PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Willy Coffey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabriel Tablita (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Coffey
vs
Tablita

168 cm
25
138 lbs
5 - 7 - 0

173 cm
22
134 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Experienced

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Willy Coffey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Gabriel Tablita!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Winston Howard and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Tablita gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Tablita successfully pulls guard.

Coffey stands up and waves to Tablita to follow him.
Tablita throws a nice looking combination but Coffey bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Tablita catches Coffey with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Tablita looks to score with a jab to the body but Coffey is just out of range.
Tablita swats away the attempt to clinch by Coffey.
Coffey uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tablita.
Coffey tries to clinch but Tablita moves out of range.
Coffey is looking to clinch but Tablita is avoiding it.
Tablita connects with a good right hand that stumbles Coffey. Coffey circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Some wild striking there from Tablita.
Tablita misses with a wild body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Tablita pushes Coffey up against the cage in a clinch.

Tablita breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Tablita gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tablita prevents a body shot from Coffey.
Coffey tries to break the clinch but Tablita is controlling the position.
Tablita lands with a light punch inside.
Tablita avoids the elbow strike from Coffey, against the cage.
Coffey manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Tablita takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

Tablita breaks the clinch.
Coffey avoids a punch combination nicely.
Coffey tries to clinch there but Tablita circles away.
Gabriel Tablita seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tablita misses with a wild body shot.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Coffey.
Coffey wants to clinch up but Tablita keeps it at a distance.
Coffey wants to clinch.
Tablita fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

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

Coffey is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tablita misses with a hook.
Oh Coffey is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tablita throws a right and a left that both miss.
Coffey uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tablita.
Tablita thows a left - swing and a miss!
Coffey fails with a takedown attempt.
Tablita fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Coffey uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tablita.
Tablita throws a hook but Coffey avoids it easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Coffey looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tablita misses with a wild combination.
Coffey doesn't manage to clinch there - Tablita circles away.
Tablita misses with the combination.
Coffey ducks under a wild hook from Tablita.
Both fighters circle each other, looking for something big. Tablita moves in and throws an overhand right. That hurt Coffey! Tablita continues to tee off on Coffey, landing with a left and a right! Tablita connects with a right hand that leaves Coffey sleeping against the cage! What a finish by Tablita!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Gabriel Tablita!
Gabriel Tablita thanked the fans post fight for their support.