PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Natural Tahuti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kali FaYa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Natural Tahuti has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Tahuti
vs
FaYa

190 cm
25
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
18
208 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Natural Tahuti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Kali FaYa!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Santiago Holmes and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
FaYa misses with a double jab
and Tahuti counters with a body kick that stops FaYa in his tracks momentarily.

FaYa has taken the fight to the clinch.
FaYa tries to circle away but Tahuti has him pinned against the cage.
Tahuti is trying to break the clinch but FaYa has him pressed against the cage.
FaYa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
FaYa lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tahuti backwards.
FaYa looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
FaYa can't break the clinch.

Tahuti manages to break the clinch.
FaYa throws the left hand but Tahuti avoids the punch easily.
FaYa attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
FaYa throws a head kick that misses
and Tahuti makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. FaYa really felt that one!
Tahuti wants to clinch but FaYa slips to the side
and FaYa cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Tahuti, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
FaYa misses with a hook. Tahuti ducked under it nicely.
FaYa throws a lazy uppercut
and Tahuti counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. FaYa is lucky that one didn't land flush.
FaYa scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
FaYa swats away the attempt to clinch by Tahuti.
FaYa rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Tahuti counters with a left and a right that stings FaYa.
FaYa throws a leg kick
and Tahuti counters with a nice body kick.
FaYa throws a lazy head kick
and Tahuti counters with a thumping low kick.
FaYa tries to bum rush Tahuti with a series of wild strikes but Tahuti uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tahuti misses with the combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
FaYa looks to throw the jab but Tahuti is out of range.
Tahuti darts in looking for a takedown but FaYa gets double underhooks and turns Tahuti into the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for FaYa.
FaYa is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
FaYa's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Tahuti is trying to push FaYa away but FaYa has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Tahuti keeps the fight in the clinch, despite FaYa's efforts to push away.
FaYa is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Tahuti wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
FaYa tries to break the clinch but Tahuti is controlling the position.
FaYa misses with some punches.
FaYa is trying to force a seperation but Tahuti has the dominant position.
FaYa has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
FaYa lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Tahuti is working for takedown but FaYa is calmly controlling the position for now.
A head punch on the inside from FaYa fails to land.
FaYa lands a shoulder strike.
A head punch on the inside from FaYa fails to land.
FaYa lands a shoulder strike.
FaYa is trying to break free.

Tahuti breaks from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
FaYa misses with a hook
and Tahuti counters with a series of strikes. FaYa will be more careful next time no doubt.
Tahuti slips a straight right by FaYa.
FaYa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

FaYa shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
FaYa trying to control from Tahuti's half guard. Tahuti has other ideas though and has regained full guard.

Tahuti pushes a forearm under FaYa's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, FaYa is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Natural Tahuti!