PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Chief Tappenahomma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pernell Karl (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tappenahomma comes to the ring accompanied by Tatanka. Chief Tappenahomma is staring across the ring at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Tappenahomma
vs
Karl

180 cm
23
180 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

183 cm
23
170 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chief Tappenahomma!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Pernell Karl!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Nard Betker and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karl avoids the body shot from Tappenahomma.
Tappenahomma tries to clinch there but Karl circles away.
Tappenahomma throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Karl swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Tappenahomma counters with a good low kick that Karl was not able to check.
Karl walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

It looks like Pernell Karl has been cut.
Tappenahomma lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Tappenahomma keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Karl.
Tappenahomma swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Karl listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Tappenahomma walks into a jab.
Nice cross by Tappenahomma.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Karl scores with a jab to the body.
Karl moves out of range of the strikes.
Tappenahomma moves out of range of the strikes.
Karl swings for the body but Tappenahomma moves out of range.
Tappenahomma changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tappenahomma. Karl does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tappenahomma scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Karl takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Karl throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tappenahomma dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A good leg kick by Tappenahomma.
We've been informed that Karl has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
A cross from Karl lands.
Tappenahomma misses with a few strikes there.
Tappenahomma cracks Karl with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Tappenahomma misses with a hook. Karl ducked under it nicely.
A nice side step and Karl releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Karl bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Tappenahomma's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Karl tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Tappenahomma is able to avoid easily.
Tappenahomma lands with a shot to the body.
Tappenahomma misses the shot to the body.
Karl misses with a body shot.
Karl moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Tappenahomma looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Karl.
Tappenahomma throws a series of punches but Karl avoids them all with ease.
Karl looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Karl just misses with a punch to the body.
Tappenahomma bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tappenahomma swings for the body but Karl moves out of range.
Tappenahomma misses with a low kick.
Karl is looking for the big counter here.
Tappenahomma swings and misses with a shot to the body
letting Karl counter with a right hand.
Karl chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Tappenahomma can pounce on him.
Karl avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Karl lands a jab to the head.
Karl fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tappenahomma manages to avoid it.
Tappenahomma throws a big counter combination but Karl scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Tappenahomma is looking to wear down Karl with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Karl throws a one two combo.
Karl ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tappenahomma moves away.
The fighters circling - Tappenahomma throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tappenahomma throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tappenahomma looks to land a combination but Karl avoids it well.
Tappenahomma avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A jab from Karl does it's job there.
Karl looks to score with a jab to the body but Tappenahomma is just out of range.
Karl fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tappenahomma manages to avoid it.
Karl misses with a hook. Tappenahomma ducked under it nicely.
Tappenahomma checks a leg kick.
Tappenahomma fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Karl is out of range.
Tappenahomma walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Karl moves forwards but Tappenahomma connects with a nice, crisp jab.

That has opened up Pernell Karl's cut even more.
Karl throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tappenahomma throws a lazy right hand but Karl sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Karl checks a leg kick.
Karl misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tappenahomma.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karl throws a body punch but Tappenahomma moves out of range.
Karl misses the jab.
Tappenahomma keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tappenahomma fires out a quick counter leg kick but Karl just manages to avoid it.
Karl jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tappenahomma throws a shot to the body.
Tappenahomma swings for the body but Karl moves out of range.
Tappenahomma dodges the punch combination from Karl.
Karl uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tappenahomma.
Karl throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sloppy strikes from Karl. Those never looked like landing.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Karl looks to score with a jab to the body but Tappenahomma is just out of range.
Karl misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tappenahomma swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Chief Tappenahomma will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Pernell Karl's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Karl throws a hook but Tappenahomma avoids it easily.
Chief Tappenahomma is winning the standup battle so far.
Karl waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tappenahomma.
Karl lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A chopping leg kick lands by Tappenahomma.
Tappenahomma thuds a left hand into Karl's body.
Karl steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tappenahomma.

Tappenahomma moves into the clinch.
Tappenahomma doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tappenahomma putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Karl in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Tappenahomma trying to land knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tappenahomma prevents a body shot from Karl.
Tappenahomma pushes off an throws an elbow but Karl leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Tappenahomma makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tappenahomma using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Karl prevents a body shot from Tappenahomma.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tappenahomma lands with a short shot to the head.
Karl swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Karl misses with a body punch.
Tappenahomma scores with a hook to the body.
Tappenahomma landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Tappenahomma lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Karl or not.
Karl is breathing heavily.
A knee to the head by Tappenahomma.
Tappenahomma comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Tappenahomma landing knees to the head.
Tappenahomma makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tappenahomma lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Karl.
Karl is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Tappenahomma lands a body punch.
Tappenahomma is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Karl can do to turn this around?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tappenahomma.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Tappenahomma.
Tappenahomma lands an elbow that stopped Karl in his tracks for a moment.

The cut above Pernell Karl's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Tappenahomma lands an elbow just above Karl 's eye.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Tappenahomma.
Tappenahomma lands a knee to the head.

Pernell Karl's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Karl tries to throw a body punch but Tappenahomma avoids it by throwing Karl back against the ropes.
A short uppercut from Tappenahomma.
Karl blocks a body shot from Tappenahomma.
Tappenahomma lands an elbow just above Karl 's eye.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Pernell Karl's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Chief Tappenahomma!
Chief Tappenahomma retains his welterweight title!
Chief Tappenahomma decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.