PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bob Tassles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eliseo Seterra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Seterra has chosen My TIme Is Now as his entrance music. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Tassles
vs
Seterra

179 cm
18
149 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

170 cm
22
155 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Alpha-Male Nutritional Supplements (q160)

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bob Tassles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Eliseo Seterra!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, John Kavanagh and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tassles lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Seterra circles away quickly and effectively.
Seterra throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Tassles stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Seterra tries to bum rush Tassles with a series of wild strikes but Tassles uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tassles throws a combination that misses

and Seterra moves into the clinch.
Seterra lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Tassles is working for takedown but Seterra is calmly controlling the position for now.

Seterra breaks from the clinch.
Tassles shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Seterra pinned against the cage. Seterra gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Tassles lands a nice hook to Seterra's body. Seterra takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Seterra lands a nice hook to Tassles's body. Tassles takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

Oooooh!!! Seterra has knocked Tassles down with a huge combo! Seterra steps away and waves a wobbly Tassles back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Tassles is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tassles scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Oh Tassles is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Seterra stuffs the takedown attempt from Tassles. Tassles gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bob Tassles. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tassles tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Seterra swivels and escapes.
Tassles misses with a few strikes there.
Tassles seems to have got his legs back now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tassles misses with a two punch combination.
Tassles doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

Tassles drives through with a takedown into Seterra's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

Seterra is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Seterra is trying to push Tassles away but Tassles has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Tassles is trying to drag Seterra to the mat but Seterra just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Tassles has Seterra pressed against the cage, preventing Seterra from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Seterra lands with a light punch inside.
Seterra lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Seterra gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Tassles.
Tassles has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Seterra is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seterra gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Tassles.

Seterra breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Seterra stuffs the takedown.
Seterra fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Seterra fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Tassles looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Tassles throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Seterra counters with a right hand to the body.
Tassles is breathing heavily.
Seterra misses with a jab, cross combination.
A punch combination from Seterra misses.
Tassles lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Tassles shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Seterra as he avoids it easily.
Seterra misses with a wild combination.
Bob Tassles seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Tassles.

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

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tassles looks to land a right hand but Seterra moved out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Tassles. Those never looked like landing.

Seterra cracks Tassles with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Seterra has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Tassles to stand back up!
Seterra is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Tassles rather than just go for the knockout.
Tassles finds himself stumbling back on wobbly legs after being clipped by a right hand. He's up against the cage, ducking and weaving under Seterra's strikes but an uppercut finds it's way through and Tassles falls! - He's completely out of it and the ref jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eliseo Seterra!
An intense looking Eliseo Seterra took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'Wazzup New York?!!!! I'm a new kid here. Thank you for the welcome. Feed me more! Thank you guys!'.