PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Diddy Mayweather (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brandon Tate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mayweather comes into the arena with Jay-Z - Dirt Off Your Shoulder blaring out of the sound system. Tate has chosen Diamonds Aren't Forever as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Mayweather
vs
Tate

175 cm
23
156 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

182 cm
27
153 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Diddy Mayweather!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brandon Tate!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, George Francis and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mayweather tries to clinch up.
Mayweather throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tate throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Tate doesn't manage to clinch there - Mayweather circles away.
Tate scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Tate.
Tate uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mayweather.
Tate lands a high kick!
Mayweather missing with a left hand there. Tate was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Good leg kick by Tate there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

Tate darts in and clinches Mayweather up against the cage.
Mayweather managing to block the knees to the body from Tate.
Tate is stalling here.
Mayweather wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Mayweather avoiding damage as Tate throws knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Tate.
Mayweather has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Tate dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Mayweather is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mayweather can't break the clinch.
Mayweather can't break the clinch.
Mayweather is trying to break the clinch but Tate is controlling him.
Mayweather stalling in the clinch but Tate improves position.
Tate tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mayweather blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tate tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mayweather avoids it.
Mayweather tries to break the clinch but Tate is controlling the position.
Tate will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Mayweather up against the cage.
A short uppercut from Mayweather.
Tate works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Tate stalling in the clinch.
Tate on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tate tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mayweather avoids it.
Tate is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Tate with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Tate with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tate controlling the action here for a moment.
Mayweather on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Tate.
Tate looking to throw knees to the head but Mayweather is blocking nicely.
Mayweather blocks the elbow strike.
Mayweather is trying to break the clinch but Tate is controlling him.
Tate's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Tate keeps control of Mayweather as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Tate gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Tate with a knee to the head.
Mayweather wants to break free but Tate has control.
Tate tries to land a knee to the head but Mayweather blocks with his arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tate tries to land knees in the clinch but Mayweather avoids the damage to the body.
Tate misses with a knee strike.
Mayweather is trying to break free.
A bit of stalling here from Tate.
Tate lands a nice knee to the body.
Tate with a knee to the head.
Tate misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mayweather.
Mayweather is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Tate tries a knee to the head but Mayweather blocks it.
Tate pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Tate keeps control of Mayweather as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Mayweather is trying to force a seperation but Tate has the dominant position.
Tate has Mayweather pushed against the cage.
Mayweather managing to block the knees to the body from Tate.
Tate stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Mayweather can't break the clinch.

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.
Mayweather takes a knee right on the jaw!
Tate landing knees to the head.
Tate is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Tate is stalling here.
Mayweather looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Tate is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Knees in the clinch landing for Tate.
Tate using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Tate tries to land knees in the clinch but Mayweather avoids the damage to the body.
Tate lands a knee to the head.
Mayweather wants to break the clinch but can't.
Mayweather avoiding damage as Tate throws knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Some bone on bone action there as Tate checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Tate scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Tate throws a head kick that misses.
Mayweather lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tate circles away quickly and effectively.
Tate blocks a jab.
Mayweather misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tate rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Mayweather moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Mayweather digs a good hook to Tate's body.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Tate, right into the meat.
Tate thows a body kick. Mayweather tries to catch it but that hurt him.

Tate instigates a clinch.
Tate is stalling here.
Mayweather working hard to break the clinch.
Tate tries a knee to the head but Mayweather blocks it.
Tate with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Mayweather misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mayweather swings wildly with an uppercut but Tate uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tate putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mayweather in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Tate.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Tate misses with a knee to the head.
Mayweather is trying to break the clinch but Tate is controlling him.
Tate wants to stall.
Mayweather managing to block the knees to the body from Tate.
Tate takes a shot to the head.
Tate misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mayweather.
Mayweather is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Tate tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mayweather avoids it.
Tate keeps control of Mayweather as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Knees to the body from Tate.
Tate missing with knees to the body.
Mayweather can't break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tate throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mayweather blocks it with crossed arms.
Tate pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Tate with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Mayweather on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tate unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Tate putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mayweather in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Tate unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mayweather lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Tate keeps control of Mayweather as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Tate putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mayweather in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Tate's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Mayweather has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Tate using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Tate is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mayweather is defending well for now.
Mayweather managing to block the knees to the body from Tate.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tate gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Tate avoiding damage.
Mayweather wants to get back to striking at distance but Tate won't allow it.
Tate misses with a knee to the head.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Mayweather wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tate has him pressed against the cage.
Tate lands a knee to the body.
Tate misses with a knee strike.
Tate missing with knees to the body.
Mayweather is trying to break the clinch but Tate is controlling him.
Tate lands a right hand.
Tate tries a knee to the head but Mayweather blocks it.
Mayweather on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

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.
Tate tries to land knees in the clinch but Mayweather avoids the damage to the body.
Tate keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mayweather's efforts to push away.
Tate dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tate.
Mayweather takes a knee right on the jaw!
The referee calls for Tate to work.
Mayweather tries to break the clinch but Tate is controlling the position.
Tate is stalling here.
Tate missing with knees to the body.
Tate misses with a knee strike.
Mayweather tries to circle away but Tate has him pinned against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brandon Tate showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Mayweather misses with a double jab
and Tate counters with a thumping low kick.
Tate scores with a jab to the head.
Mayweather scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Tate staying out of range there.
Tate throws a nice outside leg kick.
Tate is looking to clinch but Mayweather is avoiding it.

Tate moves into the clinch successfully.
Tate connects with a knee to the head.
Mayweather takes a knee right on the jaw!
Mayweather wants to break free but Tate has control.
Tate misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mayweather.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tate missing with knees to the body.
Tate tries to land knees in the clinch but Mayweather avoids the damage to the body.
Tate trying to land knees to the body.
Tate misses with a knee strike.
Mayweather has had enough of the clinch but Tate keeps him there for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tate misses with a punch to the body.
Mayweather takes a knee to the side of the body.
Tate lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Tate lands a right hand.
Tate avoiding damage.
Mayweather managing to block the knees to the body from Tate.
Tate misses with a knee strike.
Tate tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mayweather has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Mayweather is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Tate with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tate is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Tate missing with knees to the body.
Diddy Mayweather has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Tate continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Tate using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mayweather has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tate has Mayweather pressed against the cage, preventing Mayweather from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Tate with a knee to the head.
Mayweather takes a knee to the side of the body.
Tate has Mayweather pressed against the cage, preventing Mayweather from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A nice left hand lands by Tate.
Tate using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mayweather has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The referee is keeping an eye on Tate - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Mayweather softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Mayweather tries to circle away but Tate has him pinned against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

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

Mayweather tries to keep at a distance but Tate has taken the fight into the clinch.
Tate stalls.
Tate missing with knees to the body.
Tate tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tate controlling the action here for a moment.
Tate tries to land knees in the clinch but Mayweather avoids the damage to the body.
Tate working aggressively here.
Tate misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mayweather.
Tate with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tate misses with a knee to the head.
Brandon Tate is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Mayweather working hard to break the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Mayweather as Tate tries to tie him up.
Mayweather can't break the clinch.
Mayweather is looking to break free of the clinch but Tate has double underhooks.
Tate misses with a knee to the head.
Tate misses with a knee strike.
Tate throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mayweather blocks it with crossed arms.
Tate avoids the elbow strike from Mayweather, against the cage.
Tate looking to throw knees to the head but Mayweather is blocking nicely.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Tate scores with a knee to the head.
Tate misses with a knee strike.
Tate with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Mayweather tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Brandon Tate comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Tate has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 26:30
Judge George Francis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brandon Tate!