PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Cotiso Tapae (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roberto Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Tapae
vs
Black

182 cm
18
200 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

190 cm
25
179 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
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 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Cotiso Tapae!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Roberto Black!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Santiago Holmes and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Black closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Tapae quickly recovers to half guard.

Tapae makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Black looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Tapae fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Tapae drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tapae working the body and head with strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tapae lands a decent elbow from side control.
Tapae grinds an elbow into Black's temple.
Black takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.

Tapae tries for a kimura but Black is defending well.
Tapae scoring with punches from side control.
Tapae definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Tapae is chipping away with strikes.

Tapae working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Tapae lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tapae is chipping away with strikes.
Tapae trying to control the position but Black is working away.
Tapae creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
You can see the frustration on Black's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Tapae cracks Black with a big right hand but Black just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Tapae lands a decent elbow from side control.
Black taking a bit of punishment here - Tapae scoring with strikes.

Black is rocked!
Tapae scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Black is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Tapae can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cotiso Tapae!