PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mika Allu (ranked 569 p4p, 78 weight class) and Drederick Tatum (ranked 690 p4p, 100 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Allu
vs
Tatum

186 cm
22
229 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

196 cm
22
250 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Zenith Nutrition (160q/$100)

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 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mika Allu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Drederick Tatum!
The judges for this bout are Ben Watson, Summer Carpenter and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Allu slips under a jab.
Tatum throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Allu throws a lazy right hand but Tatum sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Allu tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Tatum defends well and Allu ends up having to push Tatum into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Tatum throws out a counter right but Allu avoids it with no problem.
Tatum throws a hook to the side of Allu's head but Allu sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tatum blocks a jab.
Tatum throws out a counter right but Allu avoids it with no problem.
Tatum looks to score with a jab to the body but Allu is just out of range.
Tatum chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Allu can pounce on him.
Allu swings widly with a right hand
and Tatum counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Allu loads up on a big right hand but Tatum slips the punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice straight punches there by Allu. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Allu.

Allu looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Tatum!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sloppy strikes there by Allu.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Allu throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Allu with the ground and pound but Tatum regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Allu not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The fighters are battling for position here. Tatum manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Allu postures up and lands a big shot to Tatum's brow.
Allu throws a big right hand that misses.
Allu scoring with punches to the head and body.
Tatum utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Allu wants to pass the guard but Tatum is keeping the position.
Allu trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Tatum avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Allu postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tatum seems keen to control Allu's posture.
Allu throws a big elbow that misses.
Tatum pulls Allu in close to prevent any damage.
Allu is looking to work some ground and pound but Tatum has wrist control.
Allu throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Allu working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Allu postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Allu accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Allu throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Tatum works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Tatum utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Allu stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Tatum swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Allu with a nice head shot there.
Tatum preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Allu postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Tatum has control of Allu's left arm, preventing Allu from doing any damage.
Tatum tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Allu trying to control but Tatum is working from the bottom.
Allu missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Allu missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Allu content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Allu working some strikes from top position.
Allu throwing strikes from guard but Tatum blocks nicely.
Allu throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Tatum works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Allu throws a big right hand that misses.
Allu is in close to Tatum's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Tatum utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Allu loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Tatum working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Allu.
Allu missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Tatum keeping full guard, as Allu tries to pass.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Allu accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mika Allu dominated that round.
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.

Tatum stuffs the takedown attempt from Allu. Allu gets slowly back to his feet.
Allu takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Allu connects with a body shot.
Allu throws a hook but Tatum avoids it easily.
Nice shot by Allu.
Allu throws a hook to the side of Tatum's head but Tatum sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tatum now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Tatum lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tatum jabs Allu right on the nose. Allu blinks but takes it well.

Tatum lands a big uppercut and Allu crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Allu looks OK. Tatum waves Allu back to his feet!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tatum uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Allu.
Allu lands a nice shot to the body.
Allu misses with a hook
and Tatum counters with a huge left! Allu is in big trouble! He's backing up but Tatum isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Allu from any more damage. A dominating finish by Tatum!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Drederick Tatum!
Drederick Tatum bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.