PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tatti Tasapaksu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Monty Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tasapaksu's entrance music is Motorhead - Smiling Like A Killer . A fine choice. Brown is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Monster by Skillet. On his way into the cage it seems that Tatti Tasapaksu has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Tatti Tasapaksu seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Tasapaksu
vs
Brown

195 cm
35
275 lbs
21 - 7 - 0

191 cm
30
270 lbs
18 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

ADCC Champion
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tatti Tasapaksu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Monty Brown!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Wesley Smith and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A shot to the liver by Tasapaksu. Beautiful body shot.
Brown throws a jab but it's blocked by Tasapaksu.
Tasapaksu tries to close the distance and clinch but Brown swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tasapaksu lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Tasapaksu misses with a low kick.
Tasapaksu misses with a body shot.
Brown thows a left - swing and a miss!
Brown fails with a takedown attempt.
Tasapaksu scores with a leg kick.
Brown avoids the head kick by Tasapaksu.
Tasapaksu cracks the inside of Brown's front leg.
A lazy left from Brown finds it's target.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Tasapaksu throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tasapaksu ducks under a wild hook from Brown.
Tasapaksu connects with a crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tasapaksu cracks Brown with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Brown keeps the fight on the outside.
Tasapaksu throws a low kick, looking for Brown's leg but Brown calmly moves out of range.
Brown shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Tasapaksu misses with a wild body shot.
Nice defenses there by Brown.
Tatti Tasapaksu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brown is trying hard to land a takedown here. Tasapaksu sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Tatti Tasapaksu has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Monty Brown.
Tasapaksu lands with a thumping leg kick.
Tasapaksu fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Brown has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Tasapaksu is looking to clinch.
Tasapaksu looks to land a right hand but Brown moved out of range.
Tasapaksu throws a combination that misses
and Brown counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Tasapaksu lands an overhand right.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brown has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Tasapaksu.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tasapaksu misses with a series of wild punches.
The fighters circling - Tasapaksu throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Brown misses with a straight left.
Tatti Tasapaksu is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tasapaksu tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Brown misses with an uppercut. Tasapaksu saw that one coming.
Tasapaksu connects with a looping right hand.
Brown waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tasapaksu.
Brown cracks Tasapaksu with a good jab.

Tasapaksu has Brown up against the cage in a clinch.
Tasapaksu misses with an elbow strike.
Brown is trying desperately to land a takedown but Tasapaksu is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Brown.
Tasapaksu trying to land knees to the body.
Tasapaksu misses with a short punch on the inside.
Brown lands a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Brown can't break the clinch.
Brown misses with a punch on the inside.
Brown is looking to break free of the clinch but Tasapaksu has double underhooks.
Brown takes a knee to the side of the body.
Tasapaksu displaying some good clinch control by pressing Brown up against the cage.
Tasapaksu misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tasapaksu creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Brown's defenses.

It looks like Monty Brown has been cut.
Tasapaksu lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Tasapaksu lands with a light punch inside.
Brown has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Tasapaksu after a bit of a struggle.
Tasapaksu has a couple of punches blocked by Brown.
Brown goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tasapaksu tries to work over Brown's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tasapaksu scores with a shot to the side of Brown's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown misses with a short punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tasapaksu.
Tasapaksu lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Brown lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Brown lands with a light punch inside.
Brown lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tasapaksu backwards.
Brown tries to break the clinch but Tasapaksu is controlling the position.
Brown wants to take the fight to the mat but Tasapaksu manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Tasapaksu throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Brown fails to land.
Tasapaksu misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Brown.
Tasapaksu lands an elbow inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A hook to the body from Tasapaksu.
Brown drops down looking for an ankle pick but Tasapaksu pulls his leg out and moves away.
Brown looks winded!
Tasapaksu misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Brown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tatti Tasapaksu dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Monty Brown's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Brown with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Tasapaksu to score with a decent uppercut.
Tasapaksu jabs Brown right on the nose. Brown blinks but takes it well.
Brown ducks under a wild hook from Tasapaksu.
Tasapaksu throws a leg kick which misses Brown's front leg but catches the back leg as Brown tries to avoid it.
A left lands for Brown.
Tasapaksu lands a nice leg kick that just misses Brown's sensitive parts.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tasapaksu misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Brown.
Tatti Tasapaksu is winning the standup battle so far.
Brown looks to score with a jab to the body but Tasapaksu is just out of range.
Tasapaksu cracks Brown with an open hand slap.
Brown connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Tasapaksu's hands.
Tasapaksu tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Brown counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Brown.
Brown working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Brown with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown wants to control from the top but Tasapaksu keeps moving.
Brown stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Tasapaksu swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Tasapaksu wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Brown pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Tasapaksu is keeping the position for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Brown lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Brown wants to control from the top but Tasapaksu keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tasapaksu working a defensive guard here.
Brown has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Tatti Tasapaksu wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Brown checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Tasapaksu will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Brown swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Brown misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Tasapaksu is looking to clinch.
Brown takes one on the button.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tasapaksu lunges at Brown with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Brown's hand.
Tatti Tasapaksu is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Tasapaksu swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Brown's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Tasapaksu tries to clinch but Brown moves out of range.
Brown lands with a nice body punch.
Brown keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Brown has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Tasapaksu.
Tasapaksu keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Brown.
Tasapaksu throws a body punch but Brown moves out of range.
Tasapaksu digs a good hook to Brown's body.
Brown keeps the fight on the outside.
Tasapaksu fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tasapaksu connects with an inside leg kick.
Brown is breathing heavily.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Brown checks a leg kick.
Tasapaksu with a body punch. A glancing blow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tasapaksu lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Tasapaksu throws a series of punches but Brown moves out of range.
Brown takes a jab right on the kisser.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Tasapaksu.
A nice inside leg kick there by Tasapaksu. That's going to slow Brown down.
Tasapaksu connects with a good right hand that stumbles Brown. Brown circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Tasapaksu swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Brown.
Tasapaksu fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tasapaksu throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Brown defending well as Tasapaksu loads up on a big left hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tasapaksu stuffs the takedown.
Tasapaksu lands with a shot to the body.
Tasapaksu lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tatti Tasapaksu dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Monty Brown's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

A telegraphed right hand from Brown misses the target.
Brown shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Brown checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Brown.
Tasapaksu is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Tasapaksu is working hard here to advance position.
Brown tries to advance to mount but Tasapaksu denies him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tasapaksu is looking to reverse the position.
Tasapaksu gets back to half guard.
Tasapaksu wants to improve his position but Brown is controlling well.
Brown trying to control the action but Tasapaksu is working from the bottom.
Brown is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Monty Brown has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tasapaksu keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Tasapaksu tries to get to full guard but Brown has control of the leg.
Brown looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Monty Brown has got the better of the ground game so far.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Monty Brown hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Tasapaksu cracks Brown with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Tasapaksu just misses with a punch to the body.
Brown walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown blocks an elbow strike.
Brown misses with a punch on the inside.
Brown takes an elbow to the forehead.
Brown working hard to break the clinch.
Tasapaksu crunches a lovely knee into Brown's ribcage.
Tasapaksu is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Brown can do to turn this around?
Brown takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Brown takes an elbow to the temple.
Tasapaksu blocking some punches.
Brown swings wildly with an uppercut but Tasapaksu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tasapaksu lands with a left to the head.
Tasapaksu gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Tasapaksu trying to land knees to the body.
Tasapaksu gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Brown.
Tasapaksu manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tatti Tasapaksu is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Brown lands a body shot in the clinch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Brown.
Brown blocks a body shot from Tasapaksu.

Brown jumps into guard, dragging Tasapaksu to the mat.

Brown is looking for a triangle but Tasapaksu pushes his legs off easily.
Brown has a closed guard, preventing Tasapaksu from standing up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tasapaksu working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Tatti Tasapaksu.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Tasapaksu, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tatti Tasapaksu!
A relieved looking Tatti Tasapaksu thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.