PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bryan Larocque (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Drederick Tatum (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.

Larocque
vs
Tatum

178 cm
27
195 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

182 cm
26
190 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bryan Larocque!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Drederick Tatum!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Trevor Gratis and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Larocque ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tatum moves away.
A head kick misses from Larocque.
Tatum looks to land a body kick but Larocque moved away.
Tatum throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Larocque sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Larocque scores with a hook.
Tatum dips to his left and cracks Larocque with an uppercut!
Larocque lands a two punch combo.
Tatum takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Larocque swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Larocque slips a jab and a cross from Tatum.
Larocque takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Larocque swings away with a body shot that misses
and Tatum counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Tatum keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Larocque.
Larocque takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Bryan Larocque seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Larocque ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tatum fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Larocque is out of range.
Tatum checks a low kick from Larocque.
Larocque with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Larocque lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Tatum misses the jab.
Larocque throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Larocque misses with an uppercut
and Larocque takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Larocque throws the left hand but Tatum avoids the punch easily.
Larocque misses with a jab to the body
and Tatum cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tatum throws a leg kick but Larocque sees it coming and moves out of range.
Tatum throws a jab when Larocque was well out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Larocque works Tatum's body with a nice hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Larocque fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tatum manages to avoid it.
Larocque throws a shot from downtown. Tatum moves away and avoids it.
A left lands for Larocque.
A looping hook to the body misses from Larocque. Tatum does a little dance to reset his feet.
Larocque throws a right and a left that both miss.
A decent looking cross lands there for Larocque.
Larocque throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Tatum throws a lazy uppercut
and Larocque counters with a right hand to the body.
Tatum throws the left hand but Larocque avoids the punch easily.
Larocque uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tatum.
Tatum moves out of range of the strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Larocque takes a swing at Tatum's ribcage but misses.
Tatum fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Larocque manages to avoid it.
Larocque throws a body punch but Tatum moves out of range.
Tatum fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Larocque misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tatum thuds his right hand into Larocque's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Tatum motions for Larocque to come forward. Tatum throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Tatum misses with a low kick.
Larocque throws a body punch but Tatum moves out of range.
Larocque lands a nice shot to the body.
Tatum moves away from the strike by Larocque.

Larocque moves into range and clinches up with Tatum.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Larocque keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tatum's efforts to push away.
Tatum's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Tatum breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tatum throws the left hand but Larocque avoids the punch easily.
Larocque is looking to wear down Tatum with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Nice body kick there by Larocque.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Larocque misses with a straight left.
Tatum throws a leg kick but Larocque sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Larocque jabs Tatum right on the nose. Tatum blinks but takes it well.
Tatum takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Larocque looks to score with a jab to the body but Tatum is just out of range.

Larocque rushes Tatum and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bryan Larocque dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Larocque ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tatum moves away.
Larocque swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tatum looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Tatum walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Larocque checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Larocque thows a body shot but no joy.
Tatum throws a body kick that misses.
Larocque tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tatum was well out of range. Poor timing from Larocque.
Tatum connects with an inside leg kick.
A jab from Tatum misses.
Larocque misses with a body kick.
Nice cross by Tatum.
Tatum throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Larocque misses with a right hand
and Tatum counters with a nice body shot.
Larocque misses with a body kick.
Larocque will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Larocque rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Tatum counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Tatum takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Tatum goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Larocque misses the shot to the body.
Tatum takes a jab right on the kisser.
Larocque takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Tatum avoids a kick to the body.
Larocque jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tatum feints and then cracks Larocque's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Larocque down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Larocque throws the kick towards the body but Tatum avoids it.
Jab by Tatum.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Larocque tries a head kick but it misses.
Tatum doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
The fighters circling - Larocque throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Larocque misses with a wild body shot.
Tatum looks to land a left hand but Larocque moved out of range nicely.
Larocque is looking to land body kicks.
Tatum tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Larocque was well out of range. Poor timing from Tatum.
Larocque throws a wild body kick that Tatum sees coming a mile off.
Tatum explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Larocque throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
letting Tatum counter with a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Larocque throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Larocque misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tatum.
A chopping leg kick lands by Larocque.
Larocque fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Tatum on the side of the head.
Tatum moves out of range as Larocque strikes.
Tatum ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tatum moves out of range of the body kick.
Larocque waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tatum.
Larocque throws a hook to the side of Tatum's head but Tatum sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A head kick misses from Larocque.
Larocque throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nice jab there from Tatum.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tatum swings for the body but Larocque moves out of range.
Tatum throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Larocque throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tatum misses with a kick to the body.
Larocque misses the shot to the body.
Larocque lands a high kick!
Tatum displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Larocque throws out the jab.
Tatum connects with a good right hand that stumbles Larocque. Larocque circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tatum lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Larocque slips a jab and a cross from Tatum.
Larocque uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Tatum has time to react.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Bryan Larocque will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Larocque scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Tatum slips a jab from Larocque.
Larocque misses with an uppercut
and Tatum counters with a low kick, right behind Larocque 's knee.
Tatum uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Larocque.
Bryan Larocque is winning the standup battle so far.
Larocque loads up on a big right hand but Tatum slips the punch.
Larocque misses with a hook
and Tatum makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Larocque. Tatum does a little dance to reset his feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Larocque. Tatum does a little dance to reset his feet.
Larocque misses with a wild body shot.
Tatum throws a push kick but Larocque slaps the foot to one side.
Tatum blocks a head kick by Larocque.
Larocque changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Larocque tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tatum was well out of range. Poor timing from Larocque.
Tatum uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Larocque.
Tatum clobbers Larocque with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A jab lands there for Larocque.
Larocque's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Tatum connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Larocque scrambles back to his feet.
Larocque misses with an uppercut. Tatum saw that one coming.
The fighters circling - Tatum throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Larocque throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Tatum stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Larocque looks to land a right hand but Tatum moved out of range.
Larocque gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Tatum counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Tatum chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Larocque misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Larocque blocks a low kick nicely.
Tatum pivots, looking for a leg kick but Larocque is out of range and Tatum settles back down.
Larocque pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Larocque ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Larocque slips a straight right by Tatum.
Larocque throws a push kick but Tatum slaps the foot to one side.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Larocque bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Tatum's head backwards.
Larocque lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Tatum at a distance.
That kick from Tatum tenderised Larocque's leg. Larocque is trying to keep his angry face on.
Larocque throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Tatum cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tatum with a nice cross.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tatum uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Larocque.
Tatum keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Larocque.
Larocque misses with a straight right.
Tatum keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Larocque takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Larocque slips a straight right by Tatum.
Tatum throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A head kick by Larocque misses
and Larocque takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Larocque scores with a jab. Tatum acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Larocque jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tatum takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tatum moves out of range of the strikes.
Tatum lands a glancing blow to the side of Larocque's head.
A big right from Tatum misses.
Tatum misses with a low kick as Larocque jumps back.
Tatum throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Tatum connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Larocque steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tatum.
Larocque throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tatum takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Tatum lands a slapping body shot.
Larocque misses the shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close third round but Drederick Tatum just about did enough to take it.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Larocque lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Larocque misses the shot to the body.
Larocque fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Tatum is out of range.
Larocque throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Larocque blocks a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Larocque. Tatum does a little dance to reset his feet.
Larocque waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tatum.
Tatum slips a straight right by Larocque.
A jab from Tatum misses.
The fighters circling - Larocque throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tatum connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Larocque momentarily.
Larocque throws a poor cross that misses
and Tatum counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Larocque fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Tatum looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A looping hook to the body misses from Larocque. Tatum does a little dance to reset his feet.
Larocque tries a low kick but Tatum avoids it.
Tatum just misses with a punch to the body.
Larocque throws out a loose jab but Tatum uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tatum on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Tatum throws a body kick that misses.
Larocque lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Tatum at a distance.
Tatum throws a low kick but Larocque moves out of range easily.
Tatum takes a swing at Larocque's ribcage but misses.
Tatum misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Larocque.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tatum lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Larocque misses with a low kick.
Larocque cracks Tatum with a good jab.
Larocque falls off balance throwing a combination
and Tatum counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Tatum takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Larocque misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Larocque throws a right hand that Tatum ducks under and follows up with a left that Tatum also avoids with ease.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Larocque throws the left hand but Tatum avoids the punch easily.
Tatum connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Larocque momentarily.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Larocque tries to bum rush Tatum with a series of wild strikes but Tatum uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Larocque misses with a hook
and Tatum cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That kick from Tatum tenderised Larocque's leg. Larocque is trying to keep his angry face on.
Tatum throws a shot to the body.
Tatum ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Larocque misses with a hook.
Larocque checks a leg kick.
A clash of legs there as Larocque blocks the low kick.
Larocque jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tatum swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Larocque throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Tatum counters with a good low kick that Larocque was not able to check.
Larocque shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Larocque throws a hook to the side of Tatum's head but Tatum sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Larocque looks to land a right hand but Tatum moved out of range.
Larocque scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Tatum throws a jab but it's blocked by Larocque.
Larocque connects with a jab.
Larocque swings for the body but Tatum moves out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Larocque throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Tatum counters with a nice uppercut.
A slow jab from Larocque misses its intended target.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Larocque throws a sloppy head kick
and Tatum counters with a nice leg kick.
Larocque misses with a body shot
and Tatum counters with a straight right hand.
Tatum is looking to score with low kicks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close fourth round but I would say that Bryan Larocque will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Larocque throws a body punch but Tatum moves out of range.
Larocque ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tatum moves away.
Nice cross by Tatum.
That kick from Larocque tenderised Tatum's leg. Tatum is trying to keep his angry face on.
Larocque throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Larocque checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Larocque lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Larocque throws an overhand right that lands on Tatum's shoulder, as Tatum tries to avoid the shot.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Tatum.
Tatum has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Larocque tries to land a body kick
and Tatum counters with a good, hard body kick but Larocque shrugs it off.
Tatum digs a good body shot into Larocque's ribs.
Larocque looks to score with a jab to the body but Tatum is just out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tatum looks to score with a jab to the body but Larocque is just out of range.
Larocque throws a big shot that misses.
Tatum avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Larocque fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Tatum on the side of the head.
Tatum missing with a left hand there. Larocque was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Larocque throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Tatum stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Larocque scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Larocque walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Tatum checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Larocque lands a nice shot to the body.
Larocque throws a sloppy body shot
and Tatum counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Larocque moves out of range of the body kick from Tatum.
Tatum throws a body punch but Larocque moves out of range.
Tatum drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Larocque throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Tatum counters with a three punch combo that has Larocque backing up. Larocque nods at Tatum to acknowledge the strikes.
Larocque checks the leg kick nicely there.
Larocque throws a nice outside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tatum blocks the body kick.
Larocque throws a leg kick but Tatum moved away.
Larocque swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Tatum counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Larocque thinking.
Good exchange - Tatum coming out on top.
Tatum ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Larocque pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Larocque throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tatum sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Larocque getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Tatum throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Larocque takes a swing at Tatum's ribcage but misses.
Tatum throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Larocque scores with a head kick.
Larocque uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Larocque misses with a series of wild punches.
Tatum moves out of range of the strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Larocque throws a head kick that misses.
Larocque is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Larocque moves away from the strike by Tatum.
Tatum connects with a leg kick. Larocque looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Larocque looks to score with a jab to the body but Tatum is just out of range.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Tatum lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Larocque has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Larocque and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Larocque lands with an overhand left.
Larocque misses with a hook to the body
enabling Tatum to counter with a crisp jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Larocque moves out of range of the leg kick from Tatum.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A solid leg kick lands there for Tatum.
Drederick Tatum has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tatum throws out a leg kick but Larocque moves out of range and Tatum only half commits.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Bryan Larocque.
Well Larocque 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Peck scores the fight 50:45
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 48:47
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 49:46

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bryan Larocque!
Bryan Larocque retains his middleweight title!