PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Crone Eagle (ranked 4838 p4p, 4863 weight class) and Dranath Tagore (ranked 162 p4p, 101 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Eagle
vs
Tagore

189 cm
18
265
0 - 0 - 0

171 cm
18
162
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Crone Eagle!
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, Dranath Tagore!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Darius Henderson and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Eagle forces Tagore back against the cage and clinches.
Tagore blocks a body shot from Eagle.
Eagle prevents a body shot from Tagore.
Eagle doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tagore goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Eagle has a couple of punches blocked by Tagore.
Eagle swings wildly with an uppercut but Tagore uses good head movement to avoid it.
Eagle tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Eagle misses with a body punch.
Tagore tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tagore working aggressively here.
Eagle misses with a shot to the kidneys.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Eagle tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tagore tries to break free but Eagle pushes him back against the cage.
Tagore misses with a punch on the inside.
Tagore misses with a hook to the ribs.

Eagle pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tagore looks for the body kick but Eagle saw that one coming.
Eagle seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tagore fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tagore throws the left hand but Eagle avoids the punch easily.
Eagle is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tagore.

Eagle drives through and clinches with Tagore against the cage.
Eagle tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tagore's elbow.
Eagle misses with a punch to the body.
Eagle blocks an uppercut.
Eagle working aggressively here.
Eagle prevents Tagore from breaking the clinch.
Eagle throws a head punch that misses.
Eagle can't find room to land a body shot as Tagore controls the action.
Eagle misses with a hook to the ribs.
Eagle tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Eagle misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tagore.
Tagore swings wildly with an uppercut but Eagle uses good head movement to avoid it.
Eagle throws a punch but it's blocked by Tagore.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eagle misses with the head strike.
Tagore working aggressively here.
Eagle struggles to land a body shot inside as Tagore controls his hands.

Eagle pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tagore is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Eagle forces Tagore back against the cage and clinches.

Eagle manages to break the clinch.
Both fighters circling a little - Tagore finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Eagle clinches with his opponent.
Eagle misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Tagore fails to land.
Tagore can't find room to land a body shot as Eagle controls the action.
Eagle blocks an uppercut.

And that's the end of the fight!
Crone Eagle showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Eagle has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 10:9
Judge Darius Henderson scores the fight 10:9
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 10:9

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Crone Eagle!
Dranath Tagore was interviewed post fight and said '...at least I'm not a complete dick'.