PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zachary White (ranked 1716 p4p, 68 weight class) and Nic Tatarapulous (ranked 3385 p4p, 140 weight class). Zachary White is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

White
vs
Tatarapulous

183 cm
25
210 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

200 cm
25
225 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Zachary White!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Nic Tatarapulous!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Atkins and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
White misses with a hook.
Tatarapulous doesn't manage to clinch there - White circles away.
White is looking to counter punch.

Tatarapulous pushes White up against the cage in a clinch.
Tatarapulous can't find room to land a body shot as White controls the action.
Tatarapulous lands with a light punch inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, White creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
White lands with a short shot to the head.
White misses with a punch to the body.
White scores with a shot to the side of Tatarapulous's head.
Tatarapulous manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Tatarapulous swings wildly with an uppercut but White uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Tatarapulous takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Tatarapulous will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning White up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Tatarapulous scores with a nice short uppercut.
White blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tatarapulous can't find room to land a body shot as White controls the action.
White swings away with an uppercut that misses.
White lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Tatarapulous or not.
Tatarapulous slows down the pace here.
Tatarapulous misses with the head strike.
Tatarapulous can't find room to land a body shot as White controls the action.
Tatarapulous misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tatarapulous working aggressively here.
White softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Tatarapulous just leaning against White, taking a breather.
White wants to break free but Tatarapulous has control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Tatarapulous fails to land.
Tatarapulous tries to throw a body punch but White avoids it by throwing Tatarapulous back against the cage.

White escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
White definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Jab from White.
White stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
White throws a shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
White fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Tatarapulous on the side of the head.
Jab by White.
Tatarapulous tries to clinch up.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Tatarapulous is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A head punch on the inside from Tatarapulous fails to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White prevents a body shot from Tatarapulous.
Tatarapulous stalling in the clinch but White improves position.
Tatarapulous swings wildly with an uppercut but White uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tatarapulous tries to throw a body punch but White avoids it by throwing Tatarapulous back against the cage.
Tatarapulous tries to throw a body punch but White avoids it by throwing Tatarapulous back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tatarapulous.
Tatarapulous is looking to control White's arms but White gets an underhook and turns him. Now Tatarapulous has his back to the cage.
White scores with a hook to the body.
Tatarapulous fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tatarapulous fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
White makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
White lands a body punch in the clinch.
White throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A head punch on the inside from Tatarapulous fails to land.
White blocks an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
White blocking some punches.
Tatarapulous's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Tatarapulous stalling in the clinch but White improves position.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
White stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Tatarapulous looks winded!
Tatarapulous lands on the inside with an uppercut.
White lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Tatarapulous swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by White.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
White digs a right hand into Tatarapulous's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Tatarapulous's gas tank.
White lands a body shot in the clinch.
Tatarapulous tried to land a shot to the body but connects with White's elbow.
White scores with a hook to the body.

White breaks the clinch.
Tatarapulous slips under a jab.
White lands a glancing blow to the side of Tatarapulous's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zachary White dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

White bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Tatarapulous's head backwards.
White scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
White bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Tatarapulous's head.
Tatarapulous slips under a jab from White.
White lands a nice shot that snaps Tatarapulous's head back.
Tatarapulous tries to close the distance and clinch up but White swats him away and circles back towards the center.
White is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Tatarapulous doesn't manage to clinch there - White circles away.

Tatarapulous closes the distance and pushes White back into the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A body shot lands from White.
White lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tatarapulous backwards.
Tatarapulous goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nic Tatarapulous seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
White lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Tatarapulous backwards.
White lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tatarapulous backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A body shot lands from White.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
White lands a nice uppercut.
Tatarapulous working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

White breaks the clinch.
Zachary White seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
White comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Tatarapulous is breathing heavily.
Tatarapulous swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nice cross by White.
Tatarapulous tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but White paws at him with a jab and circles away.
White scores with a shot to the body.

White lands a big right hand that sends Tatarapulous crashing to the mat! White stays standing though and waves Tatarapulous back to his feet!
Zachary White is winning the standup battle so far.
This has been an exciting period of action!
White jabbing away but nothing is landing.
White is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tatarapulous can do to turn this around?
Tatarapulous darts in trying to clinch
and White rattles Tatarapulous with a well-timed uppercut counter. - Tatarapulous tries to back away and recover but his hands are down low and he gets tagged again, sending him stumbling down to the canvas. White dives in after him and quickly finishes the job with a trio of brutal punches, leaving Tatarapulous stiff and motionless on the mat!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Zachary White!
Zachary White spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.