PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hertz Tatz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Challenger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hertz Tatz has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Tatz
vs
Challenger

189 cm
20
200 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

189 cm
20
205 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hertz Tatz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mark Challenger!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tatz doesn't manage to clinch there - Challenger circles away.
Tatz swings for the body but Challenger moves out of range.
Tatz throws a right hand that Challenger ducks under and follows up with a left that Challenger also avoids with ease.
Challenger shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Tatz as he jumps to the side.
Challenger bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tatz blocks a head kick by Challenger.
Challenger uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tatz.

Challenger closes the distance and clinches.
A bit of stalling here from Challenger.
Tatz with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Challenger landing knees to the body.

Challenger manages to pull guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Challenger is on top in guard.

Challenger stands and steps away. Tatz gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Tatz throws a right and a left that Challenger avoids nicely.
Tatz looks to land a left hand but Challenger moved out of range nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from Tatz. No joy for Challenger on that attempt.
Tatz wants to clinch

and Challenger counters by moving into the clinch.
The referee calls for Challenger to work.
Challenger tries for a takedown but Tatz manages to get underhooks.
Hertz Tatz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mark Challenger.
Challenger slows down the pace here.

Challenger pulls guard.
Challenger pulls Tatz in close to prevent any damage.
Challenger manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tatz tries to hold on but Challenger postures up.
Tatz wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Tatz wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Challenger.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Challenger prevents Tatz from getting the reversal.
Challenger controlling the pace for now.
Poor strikes thrown by Challenger there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Challenger is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Tatz tries to lock up and control but Challenger gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Challenger content just to control the position here.
Challenger scoring with strikes but Tatz is staying in there.
Challenger controlling from the full mount.
Challenger throwing strikes here but Tatz is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Challenger dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Challenger takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Tatz with a nice cross.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Challenger.
Tatz fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Challenger checks it well.
Challenger shoots in for a takedown but Tatz shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Tatz cracks Challenger with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Tatz leaves Challenger with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Hertz Tatz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mark Challenger.
Tatz stuffs the takedown.
Tatz throws a shot to the body.
Tatz looks to clinch

and Challenger counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Challenger escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tatz scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Tatz throws a nice outside leg kick.
Tatz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Challenger looks for the body kick but Tatz saw that one coming.
Challenger is breathing heavily.
The fighters circle momentarily. Tatz darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Tatz fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Tatz.
Tatz with a hook.
Tatz works the jab nicely.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Tatz.
Challenger avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hertz Tatz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A nice inside leg kick there by Tatz. That's going to slow Challenger down.
Tatz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Challenger paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tatz fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Challenger on the side of the head.
Tatz with a hook.
Tatz connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Tatz with a jab.
Tatz connects with a solid leg kick.
Tatz throws a series of strikes that have Challenger backpedaling.
Jab, jab by Tatz - just one landing.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tatz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tatz connects with a single shot there.
Tatz closes the distance and lands a one-two.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tatz lands with a right hand.
A cross from Tatz lands.
Tatz moves into range and connects with a jab.
Tatz tries to clinch but Challenger is having none of it.
Tatz darts in trying to clinch

and Challenger counters with a single leg into guard. Tatz didn't expect that.
Tatz tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Tatz wants to stand and escape but Challenger is having none of it.
Tatz is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Tatz manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Challenger manages to get himself to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Challenger keeping moving, preventing Tatz from controlling successfully.
Tatz passes Challenger's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Challenger throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Challenger is staying active underneath Tatz, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Challenger wants to control but Tatz is keeping busy and won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Tatz wants to stand up but Challenger is controlling the position.
Tatz is looking to take a break and control but Challenger is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Tatz wants to get back to his feet.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Tatz tries to clinch there but Challenger circles away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tatz lands a nice leg kick that just misses Challenger's sensitive parts.
Tatz fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Tatz tries to clinch but Challenger moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hertz Tatz dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Challenger keeps the fight on the outside.
Nice sprawl there from Tatz as Challenger shoots in.

Challenger forces Tatz back against the cage and clinches.
A bit of stalling here from Challenger.
Challenger avoiding damage as Tatz throws knees to the body.

Challenger decides to pull guard.

Tatz stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Challenger stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Tatz.
Tatz tried to score with a low kick but Challenger checks it.
Tatz looks to land a combination. Challenger sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Good shot there by Tatz.
Challenger tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tatz swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tatz wants to clinch up but Challenger keeps it at a distance.
Challenger takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Good exchange - Tatz coming out on top.
Horrible takedown by Challenger or perhaps it was just good defense by Tatz which made him look bad.
Danga de danga de dang - Tatz scores with a four punch combination!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tatz thumps Challenger with a low kick.
Challenger's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Tatz connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Challenger is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Tatz.
Tatz tries to clinch up.
Tatz scores with a crisp jab that stopped Challenger in his tracks.
Tatz leaves Challenger with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Hertz Tatz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mark Challenger.
An inside leg kick lands from Tatz.
Tatz connects with a good right hand that stumbles Challenger. Challenger circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Challenger shoots for a takedown but Tatz saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Tatz slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Tatz connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Nice body kick there by Tatz.
Tatz throws a right and a left that Challenger avoids nicely.
Tatz misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tatz connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Tatz tries to close the distance and clinch but Challenger swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tatz throws a nice outside leg kick.
Tatz thumps Challenger with a low kick.
Tatz cracks the inside of Challenger's front leg.
Tatz misses with a series of wild punches.
Tatz lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Tatz lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tatz connects with a body shot.
Tatz jabs Challenger right on the nose. Challenger blinks but takes it well.
Tatz wants to clinch.
Tatz connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Challenger momentarily.
Tatz thuds his right hand into Challenger's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Tatz looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Tatz connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Challenger on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Tatz. Tatz obviously looking to wear him down.
Challenger takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Challenger looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Tatz misses with a series of wild punches.
Challenger takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Challenger on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Tatz. Tatz obviously looking to wear him down.
Tatz closes the distance but Challenger moves to the side

and Challenger moves into the clinch.
Tatz has had enough of the clinch but Challenger keeps him there for the moment.
Tatz looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Challenger is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Tatz pushes off an throws an elbow but Challenger leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Tatz lands an elbow that stopped Challenger in his tracks for a moment.
Challenger is working for takedown but Tatz is calmly controlling the position for now.
Tatz looking to stall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Challenger trying to land knees to the body.
Challenger avoids the elbow strike from Tatz, against the cage.
Tatz tries to land knees in the clinch but Challenger avoids the damage to the body.
Challenger blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tatz pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Tatz misses with an elbow strike.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Tatz throws an elbow but misses.
Tatz is trying to stall.
Challenger tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tatz pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Tatz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Challenger is defending well for now.
Tatz avoiding damage as Challenger throws knees to the body.
Tatz tries to stall but Challenger uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Tatz pushes off an throws an elbow but Challenger leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Challenger wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Tatz wants to stall.
A frustrated look appears on Tatz's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Challenger wants to break the clinch but can't.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hertz Tatz showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Tatz has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Shirou Masuda scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hertz Tatz!