PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Minowa Fujiati (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Tucker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dan Tucker acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Fujiati
vs
Tucker

189 cm
39
269 lbs
20 - 5 - 1

188 cm
31
260 lbs
13 - 6 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Counter fighter
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

Perkele!

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 20 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Minowa Fujiati!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dan Tucker!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Johanna Lukiainen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tucker swings for the body but Fujiati moves out of range.
Tucker cracks Fujiati with an open hand slap.
Fujiati uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tucker.
Tucker jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tucker connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Tucker tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fujiati was well out of range. Poor timing from Tucker.
Tucker misses with a looping left.
Fujiati moves out of range of the strikes.
Fujiati drops down looking for a counter takedown but Tucker sprawls and moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fujiati misses with a takedown
and Fujiati takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Tucker works Fujiati's body with a nice hook.
Fujiati displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tucker throws out the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Fujiati bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Fujiati trying to control the action but Tucker is working from the bottom.
Tucker is looking to reverse the position.
Tucker keeps trying to improve his position.
Fujiati sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Tucker is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Fujiati trying to control the position but Tucker is working away.
Fujiati misses with the ground and pound.
Fujiati throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Fujiati working away.
Fujiati misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tucker manages to get back to half guard.

Fujiati seems to be working for a kimura but Tucker defends the submission attempt.
Tucker wants to get back to full guard.
Fujiati thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Tucker's head.
Tucker wants to get back to his feet.
Tucker is positioning himself well to prevent Fujiati advancing to mount.

Fujiati is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Tucker doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Fujiati.
Tucker is looking for a sweep. Fujiati is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Fujiati 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.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fujiati drops an elbow to the side of Tucker's head.
Tucker is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Fujiati seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Tucker does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Tucker controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Fujiati is looking to take a break and control but Tucker is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Fujiati tries to pass the half guard into mount. Tucker knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Tucker wants to improve his position but Fujiati is controlling well.
Fujiati slips a nice elbow through Tucker's hands, connecting with Tucker's forehead.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tucker is trying to maintain the position but Fujiati is very close to passing his half guard.
Fujiati is keen to just control but Tucker is a slippery customer.
Tucker keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Tucker wants to get back to full guard.
Tucker blocking the ground and pound attempt from Fujiati.
Fujiati thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Tucker's head.
Fujiati lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Tucker tries to roll over but Fujiati keeps him under control.
Ground and pound from Fujiati.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Dan Tucker will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Fujiati.
Tucker now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Tucker scores with a sloppy right hand. Fujiati should have avoided that one.
Tucker lands a jab.
Fujiati shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Tucker sprawls well. Tucker wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Fujiati gets slowly back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tucker looks to land a left hand but Fujiati moved out of range nicely.
Horrible takedown attempt by Fujiati or perhaps it was just good defense by Tucker, which made it look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Minowa Fujiati. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tucker connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Tucker dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Fujiati avoids the body shot from Tucker.
Fujiati dives in for a single leg takedown but Tucker sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Tucker misses with a right hand

and Fujiati counters with a nice double leg into side control. Tucker won't be happy with that.

Fujiati working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Tucker prevents Fujiati from improving position.
Tucker felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Tucker tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Fujiati wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tucker is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Fujiati's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Tucker tries to get to full guard but Fujiati has control of the leg.
Tucker avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Fujiati.

Fujiati looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Fujiati throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fujiati thows a huge punch but Tucker dodges it nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tucker moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Fujiati with a flurry of punches that miss.
Tucker has his hands on Fujiati's head, controlling the position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Fujiati accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Fujiati tries to free his leg and advance position but Tucker is retaining full guard.
Fujiati throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Tucker works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Minowa Fujiati overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Tucker trying to control the position here.

Fujiati is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Tucker is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Tucker has escaped and now he's on top!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Fujiati had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Tucker defends it easily.

Fujiati looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Tucker passes into half guard.
Fujiati gets back to full guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Fujiati looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Tucker has picked Fujiati up and slammed him! Fujiati can't keep hold of the triangle and Tucker manages to pass to side control!
Fujiati manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dan Tucker showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Tucker lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Tucker fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Tucker misses with a wild body shot.
Tucker misses with a looping right.
Tucker swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fujiati tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Tucker defends well and Fujiati ends up having to push Tucker into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Tucker misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fujiati.
Tucker has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fujiati gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Tucker counters with a nice body shot.
Tucker works the jab nicely.
Dan Tucker seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tucker bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Fujiati's head backwards.
Fujiati avoids the body shot from Tucker.
Fujiati changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Tucker stuffs the takedown attempt from Fujiati. Fujiati gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Minowa Fujiati. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A lazy left from Tucker finds it's target.
Fujiati takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Fujiati is defended easily by Tucker.
Minowa Fujiati has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fujiati misses with a takedown
and Tucker counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Fujiati takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Tucker keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Fujiati dodges the punch combination from Tucker.
Tucker throws a body punch but Fujiati moves out of range.
A slow jab from Tucker misses its intended target.
Tucker swings and misses with a hook to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tucker swings for the body but Fujiati moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tucker ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fujiati moves away.
Fujiati keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tucker.
Fujiati appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Fujiati shoots in for a double leg but Tucker sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Fujiati slips under a jab.
Tucker throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tucker misses with a body shot.
Tucker just misses with a punch to the body.
Fujiati fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Tucker throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tucker swings for the body but Fujiati moves out of range.
Fujiati is trying hard to land a takedown here. Tucker sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Tucker fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fujiati manages to avoid it.
Tucker throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Fujiati on the side of the head.
Fujiati is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Tucker jabs Fujiati to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A shot to the liver by Tucker. Beautiful body shot.
Tucker lands a nice shot that snaps Fujiati's head back.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tucker fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Fujiati looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dan Tucker comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Tucker winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 27:29
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 27:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dan Tucker!
Dan Tucker decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.