PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Hammer Fire (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marc Tatorini (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tatorini is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Simple Man. Marc Tatorini will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Fire
vs
Tatorini

185 cm
23
195 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

179 cm
22
192 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Hammer Fire!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Marc Tatorini!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Bruno Hogan and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tatorini circles away from the clinch attempt
and Tatorini cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Fire misses with an uppercut. Tatorini saw that one coming.
Fire throws a right and a left that Tatorini avoids nicely.
Hammer Fire seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tatorini wants to clinch up but Fire keeps it at a distance.
Fire tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Fire misses with an uppercut
and Tatorini counters with a straight right hand.
Fire wants to clinch but Tatorini slips to the side
letting Tatorini counter with a right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tatorini displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Fire.
Tatorini is looking to clinch but Fire is avoiding it.
Fire misses with a lunging right hand
letting Tatorini counter with a right hand.
Fire misses with a leg kick
and Tatorini counters with a nice uppercut.
Fire swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Tatorini counters with a lovely shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fire darts in trying to clinch

and Tatorini counters with a nice right hand that sends Fire toppling to the canvas! Fire scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Tatorini finish him?!

Fire is rocked!

Tatorini takes the fight into the clinch.
Tatorini lands a good knee to the midsection. Fire won't want to take too many of those.
Fire is breathing heavily.

Tatorini manages to break the clinch.
Fire misses with a combination

and Tatorini counters by clinching up.
Tatorini landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tatorini lands a right hand.

Tatorini gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Fire is looking to control Tatorini's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Fire avoid being mounted?
Tatorini passes to full mount!
Tatorini tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tatorini pushing the pace here, looking to move to his opponents back and work for a finish.
Tatorini controlling from mount.
Tatorini is trying to stand up but he's being controlled by his opponent.
Tatorini takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Marc Tatorini wasn't active enough on the ground.
Tatorini moves in looking to clinch but Fire pushes him off.
Tatorini circles away from the clinch attempt.
Fire closes the distance looking to clinch
and Tatorini counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Fire scores with a body shot.
Fire connects with a high kick.
Tatorini clobbers Fire with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Fire lands an overhand right.
Fire throws a left and a right that both miss

and Tatorini counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Tatorini.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Tatorini obliges.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tatorini utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Tatorini lands a nice shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Tatorini breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tatorini tries to clinch there but Fire circles away.
Fire darts in trying to clinch
and Tatorini counters with a slapping leg kick.

Fire gets tackled into the cage by Tatorini. Tatorini maintains the clinch.

Fire manages to break the clinch.
Fire takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Tatorini thuds his right hand into Fire's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Tatorini moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tatorini lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

Tatorini closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Tatorini escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Tatorini connects with a crisp jab.
Fire scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Fire throws a leg kick
and Tatorini cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Fire throws a leg kick that is checked

and Tatorini counters with a nice right hand that sends Fire toppling to the canvas! Fire scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Tatorini finish him?!
Oh Fire is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tatorini cracks Fire with a brutal left hook that knocks him out cold! This one is over in a flash! Game over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Marc Tatorini!