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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mark Challenger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hertz Tatz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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205 lbs
2 - 3 - 0 |
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189 cm
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200 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mark Challenger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hertz Tatz!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Challenger throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Tatz's waist but Tatz gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Challenger off to one side.
Mark Challenger seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Challenger scores a takedown into full mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Challenger controlling his opponent.
Challenger throwing strikes here but Tatz is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Challenger tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Tatz is looking to improve his position but Challenger isn't that keen on the idea.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Challenger trying to control but Tatz is having none of it.
Challenger lands with some strikes.
Tatz wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Tatz is working to get back to half guard.
Challenger can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Tatz is looking to escape.
Tatz is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Challenger moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Tatz has worked his arm free - good work by Tatz!
Challenger content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Challenger lands a nice forearm strike.
Challenger working the ground and pound but Tatz is defending the strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Challenger tries for a kimura but Tatz is defending well.
Challenger decides to stand up, so the ref orders Tatz to his feet.
Tatz is looking to clinch but Challenger is avoiding it.
Tatz moves into the clinch.
Tatz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Challenger breaks the clinch.
Challenger closes the distance but Tatz moves to the side
and Tatz counters with a left and a right that stings Challenger.
Challenger throws a sloppy head kick
and Tatz makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Challenger is breathing heavily.
Tatz scores with a leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Challenger darts in and clinches Tatz up against the cage.
Tatz lands an elbow just above Challenger 's eye.
It looks like Mark Challenger has been cut.
Tatz creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Challenger's defenses.
Tatz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tatz clinches with his opponent.
Challenger jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Tatz walks away with a smile on his face. Challenger gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Challenger avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tatz wants to clinch up but Challenger keeps it at a distance.
Tatz is looking to clinch but Challenger is avoiding it.
Tatz fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Challenger, pushing him back against the cage.
Challenger tries to land knees in the clinch but Tatz avoids the damage to the body.
Tatz keeps control of Challenger as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Challenger missing with knees to the body.
Tatz stops a takedown attempt from Challenger.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mark Challenger. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Tatz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tatz has closed the distance and engaged Challenger in a clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tatz is looking to control Challenger's arms but Challenger gets an underhook and turns him. Now Tatz has his back to the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Tatz.
Tatz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Challenger circles away from the clinch attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hertz Tatz dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mark Challenger's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Tatz closes the distance and clinches.
Tatz is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Challenger is keeping busy.
Tatz tries to break the clinch but Challenger is controlling the position.
Challenger tries to score a body lock takedown but Tatz shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Challenger wants to get back to striking at distance but Tatz won't allow it.
Tatz landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Challenger blocks an elbow strike from Tatz.
Tatz creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Challenger's defenses.
Challenger goes for a takedown attempt but Tatz pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Tatz has taken the fight to the clinch.
Tatz creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Challenger's defenses.
Tatz tries to stall but Challenger uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Challenger misses with a knee to the head.
Tatz throws an elbow that misses.
Tatz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tatz connects with a jab.
Tatz fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tatz tries to close the distance and clinch but Challenger swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tatz throws a nice outside leg kick.
Mark Challenger is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Challenger throws a lazy head kick
and Tatz counters with a good low kick that Challenger was not able to check.
Tatz gets a clinch.
Tatz stalling in the clinch but Challenger improves position.
Challenger wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mark Challenger. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Challenger dodges an elbow strike from Tatz.
Tatz slows down the pace here.
Tatz is trying to maintain a safe position but Challenger gets an underhook and turns Tatz into the cage.
Tatz unloads a knee to the mid-section. Challenger lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Tatz breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tatz closes the distance and pushes Challenger back into the cage.
Tatz lands an elbow inside that Challenger shrugs off.
Mark Challenger's cut is getting worse.
Tatz lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Tatz.
Tatz gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Tatz just misses with a elbow thrown towards Challenger's brow.
Tatz lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Tatz lands a damaging elbow.
Tatz is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Challenger wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Tatz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tatz manages to break the clinch.
Hertz Tatz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tatz is looking to clinch but Challenger is avoiding it.
Tatz uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Challenger has time to react.
Tatz tries to clinch up.
Challenger throws a lazy head kick
and Tatz counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Tatz doesn't manage to clinch there - Challenger circles away.
Tatz tries to clinch but Challenger moves out of range.
Tatz tries to clinch there but Challenger circles away.
Challenger fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Tatz gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Challenger takes a knee right on the jaw!
Mark Challenger's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tatz lands an elbow just above Challenger 's eye.
Nice elbow from Tatz.
Tatz with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Challenger jumps guard but Tatz stands there with Challenger around his waist. Challenger gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Tatz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tatz clinches up against the cage.
Tatz is looking to control Challenger's arms but Challenger gets an underhook and turns him. Now Tatz has his back to the cage.
Tatz is pressed up against the cage. Challenger has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Tatz down to the mat. Tatz avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Tatz fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tatz moves in looking to clinch but Challenger pushes him off.
Tatz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Challenger paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Challenger keeps the fight on the outside.
Tatz fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Challenger wants to clinch
and Tatz counters with an outside leg kick.
Tatz lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Jeez, Mark Challenger's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tatz tries to clinch but Challenger moves out of range.
Tatz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Challenger paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Challenger closes the distance but Tatz moves to the side
and Tatz counters by clinching up.
Tatz manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Nice elbow from Tatz.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Mark Challenger's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Hertz Tatz!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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