PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Orlando Bloom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Drederic Tatum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tatum has chosen Corrosion of Conformity - Vote with a bullet as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Bloom
vs
Tatum

172 cm
27
140 lbs
14 - 14 - 0

175 cm
27
142 lbs
15 - 12 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Orlando Bloom!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Drederic Tatum!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tatum lands a jab-cross combination.
Bloom wants to clinch.
Bloom tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Tatum makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Nice uppercut lands for Tatum. That snapped Bloom's head back.

Tatum clinches with his opponent.
Bloom doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bloom throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bloom misses with a punch on the inside.
Bloom lands a damaging elbow.
Tatum tries to work over Bloom's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bloom misses with a punch on the inside.

Tatum drags the fight down to the ground.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Bloom pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Tatum is keeping the position for now.
Bloom wants to stand but Tatum is controlling his posture from full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Tatum is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Bloom is aware though and is defending well.
Bloom would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Tatum is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bloom won't allow Tatum to sweep him here.
Bloom tries to stand but Tatum is controlling from the bottom.

Tatum is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Bloom defends well.
Bloom would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tatum is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Tatum is looking to sinch up a triangle. Bloom throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Tatum's body to avoid the submission. Tatum has instead reached around Bloom's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Tatum arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Drederic Tatum!