PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Glaube Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Drederick Tatum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva comes to the cage accompanied by .. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Silva
vs
Tatum

194 cm
31
222 lbs
18 - 11 - 0

180 cm
35
213 lbs
25 - 17 - 1

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Steel Penn's All 160

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 18 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Glaube Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Drederick Tatum!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Donald Grub and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tatum circles away quickly and effectively.
Silva throws a sloppy head kick and Tatum moves out of range easily.
Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Tatum circles away.
Silva moves out of range of the strikes.
Tatum moves out of range of the strikes.
Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tatum throws a hook to the side of Silva's head but Silva sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tatum circles away from the clinch attempt
and Tatum counters with a slapping leg kick.
Silva lands with a right hand.
Silva misses with a looping right.
Silva takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Silva comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Silva scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A slow jab from Tatum misses its intended target.
Silva wants to clinch up but Tatum keeps it at a distance.
Tatum fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva throws a head kick but Tatum moves out of range.
Tatum scores with a decent looking hook.
Silva takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Tatum drops his hands momentarily and Silva takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Tatum lands with a hook. Silva tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Tatum throws a hook to the side of Silva's head but Silva sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Silva misses with a head kick.
Tatum throws a big shot that misses.
Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tatum.
Silva throws a head kick that misses.
Silva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Silva has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Silva there as he acknowledges the shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tatum throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Tatum misses with a left hand
and Silva counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

It looks like Drederick Tatum has been cut.
Silva ducks under a wild hook from Tatum.
Tatum lands a high kick!
Silva throws an overhand right that lands on Tatum's shoulder, as Tatum tries to avoid the shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws an overhand right that lands on Tatum's shoulder, as Tatum tries to avoid the shot.
Silva throws a head kick that misses.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tatum throws a hook but Silva avoids it easily.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A shot to the liver by Tatum. Beautiful body shot.
Tatum pivots, looking for a leg kick but Silva is out of range and Tatum settles back down.
Tatum throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silva.
Tatum dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tatum misses with a looping left.
Tatum throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tatum on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Tatum throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Silva is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Tatum is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Silva.
Glaube Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva is looking to clinch but Tatum is avoiding it.
Silva lunges at Tatum with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Tatum's hand.
Silva tries to clinch but Tatum is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tatum takes a swing at Silva's ribcage but misses.
Silva throws out a loose jab but Tatum uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tatum jabs at Silva's body.
Silva misses with a looping left.
Silva misses with a body kick.
Silva throws a jab when Tatum was well out of range.
Silva swinging wildly here.
A lazy left from Tatum finds it's target.
Tatum blocks a head kick by Silva.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tatum paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silva fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Tatum staying out of range there.
Silva misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tatum misses with a looping left.
Tatum waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Silva.
Silva scores with a one two! Tatum had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Silva scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Tatum lands a nice hook to Silva's body. Silva takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Tatum throws out a loose jab but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tatum misses the jab.
Silva pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Tatum back to the cage. Silva follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Tatum looks to land a left hand but Silva moved out of range nicely.
Tatum lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Tatum uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Silva has time to react.
Drederick Tatum is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Tatum, as that shot connected.
Silva is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Silva takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Nice defenses there by Silva.
Tatum throws a hook but Silva avoids it easily.
Silva throws a right hand that Tatum ducks under and follows up with a left that Tatum also avoids with ease.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A head kick misses from Silva.
Silva slips under a jab.
A slow jab from Tatum misses its intended target.
Tatum scores with the left hand. Silva knows he should have avoided that one.
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 Glaube Silva will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Drederick Tatum's cut.
That's time! Silva's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

A punch combination from Silva misses.
Silva throws a right and a left that Tatum avoids nicely.
Tatum throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Silva.
Tatum fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Silva has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nice jab there from Silva.
Silva misses with a body shot.
Tatum jabs Silva right on the nose. Silva blinks but takes it well.
Tatum scores with a punch to the head.
Tatum scores with a hook to the body. Silva takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tatum scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Tatum swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Silva.
Tatum throws an overhand right that lands on Silva's shoulder, as Silva tries to avoid the shot.
Silva has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Tatum finds it's way round the side to connect with Silva's head.
Nice shot by Tatum.
Tatum throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tatum keeps the fight on the outside.
Nice defenses there by Tatum.
Silva tries to clinch up.
Drederick Tatum seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Silva scores with a sloppy right hand. Tatum should have avoided that one.
Tatum throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Silva tries to clinch but Tatum is having none of it.
Silva tries to clinch up but Tatum circles away and keeps his distance.
Silva uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tatum.
A big right from Tatum misses.
Silva misses with a takedown attempt - Tatum sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Tatum throws a series of punches but Silva avoids them all with ease.
Silva slips under a jab.
Tatum fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Tatum fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Silva is looking to clinch but Tatum is avoiding it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Silva misses.
Silva fails with a takedown attempt.
Tatum misses with a right hand
and Silva counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tatum with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tatum avoids a kick to the body.
Tatum pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tatum lands a jab to the head.
Tatum darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A big right from Tatum misses.
Tatum lands with a thumping leg kick.
Silva steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tatum.
Tatum missing with a left hand there. Silva was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Silva tries to clinch but Tatum is having none of it.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silva takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Tatum paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A lazy left from Silva finds it's target.
Good shot there by Tatum.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tatum fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silva manages to avoid it.
Tatum jabs Silva to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Tatum throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Silva stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Tatum connects with the punch.
Silva looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Silva tries to clinch up.
A jab from Tatum finds it's way through Silva's defenses.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tatum slaps away a takedown attempt from Silva, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Glaube Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Silva has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Silva there as he acknowledges the shot.
Tatum dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tatum lands a head shot.

Silva is rocked!

Tatum cracks Silva with an uppercut from hell and Silva crumples to the canvas, he's out! Oh no, he's recovered and he's grabbed one of Tatum's legs and pulled him into guard. The ref thought about stopping it there but he's let it go - good reffing!
Oh Silva is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tatum tries to stand but Silva is controlling from the bottom.
Tatum passes Silva's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Silva blocking the ground and pound attempt from Tatum.
Tatum has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Tatum working the head and body with strikes.
Tatum is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Tatum trying to pass the guard but Silva defending well.

Tatum gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tatum keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Silva.
Silva seems to have got his legs back now.
Silva looks to land a right hand but Tatum moved out of range.
Tatum scores with a punch to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Drederick Tatum showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Drederick Tatum's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Silva swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Tatum counters with a thumping low kick.
Tatum slips a jab and a cross from Silva.
Tatum lands a jab to the nose.
Tatum throws a shot from downtown. Silva moves away and avoids it.
Silva throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tatum sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
A jab lands there for Tatum.
Silva throws a hook but Tatum avoids it easily.
Silva misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tatum fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Tatum connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Silva's hands.
Tatum scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Tatum lands hard precision jab right on the jaw that stiffens Silva up and sends him tumbling to the mat! The ref grabs Tatum from behind before he can pounce. Some folks in the crowd didn't like that stoppage, but I saw Silva's eyes roll way back in his head, he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Drederick Tatum!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Drederick Tatum made sure he mentioned Steel Penn's All 160, along with how happy he was to win his fight.