PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Owen Woodring (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Tanner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Woodring comes to the cage accompanied by American bad ass. Tanner has chosen Wasted remix as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Woodring
vs
Tanner

194 cm
26
179 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

200 cm
26
180 lbs
12 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed

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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 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Owen Woodring!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Tanner!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Franklyn Lucas and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Woodring misses with a leg kick.
Woodring thows a left - swing and a miss!
Woodring throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Woodring takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Woodring throws a half hearted mid kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Woodring.
Owen Woodring seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Woodring throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Tanner avoids the head kick by Woodring.
Tanner ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A jab lands there for Woodring.
Woodring misses with a wild combination.
Woodring thuds his right hand into Tanner's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Woodring attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Woodring really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Tanner closes the distance and clinches.
Woodring just leaning against Tanner, taking a breather.
Woodring lands with a right to the head.
Tanner tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Woodring swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Woodring's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Woodring softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Woodring working aggressively here.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Tanner scores with a knee to the head.
Tanner misses with a knee to the head.
Woodring lands a body shot.
Tanner using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Woodring has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Woodring lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Woodring has had enough of the clinch but Tanner keeps him there for the moment.
Woodring wants to stall.
Tanner landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Tanner connects with a nasty looking knee right to Woodring's face.
Tanner taking a breather.
Tanner misses with a knee strike.
Woodring lands with a light punch inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Woodring misses with a short punch on the inside.
Woodring scores with a shot to the side of Tanner's head.
Woodring working aggressively here.
Woodring swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Woodring on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tanner content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Woodring is leaning against Tanner and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Tanner is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Tanner with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Woodring makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tanner misses with an elbow over the top.
Woodring throws a head punch that misses.

Woodring's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A punch combination from Woodring misses.
Woodring throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Woodring does no damage.

Tanner pushes Woodring up against the cage in a clinch.
Woodring struggles to land a body shot inside as Tanner controls his hands.
Tanner misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Woodring.
Tanner with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tanner with a knee to the head.
Woodring tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Woodring lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Woodring lands with a right to the head.
Tanner connects with a knee to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Woodring.
Tanner with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Woodring working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Tanner creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Tanner is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Woodring is keeping busy.
Tanner with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tanner taking a breather.
Woodring misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tanner misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Woodring.
Tanner throws an elbow but it misses.
Woodring tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Woodring on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Woodring lands a right hand.
Woodring throws a punch but it's blocked by Tanner.
The referee calls for Woodring to work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Woodring lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tanner backwards.

Woodring escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tanner keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Woodring.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tanner fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Woodring lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

Tanner is rocked!
Woodring tries a low kick but Tanner avoids it.
Tanner is still on wobbly legs! Can Woodring finish him?
Tanner wants to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Owen Woodring dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Nice defenses there by Woodring.
Tanner seems to have recovered his senses.
Woodring misses with a jab, cross combination.
Woodring connects with a jab.
Tanner fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tanner is looking to clinch.
Tanner missing with a left hand there. Woodring was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tanner darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Woodring throws a jab when Tanner was well out of range.
Nice body punch from Woodring.
Owen Woodring is winning the standup battle so far.
Woodring throws a big shot that misses.
Tanner swinging wildly here.
Woodring looks to throw the jab but Tanner is out of range.
Woodring lands the left hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Woodring swinging wildly here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Woodring throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tanner steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Woodring.
Tanner avoids a kick to the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Woodring.
Tanner is breathing heavily.
Tanner avoids the body shot from Woodring.
Woodring cracks Tanner with an open hand slap.

Woodring drops Tanner with a nice combination! Woodring dives into Tanner's guard, looking to finish!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Woodring accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Woodring missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Woodring missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Woodring throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Tanner works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Woodring loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Woodring throws a big right hand that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tanner wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Woodring 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.
Tanner not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Woodring is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Woodring thows a big elbow that misses.
Woodring throws a big right hand that misses.
Tanner preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Woodring trying to control but Tanner is working from the bottom.
Woodring postures up in Tanner's guard and throws a big left but Tanner blocks it.
Woodring missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Tanner tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Tanner pushes Woodring off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Woodring throws a right hand that Tanner ducks under and follows up with a left that Tanner also avoids with ease.
Woodring looks to score with a jab to the body but Tanner is just out of range.
Tanner takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Tanner gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Woodring thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Tanner if he has to take too many more of those.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tanner slips under a jab from Woodring.
Tanner throws a hook but Woodring avoids it easily.

Woodring drops Tanner with a big left hand and mounts him. Tanner is in big trouble!
Woodring breaks from Tanner's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Tanner keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Tanner avoids a series of strikes thrown by Woodring.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tanner taking shots to the head.
Poor strikes thrown by Woodring there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Woodring softens up his opponent with a couple of shots there and then CRACK! One massive shot lands there and Tanner is out cold! Woodring jumps to his feet and celebrates on the cage with the fans, who are, quite frankly, going absolutely mental!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Owen Woodring!