PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Shane Tanner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alan Crump (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tanner comes to the cage accompanied by Billy Idol's Rebel Yell. Crump has chosen Indestructible as his entrance music. Shane Tanner is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Tanner
vs
Crump

170 cm
23
175 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

185 cm
22
175 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Shane Tanner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alan Crump!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Illya Tyunina and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crump throws a leg kick that misses.
Tanner looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Crump slow jab from Tanner misses its intended target.
Crump misses with a looping right.
Crump avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Tanner darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Crump trying to control here.
Crump gets back to full guard.
Tanner might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

Crump throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Tanner works over Crump with some ground and pound from guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tanner thows a big elbow that misses.
Tanner won't allow Crump to sweep him here.
Crump utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Tanner won't allow Crump to get back to his feet.
Crump punching to the body, from the bottom.
Tanner prevents Crump from getting back to his feet.
Tanner with a flurry of punches that miss.
Tanner won't allow Crump to sweep him here.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tanner looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Crump keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Alan Crump is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tanner avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A jab from Crump misses.
Alan Crump seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Crump stuffs the takedown attempt from Tanner. Tanner gets slowly back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Tanner shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Crump as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Shane Tanner. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tanner dodges the punch combination from Crump.
Tanner fails to land the takedown.
Tanner displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Crump throws out the jab.
Some wild striking there from Crump.
Crump misses with a series of wild punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Shane Tanner will probably get the nod.
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.

Crump misses with a wild body shot.
Tanner uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Crump.
Crump closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Tanner doesn't manage to clinch there - Crump circles away.
Tanner uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Crump.
Tanner shoots in but no luck this time.
Tanner shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Crump as he jumps to the side.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crump scores with the left hand. Tanner knows he should have avoided that one.

Tanner closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Crump manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tanner wants to get back to full guard.

Crump escapes and gets back to his feet.
Crump takes a swing at Tanner's ribcage but misses.
Tanner shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Crump but Crump pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Shane Tanner. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Crump connects with a crisp jab.
Crump throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Crump throws a sloppy head kick and Tanner moves out of range easily.
Nice takedown defense from Crump. No joy for Tanner on that attempt.
Crump takes a swing at Tanner's ribcage but misses.
A clash of legs there as Tanner blocks the low kick.
Tanner closes the distance and clinches up with Crump, looking for a takedown. Tanner pushes Crump against the cage but Crump circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tanner fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Tanner tries to clinch there but Crump circles away.
Tanner changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Crump tries to avoid it but Tanner manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Crump to the ground. Crump escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

Tanner shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Crump has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Tanner is working away from the top position though.
Tanner not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Tanner throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Crump wants to get back to full guard.
Crump trying to control here.
Tanner 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 lands strikes from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Alan Crump will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Tanner shoots in and drives through. Crump sprawls well.
Crump misses with a straight right.
Tanner fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Shane Tanner is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Crump throws a good cross that connects.
Crump misses with a two punch combination.
Crump misses with a few strikes there.
Crump misses the shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crump throws a series of punches but Tanner avoids them all with ease.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Crump throws a hook but Tanner blocks it.
Crump keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Shane Tanner. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Crump swings for the body but Tanner moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tanner moves out of range of the body kick from Crump.
Crump missing with a left hand there. Tanner was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tanner shoots for a double leg takedown but Crump sprawls well. He's pushed Tanner's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Crump throws a shot from downtown. Tanner moves away and avoids it.
Crump fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tanner manages to avoid it.
Crump stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
A combination from Crump does no damage.
Crump lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

Tanner shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Tanner was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Crump wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Tanner.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tanner with a couple of short strikes.
Tanner with good strikes from the mount here!
Tanner landing punches.
Tanner working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Tanner is in the full mount, landing strikes.

Crump is rocked!
Shane Tanner overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Tanner looking to finish Crump with some ground and pound. This is bad for Crump!
Crump is still in real trouble! Can Tanner finish him?
Tanner scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Tanner working the ground and pound effectively.
Crump tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Tanner postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Crump bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Tanner and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Shane Tanner!