PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Lizard Tichols (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and batista haight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). haight has chosen Forgot About Dre - Eminem as his entrance music. batista haight looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Tichols
vs
haight

180 cm
20
175 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

169 cm
18
170 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lizard Tichols!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, batista haight!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Tichols closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
haight is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Tichols is controlling him well.
haight dodges the ground and pound from Tichols.
Tichols misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.

Tichols decides to stand up, so the ref orders haight to his feet.
batista haight seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
haight fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

haight gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Tichols decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on haight, up you get!
Tichols blocks a head kick by haight.
haight looks gassed!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tichols dodges the punch combination from haight.
haight throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Tichols slips a jab and a cross from haight.
haight throws a series of punches but Tichols moves out of range.
Tichols throws a head kick that half lands.
haight swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
haight throws a sloppy head kick

and Tichols counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Tichols has haight pressed against the cage.

Tichols wants the takedown. haight is fighting it off but Tichols persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in haight's guard against the cage.

Tichols stands and steps away. haight gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

Tichols darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tichols is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tichols tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

Tichols get's back to his feet.
haight misses with a double jab
and Tichols counters with a nice body shot.
haight takes one to the chin there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tichols lands a front kick.

Tichols drives through with a takedown into guard.

Tichols drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Tichols jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Tichols controlling from the top position.

haight is working an open guard so Tichols takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Tichols closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

Tichols decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Tichols lands a head kick. haight smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Tichols shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Tichols showed some decent athleticism there.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lizard Tichols dominated that round.
That's time! Tichols's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Tichols closes the distance and lands a one-two.

Tichols clinches up against the cage.
Tichols throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Tichols is working haight over against the cage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

Tichols escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Tichols darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

Tichols is trying to work for a kimura but haight is defending well.
haight is breathing heavily.
Tichols is controlling the pace.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tichols seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down haight for as long as he can get away with.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Tichols is working for a submission of some sort.
Tichols keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
haight pushes Tichols off but Tichols dives into side control.

Tichols is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but haight is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Tichols tries for a kimura but haight is defending well.
Tichols trying to control the action but haight is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Tichols is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. haight knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
haight managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Tichols.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lizard Tichols dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Tichols lands a straight punch to the body, keeping haight at a distance.

Tichols closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Tichols lands in his opponent's guard.
Tichols looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Tichols trying to control but haight is working from the bottom.
haight takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.

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

Tichols closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

Tichols thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Tichols wants to control but haight is keeping him busy.
Tichols will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Tichols wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by haight, who protects the arm well.
Tichols is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt haight will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Tichols decides to stand back up. Tichols steps back and let's haight get back to his feet.

Tichols has haight up against the cage in a clinch.

Tichols jumps guard.

Tichols throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Tichols has his hands on haight's head, controlling the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Tichols working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. haight doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. haight manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Tichols looking to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lizard Tichols clearly takes that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Tichols shoots in and bounces haight off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Tichols trying to control the position from guard on top but haight is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Tichols stands up from guard. Let's bang!
haight misses with a double jab

so Tichols counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
haight is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Tichols trying to control the position from guard on top but haight is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Tichols gets to his feet - haight follows without any prompting.

Tichols darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

Tichols escapes and gets back to his feet.

Tichols closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Tichols lands in his opponent's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tichols postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Tichols thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Tichols is stalling in the full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tichols pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. haight is keeping the position for now.

Tichols stands up and waves to haight to follow him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Tichols gets the takedown into side control.

Tichols is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but haight is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Tichols happy to just control the position for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lizard Tichols had his way with batista haight in that round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Tichols scores with a three punch combo!

Tichols pushes haight up against the cage in a clinch.

Tichols breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tichols is on the wrong end of a nice combination from haight.

Tichols rushes haight and presses him up against the cage.

Tichols jumps into guard, dragging haight to the mat.
Tichols wants to sweep here but haight controlling him for the moment.

Tichols looking for a guillotine here but haight defends easily.
haight is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Tichols trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tichols tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Tichols pulls haight in close to prevent any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Tichols manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Tichols lands a head kick!

Tichols 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.
Tichols trying to control but haight is working from the bottom.
batista haight has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tichols's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Tichols stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. haight swivels though and keeps the full guard.

haight is working an open guard so Tichols takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

Tichols closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming haight to the mat! haight manages to get full guard.
Tichols wants to control from the top but haight keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
haight can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Tichols controls the pace.
Lizard Tichols overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Tichols wants to pass the guard but haight is keeping the position.
Tichols slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lizard Tichols showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Tichols 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 50:43
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 50:43
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 50:43

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lizard Tichols!
Lizard Tichols is the new welterweight champion!