PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Black Dawn (ranked 3807 p4p, 4638 weight class) and Eden Taih (ranked 0 p4p, 501 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Dawn
vs
Taih

185 cm
25
185
2 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
190
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Black Dawn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Eden Taih!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horrible takedown attempt by Taih or perhaps it was just good defense by Dawn, which made it look bad.
Dawn digs a good hook to Taih's body.
Dawn stuffs the takedown attempt from Taih. Taih gets slowly back to his feet.
Dawn lands a right hook to the body.
Black Dawn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jab from Dawn.
Dawn with a jab.
Dawn misses with a body shot.
Taih feints the counter takedown.

Dawn darts in and clinches Taih up against the cage.
Good body shot from Dawn.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dawn.

Taih has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Dawn uses from the top position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dawn would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Taih is trying to keep Dawn in close.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Dawn wanted to stand there but Taih had control of the position.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Dawn cracks Taih with an open hand slap.
Taih on the wrong end of a nice jab.

Taih is rocked!
Dawn scores with the left hand. Taih knows he should have avoided that one.
Taih is still on wobbly legs! Can Dawn finish him?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taih walks right into a perfectly timed right hook and goes down hard! He's out cold! The ref cradles Taih limp body while Dawn jumps on to the cage and waves to the roaring crowd. Wow that was just a brutal knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:06 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Black Dawn!