PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rudell Crim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Drederick Tatum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Crim comes to the cage accompanied by Go To Sleep B1TCH!. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Drederick Tatum was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Crim
vs
Tatum

179 cm
29
195 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

190 cm
26
190 lbs
11 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Pegasus Nutrition

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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rudell Crim!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Drederick Tatum!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Leandro Rodrigues and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tatum misses with a hook
and Crim counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Tatum thinking.
Tatum throws a right and a left that Crim avoids nicely.

Crim shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Crim was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Crim takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Crim is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Tatum's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Tatum is trying to escape the mount.
Crim working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Crim controlling from the full mount.
Tatum tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Crim has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Crim takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Crim landing punches.
Tatum is in all sorts of trouble here.
Crim controlling his opponent.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
The referee warns Tatum that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Crim is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Tatum is surviving well by controlling Crim's body position as best he can.
Crim punishing his opponent with strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
A nice elbow there by Crim.
Crim can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Tatum is looking to escape.
Crim sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Crim raining down shots from the mount!
Tatum taking shots to the head.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Tatum can do anything to dispel that myth.
Crim with shots to the head and body - Tatum looks very uncomfortable down there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crim landing strikes from the mount and Tatum is in trouble!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Tatum tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Tatum is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Crim tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Crim blocks Tatum's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Crim can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Tatum is looking to escape.
Crim dominating with strikes here.
Tatum takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Crim putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Crim lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Tatum hang on?
Tatum really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Tatum trying desperately to get to his feet.
Tatum really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Crim fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crim won't let Tatum get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Tatum looks gassed!
Crim working Tatum over with strikes here.

Tatum is rocked!
Crim postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Tatum badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Crim around the waist but Crim pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Crim is the winner by TKO! Crim jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rudell Crim!