PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Hank Le Tank (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charlie Pace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Le Tank comes to the ring accompanied by The Trooper. This should be a great matchup!

Le Tank
vs
Pace

169 cm
26
141 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

171 cm
24
141 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Good elbows
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Hank Le Tank!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Charlie Pace!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Le Tank looks to land a body kick but Pace moved away.
Le Tank misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Le Tank takes a swing at Pace's ribcage but misses.
Le Tank punishes Pace's body with a nice straight punch.
Pace dodges the punch combination from Le Tank.
Le Tank smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Hank Le Tank seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Le Tank fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Pace wants to clinch up but Le Tank keeps it at a distance.
Pace tries to clinch but Le Tank is having none of it.
Pace moves away from the strike by Le Tank.
Le Tank uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Le Tank connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Pace is rocked!
Pace keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Pace is still on wobbly legs! Can Le Tank finish him?
Le Tank throws a low kick but it's checked well by Pace.
Pace seems to have recovered his senses.
Le Tank throws a right and a left that both miss.
Le Tank misses with a jab, cross combination.
Le Tank misses with the combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Le Tank motions for Pace to come forward. Le Tank throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Pace moves in looking to clinch but Le Tank pushes him off.
Le Tank is looking to score with low kicks.
Pace uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Le Tank.
Charlie Pace is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Le Tank fails to land with a series of punches.
Pace doesn't manage to clinch there - Le Tank circles away.
Le Tank misses with a hook.
A slow jab from Le Tank misses its intended target.
Pace uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Le Tank.
Le Tank tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Le Tank circles away from the clinch attempt
and Le Tank counters with a one-two to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Le Tank misses the target.
Le Tank tries to bum rush Pace with a series of wild strikes but Pace uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Le Tank throws a low kick but it's checked well by Pace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Le Tank shoots in but Pace avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hank Le Tank. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Le Tank circles away from the clinch attempt
and Le Tank counters with a straight right hand.
Le Tank misses the shot to the body.
Le Tank scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

Pace gets caught flat footed, as Le Tank shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Le Tank postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Le Tank throwing strikes from guard but Pace blocks nicely.
Le Tank stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Pace swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Le Tank won't allow Pace to sweep him here.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Pace looking to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Pace is looking for a triangle but Le Tank pushes his legs off easily.
Le Tank trying to control but Pace is working from the bottom.
Le Tank postures up.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Pace moves out of range as Le Tank throws a body kick.
Le Tank misses the shot to the body.
Le Tank thows a body shot but no joy.
Le Tank shoots for a double leg takedown but Pace sprawls well. He's pushed Le Tank's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Pace tries to clinch but Le Tank moves out of range.

Le Tank shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Pace wants to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Le Tank thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Pace taking some punishment here, with Le Tank in his half guard.
Pace is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Le Tank scores with a couple of nice shots.
Pace keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Le Tank trying to control from half guard but Pace is working away.
Le Tank passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Pace!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Pace is looking to get to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hank Le Tank dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Pace tries to clinch but Le Tank moves away

and Le Tank counters with a shoot takedown. Pace fights it but they end up in guard.
Le Tank throws a big right hand that misses.
Le Tank working some strikes from top position.
Le Tank trying to control but Pace is working from the bottom.
Le Tank postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Le Tank cracks Pace with a solid left hand.
Pace looking to hit a scissor sweep but Le Tank is one step ahead there.
Le Tank loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Le Tank is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Le Tank trying to control but Pace is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Le Tank throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Pace works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Le Tank looking to sit in guard and control but Pace gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Pace has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Le Tank is proving hard to escape from.
Le Tank lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Pace!
Le Tank unloads with some shots from mount but Pace bucks and avoids them well.
Le Tank lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Le Tank can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Pace is looking to escape.
Le Tank pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Le Tank scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Le Tank fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Le Tank is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Le Tank drops a big elbow. That's hurt Pace! More shots from Le Tank and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hank Le Tank!