PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mike Lowery (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shane Tanner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Lowery might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to It's Bout to go Down!. Tanner has chosen Billy Idol's Rebel Yell as his entrance music. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Lowery
vs
Tanner

188 cm
18
180 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

170 cm
28
175 lbs
5 - 8 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mike Lowery!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Shane Tanner!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Viktor Lagutenko and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tanner tries to clinch up but Lowery circles away and keeps his distance.

Tanner has managed to clinch.

Tanner has Lowery pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Tanner pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Lowery tumbling to the mat - Tanner dives into Lowery's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tanner working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Tanner preventing the sweep.

Lowery looking for subs off his back but Tanner has passed one foot through into half guard.
Tanner working Lowery over with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tanner is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.

Lowery actively working from the bottom here.
Lowery wants to get back to full guard.
Tanner really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Lowery. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tanner is nestled in close to Lowery, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Tanner looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Lowery with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Tanner looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Lowery with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Lowery is rocked!
Tanner working over Lowery with some ground and pound. Lowery looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Oh Lowery is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tanner lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Tanner scores with a big shot! Lowery's head bounced off the canvas with a huge thud! More strikes land and the referee has jumped in to save Lowery! He was hurt real bad - good stoppage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Shane Tanner!