PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Orangu tan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Skyler Holderman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Holderman has chosen Spit yo Game as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

tan
vs
Holderman

180 cm
22
150 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

180 cm
22
155 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Orangu tan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Skyler Holderman!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Cecil Peabody and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
tan shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
tan changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Holderman tries to avoid it but tan manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Holderman to the ground. Holderman escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

Holderman closes the distance and clinches.

Holderman has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed tan clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
A lull in the action here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Holderman controlling well, preventing tan from escaping the position.

Holderman working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
Holderman missing with strikes.
Holderman throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting tan!
tan breaks Holderman's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
tan postures up in Holderman's guard and throws a big left but Holderman blocks it.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
tan takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?

tan looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Holderman!
tan connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
tan throws some wild stikes that Holderman manages to avoid easily.
tan raining down shots from the mount!
tan is breathing heavily.
Holderman is in a horrible position here. tan smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Holderman is working to get back to half guard.
tan lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Holderman hang on?
tan prevents Holderman from getting the reversal.
tan landing punches.
Holderman wants to control but tan is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holderman is bucking up trying to escape but tan cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
tan misses with a head shot.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Holderman is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
tan raining down shots from the mount!
tan has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
tan prevents Holderman from getting the reversal.
Holderman takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Holderman avoids a series of strikes thrown by tan.
tan avoids the attempt from Holderman to control.
tan dominating with strikes here.
tan unloads with some shots from mount but Holderman bucks and avoids them well.
Holderman is really trying hard to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holderman takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Holderman is trying to escape the mount.
tan is in the full mount, landing strikes.
tan looking to ground and pound but Holderman is blocking nicely.
Holderman is trying to escape the mount.
tan blocks Holderman's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
tan dominating with strikes here.
tan is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Holderman can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Holderman can't escape the position.
tan lands a big elbow.
tan throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Holderman because tan loaded up on that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holderman is looking to get to half guard.
tan breaks from Holderman's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Holderman tries to get back to half guard but can't.
tan landing strikes from the mount.
Holderman is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
tan lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Holderman hang on?
Holderman manages to regain half guard. Good work.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Holderman is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of tan's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take tan's back!
Holderman missing with strikes.
tan tries to break free.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Orangu tan dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Holderman feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
tan throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
tan trying to strike off his back.
Holderman works a leg free and moves into half guard.
tan tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Holderman blocks the strikes from tan.
Holderman wants to control but tan is keeping him busy.
Holderman tries to pass to full mount but tan defends it.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
tan with a lazy takedown attempt
and Holderman counters with a one-two to the body.

Holderman shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
tan tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
tan flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Orangu tan overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Holderman wants to control but tan is keeping him busy.
Holderman throwing shots but tan is blocking nicely.
Holderman works his way into full mount!
Holderman looking to control and managing it successfully.
tan swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
tan throwing hammer fists to the chest of Holderman. What's that going to do exactly?
Holderman trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Holderman with the ground and pound from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
tan is trying to reverse the position but instead Holderman has taken his back - oops!

tan is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
tan manages to reverse the position and now he's in Holderman's guard. Nice work there by tan.
tan working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Holderman is trying to control the position but tan postures up.
Holderman looking to hit a scissor sweep but tan is one step ahead there.
Holderman utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holderman has his hands on tan's head, controlling the position.

Holderman has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but tan can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
tan throwing strikes from guard but Holderman blocks nicely.
tan chips away with some ground and pound.
Holderman is pulling down on tan's head. It's preventing any offense from tan, at least for the moment.
tan throws a big right hand that misses.
tan trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
tan with a flurry of punches that miss.
Holderman lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for tan!
tan is trying to escape the mount.
tan is squirming around, avoiding Holderman's attempts to control the action.
Holderman blocks tan's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.

Holderman is going olschool here, as he tries to force tan to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so tan shrugs it off.
tan is working to get back to half guard.
Holderman lands a big shot there that rocks tan but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Skyler Holderman showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

tan looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Holderman!
Holderman takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Holderman tries to hold on but tan postures up.
tan working away from the top, dropping strikes.
tan misses with a head shot.
tan scoring with strikes but Holderman is staying in there.
tan thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
tan looking to finish with strikes here!
Holderman manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
tan missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
tan throws a strike but Holderman avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Holderman is trying to control the position but tan postures up.
tan throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Holderman is trying to keep tan in close.
Holderman utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Holderman wants to get back to his feet but tan is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Holderman dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on tan. That did some damage!
Holderman lets loose with a powerful body kick. tan will feel that in the morning.

tan closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Holderman dodges the ground and pound from tan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
tan misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Holderman tries to improve position but can't.
Holderman avoids any damage from the ground and pound of tan.
tan is trying to move to mount but Holderman reverses beautifully and ends up in tan's guard.
Holderman trying to control the position from guard on top but tan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
tan trying to strike off his back.

Holderman stands up from tan's guard - Holderman perhaps looking for a knockout.
Holderman lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
tan takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.

tan scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Sloppy strikes there by tan.
Holderman gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
tan throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Holderman pushes tan off and gets back to his feet.

tan looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Holderman!
tan lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
tan prevents Holderman from getting the reversal.
tan is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Holderman is trying desperately to improve position.
tan has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Holderman's face.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holderman sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Nice strikes from tan there.
tan is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Holderman taking some punishment here, with tan in his half guard.
tan misses with a head shot. Holderman uses the momentum to regain guard.
Holderman preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
tan is looking to work some ground and pound but Holderman has wrist control.
tan throws a strike but Holderman rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
tan tries to land a sweep but no joy.

And that's the end of the fight!
Orangu tan showed his dominance in that final round.
I think tan has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Orangu tan!