PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Brian Coley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and brad tavares (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Coley comes to the cage accompanied by Disturbed Inside the Fire. Brian Coley looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Coley
vs
tavares

190 cm
22
185 lbs
4 - 6 - 0

185 cm
22
185 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

Dangerous GnP
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brian Coley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, brad tavares!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Tiny Johnson and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
tavares keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Coley.
tavares fails to land the takedown.
Coley jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Coley misses with a body shot.

tavares shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Coley is trying to defend but tavares finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
tavares scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
tavares is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Coley wants to improve his position but tavares is controlling well.
tavares thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Coley's head.
Coley tries to get to full guard but tavares has control of the leg.
Coley blocking the ground and pound attempt from tavares.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Coley is trying to control but can't.
tavares thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Coley's head.
Coley is trying to control but can't.
tavares looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Coley with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
tavares landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Coley is trying to stand back up but tavares is controlling him
Coley is breathing heavily.
Coley makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Coley.
Coley working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from tavares.
tavares in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
tavares postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
tavares landing some decent shots from guard.
tavares working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coley preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
tavares is in close to Coley's body, working some short punches and elbows.
tavares scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Coley is on top in guard.
Coley thows a big elbow that misses.

Coley decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on tavares, up you get!
Coley tries to clinch up but tavares circles away and keeps his distance.
Coley tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coley tries to clinch but tavares moves out of range.
Coley tries to clinch up but tavares circles away and keeps his distance.
Coley cracks the inside of tavares's front leg.
Coley lands with a slapping head kick.
Coley throws a right and a left that both miss.
Brian Coley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Coley tries to close the distance and clinch up but tavares swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Coley tries to clinch up.
A nice leg kick lands there from Coley.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head kick from Coley lands but tavares takes it in his stride.
Coley is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A punch lands to the side of tavares 's head but he takes it in his stride.
tavares has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Coley.
Coley swinging wildly here.
The fight stays on the outside here - Coley looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

brad tavares dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Coley plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Coley doesn't succeed with the takedown

and tavares counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
tavares thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Coley to regain full guard.
tavares throws a strike but Coley rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
tavares wants to stand and escape but Coley is having none of it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Coley slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

Coley decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

Coley looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

Coley decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on tavares, up you get!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coley lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Brian Coley is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Coley misses with a double jab.
Nice sprawl there from tavares as Coley shoots in.
Coley wants to clinch

and tavares counters with a single leg into guard. Coley didn't expect that.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
tavares is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
brad tavares has got the better of the ground game so far.
tavares postures up.
tavares missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
tavares with a flurry of punches that miss.
tavares trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
tavares loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Coley manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
tavares takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Coley controlling the position easily from mount.
tavares is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Coley punching from mount but tavares doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Coley looking to control but tavares is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
tavares wants to get back to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Coley with a couple of short strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

brad tavares showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Coley lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

Coley feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Coley looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Coley lands a couple of digs.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Coley stands up from tavares's guard - Coley perhaps looking for a knockout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
tavares takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Coley lands a nice looking body kick.
Coley lands a head kick. tavares smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Coley clinches but tavares breaks the clinch

and tavares counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
tavares drops an elbow to the side of Coley's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
tavares thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Coley is looking to escape.
Coley avoiding damage under a succession of punches from tavares.
tavares scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
tavares is thwarting Coley's attempts to control the position.
tavares not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
tavares seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Coley throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck tavares on the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
tavares with a lazy takedown attempt
and Coley counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Coley throws a nice head kick!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coley is looking to clinch.
Coley lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Coley looks to land a combination but tavares avoids it well.
tavares fails with a takedown attempt.
Coley lands with a nice combination. tavares backs away looking to recover.
Coley tries for a takedown but tavares circles away easily

and tavares counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
tavares looks to land a strike but Coley avoids it nicely and regains full guard.

Coley manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Coley throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and tavares counters with a takedown into side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
tavares scores with punches from side control.
tavares tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Coley can't do much from the bottom here.
Coley is looking to work his way out of this bad position but tavares is controlling him well.
Coley is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on tavares's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Coley blocking the ground and pound attempt from tavares.
Brian Coley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Coley blocking the ground and pound attempt from tavares.

And that's the end of the fight!
brad tavares comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got tavares winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30
Judge George Francis scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... brad tavares!