PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Dismas Tanner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Sundin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Tanner
vs
Sundin

160 cm
20
145 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

169 cm
24
140 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Steel Penn's All 160
Brute

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dismas Tanner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ivan Sundin!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Elvis Blanc and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tanner with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Sundin to score with a decent uppercut.
Sundin connects with a crisp jab.
Tanner takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A jab lands there for Sundin.
Tanner gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Tanner will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Tanner is looking to clinch but Sundin is avoiding it.
Tanner takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Tanner takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Sundin lands with a hook. Tanner tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Tanner shoots for a takedown but Sundin saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sundin lands with a shot to the body.
Tanner shoots in for a takedown but Sundin shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dismas Tanner. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tanner moves to clinch but Sundin breaks away
letting Sundin counter with a right hand.
Ivan Sundin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sundin leaves Tanner with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Sundin moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Sundin has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Sundin cracks Tanner with a right hand to the side of the head.
Tanner gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Sundin.
Tanner looks to throw the jab but Sundin is out of range.
Ivan Sundin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sundin cracks Tanner with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Sundin throws out a powerful jab.
A cross from Sundin lands.
Sundin is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Tanner had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Sundin connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Tanner is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sundin cracks Tanner with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Oh Tanner is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nice body punch from Sundin.
Tanner seems to have got his legs back now.
A shot to the liver by Sundin. Beautiful body shot.
Sundin lands a nice shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Sundin!
Sundin listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Sundin stuffs the takedown.
Tanner will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sundin scores with a jab to the body.
Danga de danga de dang - Sundin scores with a four punch combination!
Sundin lands a jab to Tanner's midsection.
Tanner walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Sundin dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tanner tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tanner takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Tanner takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Sundin lands a two punch combo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Sundin as Tanner shoots in.
Tanner gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Tanner throws a push kick but Sundin slaps the foot to one side.
Sundin throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Tanner stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Tanner shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Sundin as he avoids it easily.
Tanner is breathing heavily.
Sundin stuns Tanner with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Sundin scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Tanner fails to land the takedown.
Sundin cracks a nice hook into Tanner's ribs.
Sundin throws a one two combo.
Sundin cracks a nice hook into Tanner's ribs.
Sundin throws a shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tanner shoots in looking for a takedown. Sundin tries to sprawl out of it but Tanner keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Sundin manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sundin fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Nice body punch from Sundin.
A punch lands to the side of Tanner 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Tanner looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Sundin catches Tanner with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Sundin lands a jab to Tanner's midsection.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sundin slaps away a takedown attempt from Tanner, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Sundin digs a good body shot into Tanner's ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ivan Sundin dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Nice uppercut lands for Sundin. That snapped Tanner's head back.
Dismas Tanner is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tanner wants to clinch.
Sundin lands with a hook. Tanner tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Tanner will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Ivan Sundin seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sundin feints a jab promting Tanner to slip. Sundin then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Tanner slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Sundin lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Tanner doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Tanner looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Tanner.
Tanner wants to slow Sundin down by chopping away at his legs.
Sundin lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sundin scores with a jab.
Sundin scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Sundin slaps away a takedown attempt from Tanner, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dismas Tanner. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tanner misses with a takedown attempt - Sundin sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Sundin lands a jab-cross combination.
Sundin lands a jab to Tanner's midsection.
Tanner misses with a head kick.
Nice shot lands for Sundin.
Sundin fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Tanner looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Sundin connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Tanner momentarily.
A shot to the liver by Sundin. Beautiful body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tanner tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sundin was well out of range. Poor timing from Tanner.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sundin scores with a jab to the body.
Nice body punch from Sundin.
Tanner tries to clinch but Sundin moves out of range.
Sundin scores with a shot to the body.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Tanner might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Sundin jabs at Tanner's body.
Tanner on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Sundin lands a jab to the head.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Tanner. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Sundin moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Tanner is defended easily by Sundin.
Sundin is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Sundin feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Tanners jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tanner tries to score a power double leg takedown but Sundin sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Tanner somewhat.
A left and a right from Sundin both land. Nice combination.
Tanner takes one to the side of the head.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Tanner.
Sundin scores with a body shot.
Sundin jabs at Tanner's body.
Sundin is working the combinations to good effect here.
Tanner misses with a head kick.
Sundin punishes Tanner's body with a nice straight punch.
Sundin scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Tanner doesn't seem bothered though.
Sundin scores with a shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tanner takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Sundin lands with a nice body punch.
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!
Sundin scores with a shot to the body.
Sundin works Tanner's body with a nice hook.
Sundin cracks Tanner with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Sundin lands a slapping body shot.
Sundin ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Sundin throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Tanner stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Sundin scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Tanner doesn't seem bothered though.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tanner doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Sundin connects with a body shot.
Sundin looks to land a combination. Tanner sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ivan Sundin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Sundin lands a slapping body shot.
Tanner gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Tanner with a poor takedown
and Sundin counters with a one-two to the body.
Sundin is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Tanner rather than just go for the knockout.
Sundin's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Sundin duly obliges.
Nice takedown defense from Sundin. No joy for Tanner on that attempt.
Sundin's jab looks to have found its range, popping Tanner under the eye.
Tanner doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Sundin scores with a jab to the body.
Sundin scores with a body shot.
Sundin lands with a good body shot.
Sundin scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sundin wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Sundin has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Tanner on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tanner takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Sundin scores with a jab to the jaw.
The fighters circle momentarily. Sundin darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Tanner takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Sundin lands a nice hook to Tanner's body. Tanner takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Sundin, as that shot connected.
Sundin slaps away a takedown attempt from Tanner, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dismas Tanner. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tanner shoots in looking for a takedown but Sundin manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Tanner's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Tanner takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Tanner doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Tanner takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sundin digs a good body shot into Tanner's ribs.
Sundin throws a one two combo.
A shot to the liver by Sundin. Beautiful body shot.
Tanner tries to clinch up
and Sundin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sundin bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Tanner's head backwards.
Tanner fails with the takedown
and Sundin counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Tanner tries for a takedown but Sundin sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Sundin lands a nice hook to Tanner's body. Tanner takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Tanner gets cracked there but stands up to it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sundin getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Sundin with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Tanner moves in looking to clinch but Sundin pushes him off.
Nice uppercut lands for Sundin. That snapped Tanner's head back.
Tanner misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Sundin digs a good hook to Tanner's body.
Sundin lands with a shot to the body.
Sundin dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sundin lands a nice shot to the body.
Tanner takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Tanner misses with a takedown attempt
and Sundin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nice uppercut there from Sundin.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tanner misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Sundin lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sundin scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Tanner tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Sundin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sundin comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Sundin lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tanner doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Sundin scores with a crisp jab that stopped Tanner in his tracks.
Dismas Tanner has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ivan Sundin is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Sundin lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ivan Sundin comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Sundin has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 William Peck scores the fight 27:30
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ivan Sundin!
A victorious Ivan Sundin thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.