PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hranghleia Animai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Drederick Tatum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Drederick Tatum has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Animai
vs
Tatum

190 cm
26
215 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

180 cm
25
210 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hranghleia Animai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Drederick Tatum!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Roosa Järviläinen and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tatum throws an overhand right that lands on Animai's shoulder, as Animai tries to avoid the shot.
Animai 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.
Animai moves to clinch but Tatum breaks away
and Tatum counters with a three punch combo that has Animai backing up. Animai nods at Tatum to acknowledge the strikes.
Animai moves out of range as Tatum strikes.
Animai tries to clinch
and Animai takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Animai moves forwards but Tatum connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Animai wants to clinch but Tatum slips to the side
and Tatum counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Animai avoids a punch combination nicely.
Animai tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tatum paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tatum circles away from the clinch attempt.
Animai moves in looking to clinch but Tatum pushes him off.
Tatum misses with a hook.
Animai tries to clinch there but Tatum circles away.
Animai tries to close the distance and clinch but Tatum swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tatum pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Animai closes the distance but Tatum moves to the side
letting Tatum counter with a right hand.
Tatum circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tatum circles away from the clinch attempt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tatum avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tatum lands a glancing blow to the side of Animai's head.
Tatum connects with a jab.
Tatum keeps the fight on the outside.
Animai fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tatum misses with an uppercut. Animai saw that one coming.
Animai tries to clinch but Tatum moves away
and Tatum counters with a nice uppercut.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Tatum jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Animai tries to clinch but Tatum moves away
and Tatum counters with a nice uppercut.
Tatum circles away from the clinch attempt.
Animai wants to clinch
letting Tatum counter with a right hand.
Animai is looking to clinch.
Animai tries to clinch up
and Animai takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The fight stays on the outside here - Animai looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tatum looks to throw the jab but Animai is out of range.
Tatum scores with the left hand. Animai knows he should have avoided that one.
Animai wants to clinch up but Tatum keeps it at a distance.
Animai fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Animai wants to clinch but Tatum slips to the side
and Tatum cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Animai wants to clinch
and Tatum counters with a two punch combo.
Tatum bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Animai's head.
Animai is looking to clinch but Tatum is avoiding it.
Tatum might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
A swing and a miss from Tatum.
Tatum misses the jab.
Animai takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Tatum scores with a nice strike.
Tatum is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Animai had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Tatum is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Animai.
Tatum throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tatum scores with a nice head shot.
Animai closes the distance but Tatum moves to the side
and Tatum counters with a straight right hand.
Animai closes the distance looking to clinch
and Tatum counters with a nice uppercut.
Animai slips a straight right by Tatum.
Animai closes the distance but Tatum moves to the side
and Tatum counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Animai walks into a straight right hand from Tatum.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Tatum rushes Animai and presses him up against the cage.
Animai throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tatum blocks it with crossed arms.
Animai lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Drederick Tatum has been cut.
Animai blocks a body shot from Tatum.
Animai creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tatum's defenses.
Tatum should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Animai misses with a knee strike.
Tatum misses with a short punch on the inside.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Tatum takes an elbow to the forehead.
Tatum throws a head punch that misses.
Tatum doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Animai misses with an elbow strike.
Animai looking to throw knees to the head but Tatum is blocking nicely.
Animai misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tatum.
Animai lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Tatum dodges an elbow strike from Animai.
Animai missing with knees to the body.
Tatum avoids the elbow strike from Animai, against the cage.
Animai trying to land knees to the body.
Animai with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tatum scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Animai lands an elbow that stopped Tatum in his tracks for a moment.

That has opened up Drederick Tatum's cut even more.
Tatum lands a nice uppercut.
Tatum lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Animai unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Animai takes a shot to the head.
Tatum misses with a hook from the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Animai.
Animai tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A shot in the inside from Tatum.
Tatum avoids the elbow strike from Animai, against the cage.
Animai lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Knees in the clinch landing for Animai.
Tatum looks winded!
Tatum swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tatum throws a head punch that misses.
Animai prevents a body shot from Tatum.
Animai looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Tatum lands a right hand that snaps the head of Animai backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Hranghleia Animai will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Drederick Tatum's cut.
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.

Animai wants to clinch up but Tatum keeps it at a distance.
Tatum keeps the fight on the outside.
Tatum fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Animai on the side of the head.
Animai tries to clinch
and Tatum cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Animai tries to clinch up.
Animai looks to clinch
enabling Tatum to counter with a crisp jab.
A big left from Tatum misses.
Animai blocks a jab.
Animai fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tatum misses with a hook. Animai ducked under it nicely.
Tatum misses with a looping left.
Tatum swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hranghleia Animai seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Animai wants to clinch
and Tatum cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tatum scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

Tatum moves into the clinch successfully.
Animai blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Animai gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Animai blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A knee to the head by Animai.

The cut above Drederick Tatum's eye is starting to cause him problems now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tatum misses with a short punch on the inside.
Animai looking to throw knees to the head but Tatum is blocking nicely.
Animai lands a knee to the body.
Tatum is breathing heavily.
Animai with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Animai landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Animai lands a nice knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Animai lands an elbow inside that Tatum shrugs off.

Drederick Tatum's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Animai landing knees to the head.
Animai lands a good knee to the midsection. Tatum won't want to take too many of those.
Hranghleia Animai has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Animai lands a nice elbow.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Drederick Tatum's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Hranghleia Animai!
Hranghleia Animai decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.