PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Darnielle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Drederick Tatum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Drederick Tatum has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with John Darnielle's chin.

Darnielle
vs
Tatum

197 cm
22
192 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

190 cm
25
190 lbs
11 - 8 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, John Darnielle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Drederick Tatum!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Seu Braga and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tatum fails with an attempt to clinch.
Darnielle moves out of range of the strikes.
Drederick Tatum seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A combination from Tatum does no damage.
Tatum checks a low kick from Darnielle.
Darnielle slips a jab and a cross from Tatum.
Tatum misses the jab.
Tatum misses with the combination.
Tatum checks a low kick from Darnielle.
A combination from Tatum does no damage.
Tatum uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Darnielle has time to react.

It looks like John Darnielle has been cut.
Tatum wants to clinch.
Tatum with a nice cross.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Darnielle - that will leave a mark!
A nice leg kick lands there from Darnielle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Darnielle pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tatum throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tatum tries to bum rush Darnielle with a series of wild strikes but Darnielle uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Darnielle fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Tatum is out of range.
Darnielle lands with a kick to the temple. Tatum shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Darnielle swats away the attempt to clinch by Tatum.
Darnielle wants to land a leg kick but Tatum is out of range.
Tatum tries to close the distance and clinch but Darnielle swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tatum misses with a two punch combination.
Tatum will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Tatum throws a right and a left that Darnielle avoids nicely.
Darnielle showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tatum.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darnielle fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Tatum is out of range.
Tatum goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Tatum throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Darnielle.
Tatum throws a hook but Darnielle blocks it.
Darnielle with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Tatum lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tatum throws a right hand that Darnielle ducks under and follows up with a left that Darnielle also avoids with ease.
Tatum looks gassed!
Darnielle throws a leg kick but Tatum moved away.
Tatum misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tatum feints a jab promting Darnielle to slip. Tatum then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Darnielle slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Darnielle throws a leg kick but Tatum sees it coming and checks it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Tatum.
Tatum blocks a leg kick.
Sloppy strikes from Tatum. Those never looked like landing.
Tatum tries to clinch but Darnielle moves out of range.
Tatum misses with a few strikes there.
Tatum throws a series of punches but Darnielle moves out of range.
Tatum takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Tatum on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Both fighters circling a little - Darnielle finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Darnielle is looking to score with low kicks.
Tatum throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tatum steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Darnielle. That one must have hurt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Darnielle tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Darnielle throws a head kick that Tatum semi-blocks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tatum throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Darnielle misses with a low kick.
Darnielle walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Tatum checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Tatum is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Darnielle lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Darnielle feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Tatum's calf.
Tatum looks to score with a jab to the body but Darnielle is just out of range.
Darnielle shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A nice inside leg kick there by Darnielle. That's going to slow Tatum down.
Darnielle throws out a leg kick but Tatum moves out of range and Darnielle only half commits.
Tatum throws a lazy right hand but Darnielle sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Darnielle wants to slow Tatum down by chopping away at his legs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Darnielle dominated that round.
The cut man is working on John Darnielle's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Tatum throws a series of punches but Darnielle avoids them all with ease.
A combination from Tatum does no damage.
Tatum checks a leg kick.
Drederick Tatum is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Some bone on bone action there as Tatum checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Tatum misses with the combination.
Tatum fails in his attempt to clinch.
John Darnielle is winning the standup battle so far.
Darnielle fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Tatum.
Tatum throws a right hand that Darnielle ducks under and follows up with a left that Darnielle also avoids with ease.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tatum fails in his attempt to clinch.
Darnielle steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tatum.
Tatum misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tatum throws a series of punches but Darnielle avoids them all with ease.
Tatum is breathing heavily.
Darnielle lands with a straight right. Tatum didn't see that one coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tatum is looking to clinch but Darnielle is avoiding it.
Tatum tries to close the distance and clinch but Darnielle swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tatum ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Darnielle moves away.
Darnielle uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tatum.
Tatum looks to land a combination but Darnielle avoids it well.
Darnielle steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tatum.
Tatum misses with a wild combination.
Tatum throws an overhand right that lands on Darnielle's shoulder, as Darnielle tries to avoid the shot.
Tatum tries to close the distance and clinch but Darnielle swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Darnielle throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Tatum moves out of range of the leg kick from Darnielle.
Darnielle walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Tatum checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darnielle attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Tatum punishes Darnielle's body with a nice straight punch.
Tatum has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Darnielle.
A nice inside leg kick there by Darnielle. That's going to slow Tatum down.
A bone on bone clash there as Tatum blocks the leg kick.
A clash of legs there as Tatum blocks the low kick.
Tatum looks to land a combination but Darnielle avoids it well.
Darnielle throws a quick inside leg kick.
A leg kick checked by Tatum.
Left hook, right uppercut from Darnielle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Darnielle chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Darnielle throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darnielle throws a nice inside leg kick.
Tatum looks to score with a jab to the body but Darnielle is just out of range.
Tatum checks a leg kick.
Tatum throws a left and a right that both miss
and Darnielle counters with a nice body kick.
Darnielle thumps Tatum with a low kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Darnielle.
Darnielle turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Darnielle throws a head kick that Tatum semi-blocks.
Tatum takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Darnielle cracks the inside of Tatum's front leg.
Darnielle fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Darnielle lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Darnielle throws a head kick but Tatum moves out of range.
Tatum misses with an uppercut. Darnielle saw that one coming.
Tatum's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Tatum throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Darnielle counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Tatum is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Darnielle scoring well with a low kick there.
Tatum doesn't manage to clinch there - Darnielle circles away.
That kick from Darnielle tenderised Tatum's leg. Tatum is trying to keep his angry face on.
Tatum tries to clinch up
and Darnielle counters with a nice low kick that buckles Tatum's knee momentarily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Darnielle chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Tatum is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Tatum tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Darnielle paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tatum has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Darnielle.
Darnielle tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Darnielle dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on John Darnielle's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Darnielle keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tatum tries to clinch but Darnielle moves away
and Darnielle counters with a leg kick.
Tatum scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Darnielle doesn't seem bothered though.
Tatum tries to close the distance and clinch up but Darnielle swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Darnielle fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Tatum is out of range.
Tatum darts in trying to clinch
and Darnielle counters with a nice body kick.
Darnielle throws a low kick but Tatum moves out of range easily.
Tatum falls off balance throwing a combination
and Darnielle counters with a nice leg kick.
The fighters circling - Tatum throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tatum takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tatum swings away with a body shot that misses
and Darnielle counters with a nice body kick.
Darnielle fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Tatum.
Tatum tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Darnielle was well out of range. Poor timing from Tatum.
Tatum swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Darnielle counters with a head kick. That will keep Tatum thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Tatum misses with a combination
and Darnielle counters with a leg kick.
Darnielle lands with a kick to the temple. Tatum shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Tatum is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Darnielle.
Tatum fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tatum throws a nice looking combination but Darnielle bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A solid leg kick lands there for Darnielle.
Darnielle lands a head kick!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Tatum checks a leg kick.
Darnielle circles away from the clinch attempt
and Darnielle counters with a leg kick.
Darnielle throws a leg kick but Tatum moved away.
Darnielle throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A punch lands to the side of Darnielle 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Tatum throws a left and a right that both miss
and Darnielle counters with an inside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tatum looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Darnielle scores with a leg kick.
Darnielle looks to land a body kick but Tatum moved away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tatum tries to clinch but Darnielle moves away
and Darnielle counters with a slapping leg kick.
Darnielle wants to land a leg kick but Tatum is out of range.
Tatum tries to clinch up
and Darnielle counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Darnielle throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tatum tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Tatum tries to clinch
and Darnielle counters with a low kick, right behind Tatum 's knee.
Darnielle slips under a jab.
Darnielle throws a low kick but Tatum avoids it.
Tatum tries to close the distance and clinch up but Darnielle swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tatum feints a jab promting Darnielle to slip. Tatum then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Darnielle slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Drederick Tatum has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tatum throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Darnielle counters with a good low kick that Tatum was not able to check.
An inside leg kick lands from Darnielle.
Darnielle feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Tatum's calf.
Darnielle scores with a push kick.
Tatum takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Darnielle looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Darnielle fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tatum takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Tatum misses the body punch
and Darnielle counters with a slapping leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tatum checks a low kick from Darnielle.

Tatum clinches up with Darnielle and pushes him back against the cage.
Darnielle looking to stall.

And that's the end of the fight!
John Darnielle showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Darnielle, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:26
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 30:26
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Darnielle!