PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Patrick Bateman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bryce Tanner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bateman comes into the arena with Huey Lewis and The News - Hip to be Square blaring out of the sound system. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Bateman
vs
Tanner

195 cm
23
275 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

194 cm
24
260 lbs
14 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Broken Halo Pride Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Patrick Bateman!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bryce Tanner!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tanner walks into a jab.
Bateman throws a head kick that misses.
Bateman throws a leg kick but Tanner sees it coming and moves out of range.
Tanner fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bateman manages to avoid it.
Tanner takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Tanner throws a right hand that Bateman ducks under and follows up with a left that Bateman also avoids with ease.
Tanner is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bateman scores with a crisp jab that stopped Tanner in his tracks.
Tanner takes one to the side of the head.
Bateman throws a looping overhand right but Tanner ducks down to avoid it.
Tanner moves out of range of the body kick.
Tanner lands an overhand right.
Bateman gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A bone on bone clash there as Tanner blocks the leg kick.
Tanner throws a leg kick that misses.
Bateman misses with a low kick.
Bateman throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tanner sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tanner throws a hook but Bateman blocks it.
Bateman swings for the body but Tanner moves out of range.
Tanner tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bateman paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bateman misses the jab.
Bateman swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Tanner cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bateman throws a combination that misses

and Tanner counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Tanner prevents Bateman from improving his position.
Tanner is thwarting Bateman's attempts to control the position.
Bateman is looking for a sweep. Tanner is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Tanner sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Bateman defending well though.
Tanner not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Bateman avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Tanner.
Tanner not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Tanner in particular looking to stall.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Tanner looks to score with a jab to the body but Bateman is just out of range.
Patrick Bateman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bateman will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bateman chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Bateman - that will leave a mark!
Bateman stuns Tanner with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Tanner tries to land a leg kick but Bateman saw it coming and moves away.
Bateman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tanner.
Tanner lands with a good body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bateman thumps Tanner with a low kick.
Bateman throws a head kick that misses.
Bateman looks to throw the jab but Tanner is out of range.
Tanner uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bateman.
Bateman throws a sloppy body shot
and Tanner counters with a stiff right hand.
A big left from Tanner misses.
Tanner moves out of range of the strikes.
Tanner throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Bateman misses with an uppercut.
Bateman lands with a straight right. Tanner didn't see that one coming.
Tanner uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bateman.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tanner lands with an overhand left.

Nice combo by Tanner! Oh, that's hurt him - Bateman falls to the canvas and Tanner follows him into side control.

Bateman is rocked!

It looks like Patrick Bateman has been cut.
Tanner lands a strong strike to the head of Bateman. That's dazed him! Tanner looking to finish here. Bateman is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Tanner lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bryce Tanner!
Bryce Tanner is the new heavyweight champion!