PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lazarus Tate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edmilson Murutu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Murutu has chosen Flor do Campo as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Tate
vs
Murutu

190 cm
18
212 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

205 cm
23
205 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Hilo Nutrition (video proof)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Lazarus Tate!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Edmilson Murutu!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murutu looks to land a right hand but Tate moved out of range.
Murutu throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tate sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tate scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Tate throws the kick towards the body but Murutu avoids it.
Tate will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Tate jabs Murutu to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Murutu takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Tate buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Murutu looks gassed!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A nice leg kick lands there from Tate.

Tate clinches up with Murutu and pushes him back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tate leaning his opponent against the cage.
Tate tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tate misses with some punches.
Murutu prevents a body shot from Tate.
Tate misses with a punch on the inside.
Tate is working Murutu over against the cage.
Tate pushes Murutu back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Murutu blocking some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tate dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Tate for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Tate tries to throw a body punch but Murutu avoids it by throwing Tate back against the cage.
Tate goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Murutu prevents a body shot from Tate.
Tate tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Tate.
Tate misses with a hook to the ribs.
Murutu blocks a body shot from Tate.
Tate is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Tate swings wildly with an uppercut but Murutu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tate pressing his opponent against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Lazarus Tate.

Tate darts in and clinches Murutu up against the cage.
Tate struggles to land a body shot inside as Murutu controls his hands.
Tate has Murutu pressed against the cage.
Murutu wants to break free but Tate has control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tate leaning against his opponent.
Tate lands with a right to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lazarus Tate dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Murutu throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Tate fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Murutu has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Tate throws a half hearted mid kick.
Tate thumps Murutu with a low kick.

Tate closes the distance and pushes Murutu back into the cage.
Murutu blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short left from Tate.
Tate leaning against his opponent.
Tate lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Tate taking a breather.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murutu blocking some punches.
Murutu blocks a body shot from Tate.
Tate lands a body shot in the clinch.
Murutu wants to get back to striking at distance but Tate won't allow it.
Murutu looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Tate struggles to land a body shot inside as Murutu controls his hands.
Tate goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tate tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Murutu wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tate has him pressed against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Lazarus Tate has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tate tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Murutu's elbow.
Tate goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short left from Tate.
Tate stalling the fight.
Tate misses with a body punch.
Tate keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Murutu's efforts to push away.
Murutu is trying to break the clinch but Tate is controlling him.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tate.
Tate misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Murutu prevents a body shot from Tate.
Tate misses with a body punch.
Tate fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Murutu wants to break free but Tate has control.
Tate swings wildly with an uppercut but Murutu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tate keeps control of Murutu as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Tate stalling.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tate throws a head punch that misses.
Tate misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tate misses with a punch on the inside.
Murutu wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tate tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Tate fails to land.
Tate prevents Murutu from breaking the clinch.
Tate is pushing Murutu up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tate throws a punch but it's blocked by Murutu.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lazarus Tate dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Tate swings for the body but Murutu moves out of range.
Tate 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.
Tate misses the shot to the body.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Tate goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tate keeps control of Murutu as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Come on Tate - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Murutu is trying to break the clinch but Tate is controlling him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tate slowing the pace effectively.
Tate softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Murutu wants to get back to striking at distance but Tate won't allow it.
Murutu blocking some punches.
Tate is pushing Murutu up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Tate pushes Murutu back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tate lands a left hand that snaps the head of Murutu backwards.
Tate can't find room to land a body shot as Murutu controls the action.
Tate fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The referee is keeping an eye on Tate - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murutu prevents a body shot from Tate.
Tate will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Murutu up against the cage.
Tate is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Murutu can do to turn this around?
Tate misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tate is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Murutu wants to break free but Tate has control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Murutu's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Murutu working hard to break the clinch.
Tate misses with some punches.
Tate stalling against the cage.
Tate lands a body shot in the clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Tate - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Tate lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tate misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tate pressing his opponent against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Lazarus Tate.
Tate is looking to score with low kicks.
Tate fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Murutu.
Lazarus Tate seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tate lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Murutu avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Edmilson Murutu has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lazarus Tate is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Tate pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lazarus Tate showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Tate has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:26
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:26
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:26

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