PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Stark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adis Tankov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Stark might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Iron Man-Black Sabbath. Adis Tankov has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Stark
vs
Tankov

189 cm
28
185 lbs
19 - 9 - 0

181 cm
28
177 lbs
16 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Rōnin
Rōnin

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 19 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Anthony Stark!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Adis Tankov!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Eddie Farnsworth and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Stark. Tankov does a little dance to reset his feet.
Stark misses the shot to the body.
Stark scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Tankov doesn't seem bothered though.
Stark throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A solid leg kick lands there for Tankov.
Tankov lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A slow jab from Stark misses its intended target.
Tankov thuds his shin into the meat of Stark's side.
Tankov looks to land a body kick but Stark moved away.
Stark misses with a body punch
and Tankov makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Stark scores with a decent looking hook.
A chopping leg kick lands by Tankov.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tankov pivots, looking for a leg kick but Stark is out of range and Tankov settles back down.
Tankov fails with the takedown.
Tankov displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Stark.
Nice body kick from Tankov.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stark swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Stark stuffs the takedown attempt from Tankov. Tankov gets slowly back to his feet.
Stark takes a swing at Tankov's ribcage but misses.
Stark chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Tankov can pounce on him.
Tankov throws a sloppy head kick and Stark moves out of range easily.
A big right from Stark misses.
Stark misses with a wild body shot.
Tankov pulls out of a head kick attempt.
An inside leg kick lands from Tankov.
Crunch! Tankov slams his shin into Stark's torso.
Tankov lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Stark throws a jab but it's blocked by Tankov.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stark tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tankov was well out of range. Poor timing from Stark.
Tankov shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Stark as he avoids it easily.
Anthony Stark has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Adis Tankov.
Tankov swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Stark scores with a shot to the body.
Tankov lands a high kick!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stark looks to land a left hand but Tankov moved out of range nicely.
Tankov does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Stark moves out of range of the leg kick from Tankov.
A shot to the body from Stark misses
and Tankov counters with an inside leg kick.
Tankov tries a head kick but it misses.
Stark misses with a looping left.
A solid body kick from Tankov.
Stark is breathing heavily.
Stark misses the shot to the body.
Stark is looking to wear down Tankov with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Tankov lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Tankov there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

Tankov closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Stark regains half guard.
Tankov is looking to take a break and control but Stark is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Tankov uses his free foot to push down on Stark's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Stark.

Stark has left one of his arms exposed and Tankov doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Stark screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Adis Tankov!
An out of breath Adis Tankov thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.