PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Royal Tenenbaum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Trent Armitage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Armitage has chosen Klone - Revisit The Lair as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Royal Tenenbaum has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Tenenbaum
vs
Armitage

176 cm
26
183 lbs
12 - 3 - 0

182 cm
23
183 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Royal Tenenbaum!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Trent Armitage!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, George Francis and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tenenbaum throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tenenbaum keeps the fight on the outside.
A left and a right from Tenenbaum both land. Nice combination.
Tenenbaum scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Armitage is looking to clinch.
Tenenbaum throws a right hand that Armitage ducks under and follows up with a left that Armitage also avoids with ease.
Tenenbaum misses with a hook. Armitage ducked under it nicely.
Armitage tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Armitage moves in looking to clinch but Tenenbaum pushes him off.
Tenenbaum scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Armitage tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tenenbaum paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tenenbaum lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Tenenbaum avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tenenbaum swats away the attempt to clinch by Armitage.
Armitage tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tenenbaum paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Armitage tries to clinch there but Tenenbaum circles away.
Armitage fails with an attempt to clinch.
Armitage doesn't manage to clinch there - Tenenbaum circles away.
Tenenbaum misses with a wild combination.
Armitage is looking to clinch.
Armitage tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The fight stays on the outside here - Armitage looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The fight stays on the outside here - Armitage looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tenenbaum scores with a one two! Armitage had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Tenenbaum lands a jab to Armitage's midsection.
Armitage tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tenenbaum paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tenenbaum circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Armitage wants to clinch up but Tenenbaum keeps it at a distance.
Armitage moves in looking to clinch but Tenenbaum pushes him off.
Tenenbaum misses with a series of wild punches.
Armitage tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tenenbaum paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Armitage looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Armitage tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tenenbaum swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Armitage tries to clinch but Tenenbaum moves out of range.
Armitage tries a head kick but it misses.
Tenenbaum throws a right hand that Armitage ducks under and follows up with a left that Armitage also avoids with ease.
Armitage tries to clinch up.
Armitage is looking to clinch.
Armitage fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tenenbaum swats away the attempt to clinch by Armitage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Armitage looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Armitage is looking to clinch but Tenenbaum is avoiding it.
Armitage fails in his attempt to clinch.
Armitage with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Tenenbaum to score with a decent uppercut.
Armitage is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Armitage fails in his attempt to clinch.
Armitage tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tenenbaum swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tenenbaum tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Armitage was well out of range. Poor timing from Tenenbaum.
Armitage bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tenenbaum circles away from the clinch attempt.
Armitage tries to clinch there but Tenenbaum circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Armitage is looking to clinch but Tenenbaum is avoiding it.
Armitage wants to clinch.
Armitage takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Armitage is looking to clinch.
Armitage tries to clinch there but Tenenbaum circles away.
Armitage doesn't manage to clinch there - Tenenbaum circles away.
Armitage is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Armitage tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Armitage tries to clinch up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Armitage looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Armitage throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Royal Tenenbaum dominated 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.

Armitage tries to clinch there but Tenenbaum circles away.
Tenenbaum avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Armitage doesn't manage to clinch there - Tenenbaum circles away.
Armitage tries to clinch but Tenenbaum moves out of range.
Tenenbaum tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Armitage was well out of range. Poor timing from Tenenbaum.
Armitage tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Tenenbaum manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Armitage tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Armitage tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Tenenbaum manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Armitage tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tenenbaum pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tenenbaum avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Armitage tries to clinch but Tenenbaum moves out of range.
Tenenbaum keeps the fight on the outside.
Armitage fails with an attempt to clinch.
Armitage tries to clinch but Tenenbaum moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Armitage tries to close the distance and clinch but Tenenbaum swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tenenbaum scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Tenenbaum avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Armitage fails in his attempt to clinch.
Armitage tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Armitage with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Tenenbaum to score with a decent uppercut.
Armitage doesn't manage to clinch there - Tenenbaum circles away.
Trent Armitage seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Armitage tries to clinch there but Tenenbaum circles away.
Tenenbaum circles away from the clinch attempt.
Armitage tries to clinch up.
Tenenbaum jabs at Armitage's body.
Nice shot by Tenenbaum.
Armitage is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tenenbaum lunges at Armitage with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Armitage's hand.
Trent Armitage is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Armitage wants to clinch.
Armitage tries to clinch up but Tenenbaum circles away and keeps his distance.
Armitage is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Armitage fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tenenbaum circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tenenbaum goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Armitage tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tenenbaum paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Armitage tries to clinch there but Tenenbaum circles away.
Armitage wants to clinch.
Tenenbaum scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Armitage avoids the body shot from Tenenbaum.
Armitage tries to clinch up.
Royal Tenenbaum is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tenenbaum misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Armitage.
Armitage tries to clinch up.
Tenenbaum throws a right and a left that Armitage avoids nicely.
Tenenbaum avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tenenbaum will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Armitage gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Tenenbaum.
Tenenbaum jabs at Armitage's body.
Armitage tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tenenbaum swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Armitage moves in looking to clinch but Tenenbaum pushes him off.
Armitage throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

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.
Armitage doesn't manage to clinch there - Tenenbaum circles away.
Tenenbaum misses with a two punch combination.
A big left from Tenenbaum misses.
Tenenbaum keeps the fight on the outside.
Armitage avoids a punch combination nicely.
Armitage fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tenenbaum avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Armitage tries to clinch up.
Armitage tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tenenbaum swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Armitage takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Armitage tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tenenbaum fails to land with a series of punches.
A right-left combo lands from Tenenbaum.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Armitage fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tenenbaum circles away from the clinch attempt.
Armitage tries to clinch there but Tenenbaum circles away.
Armitage tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tenenbaum swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Armitage tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tenenbaum paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Armitage tries to close the distance and clinch but Tenenbaum swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Armitage is looking to clinch but Tenenbaum is avoiding it.
Armitage fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tenenbaum scores with a jab to the body.
Armitage is looking to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tenenbaum checks a leg kick.

Armitage gets a clinch.
Armitage tries to land knees in the clinch but Tenenbaum avoids the damage to the body.
Armitage pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Tenenbaum looking for a takedown.
Tenenbaum is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Armitage tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Armitage.
Armitage looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Tenenbaum is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Armitage gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Royal Tenenbaum. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Armitage prevents the takedown attempt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Armitage lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Tenenbaum gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.

Armitage is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Tenenbaum trying to control but Armitage is working from the bottom.
Armitage is trying to keep Tenenbaum in close.
Tenenbaum's corner is telling him to maintain position.

Armitage wriggles free and stands up.
Tenenbaum throws a leg kick but Armitage moved away.
Armitage doesn't manage to clinch there - Tenenbaum circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Armitage tries to close the distance and clinch but Tenenbaum swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Armitage tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Armitage fails in his attempt to clinch.
Armitage tries to clinch up but Tenenbaum circles away and keeps his distance.
Armitage doesn't manage to clinch there - Tenenbaum circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Armitage looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Armitage tries to clinch there but Tenenbaum circles away.
Armitage tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tenenbaum paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Armitage looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Armitage fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tenenbaum keeps the fight on the outside.
Armitage tries to clinch up but Tenenbaum circles away and keeps his distance.
Armitage doesn't manage to clinch there - Tenenbaum circles away.
Armitage tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tenenbaum swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tenenbaum avoids the head kick by Armitage.
Armitage wants to clinch up but Tenenbaum keeps it at a distance.
Armitage wants to clinch up but Tenenbaum keeps it at a distance.
Tenenbaum throws a looping overhand right but Armitage ducks down to avoid it.
Armitage is looking to clinch.
A telegraphed right hand from Tenenbaum misses the target.
Tenenbaum keeps the fight on the outside.
Armitage wants to clinch up but Tenenbaum keeps it at a distance.
Armitage tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tenenbaum swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Armitage wants to clinch up but Tenenbaum keeps it at a distance.
Tenenbaum works Armitage's body with a nice hook.
Jab, jab by Tenenbaum - just one landing.
Tenenbaum scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Armitage tries to clinch but Tenenbaum is having none of it.
Armitage fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tenenbaum swats away the attempt to clinch by Armitage.
Armitage tries to clinch up.
Tenenbaum throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Armitage closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Armitage tries to clinch up but Tenenbaum circles away and keeps his distance.
Armitage slips a jab and a cross from Tenenbaum.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close third round but Trent Armitage just about did enough to take it.
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.

Armitage moves in looking to clinch but Tenenbaum pushes him off.
Armitage moves in looking to clinch but Tenenbaum pushes him off.
Armitage fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tenenbaum keeps the fight on the outside.
The fight stays on the outside here - Armitage looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Armitage tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Armitage fails with an attempt to clinch.
Armitage tries to clinch but Tenenbaum is having none of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Armitage tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Tenenbaum manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Tenenbaum punishes Armitage's body with a nice straight punch.
Armitage is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tenenbaum keeps the fight on the outside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Armitage tries to clinch up but Tenenbaum circles away and keeps his distance.
Armitage fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tenenbaum circles away from the clinch attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Armitage looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Armitage takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Armitage wants to clinch up but Tenenbaum keeps it at a distance.

Armitage closes the distance and pushes Tenenbaum back into the cage.
Tenenbaum avoiding damage as Armitage throws knees to the body.
Tenenbaum blocks an elbow strike.
Armitage prevents the takedown attempt.
Tenenbaum avoiding damage as Armitage throws knees to the body.
Armitage tries to land knees in the clinch but Tenenbaum avoids the damage to the body.
Tenenbaum goes for a takedown in the clinch but Armitage prevents it.
Armitage is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tenenbaum is defending well for now.
Armitage is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.

Tenenbaum lands a takedown into guard.
Tenenbaum is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tenenbaum trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Tenenbaum avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Armitage trying to control the position.
Armitage looking to hit a scissor sweep but Tenenbaum is one step ahead there.
Tenenbaum content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tenenbaum is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Armitage keeping moving, preventing Tenenbaum from controlling successfully.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Royal Tenenbaum just wasn't active enough.
Armitage fails with an attempt to clinch.
Armitage tries a head kick but it misses.
Armitage tries to clinch up but Tenenbaum circles away and keeps his distance.
Armitage needs to keep his hands up - Tenenbaum had a free shot at his head there.
Armitage tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tenenbaum swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Armitage tries to clinch but Tenenbaum moves out of range.
Armitage tries to close the distance and clinch but Tenenbaum swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Armitage tries to clinch but Tenenbaum moves out of range.
Armitage is looking to clinch.
Tenenbaum avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tenenbaum jabs Armitage right on the nose. Armitage blinks but takes it well.
Armitage is looking to clinch but Tenenbaum is avoiding it.
Armitage throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Armitage tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tenenbaum swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Armitage moves forwards but Tenenbaum connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Tenenbaum goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Armitage fails with an attempt to clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Armitage tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Tenenbaum manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Armitage tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tenenbaum swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tenenbaum wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Royal Tenenbaum had his way with Trent Armitage in that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Tenenbaum misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tenenbaum with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Armitage tries to clinch but Tenenbaum is having none of it.
Armitage tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Tenenbaum manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Armitage tries to clinch up.
Tenenbaum scores with a jab.
Armitage tries to clinch up.
Tenenbaum avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Armitage tries to clinch up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Armitage tries to clinch up but Tenenbaum circles away and keeps his distance.
Tenenbaum keeps the fight on the outside.
Tenenbaum circles away from the clinch attempt.
Armitage wants to clinch up but Tenenbaum keeps it at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Armitage moves in looking to clinch but Tenenbaum pushes him off.
Armitage fails with an attempt to clinch.
Armitage tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Tenenbaum manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Armitage wants to clinch up but Tenenbaum keeps it at a distance.
Tenenbaum keeps the fight on the outside.
Armitage doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Armitage is looking to clinch but Tenenbaum is avoiding it.
Armitage has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Armitage there as he acknowledges the shot.
Tenenbaum swats away the attempt to clinch by Armitage.
The fight stays on the outside here - Armitage looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Armitage is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Armitage is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

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.
Tenenbaum lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Armitage is looking to clinch.
Tenenbaum circles away from the clinch attempt.
Armitage tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Armitage tries to clinch there but Tenenbaum circles away.
Tenenbaum avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Armitage walks into a left hand.
Tenenbaum scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Armitage tries to clinch there but Tenenbaum circles away.
Armitage tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Tenenbaum manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Tenenbaum avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Armitage doesn't manage to clinch there - Tenenbaum circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tenenbaum throws a good cross that connects.
Armitage has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Armitage tries to clinch but Tenenbaum moves out of range.
Armitage tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Tenenbaum manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Tenenbaum swats away the attempt to clinch by Armitage.
Royal Tenenbaum is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A cross from Tenenbaum lands.
Tenenbaum lands a jab to Armitage's midsection.
Armitage is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tenenbaum throws a nice looking combination but Armitage bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Armitage fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tenenbaum misses with a few strikes there.
Armitage tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Tenenbaum manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Armitage doesn't manage to clinch there - Tenenbaum circles away.
A right-left combo lands from Tenenbaum.
Armitage doesn't manage to clinch there - Tenenbaum circles away.
Armitage tries to clinch but Tenenbaum is having none of it.
Trent Armitage has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Armitage tries to close the distance and clinch but Tenenbaum swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Armitage tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tenenbaum keeps the fight on the outside.
Armitage misses with a body kick.
Tenenbaum does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Armitage throws a sloppy head kick and Tenenbaum moves out of range easily.
Armitage tries a head kick but it misses.
Armitage slips a jab and a cross from Tenenbaum.

And that's the end of the fight!
Royal Tenenbaum showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Tenenbaum 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 49:46
Judge George Francis scores the fight 49:46
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 49:46

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Royal Tenenbaum!
Royal Tenenbaum retains his welterweight title!