PBP Commentary

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

Tessin
vs
Burgess

180 cm
27
208 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

180 cm
27
210 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bentley Tessin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tyler Burgess!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Joseph Jones and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Burgess shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Burgess lands strikes from half guard.
Tessin gets back to full guard.
Tessin preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Burgess loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Tessin had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Burgess defends it easily.

Tessin is looking for a triangle but Burgess pushes his legs off easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Burgess looking to pass the guard.
Burgess with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Tessin looking for a guillotine here but Burgess defends easily.
Burgess pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Tessin is keeping the position for now.
Burgess tries to stand but Tessin is controlling from the bottom.

Tessin working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Burgess doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Tessin is tightening it up a little... Burgess has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Burgess reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Burgess taps out! Nice BJJ there by Tessin!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Bentley Tessin!