PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Brad Tavares (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Caesar Big Money (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tavares has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Tavares
vs
Big Money

185 cm
25
194 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

185 cm
25
185 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Decent elbows
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Brad Tavares!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Caesar Big Money!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Dirk Anderson and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tavares wants to clinch
and Big Money counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Tavares takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Tavares is breathing heavily.

Big Money closes the distance and clinches.
Tavares swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tavares misses with some punches.
Tavares using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Tavares prevents the takedown attempt.
Tavares throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Big Money has had enough of the clinch but Tavares keeps him there for the moment.

Big Money breaks from the clinch.

Tavares gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Big Money to score an easy takedown into full guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Big Money gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Tavares tries to clinch but Big Money is having none of it.

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

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tavares misses with an elbow strike.
Big Money misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tavares.
Tavares throws a punch but it's blocked by Big Money.
Big Money is trying to break the clinch but Tavares is controlling him.

Big Money manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Big Money wants to stand but Tavares is controlling the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Big Money lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Tavares!
Big Money can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Tavares is looking to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Big Money lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Big Money working Tavares over with strikes here.
Big Money breaks from Tavares's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Tavares is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Big Money has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Tavares's face.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Big Money lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Tavares takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Big Money has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Big Money with a couple of short strikes.
Big Money raining down shots from the mount!
Tavares knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Big Money on the ground.
Big Money landing strikes, looking to finish!
Tavares on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Tavares tries to get out of the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Big Money tries to control but Tavares wriggling away.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Big Money lands with some strikes.

Big Money working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Tavares looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Big Money! Submission of the night perhaps?

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Caesar Big Money!