PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Drederick Tatum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gustavo Guerrero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Guerrero has chosen Borracho Te Recuerdo as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Tatum
vs
Guerrero

190 cm
24
190 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

187 cm
21
200 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

[JMFC] 160!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Drederick Tatum!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gustavo Guerrero!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Alexandre Firmino and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A shot to the liver by Guerrero. Beautiful body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tatum looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Guerrero dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tatum is looking to clinch.
Tatum misses the shot to the body.
Guerrero misses with a hook to the body
and Tatum counters with a stiff right hand.
Guerrero misses the jab.
Guerrero misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tatum.
Tatum walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Tatum throws a sloppy body shot
enabling Guerrero to counter with a crisp jab.
Guerrero misses with a hook.
A lazy left from Guerrero finds it's target.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tatum tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Tatum takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Tatum misses with a jab, cross combination.
Guerrero takes a swing at Tatum's ribcage but misses.
Decent striking displayed by Guerrero there.
Guerrero scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Tatum takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Tatum finds it's way through Guerrero's defenses.
Tatum darts in trying to clinch
and Guerrero counters with a nice uppercut.
Guerrero misses with a looping left.

Tatum gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Guerrero lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Tatum is looking to break free of the clinch but Guerrero has double underhooks.
Tatum is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Guerrero is struggling to control the position.
Tatum is trying to break the clinch but Guerrero is controlling him.
Guerrero scores with a hook to the body.
Tatum is trying to force a seperation but Guerrero has the dominant position.
Guerrero avoiding damage.
Guerrero works on Tatum's body with a couple of short punches.
Tatum wants to break the clinch but can't.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Tatum as Guerrero tries to tie him up.
Guerrero lands a nice shot to the body.
Tatum can't find room to land a body shot as Guerrero controls the action.
Guerrero throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Guerrero breaks the clinch.
Tatum takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Nice body punch from Guerrero.
Guerrero misses with a body shot.
Guerrero misses with a shot to the body
and Tatum counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Guerrero thinking.
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!
Tatum tries to clinch up
and Guerrero connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tatum takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Guerrero misses the shot to the body.
Tatum avoids the body shot from Guerrero.
Tatum looks to land a combination. Guerrero sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Guerrero swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Tatum misses the target.
Tatum tries to clinch up but Guerrero circles away and keeps his distance.
Guerrero scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Tatum doesn't seem bothered though.
Tatum misses with a few strikes there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guerrero misses with a hook. Tatum ducked under it nicely.
Tatum bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Guerrero's head.
Guerrero circles away from the clinch attempt
and Guerrero counters with a stiff right hand.
Tatum thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tatum ducks under a wild hook from Guerrero.
Tatum waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Guerrero.
Guerrero connects with a single shot there.

Tatum forces Guerrero back against the cage and clinches.
Guerrero taking a breather.
Guerrero keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tatum's efforts to push away.
Tatum is trying to force a seperation but Guerrero has the dominant position.
Guerrero stalling the fight.
Guerrero works on Tatum's body with a couple of short punches.
Tatum struggles to land a body shot inside as Guerrero controls his hands.

Tatum breaks from the clinch.

Tatum clinches up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guerrero digs a right hand into Tatum's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Tatum's gas tank.
Tatum is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Tatum swings wildly with an uppercut but Guerrero uses good head movement to avoid it.
Guerrero will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Tatum up against the cage.
Tatum is trying to break the clinch but Guerrero is controlling him.
Guerrero is struggling to control the position.
The crowd are getting on Guerrero's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Tatum tries to break free but Guerrero pushes him back against the cage.

Tatum breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tatum closes the distance looking to clinch
and Guerrero connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Guerrero ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Guerrero ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tatum tries to clinch up
and Guerrero counters with a left to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gustavo Guerrero dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Tatum misses the shot to the body.
Guerrero throws a body punch but Tatum moves out of range.
Tatum tries to clinch but fails miserably
enabling Guerrero to counter with a crisp jab.
Tatum clinches but Guerrero breaks the clinch
letting Guerrero counter with a right hand.
Guerrero scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Guerrero swats away the attempt to clinch by Tatum.
Drederick Tatum is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tatum lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Guerrero takes a swing at Tatum's ribcage but misses.
Tatum keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Guerrero lands a jab to Tatum's midsection.

Tatum clinches up against the cage.
Tatum has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Guerrero creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Tatum scores with a nice hook to the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Tatum as Guerrero tries to tie him up.
A frustrated look appears on Tatum's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guerrero keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tatum's efforts to push away.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Tatum misses with a body punch.
Guerrero stalling.
Guerrero tries to work over Tatum's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Guerrero prevents Tatum from breaking the clinch.
Guerrero lands an uppercut.
Tatum can't break the clinch.

Guerrero breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tatum clinches but Guerrero breaks the clinch
and Guerrero counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Tatum thinking.
Tatum gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Guerrero.
Guerrero cracks Tatum with a good jab.
Guerrero tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tatum was well out of range. Poor timing from Guerrero.
Tatum tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Guerrero counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Guerrero misses with an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guerrero connects with a nice looking jab.
Guerrero thows a left - swing and a miss!

Tatum drops Guerrero with a beautiful combination! Guerrero stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Tatum is looking for the KO!

Guerrero is rocked!

It looks like Gustavo Guerrero has been cut.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Guerrero in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
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!
Crack! Tatum connects with the perfect overhand right and Guerrero falls face first to the canvas. Timbeeeeeeeer! Beautiful knockout for Tatum!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Drederick Tatum!