PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Nenad Jovanovic (ranked 6191 p4p, 20837 weight class) and Jayson Tatum (ranked 627 p4p, 669 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Jovanovic
vs
Tatum

188 cm
31
214
18 - 2 - 0

203 cm
32
209
20 - 12 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

UnderGround Supplements

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 18 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Nenad Jovanovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jayson Tatum!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Richard Clark and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tatum throws a wild body kick that Jovanovic sees coming a mile off.
Jovanovic slips a straight right by Tatum.
Jovanovic scores with a nice strike.

Jovanovic takes the fight into the clinch.
Jovanovic tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jovanovic cracks Tatum with a nice body shot.
Tatum working Jovanovic over with knees to the body.
Tatum lands a nice uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Jovanovic fails to land.
Tatum with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tatum prevents a body shot from Jovanovic.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Jovanovic blocking some punches.
Jovanovic misses with the head strike.
Tatum prevents a body shot from Jovanovic.

Tatum manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jovanovic swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tatum lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Tatum throws a hook but Jovanovic blocks it.
Tatum misses with a double jab.
Tatum ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nenad Jovanovic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jovanovic swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jovanovic tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Tatum manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jovanovic tries to clinch but Tatum is having none of it.

Jovanovic pushes Tatum up against the ropes in a clinch.
Jovanovic misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tatum blocking some punches.
Tatum is looking to control Jovanovic's arms but Jovanovic gets an underhook and turns him. Now Tatum has his back to the ropes.
Jovanovic throws a punch but it's blocked by Tatum.
Jovanovic lands a left hand.

It looks like Jayson Tatum has been cut.
Jovanovic lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Tatum backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tatum displaying some good clinch control by pressing Jovanovic up against the ropes.
Jovanovic tries to throw a body punch but Tatum avoids it by throwing Jovanovic back against the ropes.
Jovanovic is leaning against Tatum and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Jovanovic lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Jovanovic throws a punch but it's blocked by Tatum.
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!
Jovanovic can't find room to land a body shot as Tatum controls the action.
Jovanovic tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tatum's elbow.
Jovanovic misses with a body punch.
Tatum manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Jovanovic misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tatum swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tatum wants to break free but Jovanovic has control.
Tatum looking to slow down the pace here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Jovanovic stuns Tatum with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Jovanovic takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Tatum delivers a nice body kick.
Tatum bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jovanovic throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nice straight punches there by Jovanovic. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Jovanovic.
A lazy body kick from Tatum
and Jovanovic counters with a series of strikes. Tatum will be more careful next time no doubt.
Tatum throws a leg kick but Jovanovic moved away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jovanovic misses with a hook. Tatum ducked under it nicely.
Jovanovic swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Tatum.
Tatum moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Jovanovic lands with an uppercut that bounces Tatum off the ropes and back into range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tatum throws an off balance right hand
and Jovanovic counters with a straight right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tatum throws the left hand but Jovanovic avoids the punch easily.
Tatum is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jovanovic.
It looked like Jovanovic was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Tatum.
Nice defenses there by Jovanovic.
Jovanovic tries to clinch up
letting Tatum counter with a right hand.
Jovanovic takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Tatum loads up on a big right hand but Jovanovic slips the punch.
Nenad Jovanovic is winning the standup battle so far.
Tatum keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jovanovic.
Tatum is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Jovanovic misses with an uppercut.
Some wild striking there from Tatum.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jovanovic connects with a looping right hand.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Jovanovic crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Tatum - the referee stops the clock and Jovanovic gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Tatum. Jovanovic manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Jovanovic looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Jovanovic is looking to clinch.
Tatum lands the left hand.

It looks like Nenad Jovanovic has been cut.
Jovanovic is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nenad Jovanovic is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tatum throws a nice outside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jovanovic tries to clinch but Tatum moves out of range.
Jovanovic bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Tatum's head.
Tatum lands with a right hand.
Tatum misses with a leg kick
and Jovanovic counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Nenad Jovanovic will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

The fight stays on the outside here - Jovanovic looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jayson Tatum has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Jovanovic instigates a clinch.
Tatum taking a breather.
Jovanovic softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Jovanovic lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A right hook to the body lands for Jovanovic.
Tatum is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Nenad Jovanovic has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Jovanovic swings away with an uppercut that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jovanovic takes a shot to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tatum.
Jovanovic working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Jovanovic blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jovanovic lands with a right to the head.
Jovanovic lands a left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Jovanovic.
A short right from Jovanovic.
A head punch on the inside from Jovanovic fails to land.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Jovanovic.
Jovanovic tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jovanovic misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tatum looking to slow down the pace here.
Jovanovic pushes Tatum back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jovanovic lands a body punch.
Jovanovic scores with a shoulder strike.
Jovanovic digs a right hand into Tatum's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Tatum's gas tank.
Tatum takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Tatum takes a shot to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Tatum prevents a body shot from Jovanovic.
Jovanovic goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jovanovic misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jovanovic misses with a body punch.
A left hand lands to the body for Jovanovic.
A left hand lands to the body for Jovanovic.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jovanovic lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Tatum prevents a body shot from Jovanovic.
Tatum tries to break free but Jovanovic pushes him back against the ropes.
Jovanovic lands a nice shot to the body.
Jovanovic blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jovanovic lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Jovanovic tries to throw a body punch but Tatum avoids it by throwing Jovanovic back against the ropes.
Jovanovic tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tatum's elbow.
Jovanovic lands a nice shot to the body.
Jovanovic lands a body shot.
Tatum misses with a short punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Jovanovic.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jovanovic.
Jovanovic goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tatum misses with a punch to the body.
Jovanovic goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nenad Jovanovic showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Jovanovic, 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 Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27

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