PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nathaniel Syndicate (ranked 23136 p4p, 559 weight class) and Alekanekelo Tamata (ranked 3847 p4p, 411 weight class). Tamata has chosen Get Up as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Nathaniel Syndicate has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Syndicate
vs
Tamata

174 cm
22
190 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

186 cm
24
188 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nathaniel Syndicate!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Alekanekelo Tamata!
The judges for this bout are Ben Hemmingworth, Francis DeMontford and Darius Henderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Syndicate closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Tamata has had enough of the clinch but Syndicate keeps him there for the moment.
Tamata misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Syndicate is stalling here.

Syndicate breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Syndicate paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

Syndicate takes the fight into the clinch.
Syndicate wants to get back to striking at distance but Tamata won't allow it.

Tamata manages to break the clinch.
Syndicate misses with a wild combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Tamata instigates a clinch.

Syndicate's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tamata fails in his attempt to clinch.
Syndicate moves into range and connects with a jab.

It looks like Alekanekelo Tamata has been cut.
Syndicate throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Tamata moves into the clinch.
Syndicate avoiding damage as Tamata throws knees to the body.

Tamata breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Syndicate throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A left and a right from Syndicate both land. Nice combination.
Syndicate is really turning it up, unleashing another crisp combination which drops Tamata like a ton of bricks! The referee dives in to stop the fight, saving Tamata from another fist facial!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nathaniel Syndicate!