PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Sortek Redfist (ranked 22749 p4p, 21223 weight class) and Jayson Tatum (ranked 670 p4p, 656 weight class). Redfist kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Earl Sweatshirt-Chum. Jayson Tatum has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Redfist
vs
Tatum

188 cm
41
213
42 - 23 - 2

203 cm
32
209
19 - 10 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

KOMBAT KLOTHING

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 42 - 23 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sortek Redfist!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jayson Tatum!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Andrew Berry and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Redfist misses with a hook. Tatum ducked under it nicely.
Redfist stuns Tatum with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Tatum ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Redfist dips to his left and cracks Tatum with an uppercut!
Tatum pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Redfist takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Sortek Redfist seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Redfist fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Tatum checks it well.
Redfist checks the leg kick nicely there.
An attempted straight right counter from Redfist misses the target.
Redfist throws a hook but Tatum avoids it easily.
Tatum avoids the head kick by Redfist.
Redfist misses with a head kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tatum misses with an uppercut.
Redfist throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Redfist has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Sparring Cages in the buildup to the fight.
Tatum jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tatum connects with the punch.
Tatum slips a straight right by Redfist.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Redfist throws a shot from downtown. Tatum moves away and avoids it.
A little jabbing left from Tatum on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Redfist throws a body punch but Tatum moves out of range.
Redfist is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tatum.
Tatum takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Tatum moves out of range as Redfist strikes.
Redfist throws out a powerful jab.
Redfist lands a leg kick that knocks Tatum off balance momentarily.
Tatum delivers a nice body kick.
Tatum takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Tatum chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Redfist throws a quick inside leg kick.
Tatum fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Redfist manages to avoid it.
Redfist avoids a kick to the body.
Redfist throws a hook but Tatum avoids it easily.
A jab from Tatum misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tatum with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Redfist to score with a decent uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tatum throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Tatum throws a lazy body kick
and Redfist makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Nice defenses there by Redfist.
Redfist with a nice calf kick.
Redfist swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Tatum counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Tatum ducks under a wild hook from Redfist.
Sortek Redfist is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Redfist changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A leg kick checked by Tatum.
Tatum slips under a jab.
And Tatum responds with a good body kick, but Redfist manages to step out the way in time.
Redfist ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tatum scores with a crisp jab that stopped Redfist in his tracks.
Tatum has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Redfist.
Redfist throws a jab when Tatum was well out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Redfist attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Tatum is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Tatum throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Sortek Redfist dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Tatum checks a low kick from Redfist.
Tatum keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Redfist.
Redfist throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Tatum stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Donk. Tatum catches Redfist right on the button with a cross.
Redfist scores with a hook to the body. Tatum takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Redfist takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Redfist takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Tatum takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Redfist swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Redfist lands with a straight right. Tatum didn't see that one coming.
Redfist digs a good body shot into Tatum's ribs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Redfist lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Redfist throws a lazy right hand but Tatum sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Tatum lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Tatum looks to land a left hand but Redfist moved out of range nicely.
Tatum uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Redfist.
Redfist throws a big shot that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Redfist misses with a hook. Tatum ducked under it nicely.
Tatum looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Tatum lands with a cross.
Redfist throws a lazy right hand but Tatum sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nice shot by Redfist.
Tatum thumps Redfist with a low kick.
Tatum takes one to the side of the head.
Redfist scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Redfist throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

It looks like Jayson Tatum has been cut.
Tatum misses with a looping right.
Redfist lands a glancing blow to the side of Tatum's head.
Redfist's jab looks to have found its range, popping Tatum under the eye.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tatum changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Redfist looks to throw the jab but Tatum is out of range.
Tatum misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Redfist.
An attempted straight right counter from Redfist misses the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Redfist chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Redfist ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Redfist throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tatum sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Redfist moves out of range of the body kick from Tatum.
Tatum scores with a nice head shot.
A low kick from Redfist misses
and Redfist takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Tatum.
Redfist scores with a hook to the body. Tatum takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
The fighters circling - Redfist throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Redfist ducks under a wild hook from Tatum.
Tatum looks to land a left hand but Redfist moved out of range nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tatum bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Redfist's head backwards.
Redfist misses with a low kick.
Tatum staying out of range there.
Redfist lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Sortek Redfist dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jayson Tatum's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Redfist throws a hook but Tatum avoids it easily.
Tatum unleashes a big counter combination but Redfist bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Jayson Tatum has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tatum on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Tatum misses with a low kick.
Redfist avoids the head kick by Tatum.
Redfist cracks Tatum with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Redfist moves out of range of the body kick.
Redfist throws a lazy uppercut
and Tatum counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Redfist tries to work over Tatum's front leg with a kick but Tatum checks it.
Tatum blocks a jab.
Redfist misses with a left hand
and Tatum cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Redfist lands a glancing blow to the side of Tatum's head.
Redfist looks to land a right hand but Tatum moved out of range.
Tatum throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Redfist throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Tatum counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tatum uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Redfist.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tatum misses with a kick to the body.
A jab from Redfist misses.
Redfist is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Redfist connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Redfist ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Redfist blocks a leg kick.
Redfist is looking to counter punch.
Redfist looks to land a left hand but Tatum moved out of range nicely.
Redfist throws out a loose jab but Tatum uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tatum throws out a counter right but Redfist avoids it with no problem.
Tatum throws out a leg kick but Redfist moves out of range and Tatum only half commits.
Sortek Redfist is winning the standup battle so far.
Tatum uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Redfist.
A slow jab from Redfist misses its intended target.
Tatum throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Redfist sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Redfist looks to throw the jab but Tatum is out of range.
Tatum throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Redfist cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Redfist missing with a left hand there. Tatum was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Redfist works Tatum's body with a nice hook.
Redfist scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Redfist misses with a low kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Redfist.
Redfist moves out of range of the body kick from Tatum.
A little feinted left hand from Redfist on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Redfist rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Tatum counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Tatum drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Redfist lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Tatum on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Tatum needs to keep his hands up - Redfist had a free shot at his head there.
Tatum throws a chopping leg kick but Redfist manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Tatum throws the kick towards the body but Redfist avoids it.
Tatum tries to move into range but Redfist moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Redfist misses with a right hand
and Tatum counters with a head kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sortek Redfist showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Redfist 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sortek Redfist!
A victorious Sortek Redfist thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.