PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Christer Pettersson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alf Tanner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Pettersson
vs
Tanner

186 cm
25
215 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

190 cm
27
223 lbs
13 - 6 - 1

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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Christer Pettersson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alf Tanner!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Dmitry Maklakov and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Pettersson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Pettersson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Pettersson looking to throw knees to the head but Tanner is blocking nicely.
Tanner prevents a body shot from Pettersson.
A nice left hand lands by Tanner.
Pettersson misses with an elbow strike.
Tanner lands with a right to the head.
Tanner misses with the head strike.
Tanner swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tanner tries a body shot but Pettersson blocks it.
Pettersson stalling the fight.
Tanner tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Still in the clinch, Tanner scores with a nice short uppercut.
Tanner goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pettersson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Tanner's face.

It looks like Alf Tanner has been cut.
Pettersson stalling against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pettersson looking to slow down the pace here.
Pettersson blocks an uppercut.
Pettersson has Tanner pushed against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Tanner fails to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Tanner.
Tanner dodges an elbow strike from Pettersson.
Pettersson lands a damaging elbow.
Tanner blocks the elbow strike.
Tanner blocks an elbow strike.
Tanner prevents a body shot from Pettersson.
Tanner lands with a short shot to the head.
Tanner struggles to land a body shot inside as Pettersson controls his hands.
Tanner throws a head punch that misses.
Tanner scores with a shot to the side of Pettersson's head.
Pettersson stalling the fight.
Pettersson trying to land knees to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Pettersson.
Pettersson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Good body shot from Pettersson.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tanner misses with a knee strike.
Tanner digs a right hand underneath Pettersson's ribcage. Pettersson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Pettersson is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Tanner is keeping busy.
Pettersson can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tanner looking to throw knees to the head but Pettersson is blocking nicely.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pettersson.
Pettersson wants to stall.
Tanner throws a punch but it's blocked by Pettersson.
Tanner takes an elbow to the temple.
Tanner lands a left hand that snaps the head of Pettersson backwards.
Pettersson blocking some punches.
Pettersson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Tanner lands a body shot.
Pettersson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Tanner tries to throw a body punch but Pettersson avoids it by throwing Tanner back against the cage.
Pettersson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tanner blocks it with crossed arms.
Pettersson scores with a shot to the side of Tanner's head.
Tanner gets through Pettersson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Tanner scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pettersson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Pettersson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tanner misses with a body punch.
Pettersson lands a shoulder strike.
Tanner misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pettersson is trying to stall.
Tanner misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tanner misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tanner misses with a body punch.
Pettersson just leaning against Tanner, taking a breather.
Pettersson with a knee to the head.
Pettersson is trying to maintain a safe position but Tanner gets an underhook and turns Pettersson into the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pettersson.
Pettersson prevents a body shot from Tanner.
Tanner misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pettersson throws an elbow but it misses.
Pettersson misses with a punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tanner lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Tanner tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tanner tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tanner misses with a body punch.
Tanner lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Pettersson backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tanner tries to work over Pettersson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pettersson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tanner.
Tanner tries to work over Pettersson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tanner throws a punch but it's blocked by Pettersson.
Tanner lands with a light punch inside.
Pettersson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Tanner avoiding damage as Pettersson throws knees to the body.
Tanner avoids a wild elbow strike from Pettersson.
Pettersson is trying to stall.
Pettersson lands a knee to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pettersson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Tanner makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Pettersson stalling the fight.
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 Christer Pettersson will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Alf Tanner's cut.
That's time! Pettersson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Pettersson throws a leg kick that misses.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Tanner in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Pettersson slips a straight right by Tanner.
Tanner misses with an uppercut.
Pettersson misses with a body kick.
Pettersson lands with a nice body punch.
Nice body kick there by Pettersson.
Tanner pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Pettersson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Pettersson swats away the attempt to clinch by Tanner.
Tanner throws a body kick that misses.
Pettersson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tanner.
Pettersson connects with a jab.
Tanner throws a body punch but Pettersson moves out of range.
Pettersson scores with a jab. Tanner acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tanner throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Pettersson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Pettersson is looking to control Tanner's arms but Tanner gets an underhook and turns him. Now Pettersson has his back to the cage.
Pettersson misses with a knee to the head.
Tanner misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pettersson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tanner has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pettersson tries to land a knee to the head but Tanner blocks with his arms.
Pettersson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tanner misses with some punches.
Tanner lands a shoulder strike.
Tanner works on Pettersson's body with a couple of short punches.
Tanner struggles to land a body shot inside as Pettersson controls his hands.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pettersson blocks a body shot from Tanner.
A bit of stalling here from Pettersson.
Tanner using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pettersson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pettersson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tanner lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Pettersson backwards.
Pettersson is trying to maintain a safe position but Tanner gets an underhook and turns Pettersson into the cage.
Pettersson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tanner blocks it with crossed arms.
Pettersson has Tanner pressed against the cage.
Tanner lands a right hand.
Tanner lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Pettersson backwards.
Pettersson tries to throw a body punch but Tanner avoids it by throwing Pettersson back against the cage.
Tanner scores with a hook to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tanner tries a body shot but Pettersson blocks it.
Pettersson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tanner has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pettersson lands a nice elbow.
Pettersson lands a nice uppercut.
Tanner avoids a wild elbow strike from Pettersson.
Tanner lands with a light punch inside.
A short uppercut from Tanner.
Pettersson working aggressively here.
Tanner struggles to land a body shot inside as Pettersson controls his hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tanner tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Alf Tanner seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Tanner misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tanner misses with a punch to the body.
Tanner working aggressively here.
Tanner presses Pettersson against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Tanner tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tanner lands a right hand.
Tanner misses with a punch to the body.
Pettersson lands a nice elbow.
Pettersson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tanner blocks it with crossed arms.
Tanner misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pettersson blocks a body shot from Tanner.
Tanner misses with a punch on the inside.
Pettersson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tanner blocks it with crossed arms.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Pettersson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tanner's brow.
Tanner lands with a short shot to the head.
Tanner can't find room to land a body shot as Pettersson controls the action.
Pettersson throws a head punch that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pettersson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tanner.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tanner lands an uppercut.
Tanner tries to land knees in the clinch but Pettersson avoids the damage to the body.
A knee to the head by Pettersson.
Nice elbow from Pettersson.
Pettersson tries to land a knee to the head but Tanner blocks with his arms.
Tanner misses with a punch to the body.
Pettersson can't find room to land a body shot as Tanner controls the action.
Pettersson trying to control the position but instead, Tanner has worked for underhooks and has pushed Pettersson into the cage.
Tanner throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Tanner swings wildly with an uppercut but Pettersson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tanner tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tanner misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tanner lands an uppercut.
Pettersson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alf Tanner showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Alf Tanner's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Pettersson throws a low kick but Tanner moves out of range easily.
A slapping leg kick lands for Pettersson.
Tanner delivers a nice body kick.
A clash of legs there as Tanner blocks the low kick.

Pettersson moves into range and clinches up with Tanner.
Tanner scores with a nice hook to the head.
Tanner goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tanner works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Tanner misses with a body punch.
Pettersson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tanner blocks an elbow strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A right hook to the body lands for Tanner.
Tanner tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short body shot lands from Tanner as the two fighters clinch.
A body shot lands from Tanner.
Tanner misses with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tanner lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tanner misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pettersson blocks a body shot from Tanner.
Pettersson stalling in the clinch but Tanner improves position.
Knees in the clinch landing for Tanner.
Tanner misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tanner lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Tanner lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Pettersson blocks a body shot from Tanner.
A right hook to the body lands for Tanner.
Tanner can't find room to land a body shot as Pettersson controls the action.
A short uppercut from Tanner.
Tanner misses with a body punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pettersson is trying to maintain a safe position but Tanner gets an underhook and turns Pettersson into the cage.
Tanner misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tanner fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nice elbow from Pettersson.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tanner has a couple of punches blocked by Pettersson.
Pettersson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Tanner goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tanner struggles to land a body shot inside as Pettersson controls his hands.
Tanner tries a body shot but Pettersson blocks it.
Tanner has a couple of punches blocked by Pettersson.
A head punch on the inside from Pettersson fails to land.
Tanner misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pettersson lands an elbow that stopped Tanner in his tracks for a moment.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pettersson.
Tanner misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pettersson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tanner.
Pettersson lands an elbow inside that Tanner shrugs off.
Tanner fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pettersson blocks an uppercut.
Tanner misses with a knee strike.
Pettersson wants to stall.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Tanner obliges.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tanner lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Tanner struggles to land a body shot inside as Pettersson controls his hands.
Tanner struggles to land a body shot inside as Pettersson controls his hands.
Tanner digs a right hand underneath Pettersson's ribcage. Pettersson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Tanner lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Tanner can't find room to land a body shot as Pettersson controls the action.
Tanner tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tanner.
Tanner tries a body shot but Pettersson blocks it.
Tanner goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pettersson lands a nice uppercut.
Tanner lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Tanner misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tanner digs a right hand underneath Pettersson's ribcage. Pettersson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pettersson missing with knees to the body.
Pettersson throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tanner presses Pettersson against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Tanner avoids a wild elbow strike from Pettersson.
Tanner lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Pettersson backwards.
Tanner can't find room to land a body shot as Pettersson controls the action.
Tanner lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Pettersson missing with knees to the body.
Tanner tries a body shot but Pettersson blocks it.
Tanner misses with the head strike.
Tanner tries to work over Pettersson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tanner blocking some punches.
Tanner lands a right hand that snaps the head of Pettersson backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pettersson.
Pettersson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tanner tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pettersson's elbow.
Tanner tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pettersson avoids it.
Pettersson takes an elbow to the forehead.
A nice left hand lands by Tanner.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alf Tanner comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Tanner 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 Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alf Tanner!