PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Isaac Curtis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Issumatar Tariaksuq (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Curtis comes to the cage accompanied by Schubert - Ave Maria. Tariaksuq is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Tanya Tagaq - Uja. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Curtis
vs
Tariaksuq

176 cm
30
152 lbs
13 - 3 - 0

177 cm
29
142 lbs
15 - 6 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Hellbent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Isaac Curtis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Issumatar Tariaksuq!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big right from Tariaksuq misses.
Curtis is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Curtis moves out of range as Tariaksuq strikes.
Curtis slips a jab from Tariaksuq.
Tariaksuq throws a head kick but Curtis moves out of range.
Tariaksuq waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Curtis.
A counter left hand to the body from Curtis misses its target.
Tariaksuq throws a head kick but Curtis moves out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Curtis misses the target.
Tariaksuq blocks a jab.
It seemed like Tariaksuq was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Curtis on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Tariaksuq misses with a head kick.
Tariaksuq is looking to slow Curtis down with leg kicks.
Curtis's jab looks to have found its range, popping Tariaksuq under the eye.
Tariaksuq looks to score with a jab to the body but Curtis is just out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tariaksuq throws a lazy uppercut
and Curtis counters with a leg kick.
Tariaksuq staying out of range there.
Tariaksuq fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Tariaksuq throws a body punch but Curtis moves out of range.
Curtis thuds his right hand into Tariaksuq's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Tariaksuq pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Curtis misses the shot to the body.
Tariaksuq throws a head kick that misses
and Curtis counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jab, jab by Curtis - just one landing.
Curtis looks to land a right hand but Tariaksuq moved out of range.

Curtis has managed to clinch.
Tariaksuq lands a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Curtis makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Curtis lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Tariaksuq blocking some punches.
Tariaksuq prevents a body shot from Curtis.
Curtis throws a punch but it's blocked by Tariaksuq.
Tariaksuq blocking some punches.
Tariaksuq working aggressively here.
Curtis lands an uppercut.
Tariaksuq throws an elbow but it misses.
Curtis has a couple of punches blocked by Tariaksuq.
Curtis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Curtis.
Tariaksuq fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Curtis misses with a hook from the clinch.
Curtis works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Tariaksuq tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Curtis misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Curtis blocking some punches.
Tariaksuq working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tariaksuq misses with a hook from the clinch.
Curtis lands with a left to the head.

Curtis manages to break the clinch.
The crowd cheers as Tariaksuq lands an impressive looking overhand right. Curtis doesn't seem phased though.
Tariaksuq takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Curtis misses the jab.
Curtis is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tariaksuq.
Tariaksuq wants to counter the offense by Curtis and move into the clinch position.
A nice inside leg kick there by Tariaksuq. That's going to slow Curtis down.
Tariaksuq connects with an inside leg kick.
Tariaksuq wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Tariaksuq misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Curtis.
Tariaksuq keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Curtis looks to score with a jab to the body but Tariaksuq is just out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Curtis throws a hook to the side of Tariaksuq's head but Tariaksuq sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nice shot lands for Curtis.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tariaksuq scores with a decent looking hook.
Tariaksuq moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Curtis displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tariaksuq throws out the jab.
Tariaksuq throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tariaksuq throws an overhand right that lands on Curtis's shoulder, as Curtis tries to avoid the shot.
Curtis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tariaksuq was well out of range. Poor timing from Curtis.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Tariaksuq! But no joy.
Tariaksuq throws a head kick that misses.
Tariaksuq misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Curtis counters with a stiff right hand.
Tariaksuq thows a leg kick but Curtis checks it
and Curtis counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Curtis thuds a left hand into Tariaksuq's body.
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 Isaac Curtis will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Curtis swings for the body but Tariaksuq moves out of range.
Curtis backing away here, and Tariaksuq unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Curtis fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Tariaksuq looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Tariaksuq throws a jab when Curtis was well out of range.
Curtis's corner calls for a 1-2. Curtis obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Curtis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tariaksuq moves away.
Curtis swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tariaksuq moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Tariaksuq misses with a left hand
and Curtis counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Curtis lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
It looks like Curtis has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Curtis uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tariaksuq.
Tariaksuq cracks Curtis with an open hand slap.
Tariaksuq fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Curtis manages to avoid it.
Tariaksuq throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tariaksuq throws a body shot but no joy.
Curtis drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Tariaksuq misses with a left hand
and Curtis counters with a stiff right hand.

It looks like Issumatar Tariaksuq has been cut.
Tariaksuq misses with a body shot
and Curtis cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Curtis lands a leg kick that knocks Tariaksuq off balance momentarily.
A jab from Tariaksuq misses.
Tariaksuq swats away the attempt to clinch by Curtis.
Tariaksuq throws a looping overhand right but Curtis ducks down to avoid it.
Curtis on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Tariaksuq. Tariaksuq obviously looking to wear him down.
Curtis walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Curtis lands with a hook. Tariaksuq tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tariaksuq rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Curtis counters with a lovely straight right hand!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tariaksuq misses the shot to the body.
Curtis throws out a loose jab but Tariaksuq uses good head movement to avoid it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Tariaksuq! But no joy.
Tariaksuq staying out of range there.
Tariaksuq is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Curtis.
An attempted straight right counter from Curtis misses the target.
Tariaksuq throws a leg kick
and Curtis counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Tariaksuq misses with an uppercut. Curtis saw that one coming.
Curtis lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Issumatar Tariaksuq seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Curtis scores with a shot to the body.
Tariaksuq buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Curtis is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Curtis just misses with a punch to the body.
Curtis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Isaac Curtis is winning the standup battle so far.
Tariaksuq throws a sloppy body shot
letting Curtis counter with a right hand.
Tariaksuq tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Curtis was well out of range. Poor timing from Tariaksuq.
Tariaksuq misses with an uppercut.
Curtis is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tariaksuq can do to turn this around?
Curtis walks into a jab.
Curtis tries to clinch up but Tariaksuq circles away and keeps his distance.
Curtis thuds a left hand into Tariaksuq's body.
Curtis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tariaksuq was well out of range. Poor timing from Curtis.
Tariaksuq throws a hook to the side of Curtis's head but Curtis sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Curtis appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Tariaksuq throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tariaksuq is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tariaksuq walks into a straight right hand from Curtis.
Tariaksuq throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Curtis throws a big shot that misses.
A clash of legs there as Curtis blocks the low kick.
Tariaksuq misses with a straight right.
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!
Curtis throws a shot to the body.
Tariaksuq throws a looping overhand right but Curtis ducks down to avoid it.
Curtis misses with a wild body shot.
Tariaksuq pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tariaksuq looks to score with a jab to the body but Curtis is just out of range.
Tariaksuq throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Curtis.
Tariaksuq throws a sloppy head kick and Curtis moves out of range easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Isaac Curtis dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Issumatar Tariaksuq'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!

Curtis misses with an uppercut. Tariaksuq saw that one coming.
Curtis connects with a jab.
Curtis lands with an uppercut that bounces Tariaksuq off the cage and back into range.
Tariaksuq throws a leg kick that is checked
and Curtis connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tariaksuq misses with a hook. Curtis ducked under it nicely.
Tariaksuq lands a jab to Curtis's midsection.
Tariaksuq throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A big right from Curtis misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Curtis throws a body shot but no joy.
Tariaksuq shapes to counter with a head kick.
Tariaksuq throws a right hand that misses
and Curtis counters with a stiff right hand.
Curtis throws the left hand but Tariaksuq avoids the punch easily.
Curtis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tariaksuq manages to avoid it.
Tariaksuq now looks to counter with a shot at the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tariaksuq cracks a nice hook into Curtis's ribs.
A bone on bone clash there as Curtis blocks the leg kick.
Curtis is looking to counter punch.
Tariaksuq takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Tariaksuq scores with a punch to the head.
Tariaksuq connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A chopping leg kick lands by Curtis.
Curtis tries to score with a low kick but Tariaksuq moves his leg out of the way.
Curtis jabs Tariaksuq to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Curtis ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Curtis throws a leg kick but Tariaksuq sees it coming and moves out of range.
Curtis fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tariaksuq appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Curtis misses with a looping right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Curtis throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Tariaksuq takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Tariaksuq throws a body shot but no joy.
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!
Tariaksuq bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Curtis misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tariaksuq.
Tariaksuq lands a jab to Curtis's midsection.
Curtis bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Tariaksuq's head.
A left lands for Tariaksuq.
Curtis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tariaksuq was well out of range. Poor timing from Curtis.
Tariaksuq jabs at Curtis's body.
Curtis's corner calls for a 1-2. Curtis obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tariaksuq jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Curtis connects with a good right hand that stumbles Tariaksuq. Tariaksuq circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Tariaksuq tries to score with a low kick but Curtis moves his leg out of the way.
Curtis throwing a counter right hand but Tariaksuq manages to avoid it.
Issumatar Tariaksuq has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Curtis walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Tariaksuq with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Isaac Curtis is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Tariaksuq swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Curtis's jab looks to have found its range, popping Tariaksuq under the eye.
Curtis comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Curtis clobbers Tariaksuq with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Curtis takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Tariaksuq connects with the punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Curtis tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tariaksuq swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tariaksuq pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tariaksuq throws an overhand right that lands on Curtis's shoulder, as Curtis tries to avoid the shot.
Tariaksuq tries to move into range but Curtis moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Tariaksuq takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Curtis lands a nice shot to the body.
Curtis walks into a jab.
Curtis uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Curtis scores with a nice right hand.
Tariaksuq throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Curtis sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tariaksuq misses with a wild body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Isaac Curtis.
Well Curtis 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Isaac Curtis!
Isaac Curtis took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'This is it. I am relieved I could end my career on a high note. The last five years have been eventful, thank you to everyone involved'.