PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rob Tate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Hancho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Tate
vs
Hancho

185 cm
18
192 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
19
194 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
KO power

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Very confident

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rob Tate!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mike Hancho!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, John Roberts and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Tate shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Hancho manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Hancho keeping full guard, as Tate tries to pass.
Tate throws a strike but Hancho rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Hancho is looking to advance position but Tate has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hancho wants to control but Tate is having none of it.
Tate looking to ground and pound but Hancho is blocking nicely.
Tate throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hancho in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Hancho in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Hancho wants to hold on but Tate pushes him away.
Tate misses with a head shot.
Tate landing strikes from the mount.
Tate throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Tate lands a nice shot to the head.
Tate working Hancho over with strikes here.
Tate working the ground and pound effectively.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tate wants to control the pace but Hancho is squirming around nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tate landing punches.
Tate punching from mount but Hancho doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Tate looking to finish Hancho with some ground and pound. This is bad for Hancho!
Tate connects with a bit shot that sees Hancho covering up! More strikes from Tate and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Tate is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rob Tate!