PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alex Tank (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Iron Mike (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mike has chosen nothing whatsoever as his entrance music. Alex Tank has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Tank
vs
Mike

198 cm
23
275 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

182 cm
23
230 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alex Tank!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Iron Mike!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Sergei Dronov and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mike dodges the punch combination from Tank.
Mike is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Alex Tank seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tank misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tank swings for the body but Mike moves out of range.
Tank lands with a nice body punch.
Tank throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mike.

Mike darts in and clinches Tank up against the cage.
Tank softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Mike prevents Tank from breaking the clinch.

Tank escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tank fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tank fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tank misses with a wild combination.
Tank throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tank misses the jab.
Tank misses with a two punch combination.
Mike tries to clinch up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tank scores with a hook to the body. Mike takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Alex Tank is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tank throws a shot to the body.
Mike looks gassed!
Tank swings for the body but Mike moves out of range.
Tank scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tank throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tank rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Mike moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tank ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Tank throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tank scores with the left hand. Mike knows he should have avoided that one.
Tank connects with a looping right hand.
Mike keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tank lands a jab to the head.
Tank swings for the body but Mike moves out of range.
Tank throws a right and a left that Mike avoids nicely.
Tank throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mike.
Mike fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tank lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mike circles away quickly and effectively.
Tank throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mike.
Danga de danga de dang - Tank scores with a four punch combination!
Mike is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Tank.
Mike tries to clinch but Tank moves out of range.
Mike fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mike slips a straight right by Tank.
Tank ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mike moves away.
Tank misses with the combination.

Mike gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A short uppercut from Mike.

Mike breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tank swats away the attempt to clinch by Mike.
Tank misses with a double jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mike is looking to clinch but Tank is avoiding it.
Tank throws out a powerful jab.
Mike takes one to the chin there.
Mike tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tank paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tank looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Mike wants to clinch.
Mike fails with an attempt to clinch.
A punch combination from Tank misses.
Tank throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tank misses with a few strikes there.
Tank is looking to wear down Mike with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Tank throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tank misses with a wild combination.
Mike tries to clinch there but Tank circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Tank misses.

Mike darts in and clinches Tank up against the cage.
Good body shot from Mike.
Good body shot from Mike.

Mike breaks from the clinch.
Tank circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mike slips a jab and a cross from Tank.
Mike wants to clinch.

Mike has managed to clinch.
A hook to the body from Mike.
Mike pushes Tank back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Mike manages to break the clinch.
Tank throws a series of punches but Mike avoids them all with ease.
Mike fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tank looks to land a combination but Mike avoids it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alex Tank dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Mike tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tank swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Alex Tank is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tank throws a series of punches but Mike avoids them all with ease.
Mike avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tank misses the jab.
Tank throws a hook but Mike blocks it.
Tank fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mike manages to avoid it.
Tank swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tank connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Mike ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mike showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tank.
Tank fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tank misses with the combination.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tank avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mike moves away from the strike by Tank.
Tank throws a big shot that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Tank finds it's way through Mike's defenses.
Mike tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tank swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tank catches Mike with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Tank ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mike moves away.
Tank misses with a straight left.
Mike fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tank lands a body shot.
Tank throws a series of punches but Mike moves out of range.
Mike tries to clinch up but Tank circles away and keeps his distance.
Mike throws a looping overhand right but Tank ducks down to avoid it.
Tank misses with a hook. Mike ducked under it nicely.
Tank looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Alex Tank is winning the standup battle so far.
No joy there for Tank, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mike tries to close the distance and clinch but Tank swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tank throws a jab when Mike was well out of range.
Mike tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tank paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tank avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tank misses with a two punch combination.
Mike tries to clinch but Tank moves out of range.
Mike avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tank is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Mike shoots for a takedown but Tank saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Mike tries to clinch up.
A big right from Tank misses.
Mike tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tank throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Tank swinging wilding here.

Mike moves into the clinch successfully.

Mike breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mike moves out of range of the strikes.
Tank throws a hook to the side of Mike's head but Mike sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tank throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Mike tries to clinch up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mike tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tank swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tank swats away the attempt to clinch by Mike.
Mike wants to clinch.
Mike defending well as Tank loads up on a big left hand.
Mike tries to clinch there but Tank circles away.
Tank throws a series of punches but Mike moves out of range.
Tank circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mike tries to clinch but Tank is having none of it.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
A punch combination from Tank misses.
Mike tries to close the distance and clinch but Tank swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tank missing with a left hand there. Mike was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tank dodges the punch combination from Mike.
Tank defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Mike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Mike looks to score with a jab to the body but Tank is just out of range.
Mike tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tank paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mike wants to clinch.
Tank swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Mike counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Tank tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mike was well out of range. Poor timing from Tank.
Tank misses with a combination

and Mike holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Tank tries to stall but Mike uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

Mike pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mike showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tank.
Tank just misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Tank lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mike circles away quickly and effectively.
Tank falls off balance throwing a combination
and Mike counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Iron Mike showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

A big right from Tank misses.

It looks like Alex Tank has been cut.
Tank misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mike.
Tank throws a right hand that Mike ducks under and follows up with a left that Mike also avoids with ease.
Tank misses with a series of wild punches.
Tank misses the jab.
Tank throws a left and a right that both miss
and Mike counters with a left right combination that sends Tank crashing to the mat - Mike wastes no time in diving on top of him and pounding Tank out for a TKO! Devastating finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:27 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Iron Mike!