PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nikola Perovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marc Tatorini (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tatorini is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Simple Man. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Perovic
vs
Tatorini

180 cm
23
192 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

179 cm
21
192 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Nikola Perovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Marc Tatorini!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Bruno Hogan and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Perovic shoots in for a takedown but Tatorini shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Tatorini throws a quick inside leg kick.
Perovic is looking to chop away at Tatorini's legs.
Perovic shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Tatorini defends it nicely.
Perovic lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tatorini circles away quickly and effectively.
Tatorini tries to clinch up but Perovic circles away and keeps his distance.
Tatorini throws a leg kick which misses Perovic's front leg but catches the back leg as Perovic tries to avoid it.
Perovic on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

Tatorini gets a clinch.
Tatorini tries to land knees in the clinch but Perovic avoids the damage to the body.
Perovic blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Perovic looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Tatorini missing with knees to the body.
Tatorini is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Perovic is defending well for now.

Perovic gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Tatorini moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Tatorini looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Perovic trying to control the position from guard on top but Tatorini is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tatorini controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perovic thows a big elbow that misses.
Perovic loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Tatorini has a closed guard, preventing Perovic from standing up.
Tatorini looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Perovic won't allow Tatorini to get back to his feet.
Tatorini managing to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

Marc Tatorini has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Tatorini tries to clinch up but Perovic circles away and keeps his distance.
Perovic avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Perovic lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tatorini circles away quickly and effectively.
Perovic closes this distance looking for a takedown but Tatorini circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nikola Perovic. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tatorini moves in looking to clinch but Perovic pushes him off.
Perovic tries to land a front kick but Tatorini steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Tatorini avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tatorini connects with a leg kick. Perovic looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Perovic throws a one two combo.
Tatorini scores with a punch to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tatorini fails in his attempt to clinch.
Perovic misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tatorini lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Perovic fails with the takedown.
Perovic fails to land with a series of punches.
Perovic is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tatorini.

Tatorini moves into the clinch.

Perovic breaks the clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Perovic takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Perovic keeps the fight on the outside.
Tatorini throws a shot to the body.
Tatorini tries to close the distance and clinch up but Perovic swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tatorini is looking to clinch but Perovic is avoiding it.
Tatorini wants to clinch.
Tatorini looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Perovic throws a right and a left that Tatorini avoids nicely.
Tatorini looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Tatorini moves into the clinch successfully.

Tatorini pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Perovic moves into the clinch successfully.
Tatorini prevents the takedown attempt.
Tatorini landing knees to the head.
Tatorini tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Perovic just stands there and leans against the cage.
Tatorini landing knees to the head.
Tatorini lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Tatorini with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Perovic pulls guard.
Perovic can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Tatorini controls the pace.
Tatorini won't allow Perovic to get back to his feet.
Tatorini slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Perovic has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tatorini passes Perovic's left leg - he's now in half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tatorini controlling the pace.
Tatorini is pressing down on Perovic's thigh, looking to free his foot. Perovic is holding on for now.
Tatorini trying to control the pace.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Marc Tatorini.
Tatorini tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Perovic paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Perovic avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Perovic will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Perovic looks to land a right hand but Tatorini moved out of range.

Tatorini fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Perovic, pushing him back against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Perovic wants to break the clinch but can't.
Perovic tries to circle away but Tatorini has him pinned against the cage.
Tatorini pushes Perovic back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Perovic changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Tatorini fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Perovic avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marc Tatorini dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Tatorini dodges the punch combination from Perovic.
Perovic misses with a head kick.
Tatorini tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A combination from Perovic does no damage.
Perovic misses with a takedown

and Tatorini counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Tatorini lands a knee to the body.
Tatorini misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Perovic.
Perovic managing to block the knees to the body from Tatorini.
Perovic gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Tatorini.
Perovic is trying to break the clinch but Tatorini is controlling him.
Tatorini jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Perovic walks away with a smile on his face. Tatorini gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Tatorini lands a jab to the nose.
Tatorini tries to clinch up but Perovic circles away and keeps his distance.
Perovic circles away from the clinch attempt
and Perovic counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Tatorini slips a jab from Perovic.
A chopping leg kick lands by Tatorini.
Tatorini lands a leg kick that knocks Perovic off balance momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perovic has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Tatorini.
Perovic fails with an attempt to clinch.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Perovic is defended easily by Tatorini.
Marc Tatorini seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tatorini tries to clinch up but Perovic circles away and keeps his distance.
A head kick misses from Perovic.
Nikola Perovic is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Perovic throws a lazy head kick
and Tatorini counters with a slapping leg kick.
Tatorini fails in his attempt to clinch.
Perovic tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Perovic throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tatorini tries to close the distance and clinch up but Perovic swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Perovic circles away from the clinch attempt
and Perovic counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Perovic feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Tatorini's calf.
Perovic throws a leg kick that is checked
and Tatorini counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Tatorini avoids a punch combination nicely.
Perovic with a body punch. A glancing blow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tatorini closes the distance but Perovic moves to the side

and Perovic counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Perovic.

Tatorini's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A good leg kick by Tatorini.
Tatorini stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Tatorini wants it to stay on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nikola Perovic. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tatorini dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Perovic. That did some damage!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Perovic tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Tatorini tries to clinch there but Perovic circles away.
Perovic misses with a wild body shot.
Tatorini tries to clinch there but Perovic circles away.
Tatorini is looking to clinch but Perovic is avoiding it.
Tatorini takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Tatorini scores with a head kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Perovic misses with a series of wild punches.
Tatorini turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Tatorini wants to clinch but Perovic slips to the side

and Perovic counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Tatorini keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Perovic misses with a head shot. Tatorini uses the momentum to regain guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tatorini is pulling down on Perovic's head. It's preventing any offense from Perovic, at least for the moment.
Tatorini throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Tatorini keeping moving, preventing Perovic from controlling successfully.
Tatorini is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Tatorini trying to mount his opponent but Perovic defends it.
Perovic tries to kick Tatorini off but Tatorini keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Tatorini looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Let's hope that Tatorini has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

Marc Tatorini has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Perovic avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Tatorini rushes Perovic and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Perovic has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Tatorini tries to pull guard but Perovic won't allow it.
Tatorini crunches a lovely knee into Perovic's ribcage.
Perovic blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Tatorini as Perovic tries to tie him up.
Perovic blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Tatorini pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tatorini scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Perovic looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Tatorini bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Perovic falls off balance throwing a combination
and Tatorini counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Perovic rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tatorini moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marc Tatorini showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Perovic throws a one two combo.
The fight stays on the outside here - Perovic looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Perovic swinging wildly here.
Marc Tatorini seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Perovic swats away the attempt to clinch by Tatorini.
Tatorini is looking to clinch but Perovic is avoiding it.
Perovic pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Perovic throws a quick inside leg kick.
Perovic jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tatorini looks for a takedown but Perovic sprawls well.
Tatorini wants to slow Perovic down by chopping away at his legs.
Perovic misses with a takedown attempt - Tatorini sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Perovic throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tatorini.
Perovic avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tatorini turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Perovic on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Tatorini. Tatorini obviously looking to wear him down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tatorini digs a good body shot into Perovic's ribs.

Tatorini moves into range and clinches up with Perovic.
Tatorini is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Perovic is defending well for now.
Tatorini is pushing Perovic up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Tatorini digs a right hand underneath Perovic's ribcage. Perovic let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Perovic is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Perovic is trying to drag Tatorini to the mat but Tatorini just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tatorini unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Tatorini prevents Perovic from breaking the clinch.
Tatorini is trying to stall.
Perovic tries to break the clinch but Tatorini is controlling the position.

Tatorini successfully pulls guard.
Perovic loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Tatorini bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Perovic's guard.
Tatorini is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

Tatorini gets to his feet - Perovic follows without any prompting.
Good work by Tatorini as he checks the leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tatorini wants to clinch but Perovic slips to the side

and Perovic counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Tatorini!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tatorini sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Tatorini is positioning himself well to prevent Perovic advancing to mount.
Tatorini is looking to control Perovic's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Tatorini avoid being mounted?
Tatorini is trying to stand.
Perovic missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Tatorini is refusing to be controlled, as Perovic sits in half guard.
Tatorini controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Marc Tatorini hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.

Tatorini darts in and clinches Perovic up against the cage.
Perovic wants to break free but Tatorini has control.
Perovic is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tatorini lands a good knee to the midsection. Perovic won't want to take too many of those.
Perovic on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tatorini tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Perovic avoids it.
Perovic blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Perovic goes for a takedown in the clinch but Tatorini prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nikola Perovic. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Perovic looking to stall.
Knees in the clinch landing for Tatorini.
Perovic has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Perovic is trying to break the clinch but Tatorini is controlling him.
Perovic blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nikola Perovic has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Marc Tatorini is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Tatorini keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Perovic's efforts to push away.
Perovic tries to break free but Tatorini pushes him back against the cage.
Perovic wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Perovic blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Perovic drops down looking for an ankle pick but Tatorini pulls his leg out and moves away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Tatorini is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tatorini tries to clinch but Perovic is having none of it.
Perovic tries to land a body kick

and Tatorini moves into the clinch.
Perovic is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Perovic tries to pull guard but Tatorini won't allow it.
Perovic is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Tatorini gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Perovic looking for a takedown.
Perovic on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Perovic pushes Tatorini back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Perovic wants to break the clinch but can't.
Perovic has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Perovic misses with a hook to the ribs.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marc Tatorini comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Tatorini winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Hugh Johnson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 27:30
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marc Tatorini!