PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tateum Titain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony Sharks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Titain
vs
Sharks

195 cm
20
220 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

188 cm
25
222 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Powerful

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 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tateum Titain!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tony Sharks!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Summer Carpenter and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sharks gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Sharks lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Tateum Titain has been cut.
Sharks lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Sharks comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A frustrated look appears on Titain's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Sharks stalling.
Sharks throws an elbow but it misses.
Sharks misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Titain.
Titain blocks an elbow strike from Sharks.
Sharks lands a nice elbow.
Titain tries to break the clinch but Sharks is controlling the position.
Sharks missing with knees to the body.
Titain tries to circle away but Sharks has him pinned against the cage.
Sharks lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Titain wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sharks throws an elbow but misses.
Titain is trying to push Sharks away but Sharks has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sharks.
Sharks lands a damaging elbow.
Sharks lands an elbow inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sharks tries to land knees in the clinch but Titain avoids the damage to the body.
Sharks lands an elbow that stopped Titain in his tracks for a moment.
A bit of stalling here from Sharks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sharks throws an elbow that misses.
Sharks gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Titain tries to break the clinch but Sharks is controlling the position.
Sharks lands an elbow inside.

Tateum Titain's cut is getting worse.
Titain is trying to break the clinch but Sharks has him pressed against the cage.
Sharks tries to land knees in the clinch but Titain avoids the damage to the body.
Titain tries to break free but Sharks pushes him back against the cage.
Titain managing to block the knees to the body from Sharks.
Sharks is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Titain is defending well for now.
Sharks comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Sharks avoiding damage.
Sharks misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Titain.
Sharks tries to land knees in the clinch but Titain avoids the damage to the body.
Titain is looking to break free of the clinch but Sharks has double underhooks.
Titain looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sharks misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Titain.
Sharks throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Titain is trying to break the clinch but Sharks is controlling him.
Sharks pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Titain is trying to break the clinch but Sharks has him pressed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Titain is looking to break free of the clinch but Sharks has double underhooks.
Sharks lands an elbow inside that Titain shrugs off.
Titain can't break the clinch.
Sharks looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Sharks throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sharks looks to throw an elbow but misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sharks misses with an elbow over the top.
Sharks keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Titain's efforts to push away.
Titain tries to break free but Sharks pushes him back against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Titain tries to circle away but Sharks has him pinned against the cage.
Titain wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sharks has him pressed against the cage.
Sharks lands a nice elbow.
Titain is looking to break free of the clinch but Sharks has double underhooks.
Titain is trying to break the clinch but Sharks is controlling him.
Sharks lands an elbow inside.

Tateum Titain's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Sharks gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Titain avoids the elbow strike from Sharks, against the cage.
Titain takes an elbow to the forehead.
Titain wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sharks has him pressed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Titain dodges an elbow strike from Sharks.
Titain blocks the elbow strike.
Sharks is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Titain is defending well for now.
Titain is trying to force a seperation but Sharks has the dominant position.
Sharks working Titain over with knees to the body.
Titain tries to circle away but Sharks has him pinned against the cage.
Sharks's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Sharks lands an elbow inside that Titain shrugs off.
Sharks trying to land knees to the body.
Sharks keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Titain's efforts to push away.
Titain wants to get back to striking at distance but Sharks won't allow it.
Sharks prevents Titain from breaking the clinch.
Titain wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sharks has him pressed against the cage.
Titain is trying to break the clinch but Sharks has him pressed against the cage.
Sharks lands an elbow inside.
Sharks throws an elbow that misses.
Titain has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sharks dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Sharks misses with an elbow strike.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Sharks takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Sharks throws an elbow that misses.
Titain blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sharks lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Titain dodges an elbow strike from Sharks.
Sharks throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Titain dodges an elbow strike from Sharks.
Titain is trying to break free.
Sharks throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Titain tries to break free but Sharks pushes him back against the cage.
Titain blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Titain wants to break the clinch but can't.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sharks creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sharks throws an elbow but misses.
Titain is trying to break the clinch but Sharks has him pressed against the cage.
Titain wants to break free but Sharks has control.
Sharks is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Titain is defending well for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tony Sharks dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tateum Titain's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Sharks tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Titain connects with a single shot there.
Sharks tries to clinch up.
Tateum Titain seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Titain!
Titain throws a nice inside leg kick.
Titain looks to land a combination. Sharks sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Sharks tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Titain manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sharks tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Titain connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Titain throws a big shot that misses.
Titain takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Titain throws an overhand right that lands on Sharks's shoulder, as Sharks tries to avoid the shot.
Sharks is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sharks walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Titain throws a good cross that connects.
Titain misses with a two punch combination.
Sharks tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sharks tries to clinch up.
Sharks wants to clinch.

Sharks has Titain up against the cage in a clinch.
Sharks lands an elbow inside.
Titain is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Sharks prevents Titain from breaking the clinch.
Titain on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sharks throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Titain tries to break the clinch but Sharks is controlling the position.
Titain on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Titain has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Titain is trying to break free.
Titain is trying to break the clinch but Sharks is controlling him.
Sharks creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Titain's defenses.
Titain tries to break the clinch but Sharks is controlling the position.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Sharks gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Titain tries to break the clinch but Sharks is controlling the position.
Sharks misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Titain.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sharks has Titain pressed against the cage, preventing Titain from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Titain wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Titain has had enough of the clinch but Sharks keeps him there for the moment.
Titain on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Titain takes an elbow to the forehead.
Sharks lands an elbow just above Titain 's eye.
Titain wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Titain is trying to force a seperation but Sharks has the dominant position.
A bit of stalling here from Sharks.
Sharks lands a nice elbow.
Titain avoids the elbow strike from Sharks, against the cage.
Sharks pushes off an throws an elbow but Titain leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Sharks lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sharks throws an elbow that misses.
Sharks misses with an elbow over the top.
Sharks is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Titain is defending well for now.
Titain wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sharks lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Jeez, Tateum Titain's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Titain wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sharks has him pressed against the cage.
Titain takes an elbow to the temple.
Titain can't break the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sharks.
The referee is keeping an eye on Sharks - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Sharks lands an elbow inside that Titain shrugs off.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Tateum Titain's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Tony Sharks!