PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ben Passel (ranked 5450 p4p, 24053 weight class) and Melvin Tate (ranked 435 p4p, 439 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Passel
vs
Tate

177 cm
22
162
0 - 0 - 0

165 cm
21
167
0 - 1 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Basic striking
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

NARCOS

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ben Passel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Melvin Tate!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Alec Ball and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tate tries to bum rush Passel with a series of wild strikes but Passel uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Passel fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tate manages to avoid it.
Passel throws a looping overhand right but Tate ducks down to avoid it.
Tate looks to land a combination but Passel avoids it well.
Passel misses with a looping left.
Tate looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Tate tries to bum rush Passel with a series of wild strikes but Passel uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tate misses with the combination.

Passel scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Tate avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Passel.
Sloppy strikes there by Passel.
Tate wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
An elbow from Passel crashes against the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Passel working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Sloppy strikes there by Passel.
Passel throws an elbow but Tate slips to the side and avoids it well.
The strikes coming from Passel are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Tate avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Passel.
Passel has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Sloppy strikes there by Passel.
Passel wants to lay and pray for a moment but Tate keeps working.
Tate avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Passel.
Passel scoring with punches and elbows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tate dodges the ground and pound from Passel.
Passel tries to score with some ground and pound. Tate controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Passel landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Tate taking punishment in the form of punches.
Passel scoring with punches and elbows.

Tate is rocked!
Passel will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

Passel tries for a kimura but Tate is defending well.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Passel works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Tate is still in real trouble! Can Passel finish him?
Passel is putting a hurting on Tate here, landing some big shots from side control.
Tate on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Passel lands a strong strike to the head of Tate. That's dazed him! Passel looking to finish here. Tate is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Passel lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ben Passel!
A victorious Ben Passel thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.