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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dredd Tatum (ranked 456 p4p, 644 weight class) and Gerard Messing (ranked 58 p4p, 78 weight class). Dredd Tatum has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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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 24 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dredd Tatum!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Gerard Messing!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Gregory Folan and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Messing uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tatum.
Tatum scores with the left hand. Messing knows he should have avoided that one.
It looks like Gerard Messing has been cut.
Tatum misses with a lunging right hand
and Messing counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Messing.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tatum pushes Messing off and scrambles back to his feet.
Tatum works Messing's body with a nice hook.
Messing throws a hook but Tatum blocks it.
Tatum misses with a few strikes there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Messing waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tatum.
Tatum ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Messing moves away.
Tatum looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Messing slips a straight right by Tatum.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Messing. Tatum does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tatum displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Messing throws out the jab.
Messing swings widly with a right hand
and Tatum counters with a crisp right hand that drops Messing! Tatum lets Messing back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Messing works Tatum's body with a nice hook.
Messing defending well as Tatum loads up on a big left hand.
Messing with a nice cross.
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!
Tatum misses with a straight left.
The fighters circling - Messing throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tatum throws a body shot but no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Messing shoots in but no luck this time.
Messing tries for a takedown but Tatum circles away easily
and Tatum counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gerard Messing seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tatum slips under a jab from Messing.
Tatum gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Tatum misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Messing counters with a takedown into side control.
Messing works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Messing in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Tatum prevents Messing from improving position.
Messing throws an elbow but Tatum slips to the side and avoids it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Messing in side control, throwing shots but Tatum defends.
Tatum defending against the ground and pound.
Messing throws an elbow but Tatum slips to the side and avoids it well.
Tatum sneaks back into half guard.
Messing is nestled in close to Tatum, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Messing working over Tatum with some ground and pound. Tatum looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Messing has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Messing performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Messing missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Messing missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Messing working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Tatum knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Messing on the ground.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Messing not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Messing passes to full mount!
Messing wants to control the pace but Tatum is squirming around nicely.
Messing punishing his opponent with strikes.
Tatum is rocked!
Whack. That's a big, big shot from Messing! Tatum is out cold! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Gerard Messing!
Gerard Messing was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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