PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tateum Titain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brandon Stark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Titain
vs
Stark

195 cm
26
220 lbs
8 - 8 - 0

190 cm
28
200 lbs
8 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Fast

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 8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tateum Titain!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Brandon Stark!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Summer Carpenter and Topper Green.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stark misses with a low kick.

Stark clinches.
Titain is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Stark misses with an elbow over the top.
Stark lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Stark.
Titain tries to break free but Stark pushes him back against the cage.
Stark throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Stark just misses with a elbow thrown towards Titain's brow.
Titain avoids the elbow strike from Stark, against the cage.
Titain blocks an elbow strike.

Titain breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Stark doesn't manage to clinch there - Titain circles away.
Titain 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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Titain keeps the fight on the outside.
A clash of legs there as Titain blocks the low kick.
Titain fires out a quick counter leg kick but Stark just manages to avoid it.
We've been told by Titain's head coaches at BEVA Fight Home that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.

Stark drives through and clinches with Titain against the cage.
Stark keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Titain's efforts to push away.

Titain breaks from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stark fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Titain is out of range.

Stark has closed the distance and engaged Titain in a clinch.
Stark creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Titain blocks the elbow strike.
Stark lands an elbow just above Titain 's eye.
With the fighters up against the cage, Stark throws an elbow but misses.
Stark misses with an elbow strike.
Stark pushes off an throws an elbow but Titain leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Titain working hard to break the clinch.
Stark throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Titain wants to break free but Stark has control.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Stark just misses with a elbow thrown towards Titain's brow.
Titain blocks the elbow strike.
Stark lands a nice elbow.
Titain wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Titain blocks an elbow strike from Stark.
Stark throws an elbow that misses.
Titain wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Stark has him pressed against the cage.
Stark lands an elbow inside that Titain shrugs off.
Stark creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Titain is trying to push Stark away but Stark has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Titain breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stark tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Titain counters with a one-two to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Titain blocks a head kick by Stark.
Titain looks to land a combination but Stark avoids it well.
Stark slips under a jab.
Stark tries to clinch up but Titain circles away and keeps his distance.
Titain is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Stark.
Stark looks to clinch
and Titain counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Stark fails with an attempt to clinch.
Stark tries to close the distance and clinch but Titain swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Stark tries to clinch there but Titain circles away.
Titain throws out a loose jab but Stark uses good head movement to avoid it.
Stark moves in looking to clinch but Titain pushes him off.
Stark moves out of range of the strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stark scoring well with a low kick there.
Titain lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Titain cracks Stark with an open hand slap.

Stark has Titain up against the cage in a clinch.
Titain blocks an elbow strike.
Stark misses with an elbow strike.

Titain escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Titain moves into range and connects with a jab.
Stark tries a low kick but Titain avoids it.
Titain scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

It looks like Brandon Stark has been cut.
Stark tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Titain swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Titain fails to land with a series of punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stark darts in trying to clinch
and Titain counters with a stiff right hand.
Stark 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.
Stark tries to clinch but Titain is having none of it.
Stark tries to clinch up.
Titain misses with an uppercut.
Stark tries a quick counter leg kick but Titain is wise to it.
Titain lands a jab to the head.
Stark 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.
Titain jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Jab, jab by Titain - just one landing.
Titain 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.
A telegraphed right hand from Titain misses the target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Tateum Titain will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Brandon Stark's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Titain throws a jab when Stark was well out of range.
Stark attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
An inside leg kick lands from Stark.
Titain throws a shot from downtown. Stark moves away and avoids it.
Stark keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Titain.
Stark tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Titain counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jab by Titain.
Stark tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Titain paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Titain lands a left and a right that send Stark crashing to the mat, dazed. Titain thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Stark is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Titain swats away the attempt to clinch by Stark.
Titain appears to be looking for a big counter.
Stark is still on wobbly legs! Can Titain finish him?
Stark wants to clinch but Titain slips to the side
and Titain counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Stark seems to have recovered his senses.
Tateum Titain is winning the standup battle so far.
Titain throws a hook but Stark blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Titain fails to land with a series of punches.
Titain moves into range and connects with a jab.
A combination from Titain does no damage.
Stark tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Stark tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Titain circles away from the clinch attempt.
Titain lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Stark circles away quickly and effectively.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Stark.
Titain pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Stark throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Titain.
Titain jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Stark feints a counter leg kick.
Stark tries to clinch up.
It looked like Titain wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Stark throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Titain was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Titain with a hook.
Titain is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Stark can do to turn this around?
Titain lands an overhand right.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jab from Titain.

Stark has managed to clinch.

Titain breaks from the clinch.
Stark bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Stark tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
An attempted straight right counter from Titain misses the target.

Stark gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Titain tries to break the clinch but Stark is controlling the position.
Titain looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Titain breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
An inside leg kick lands from Stark.

Stark moves into the clinch successfully.
Stark has Titain pressed against the cage, preventing Titain from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stark misses with an elbow over the top.
Titain has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Titain pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Stark closes the distance but Titain moves to the side
and Titain counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Stark tries to clinch there but Titain circles away.
Stark wants to clinch
enabling Titain to counter with a crisp jab.
Stark scores with a leg kick.
Stark looks to clinch
and Titain counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Titain keeps the fight on the outside.
Titain chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Stark can pounce on him.

Stark takes the fight into the clinch.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Titain breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stark is looking to clinch but Titain is avoiding it.
Stark is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Good standup being displayed there by Titain as he connects with a hook.
Stark misses with a head kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stark lets loose with a powerful body kick. Titain will feel that in the morning.
Titain scores with the left hand. Stark knows he should have avoided that one.
Titain throws the left hand but Stark avoids the punch easily.
Stark wants to clinch
and Titain counters with a stiff right hand.
Stark moves in looking to clinch but Titain pushes him off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tateum Titain dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Brandon Stark's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Stark avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Titain avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Titain is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Stark tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Titain lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Titain swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Stark tries a quick counter leg kick but Titain is wise to it.
Titain tries to bum rush Stark with a series of wild strikes but Stark uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Stark tries to clinch but Titain moves away
letting Titain counter with a right hand.
Titain scores with a jab. Stark acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Stark cracks the inside of Titain's front leg.
Titain moves into range and connects with a jab.
Stark throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Titain falls off balance throwing a combination
and Stark counters with a nice body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stark tries to clinch but Titain moves away
and Titain counters with a stiff right hand.
Titain lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Jab from Titain.
Stark walks into a left hand.
Stark has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Titain throws a shot from downtown. Stark moves away and avoids it.
Titain lands with a straight right. Stark didn't see that one coming.
Titain throws the left hand but Stark avoids the punch easily.

Stark moves into the clinch.
Stark lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Titain dodges an elbow strike from Stark.

Titain escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Stark bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Stark throws a fast counter high kick but Titain manages to duck under it in time.
Stark fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Titain.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stark throws a head kick but Titain moves out of range.
Titain swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Titain checks a leg kick.
Stark dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Titain. That did some damage!
Titain throws a shot from downtown. Stark moves away and avoids it.
Titain jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Stark thows a leg kick but Titain checks it
and Titain cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Stark darts in trying to clinch
and Titain counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Stark throws out a leg kick but Titain moves out of range and Stark only half commits.
Titain lands a head shot.
Stark defending well as Titain loads up on a big left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Titain connects with a crisp jab.
Titain on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Stark. Stark obviously looking to wear him down.
Stark thows a leg kick but Titain checks it
letting Titain counter with a right hand.
Titain avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Titain lands a big right hand that sends Stark crashing to the mat! Titain stays standing though and waves Stark back to his feet!

That has opened up Brandon Stark's cut even more.
Titain avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Titain swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Tateum Titain is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Stark lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
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!
Stark closes the distance but Titain moves to the side
and Titain counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Titain swats away the attempt to clinch by Stark.
Stark wants to clinch
and Titain counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stark is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Stark looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Stark wants to clinch up but Titain keeps it at a distance.
Titain stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Titain scores with a jab.
Titain misses with a hook
and Stark counters with a head kick. That will keep Titain thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Stark is looking to clinch.
Titain connects with a solid leg kick.
Stark throws a leg kick that is checked
and Titain counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Brandon Stark has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Stark throws a leg kick but Titain sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A little feinted left hand from Titain on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tateum Titain showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Titain, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Hugh Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 30:27
Judge Topper Green scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tateum Titain!
Tateum Titain thanked the fans post fight for their support.