PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Arnoldur Dimotroglu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Drederik Tatum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tatum has chosen Time 4 Sum Aksion as his entrance music. Arnoldur Dimotroglu has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Dimotroglu
vs
Tatum

185 cm
27
202 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

170 cm
26
180 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

KnockOut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Arnoldur Dimotroglu!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Drederik Tatum!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Frank Dennis and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
A swing and a miss from Tatum.
We've been hearing reports that Dimotroglu has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Dimotroglu steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tatum.
Dimotroglu drops down looking for a counter takedown but Tatum sprawls and moves away.
Dimotroglu throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Tatum's waist but Tatum gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Dimotroglu off to one side.
Tatum throws a shot from downtown. Dimotroglu moves away and avoids it.
Dimotroglu changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Dimotroglu with a poor takedown
and Tatum connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dimotroglu shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Horrible takedown attempt by Dimotroglu or perhaps it was just good defense by Tatum, which made it look bad.
A little jabbing left from Tatum on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Arnoldur Dimotroglu. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dimotroglu slips under a jab from Tatum.
No luck for Dimotroglu with that takedown attempt.
Dimotroglu's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Tatum connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Dimotroglu scrambles back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Dimotroglu tries to score a power double leg takedown but Tatum sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Dimotroglu somewhat.

Dimotroglu shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Tatum blocking the ground and pound attempt from Dimotroglu.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dimotroglu takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Nice strikes from Dimotroglu there.
Dimotroglu working the head and body with strikes.
Dimotroglu lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Dimotroglu lands strikes from half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Dimotroglu lands a nice short elbow.
Dimotroglu looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

Tatum is rocked!
Dimotroglu lands a big elbow - Tatum is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Dimotroglu!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Arnoldur Dimotroglu!
Arnoldur Dimotroglu is the new middleweight champion!