Barral is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Tavi can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Barral controls the pace.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barral pushing down on Tavi's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Barral trying to control the action but Tavi is working from the bottom.
Tavi won't allow Barral to pass to mount.
Barral throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Barral passes to full mount!

Tavi is flailing around, obviously not happy about being mounted. Barral locks hold of one of his arms and spins for an armbar. He's got it! Tavi is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Romulo Barral!