PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bobby Beucher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lazarus Tate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bobby Beucher has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Beucher
vs
Tate

178 cm
34
195 lbs
17 - 17 - 0

190 cm
23
197 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

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 17 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bobby Beucher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Lazarus Tate!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Josh West and Jeff Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tate misses with a few strikes there.
Beucher defending well as Tate loads up on a big left hand.
Tate scores with a kick to the midsection.
Tate scoring well with a low kick there.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Tate, right into the meat.
Tate darts in trying to clinch
and Beucher counters with a one-two to the body.
Beucher takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Tate looks to score with a jab to the body but Beucher is just out of range.
Tate tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tate throws a series of punches but Beucher avoids them all with ease.
Good leg kick by Tate there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tate scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

Tate rushes Beucher and presses him up against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tate.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tate misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tate has a couple of punches blocked by Beucher.
Tate misses with some punches.
Beucher blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Beucher blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Beucher blocks an uppercut.
Beucher blocks an uppercut.
Tate swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tate tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tate throws a head punch that misses.
Tate gets through Beucher's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Tate misses with a punch on the inside.
Tate lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Tate working aggressively here.
Beucher blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tate misses with the head strike.
Tate misses with the head strike.
Beucher is trying to force a seperation but Tate has the dominant position.
Beucher is working for takedown but Tate is calmly controlling the position for now.
Tate misses with a punch on the inside.
Beucher wants to take the fight to the mat but Tate manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Tate misses with some punches.
A short right from Tate on the inside.
Tate misses with a punch on the inside.
Beucher blocking some punches.
Tate fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tate misses with some punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tate working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Tate fails to land.
Tate has a couple of punches blocked by Beucher.
Tate swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beucher has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Tate is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bobby Beucher. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tate tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tate lands a left hand.
Tate fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tate misses with some punches.
Tate has a couple of punches blocked by Beucher.
Tate misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Beucher.
Tate throws a punch but it's blocked by Beucher.
Tate has a couple of punches blocked by Beucher.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Beucher.
Beucher blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Beucher blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Beucher blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tate working aggressively here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tate lands a nice uppercut.

It looks like Bobby Beucher has been cut.
Beucher blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Beucher tries for a takedown but Tate manages to get underhooks.
Tate doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tate fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Beucher blocking some punches.
Beucher is looking for a takedown.
Tate tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Tate fails to land.
Tate throws a punch but it's blocked by Beucher.
Tate throws a punch but it's blocked by Beucher.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tate working aggressively here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tate lands a right hand.

Beucher's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Beucher crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Tate - the referee stops the clock and Beucher gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Tate. Beucher manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Tate misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lazarus Tate dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bobby Beucher's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Beucher swings for the body but Tate moves out of range.
Tate tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Beucher manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Tate avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tate will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Beucher avoids the head kick by Tate.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tate looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Tate gets a clinch.
Tate misses with the head strike.
Beucher blocking some punches.
Tate lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Beucher backwards.
Tate is pressed up against the cage. Beucher has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Tate down to the mat. Tate avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Beucher slips a jab and a cross from Tate.
Tate throws a one two combo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beucher darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Tate moves in looking to clinch but Beucher pushes him off.
Tate fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tate throws a looping overhand right but Beucher ducks down to avoid it.
Lazarus Tate seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tate throws a series of punches but Beucher avoids them all with ease.
Tate tries to clinch but Beucher moves out of range.
Tate throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Beucher.
Tate fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lazarus Tate seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Tate lands with a straight right. Beucher didn't see that one coming.
Beucher slips a jab and a cross from Tate.
Tate fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tate lands a jab-cross combination.
Tate misses with a head kick.
Tate misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Tate. Those never looked like landing.
Tate lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Tate lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Beucher circles away quickly and effectively.
Some wild striking there from Beucher.
A slapping leg kick lands for Tate.
Beucher connects with a body shot.
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!

Tate takes the fight into the clinch.
Tate gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Beucher.
Beucher blocks an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tate misses with the head strike.
Tate softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Beucher has hold of one of Tate's legs. Tate is fighting the takedown attempt but Beucher gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Beucher throwing strikes from guard but Tate blocks nicely.
Tate avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Beucher pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Tate is keeping the position for now.
Tate is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Beucher is controlling him.

Tate pushes Beucher off and scrambles back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tate looks to score with a jab to the body but Beucher is just out of range.
Tate tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Beucher paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tate tries to close the distance and clinch up but Beucher swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Beucher throws a right and a left that both miss.
Beucher takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tate pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Beucher avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tate misses with a jab, cross combination.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tate looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Tate misses with a few strikes there.
Nice sprawl there from Tate as Beucher shoots in.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lazarus Tate showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Bobby Beucher's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Beucher avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tate swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tate throws a body punch but Beucher moves out of range.
Tate throws a body kick that misses.
Tate tries to close the distance and clinch up but Beucher swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tate ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Beucher moves away.
Tate tries to clinch but Beucher moves out of range.
Beucher waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tate.
Tate throws a push kick but Beucher slaps the foot to one side.
Tate throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Tate works the jab nicely.
Beucher avoids the head kick by Tate.
Tate misses with a hook.
Beucher lands with an uppercut that bounces Tate off the cage and back into range.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Beucher drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Tate parries the strikes from Beucher easily there. Beucher is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Tate to escape.
Tate is trying to get back to his feet.
Beucher throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Beucher creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Tate sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Tate takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Beucher trying to control the position but Tate is working away.
Tate takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Lazarus Tate is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tate parries the strikes from Beucher easily there. Beucher is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Tate to escape.
Beucher throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Beucher throws an elbow but Tate slips to the side and avoids it well.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Beucher scoring with punches and elbows.
Tate pushes Beucher away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Beucher gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Tate dodges the ground and pound from Beucher.
Beucher in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Tate parries the strikes from Beucher easily there. Beucher is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Tate to escape.
Beucher throws an elbow but Tate slips to the side and avoids it well.

Beucher decides to take the fight back to the feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tate looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Beucher scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Tate tries to bum rush Beucher with a series of wild strikes but Beucher uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Bobby Beucher has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tate lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Tate wants to clinch but Beucher slips to the side
and Beucher counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Tate tries to close the distance and clinch but Beucher swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Beucher ducks under a wild hook from Tate.
Beucher circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tate looks to clinch

and Beucher counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Tate!
Tate is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Tate takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Beucher lands a nice shot to the head.
The referee warns Tate that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

Tate is rocked!
Beucher sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Tate wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Beucher.
Bobby Beucher overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Beucher thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Beucher lands a heavy elbow.
Tate is still in real trouble! Can Beucher finish him?
Tate is really trying hard to get back to his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bobby Beucher showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Tate has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Colin Fray scores the fight 28:29
Judge Josh West scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lazarus Tate!
A relieved looking Lazarus Tate thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.