PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Frank The Lie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and tupac shakur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

The Lie
vs
shakur

185 cm
18
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
191 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Frank The Lie !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, tupac shakur!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Steve Montenegro and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
shakur looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? The Lie is fending him off so far but shakur persists. Nope, The Lie circles away and we're back to standing.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from shakur.
A punch combination from The Lie misses.
shakur closes the distance and clinches up with The Lie , looking for a takedown. shakur pushes The Lie against the cage but The Lie circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Frank The Lie has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of tupac shakur.
A head kick misses from The Lie .
shakur looks for a takedown but The Lie sprawls well.
The Lie moves in looking to clinch but shakur pushes him off.
The Lie ducks down and throws a hook to the body but shakur moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Lie throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
shakur shoots for a double leg takedown but The Lie sprawls well. He's pushed shakur's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
The Lie throws a head kick but shakur moves out of range.
The Lie tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Lie throws a right and a left that shakur avoids nicely.
The Lie throws a sloppy head kick and shakur moves out of range easily.
The Lie feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to shakur's calf.
The Lie stuffs the takedown.
shakur avoids the head kick by The Lie .

shakur changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. The Lie looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
The Lie tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but shakur wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
The Lie manages to get back to half guard.
The Lie works his way to full guard. Good work.
The Lie is breathing heavily.
The Lie wants to improve his position but instead shakur has moved into half guard.
shakur is keen to just control but The Lie is a slippery customer.
shakur with the ground and pound but The Lie uses the opportunity to regain guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The Lie looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

The Lie had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. shakur is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. The Lie Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take shakur's back instead.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
shakur turns into The Lie and is now in his guard.
shakur wants to control from the top but The Lie keeps moving.
shakur might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control The Lie kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
shakur passes The Lie 's left leg - he's now in half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Lie wants to get back to full guard.

shakur is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
The Lie wants to control but shakur is keeping busy.
shakur is keen to just control but The Lie is a slippery customer.
The Lie wants to improve his position but shakur is controlling well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
shakur passes to side control.
The Lie is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
shakur advances to full mount.

shakur goes for an armbar but The Lie turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from The Lie .

The Lie drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but shakur manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now The Lie has shakur in his guard.
The Lie is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but tupac shakur will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

shakur throws a low kick, looking for The Lie 's leg but The Lie calmly moves out of range.
shakur showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from The Lie .
The Lie has his takedown stuffed

and shakur counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for The Lie !

shakur is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. The Lie can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
shakur trying to control but he's not successful this time.

shakur looking for a guillotine from mount but The Lie is having none of it.
shakur landing strikes from the mount.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Lie keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The Lie gets back to half guard.
The Lie is looking to improve his position.
The Lie is trying to control but can't.
shakur is nestled in close to The Lie , controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

shakur seems to be working for a kimura but The Lie defends the submission attempt.
shakur takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Lie is not content to let shakur control the position.
shakur working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on The Lie 's thigh. The Lie counters though and makes it back to full guard.
The Lie utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
shakur trying to control the position from guard on top but The Lie is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

shakur is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! The Lie is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! The Lie has escaped and now he's on top!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
shakur is trying to control the position but The Lie postures up.
shakur wants to control but The Lie passes easily into half guard.
The Lie uses his free foot to push down on shakur's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for shakur.
shakur is in all sorts of trouble here.
The Lie avoids the attempt from shakur to control.

The Lie looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
The Lie is trying to take his opponent's back.
shakur tries to hold on but The Lie postures up.
The Lie sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The Lie trying to control but he's not successful this time.
shakur wants to hold on but The Lie pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

tupac shakur showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

shakur closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
shakur wants to lay and pray for a moment but The Lie keeps working.

Despite being in the dominant position, tupac shakur just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
shakur fails to land the takedown.

The Lie moves into range and clinches up with shakur.
The Lie tries for a takedown but shakur manages to get underhooks.

shakur pulls guard.
shakur is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst The Lie is controlling him.

The Lie stands up from guard. Let's bang!
The Lie throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Lie misses with a combination

and shakur counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
shakur trying to control the position from guard on top but The Lie is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The Lie is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
tupac shakur has got the better of the ground game so far.
The Lie working a defensive guard here.

The Lie looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
The Lie is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
shakur passes into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Lie is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
shakur moves nicely into side control.

shakur tries for a kimura but The Lie is defending well.

shakur tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
shakur is looking to take a break and control but The Lie is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Lie tries to escape but shakur is in control.
The Lie takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.

shakur stands up and we're back to a striking position.
The Lie misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from shakur.
shakur takes a jab right on the kisser.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

shakur drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
The Lie wants to sweep here but shakur controlling him for the moment.
shakur showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
The Lie is trying to control the position from the bottom.

The Lie pushes shakur off and scrambles back to his feet.
Frank The Lie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

shakur gets a takedown into half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
tupac shakur comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got shakur winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 28:30
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... tupac shakur!