PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matt Bera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alf Tanner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Matt Bera has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Bera
vs
Tanner

180 cm
21
212 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

190 cm
21
223 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Heavy handed

Bloodbath Fighting Clothes

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Matt Bera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alf Tanner!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Konstantin Menshow and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bera misses with a head kick.
Bera steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Tanner. That one must have hurt.
Tanner fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Bera throws a low kick but it's checked well by Tanner.
Bera doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Bera takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bera takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Tanner connects with a body shot.
Bera is breathing heavily.
Tanner is looking to land body kicks.
Tanner misses with a head kick.
A shot to the liver by Tanner. Beautiful body shot.
The fighters circling - Bera throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tanner slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Tanner with a nice cross.
Tanner fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Tanner connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Tanner lands a nice looking body shot.
Bera takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

It looks like Matt Bera has been cut.
Tanner fakes the leg kick and cracks Bera in the body.
Tanner lands a nice looking body shot.
Bera takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Bera drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

Tanner takes the fight into the clinch.

Tanner breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tanner scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Tanner scores with a jab.
Tanner connects with an inside leg kick.
Tanner is looking to clinch but Bera is avoiding it.
Tanner buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Tanner scores with a punch to the head.
Alf Tanner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bera takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tanner fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tanner cracks Bera with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Bera will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Tanner lands with an overhand left.
Tanner is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Bera had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Tanner lands a right hook to the body.
Tanner lands with a shot to the body.
A leg kick checked by Bera.
Tanner is looking to slow Bera down with leg kicks.
Crunch! Tanner slams his shin into Bera's torso.
Bera fails with a takedown attempt.
An inside leg kick lands from Tanner.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tanner throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bera avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tanner throws a leg kick but Bera checks it.

Bera closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Tanner did well to prevent Bera getting side control.
Tanner trying to control here.
Tanner gets back to full guard.
Tanner keeping moving, preventing Bera from controlling successfully.
Tanner looking to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tanner looking for a sweep. Not yet Tanner, not yet.

Bera drops back looking for a leg! Tanner is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Tanner manages to kick Bera off! Bera jumps back into Tanner's guard.
Tanner utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Bera in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Bera keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Tanner's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bera trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Bera looking to sit in guard and control but Tanner gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Tanner stopping the sweep attempt from Bera.

Bera working for a triangle but Tanner defends it easily.

Bera is looking for a triangle but Tanner pushes his legs off easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tanner wants to control from the top but Bera keeps moving.
Tanner is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alf Tanner dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Matt Bera's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Bera on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Bera avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tanner connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Bera's hands.

Bera fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Tanner sprawls well initially but Bera persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Ground and pound from Bera.
Tanner has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bera looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Bera throwing shots but Tanner is blocking nicely.
Bera thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Bera 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.
Bera scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Bera missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Bera is trying to control. Tanner wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Bera thows a huge punch but Tanner dodges it nicely.
Bera is keen to just control but Tanner is a slippery customer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bera takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

Bera is trying to work for a kimura but Tanner is defending well.
Bera is nestled in close to Tanner, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Bera is keen to just control but Tanner is a slippery customer.
Tanner blocking the ground and pound attempt from Bera.
Bera trying to mount his opponent but Tanner defends it.
Bera is working hard here to advance position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Tanner looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Tanner trying to hold on to Bera's head to control him but Bera postures up.
Bera scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Bera passes to side control.
Tanner is not content to let Bera control the position.

Bera is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Tanner is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bera taking a break here but Tanner is having none of it and regains half guard.
Bera not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Bera seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Bera is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
Bera lands a couple of digs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tanner is looking to stand up but Bera isn't so interested in that idea.
Bera working some strikes from top position.
Tanner is breathing heavily.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Bera's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Bera is looking to work some ground and pound but Tanner has wrist control.
Bera sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Tanner's guard.
Bera throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tanner has hold of Bera's hands but Bera slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Tanner is staying active underneath Bera, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Tanner has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Bera is working away from the top position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matt Bera dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Matt Bera's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Tanner gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Bera to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Bera throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Tanner works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Bera trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Tanner has momentary wrist control but Bera slips an elbow through the middle.
Tanner avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Tanner looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Bera is working Tanner over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Bera stands and throws Tanner's legs to the side, diving into side control.

Bera goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Tanner rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Bera's guard! Nice work there by Tanner!
Tanner takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bera is looking for a triangle but Tanner pushes his legs off easily.
Bera keeping moving, preventing Tanner from controlling successfully.
Tanner stands up over Bera, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Bera looking to hit a scissor sweep but Tanner is one step ahead there.
Bera is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Bera throws a strike but Tanner avoids it easily and moves to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bera throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Tanner works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Tanner has Bera pulled in close to control his posture.
Bera in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Tanner preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Bera postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Bera stopping the sweep attempt from Tanner.
Bera postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bera postures up in Tanner's guard and throws a big left but Tanner blocks it.
Bera working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Tanner's head.
Bera throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Tanner works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Bera trying to control but Tanner is working from the bottom.
Bera thows a big elbow that misses.
Tanner is trying to control the position but Bera postures up.
Bera trying to control but Tanner is working from the bottom.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Bera's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Bera throwing strikes but missing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tanner looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Tanner is trying to control the position but Bera postures up.
Tanner working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Bera.
Bera wants to control from the top but Tanner keeps moving.
Bera with a flurry of punches that miss.
Bera trying to control but Tanner is working from the bottom.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Bera's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

And that's the end of the fight!
Matt Bera showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Bera has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 28:28
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 28:28
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 28:28

The fight is ruled a draw!