PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between John Gites (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hank Le Tank (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Le Tank's choice of entrance music: The Trooper. John Gites has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Gites
vs
Le Tank

171 cm
22
132 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

169 cm
30
141 lbs
17 - 6 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, John Gites!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Hank Le Tank!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Gregory Folan and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Le Tank moves out of range of the strikes.
Le Tank throws a right and a left that Gites avoids nicely.
Le Tank throws a head kick that misses.
Le Tank misses with a series of wild punches.

Gites shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Le Tank manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Le Tank has control of Gites's left arm, preventing Gites from doing any damage.
Gites with a flurry of punches that miss.
Gites trying to control but Le Tank is working from the bottom.
Gites stays in close to Le Tank's body and controls the position.

Le Tank uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Le Tank throws a head kick but Gites moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gites shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Gites was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Le Tank tries to improve his position but instead Gites has taken his back!

Le Tank showing good submission defense here.

Gites is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Le Tank is defending well though. Gites let's go of the attempt for now.

Gites is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Le Tank has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Le Tank covering up well under a barage of strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gites throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.
Even with his hooks in, Gites manages to miss with strikes from the back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gites is trying to stick to Le Tank's back but Le Tank is turning into Gites. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Gites's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Le Tank.

Le Tank avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Le Tank sitting in guard here, content to control.
Gites looking for a sweep. Not yet Gites, not yet.

Gites is looking for a triangle here but Le Tank uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Gites is looking for a sweep.
Le Tank lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Gites down.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gites struggling a bit here.
Gites is looking to regain half guard here but Le Tank keeps moving and retains side control.
Gites manages to work his way to half guard, despite Le Tank's best efforts.
Gites is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Le Tank working Gites over with strikes.
Le Tank missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Gites blocking the ground and pound attempt from Le Tank.
Gites is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Le Tank's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Le Tank's back!

Gites is persistently looking for the submission but Le Tank is defending it well.
Le Tank tries to break free.
Le Tank holding on to Gites's left wrist, preventing the choke.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Le Tank is in bad spot here.
Gites wants to control but Le Tank is keeping busy.

Gites looking for the choke from the back.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Gites is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Le Tank defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.

Gites patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?

Gites is looking for a choke. Le Tank gets to his feet with his opponent on his back and slams him to the mat. Le Tank manages to squirm out of the attempted choke and turns into his opponent's guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Le Tank in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Gites dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Le Tank moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Gites cracks Le Tank with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Gites throws a head kick that misses.
Gites throws a shot to the body.

Le Tank decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Le Tank sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Gites wants to control but Le Tank is keeping busy.
Le Tank throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Gites trying to control from the bottom.
Le Tank is keen to just control but Gites is a slippery customer.
Gites is trying to control but can't.
Le Tank looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Le Tank missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Le Tank is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Le Tank throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Gites tries to get to full guard but Le Tank has control of the leg.
Le Tank seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Gites trying to control here.
Gites is looking for a sweep. Le Tank is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Le Tank throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Le Tank throwing shots but Gites is blocking nicely.
Le Tank throws a strike but Gites avoids it easily and moves to full guard.

Gites throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Le Tank connects with a couple of short punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gites is pulling down on Le Tank's head to control his posture.
Le Tank passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.

Le Tank is working for a submission of some sort.
Le Tank working the head and body with strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gites works his way to full guard. Good work.

Gites is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Le Tank defends well.
Gites utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Gites can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Le Tank controls the pace.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le Tank is looking to work some ground and pound but Gites has wrist control.
Gites is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Gites is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Le Tank defends well.
Gites avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Gites is trying to keep Le Tank in close.

Gites looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Le Tank passes into half guard.
Gites is looking to improve his position.
Le Tank lands strikes from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Le Tank looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Gites blocking the ground and pound attempt from Le Tank.
Le Tank not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Gites wants to control but Le Tank is keeping busy.
Gites is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Le Tank sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Gites defending well though.
Le Tank tries to pass to full mount but Gites defends it.
John Gites overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Le Tank thows a huge punch but Gites dodges it nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gites is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Gites is working on a guillotine. He's managed to get to full guard and he's really squeezing tight! Le Tank is tapping! Great win for Gites!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). John Gites!
John Gites really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Rōnin logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.