PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between shoots goots (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Junior Tate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

goots
vs
Tate

196 cm
19
283 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

195 cm
23
255 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, shoots goots!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Junior Tate!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shigeki Fujiwara and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
goots avoids the head kick by Tate.
goots throws a shot to the body.

goots closes the distance and clinches.
goots gets through Tate's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Tate misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from goots.
goots lands a hook that snaps the head of Tate backwards.
Tate scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like shoots goots has been cut.
A short right from goots on the inside.
goots looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Tate keeps control of goots as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
goots wants to get back to striking at distance but Tate won't allow it.
goots lands a hook that snaps the head of Tate backwards.
Tate throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tate tries to stall but goots uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Tate is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. goots is defending well for now.
Tate keeps control of goots as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
goots tries to circle away but Tate has him pinned against the cage.
goots working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Tate is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. goots is defending well for now.
Tate creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
goots is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
goots is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Tate taking a breather.
Tate is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
goots lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tate backwards.
Tate has goots pressed against the cage, preventing goots from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
goots is trying to force a seperation but Tate has the dominant position.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
goots tries to break the clinch but Tate is controlling the position.
goots taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Tate unloads a knee to the mid-section. goots lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Tate misses with a knee strike.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Tate crunches a lovely knee into goots's ribcage.
goots working hard to break the clinch.
Tate throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but goots blocks it with crossed arms.
Tate scores a nice knee to the body.
goots is breathing heavily.
Tate is struggling to control the position.
Tate using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Tate scores a nice knee to the body.
Tate lands an elbow just above goots 's eye.
Tate lands an elbow inside.
Tate is trying to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
goots is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
goots takes a knee to the side of the body.
Tate misses with a knee to the head.
goots managing to block the knees to the body from Tate.
goots blocking some punches.
Tate trying to stall but goots improves his position.
goots has had enough of the clinch but Tate keeps him there for the moment.
goots has had enough of the clinch but Tate keeps him there for the moment.
goots lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Tate backwards.
The referee calls for Tate to work.
Tate landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tate creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through goots's defenses.
goots takes an elbow to the temple.
Tate keeps the fight in the clinch, despite goots's efforts to push away.
Tate connects with a nasty looking knee right to goots's face.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

Tate breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Tate closes the distance and clinches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tate tries a knee to the head but goots blocks it.
Tate misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from goots.
Tate throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but goots blocks it with crossed arms.
Tate connects with a knee to the head.
goots gets through Tate's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Tate throws a knee to the head but misses.
goots lands a hook to the side of the head.
goots is looking to break free of the clinch but Tate has double underhooks.
A short left from goots.
goots is trying to break free.
goots lands a right hand.
Tate tries to land knees in the clinch but goots avoids the damage to the body.
Tate is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. goots is defending well for now.
Tate keeps control of goots as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
goots wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
goots lands with a left to the head.
goots looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
goots is trying to break free.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Tate.
Tate lands a knee to the head.
Tate lands a nice knee to the body.
Tate lands an elbow inside that goots shrugs off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Tate looking to stall.
goots has had enough of the clinch but Tate keeps him there for the moment.
Tate is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. goots is defending well for now.
goots wants to get back to striking at distance but Tate won't allow it.
goots wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Tate pushes off an throws an elbow but goots leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Tate scores with a knee to the head.
Tate using the Thai plumb to throw knees but goots has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tate prevents goots from breaking the clinch.
goots tries to break the clinch but Tate is controlling the position.
Tate landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
goots looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Tate lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Tate is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
goots blocks a body shot from Tate.
Tate is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Tate doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tate crunches a lovely knee into goots's ribcage.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
goots looking to slow down the pace here.
Tate looking to throw knees to the head but goots is blocking nicely.
A knee to the head by Tate.
goots gets through Tate's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
goots scores with a nice hook to the head.
goots is looking to break free of the clinch but Tate has double underhooks.
goots tries to circle away but Tate has him pinned against the cage.
Knees to the body from Tate.
Tate gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Tate throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tate has goots pressed against the cage, preventing goots from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
goots tries to break free but Tate pushes him back against the cage.
Tate with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
goots working aggressively here.
Tate landing knees to the head.
goots throws a punch but it's blocked by Tate.
goots takes an elbow to the forehead.
Tate scores with a knee to the head.
Tate lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Tate lands a knee to the body.
Tate lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Tate pushes goots back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Tate lands a nice elbow.
Tate has goots pressed against the cage, preventing goots from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Tate takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

Tate pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tate tries to clinch but goots moves out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Tate. That's going to slow goots down.
goots tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tate swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tate throws a front kick that sends goots stumbling back into the cage.
Tate throws a head kick that half lands.
Tate tries to close the distance and clinch but goots swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
goots takes a kick to the side of the head.

shoots goots's cut is getting worse.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tate looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
goots dips to his left and cracks Tate with an uppercut!
goots clinches but Tate breaks the clinch
and Tate counters with a nice body kick.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
A thudding body kick lands there by Tate!
Tate misses with a head kick.
shoots goots is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
goots is looking to clinch but Tate is avoiding it.
The fight stays on the outside here - goots looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tate shoots in but no luck this time.
Tate throws a sloppy head kick and goots moves out of range easily.
goots stuns Tate with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
goots fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

goots rushes Tate and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
goots is looking to break free of the clinch but Tate has double underhooks.
Tate with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
goots looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

goots breaks the clinch.
Tate throws a big shot that misses.
goots throws a combination that misses
and Tate counters with a head kick.
Tate tries a head kick but it misses.
Tate wants to clinch but goots slips to the side
and goots counters with a two punch combo.

goots clinches with his opponent.
goots letting Tate take a breather here.
goots is trying to break the clinch but Tate is controlling him.
goots scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Tate keeps control of goots as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Tate tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
goots on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
goots is trying to force a seperation but Tate has the dominant position.

Tate's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tate drops his hands momentarily and goots takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Tate goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Tate lands a nice looking body kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Tate.
Tate tries a head kick but it misses.

goots drives through and clinches with Tate against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by goots.
goots wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
goots has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
goots stalling against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by goots.
Tate with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
goots wants to break free but Tate has control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
goots wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
goots looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Tate breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tate lands with a slapping head kick.
goots lands with an uppercut that bounces Tate off the cage and back into rage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Junior Tate dominated that round.
The cut man is working on shoots goots's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Tate pulls out of a head kick attempt.
goots moves forwards but Tate connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Tate darts in trying to clinch
enabling goots to counter with a crisp jab.
goots tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tate was well out of range. Poor timing from goots.
Tate throws a head kick that goots semi-blocks.
Tate fails with a takedown attempt.
Tate is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
goots uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Tate has time to react.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Tate. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
A jab from Tate misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
goots fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tate tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
goots works over Tate's head and body with a nice combination.

It looks like Junior Tate has been cut.
Tate tries to close the distance and clinch up but goots swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tate misses with a head kick.
goots swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
goots punishes Tate's body with a nice straight punch.
shoots goots is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tate tries to clinch up.

goots gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
goots wants to break free but Tate has control.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
goots is trying to break the clinch but Tate is controlling him.
goots tries to circle away but Tate has him pinned against the cage.
Tate with a knee to the head.
goots stalling.
Tate keeps control of goots as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Tate obliges.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
goots wants to get back to striking at distance but Tate won't allow it.
goots stalling the fight.
Tate is looking to control goots's arms but goots gets an underhook and turns him. Now Tate has his back to the cage.
Tate prevents goots from breaking the clinch.
Tate tries to land a knee to the head but goots blocks with his arms.
Tate tries to stall but goots uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

goots escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A chopping leg kick lands by Tate.
goots scores with a punch to the head.
goots misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tate.
goots throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

goots clinches with his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tate missing with knees to the body.
Tate with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

shoots goots's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Tate throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but goots blocks it with crossed arms.
goots pressing his opponent against the cage.
goots is looking to break free of the clinch but Tate has double underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
goots wants to break free but Tate has control.
Tate is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
goots lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Tate lands a nice knee to the body.
Tate with a knee to the head.
goots lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Tate backwards.
goots scores with an uppercut up the middle.
goots wants to break the clinch but can't.
goots working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Tate working aggressively here.
goots is looking to break free of the clinch but Tate has double underhooks.
Tate throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tate keeps control of goots as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Tate has goots pressed against the cage, preventing goots from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
goots takes a knee to the side of the body.
Tate unloads a knee to the mid-section. goots lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
goots wants to break the clinch but can't.
goots pushes Tate back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
goots wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
A knee to the head by Tate.

Tate's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
goots swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Junior Tate seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tate tries to clinch but goots moves out of range.
shoots goots is winning the standup battle so far.
The fighters circle momentarily. goots darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Tate shoots in looking for a takedown. goots tries to sprawl out of it but Tate keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. goots manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
goots lands with a shot to the body.
Nice body punch from goots.
goots scores with a nice right hand.
goots blocks a head kick by Tate.
Tate tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
goots misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tate throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
goots throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
goots displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Tate throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Tate has managed to clinch.
goots can't break the clinch.

Tate breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tate swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and goots counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

goots pushes Tate up against the cage in a clinch.
Tate misses with a knee strike.
Tate trying to land knees to the body.
Tate swings wildly with an uppercut but goots uses good head movement to avoid it.
The referee calls for goots to work.
goots wants to get back to striking at distance but Tate won't allow it.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
goots stalling against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for goots.
Tate is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Tate tries to throw a body punch but goots avoids it by throwing Tate back against the cage.
goots lands a hook that snaps the head of Tate backwards.
goots working hard to break the clinch.
Tate is trying to stall.
goots takes an elbow to the forehead.
goots tries to stall but Tate uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

Tate's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A big left from Tate misses.
Tate throws a body kick that misses.
Tate misses the shot to the body.
Tate fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tate circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
goots throws a hook but Tate avoids it easily.
Tate misses with a head kick.
goots throws a lazy right hand but Tate sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A right-left combo lands from Tate.
Tate tries to clinch but goots moves out of range.
goots keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
shoots goots has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Junior Tate.
Tate takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

goots rushes Tate and presses him up against the cage.
Tate working goots over with knees to the body.
goots lands a right hand.
goots takes a knee to the side of the body.
goots is trying to break the clinch but Tate is controlling him.
A frustrated look appears on goots's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Tate tries to land a knee to the head but goots blocks with his arms.
Junior Tate seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by goots.
goots working hard to break the clinch.
goots scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Tate wants to stall.
goots wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
goots is looking to break free of the clinch but Tate has double underhooks.
Tate tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and goots avoids it.
goots lands a hook that snaps the head of Tate backwards.
Tate with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
goots wants to break the clinch but can't.
goots throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Tates head.
goots scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Tate looking to throw knees to the head but goots is blocking nicely.
Tate letting goots take a breather here.
goots has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Tate lands a hook that snaps the head of goots backwards.
Tate is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but goots is keeping busy.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
goots wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tate has him pressed against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
goots tries to circle away but Tate has him pinned against the cage.
Tate misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from goots.
Tate throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but goots blocks it with crossed arms.
goots prevents a body shot from Tate.
Tate's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
goots is trying to break the clinch but Tate has him pressed against the cage.
Tate lands a right hand that snaps the head of goots backwards.
goots tries to circle away but Tate has him pinned against the cage.
goots tries to break the clinch but Tate is controlling the position.
goots lands with a short punch from the clinch.
goots has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
goots wants to get back to striking at distance but Tate won't allow it.

Tate manages to break the clinch.
goots throws a lazy right hand but Tate sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
goots defending well as Tate loads up on a big left hand.
Tate doesn't manage to clinch there - goots circles away.

And that's the end of the fight!
shoots goots showed his dominance in that final round.
I have no idea who won that fight. Let's wait and see whether the judges are as confused as me! Time for a split decision perhaps?!. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight for Junior Tate!
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight for Junior Tate!
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight for Junior Tate!

Junior Tate wins by unanimous decision!