PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alex Louvierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hiromitsu Tanaka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Louvierre kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Dirty House. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Louvierre
vs
Tanaka

178 cm
25
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
175 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
KO power

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Solid chin

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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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Alex Louvierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Hiromitsu Tanaka!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, William Peck and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Louvierre throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Tanaka's waist but Tanaka gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Louvierre off to one side.
Nice sprawl there from Tanaka as Louvierre shoots in.

Louvierre closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Tanaka did well to prevent Louvierre getting side control.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Tanaka blocking the ground and pound attempt from Louvierre.
Louvierre thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Tanaka's head.
Louvierre knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Tanaka on the ground.
Louvierre is looking to stall here but Tanaka recovers full guard.
Tanaka controls Louvierre momentarily but Louvierre frees himself.
Louvierre wants to pass the guard but Tanaka is keeping the position.
Louvierre has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Tanaka scrambles and gets back to his feet.

Louvierre closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Louvierre prevents Tanaka from improving his position.
Louvierre looks to land a strike but Tanaka avoids it nicely and regains full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Louvierre throws a big right hand that misses.

Tanaka manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Louvierre will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alex Louvierre. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tanaka shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Louvierre but Louvierre pushes him off and we're back to square one.

Louvierre closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Tanaka to the mat! Tanaka manages to get full guard.
Louvierre is breathing heavily.
Louvierre being controlled here momentarily.
Louvierre trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Louvierre won't allow Tanaka to sweep him here.
Louvierre working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tanaka is trying to keep Louvierre in close.

Tanaka is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Louvierre is aware though and is defending well.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Louvierre trying to control the position from guard on top but Tanaka is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Louvierre accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Louvierre throws a strike but Tanaka rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Tanaka postures up in Louvierre's guard and throws a big left but Louvierre blocks it.
Louvierre is looking to stand up but Tanaka isn't so interested in that idea.
Tanaka missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Louvierre keeping moving, preventing Tanaka from controlling successfully.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Tanaka accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Tanaka won't allow Louvierre to get back to his feet.
Tanaka works over Louvierre with some ground and pound from guard.
Louvierre utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Tanaka wants to control from the top but Louvierre keeps moving.
Louvierre wants to stand up but Tanaka is controlling him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tanaka throws a strike but Louvierre rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Louvierre working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Tanaka can do anything to dispel that myth.
Tanaka striking off his back, scoring a few points.
Louvierre throwing strikes but missing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tanaka working a defensive guard here.
Louvierre pushes down on Tanaka's leg and manages to get into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alex Louvierre dominated that round.
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.

Tanaka looks for a takedown but Louvierre sprawls well.
Left hook, right uppercut from Louvierre.
Tanaka will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Louvierre shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Tanaka as he avoids it easily.
Louvierre lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Alex Louvierre is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tanaka stuffs the takedown.
Nice takedown defense from Louvierre. No joy for Tanaka on that attempt.
Alex Louvierre has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hiromitsu Tanaka.
Nice takedown defense from Louvierre. No joy for Tanaka on that attempt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tanaka fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Louvierre.

Tanaka is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Louvierre's half guard.
Louvierre tries to kick Tanaka off but Tanaka keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Louvierre keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Louvierre is not content to let Tanaka control the position.
Louvierre wants to get back to his feet.
Tanaka throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Louvierre is not content to let Tanaka control the position.
Louvierre wants to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tanaka working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Tanaka throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Tanaka not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Tanaka working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Tanaka not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Louvierre looks like he's trying to stand up.
Tanaka working the head and body with strikes.
Tanaka is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tanaka working over Louvierre with some ground and pound. Louvierre looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Tanaka throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Tanaka content to control rather than advance.
Tanaka missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tanaka not doing much here.
Ground and pound from Tanaka.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tanaka thows a huge punch but Louvierre dodges it nicely.
Hiromitsu Tanaka has got the better of the ground game so far.
Nice strikes from Tanaka there.
Tanaka is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Louvierre!
Tanaka lands a big shot there that rocks Louvierre but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Tanaka lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tanaka with a couple of short strikes.
Tanaka is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Tanaka content just to control the position here.
Tanaka raining down shots from the mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hiromitsu Tanaka showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!

Tanaka fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Louvierre sprawls well initially but Tanaka persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Tanaka thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Louvierre's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Louvierre is staying active underneath Tanaka, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Tanaka lands with a punch from half guard.
Tanaka thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Louvierre's head.
Louvierre is trying to stand up here but Tanaka is controlling him well.
Tanaka missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Tanaka thows a huge punch but Louvierre dodges it nicely.
Tanaka sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Louvierre defending well though.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tanaka lands with a punch from half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tanaka with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Tanaka throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Tanaka trying to control the action but Louvierre is working from the bottom.
Louvierre is trying to stand up here but Tanaka is controlling him well.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Tanaka lands a nice short elbow.
Tanaka thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Louvierre's head.
Louvierre looks like he's trying to stand up.
Tanaka moves nicely into side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tanaka misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Louvierre is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Tanaka lands a few punches from side control.
Tanaka wants to lay and pray for a moment but Louvierre keeps working.
Tanaka in side control, throwing shots but Louvierre defends.
Tanaka trying to control the position but Louvierre is working away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tanaka advances nicely into full mount.
Tanaka raining down shots from the mount!
Tanaka has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Tanaka raining down shots from the mount!
Tanaka looking to finish Louvierre with some ground and pound. This is bad for Louvierre!
Tanaka raining down shots from the mount!
Louvierre is squirming around, avoiding Tanaka's attempts to control the action.
Louvierre takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Tanaka cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Louvierre in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Louvierre wants to get back to his feet.
Tanaka working the ground and pound effectively.
Tanaka trying to control but Louvierre is having none of it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tanaka lands a nice shot to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hiromitsu Tanaka comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Tanaka has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Elvis Blanc scores the fight for Hiromitsu Tanaka!
Judge William Peck scores the fight for Hiromitsu Tanaka!
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight for Hiromitsu Tanaka!

Hiromitsu Tanaka wins by unanimous decision!
Hiromitsu Tanaka really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that [WOT] DTK Designs (Laundry) logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.