PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Hans Landa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and White Tiger Tao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Landa
vs
Tiger Tao

174 cm
20
164 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

172 cm
24
157 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid Muay Thai
Very strong

Good takedowns
Excellent boxer
Determined

Bloodbath Fighting Clothes

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hans Landa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, White Tiger Tao!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Viktor Lagutenko and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Landa moves into the clinch successfully.
Tao has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A hook to the body from Landa.
Landa lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Landa can't get the takedown.
Landa keeps control of Tao as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Landa creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Landa gets through Tao's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Landa lands with a right to the head.
Tao wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A short right from Landa on the inside.
A hook to the body from Landa.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Landa has Tao pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Tao manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Landa holding his opponent close, against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Landa.
Landa slowing the pace effectively.
Landa lands a hook to the side of the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Landa.
Tao is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Landa can't get the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hans Landa. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Tao is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Landa pushes Tao back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A body shot lands from Landa.
Landa throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Tao has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Tao is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Tao takes a shot to the head.
A short left from Landa.
Landa has Tao pressed against the cage, preventing Tao from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Tao wants to get back to striking at distance but Landa won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Landa has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Tao regains guard immediately.
Landa with a flurry of punches that miss.
Landa has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Landa postures up in Tao's guard and throws a big left but Tao blocks it.
Tao keeping moving, preventing Landa from controlling successfully.
Landa is standing up over Tao. Tao looks to escape but Landa dives into side control.
Tao taking a bit of punishment here - Landa scoring with strikes.
Tao pushes Landa away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Landa gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Landa lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Landa working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.

Tao is rocked!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Landa looks up at the clock and then as Tao takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Landa smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Tao is still in real trouble! Can Landa finish him?
Landa lands a strong strike to the head of Tao. That's dazed him! Landa looking to finish here. Tao is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Landa lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:03 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hans Landa!