PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stephen Tucker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dre Gore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gore comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Bring Em Out kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Dre Gore looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Tucker
vs
Gore

168 cm
18
278 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
24
225 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Stephen Tucker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Dre Gore!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Ackerman and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Tucker darts in and clinches Gore up against the cage.
Gore blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tucker jumps guard but Gore stands there with Tucker around his waist. Tucker gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Gore breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gore tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Tucker defends well and Gore ends up having to push Tucker into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Gore shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Dre Gore seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gore misses with a series of wild punches.
Tucker is looking to counter with a body kick.
Gore looks winded!

Tucker takes the fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tucker tries to work over Gore's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tucker misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gore tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Tucker just stands there and leans against the cage.
Stephen Tucker has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dre Gore.
Tucker missing with knees to the body.
Tucker tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gore's elbow.
Tucker is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Gore is defending well.
Gore blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tucker misses with an elbow strike.
Tucker jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Gore walks away with a smile on his face. Tucker gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Gore is defended easily by Tucker.

Gore has Tucker up against the cage in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tucker has a couple of punches blocked by Gore.
Gore wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Tucker struggles to land a body shot inside as Gore controls his hands.

Gore breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Tucker misses with a punch to the body.

Tucker ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Tucker no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tucker wants to sweep but no luck.
Tucker trying to control the position.
Gore trying to control the position from guard on top but Tucker is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tucker looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Tucker keeping moving, preventing Gore from controlling successfully.

Gore gets to his feet - Tucker follows without any prompting.
Stephen Tucker is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

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.
Gore shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Tucker as he jumps to the side.

Gore clinches with his opponent.
Gore is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

Gore breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Gore shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Gore is defended easily by Tucker.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stephen Tucker dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Gore shoots for a double leg takedown but Tucker sprawls well. He's pushed Gore's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Tucker throws a push kick but Gore slaps the foot to one side.
Tucker really is a fat lump.

Tucker drives through and clinches with Gore against the cage.
Tucker tries a body shot but Gore blocks it.

Gore manages to break the clinch.
Gore tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Tucker swivels and escapes.
Gore fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Stephen Tucker has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dre Gore.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Tucker moves into the clinch.
Tucker doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gore tries to break the clinch but Tucker is controlling the position.
Gore is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tucker jumps guard but Gore turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Gore blocks a body shot from Tucker.

Tucker jumps into guard, dragging Gore to the mat.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Gore passes Tucker's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Tucker is trying is best to control the position here.
Tucker moves into full guard.
Tucker avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Gore pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Tucker is keeping the position for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tucker wants to sweep but no luck.
Tucker seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.

Tucker is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Tucker tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Gore smiles and moves away.
Gore blocks a head kick by Tucker.
Gore avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Tucker closes the distance and clinches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gore tries to break the clinch but Tucker is controlling the position.
Tucker tries a body shot but Gore blocks it.
Gore tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tucker misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gore.
Gore lands a body shot in the clinch.

Gore breaks the clinch.

Gore closes the distance and clinches.
Tucker gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Gore.

Tucker manages to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Gore clinches.

Gore pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tucker tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gore swats him away and circles back towards the center.
It seemed like Gore was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Gore blocks the body kick.
Gore shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Tucker as he avoids it easily.
Gore checks a low kick from Tucker.
Tucker throws a half hearted mid kick.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Tucker tries to bum rush Gore with a series of wild strikes but Gore uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Gore clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stephen Tucker dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Tucker misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gore throws a sloppy head kick and Tucker moves out of range easily.
Tucker quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Tucker wants to clinch up but Gore keeps it at a distance.
Gore misses with a few strikes there.

Tucker closes the distance and clinches.
Tucker misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Gore breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Tucker moves into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tucker trying to land knees to the body.
Gore takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Gore wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Gore breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tucker misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gore moves out of range of the body kick from Tucker.

Gore gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Tucker has Gore pressed against the cage, preventing Gore from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Tucker has had enough of the clinch but Gore keeps him there for the moment.
Gore working aggressively here.
Gore is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Tucker tries to land knees in the clinch but Gore avoids the damage to the body.
Tucker trying to land knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gore prevents a body shot from Tucker.
Gore on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tucker wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tucker swings wildly with an uppercut but Gore uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tucker with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Gore escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Gore rushes Tucker and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Gore escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Tucker fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Gore, pushing him back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gore is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Tucker pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Gore avoids a wild elbow strike from Tucker.
Tucker misses with an elbow strike.
Gore can't break the clinch.
Tucker scores with a hook to the body.
Tucker blocks a body shot from Gore.
Tucker tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Gore smiles and moves away.
Tucker gets off balance looking for a body kick

and Gore counters by clinching up.
Gore is trying to pull guard but Tucker turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Tucker tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Gore smiles and moves away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gore blocks a head kick by Tucker.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Tucker.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Gore.
Stephen Tucker has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dre Gore.

Tucker instigates a clinch.
Tucker wants to get back to striking at distance but Gore won't allow it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Gore blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gore tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dre Gore has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Stephen Tucker is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Tucker prevents a body shot from Gore.

And that's the end of the fight!
Stephen Tucker showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Tucker has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stephen Tucker!