PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Logan Bradley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nik Tamere (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nik Tamere has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Bradley
vs
Tamere

200 cm
22
205 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

205 cm
21
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Very confident

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Logan Bradley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nik Tamere!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Illya Tyunina and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bradley changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Tamere looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Tamere wants to get back to his feet but Bradley drags him back down.
Tamere wants to get back to his feet but Bradley is dominant here and he's now got Tamere's back!
Tamere is trying to stand up.
Tamere can't escape the position.
Tamere is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bradley postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Tamere looks a forlorn figure.
Tamere in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Bradley postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Tamere looks a forlorn figure.
Tamere is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Tamere is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Tamere looks gassed!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bradley is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Tamere is surviving well by controlling Bradley's body position as best he can.
Bradley takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Tamere is trying desperately to improve position.
Tamere is trying to stand.

Bradley moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Tamere has worked his arm free - good work by Tamere!

Bradley decides to stand up, so the ref orders Tamere to his feet.

Tamere rushes Bradley and presses him up against the cage.
Bradley is pressed up against the cage. Tamere has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Bradley down to the mat. Bradley avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Bradley clinches up with Tamere and pushes him back against the cage.

Bradley breaks the clinch.
Tamere throws a head kick that misses.

Bradley clinches with his opponent.

Bradley drags the fight down to the ground.
Bradley is pulling down on Tamere's head. It's preventing any offense from Tamere, at least for the moment.
Bradley lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Tamere!
Bradley lands a big shot there that rocks Tamere but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Bradley is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Bradley controlling the pace for now.
Bradley has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bradley with shots to the head and body - Tamere looks very uncomfortable down there.
Bradley breaks from Tamere's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Tamere is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Bradley controlling from mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Bradley cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Bradley controlling the position easily from mount.
Bradley with good strikes from the mount here!

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.
Bradley controlling his opponent.
Tamere is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Bradley lands a big elbow.
A nice elbow there by Bradley.
Bradley takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Logan Bradley dominated that round.
That's time! Bradley's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Bradley scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Tamere tries to clinch up

and Bradley counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Tamere!
Bradley lands with some strikes.

Tamere defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Bradley.
Bradley working Tamere over with strikes here.
You get the feeling that Tamere really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Tamere is looking to improve his position but Bradley isn't that keen on the idea.
Bradley landing shots from mount.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tamere is trying to get back to his feet but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tamere is wriggling around trying to escape.
Tamere's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Bradley content just to control the position here.
BOOM! Bradley connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Bradley lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Tamere hang on?
Bradley controlling the pace for now.
Tamere is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Bradley prevents Tamere from getting the reversal.
Logan Bradley overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bradley lands a big shot there that rocks Tamere but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Tamere is looking to improve his position but Bradley isn't that keen on the idea.
Bradley sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Tamere squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Bradley unloading with bombs!
Bradley in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
A nice elbow there by Bradley.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bradley pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Tamere is looking to get to half guard.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Bradley cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Tamere taking shots to the head.
Tamere is trying desperately to improve position.
Tamere is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Bradley raining down shots from the mount!
Bradley takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Bradley postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Tamere looks a forlorn figure.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Tamere working to try and regain half guard.
Tamere takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Tamere can't escape the position.
Bradley sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Bradley lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Tamere hang on?
Bradley looking to control and managing it successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Logan Bradley dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Tamere shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Bradley counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Bradley looking to throw knees to the head but Tamere is blocking nicely.

Tamere manages to break the clinch.
Tamere lands with a kick to the temple. Bradley shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

It looks like Logan Bradley has been cut.
Nik Tamere seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Bradley drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.

Bradley gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Bradley lands with a nice body punch.

Bradley fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Tamere, pushing him back against the cage.

Bradley drags the fight down to the ground.
Tamere wants to stand and escape but instead Bradley has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

Bradley gets to his feet. Tamere looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bradley pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Tamere crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Bradley - the referee stops the clock and Tamere gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Bradley. Tamere manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A head kick by Tamere misses

and Bradley counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Bradley.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tamere keeping moving, preventing Bradley from controlling successfully.

Tamere is looking for a triangle but Bradley pushes his legs off easily.
Bradley throwing strikes from guard but Tamere blocks nicely.

Tamere looking for a triangle here. Bradley is fighting it but it looks tight! Tamere pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Bradley is tapping out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Nik Tamere!