PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tommi Ritola (ranked 3960 p4p, 6091 weight class) and Scoot Tatum (ranked 434 p4p, 513 weight class). Scoot Tatum is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Ritola
vs
Tatum

200 cm
20
265
2 - 6 - 0

201 cm
20
266
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
World class MT
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tommi Ritola!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Scoot Tatum!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Colin Fotheringham and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tatum fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Tatum checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Tatum with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Tatum lands a nice looking body kick.
Tatum digs a good hook to Ritola's body.
Ritola 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 takes the fight into the clinch.
Tatum avoiding damage as Ritola throws knees to the body.
Ritola trying to land knees to the body.
Tatum managing to block the knees to the body from Ritola.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tatum.
Tatum lands a right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tatum lands a hook that snaps the head of Ritola backwards.
Tatum avoiding damage as Ritola throws knees to the body.
Tatum working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Tatum lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Tatum lands a left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tatum working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ritola tries to land knees in the clinch but Tatum avoids the damage to the body.
Tatum lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Ritola.
A nice left hand lands by Tatum.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tatum creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Come on Tatum - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
A nice right hand lands inside from Tatum.
Tatum lands a right hand.
Tatum on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ritola is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tatum is defending well for now.
Tatum managing to block the knees to the body from Ritola.
Ritola trying to land knees to the body.
Ritola misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tatum.
Tatum lands with a light punch inside.
Tatum lands a left hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tatum creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Tatum throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ritolas head.
Ritola is breathing heavily.
Ritola takes a shot to the head.
Tatum avoiding damage as Ritola throws knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Tatum.
Ritola definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tatum.
A short uppercut from Tatum.
Tatum lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short right from Tatum on the inside.
Tatum lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ritola backwards.
Tatum makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tatum scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Tatum utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Tatum content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Tatum lands with a left to the head.
Tatum leaning against his opponent.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tatum.
Tatum lands a body shot.
Tatum lands with a short shot to the head.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Tatum lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tatum working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Tatum blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tatum lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A shot in the inside from Tatum.
Tatum is working Ritola over against the cage.
Tatum lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Tatum lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ritola backwards.
A short uppercut from Tatum.
Tatum makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tatum gets through Ritola's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Tatum lands with a left to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knees to the body from Ritola.
Good body shot from Tatum.
Tatum lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Tatum presses Ritola against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A shot in the inside from Tatum.
Tatum lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Tatum scores with a shot to the side of Ritola's head.
Tatum lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ritola backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tatum creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Tatum.
Tatum gets through Ritola's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Tatum lands with a left to the head.
Tatum lands a body punch.
Tatum lands a hook to the side of the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Tatum.
Tatum softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Tatum scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ritola misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tatum throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ritola blocks it with crossed arms.
Tatum avoiding damage as Ritola throws knees to the body.
Tatum has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Ritola seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Tatum can turn it around.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tatum.
Tatum lands an uppercut.
Tatum connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ritola's face.

It looks like Tommi Ritola has been cut.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tatum scores with a shoulder strike.
Ritola's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Tatum lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ritola backwards.
Tatum working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Scoot Tatum dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tommi Ritola's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Tatum lands hard precision jab right on the jaw that stiffens Ritola up and sends him tumbling to the mat! The ref grabs Tatum from behind before he can pounce. Some folks in the crowd didn't like that stoppage, but I saw Ritola's eyes roll way back in his head, he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Scoot Tatum!