PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Almu Tantor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randall Cunningham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tantor comes into the arena with tantor blaring out of the sound system. On his way into the cage it seems that Almu Tantor has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Almu Tantor seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Tantor
vs
Cunningham

190 cm
28
211 lbs
23 - 8 - 0

188 cm
28
210 lbs
14 - 9 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Perkele!

Milwaukee's Best 160

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 23 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Almu Tantor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 9 - 1, fighting out of New York, Randall Cunningham!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Viktor Lagutenko and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cunningham walks into a left hand.
Cunningham waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tantor.
Cunningham walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Cunningham.
Tantor thumps Cunningham with a low kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Tantor.
Tantor throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Cunningham on the side of the head.
Tantor throws a series of strikes that have Cunningham backpedaling.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Cunningham shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Cunningham sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Tantor defending well though.
Tantor has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Cunningham is working away from the top position though.
Cunningham seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cunningham throwing shots but Tantor is blocking nicely.
Cunningham has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Cunningham stalling.
Cunningham not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Cunningham is stalling here. Tantor is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Cunningham seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Tantor has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Cunningham is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Cunningham looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Cunningham is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Cunningham wants to control but Tantor is keeping busy.
Cunningham tries to get to full guard but Tantor has control of the leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cunningham wants to sweep but Tantor has passed to side control!

Tantor decides to stand up, so the ref orders Cunningham to his feet.
Cunningham takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Tantor tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Cunningham uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tantor.
Cunningham takes a jab right on the kisser.
Cunningham lunges at Tantor with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Tantor's hand.
A nice leg kick lands there from Tantor.
Tantor is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tantor looks to score with a jab to the body but Cunningham is just out of range.
Tantor attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Tantor lands with a cross.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tantor blocks a jab.
Tantor leaves Cunningham with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Tantor throws a series of punches but Cunningham avoids them all with ease.
Cunningham misses with a low kick.
Tantor throws the left hand but Cunningham avoids the punch easily.
Cunningham takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A swing and a miss from Cunningham.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cunningham shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Tantor sprawls well. Tantor wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Cunningham gets slowly back to his feet.
A good leg kick by Tantor.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Almu Tantor dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

A kick lands to the mid section there for Tantor.
Tantor displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cunningham throws out the jab.
Tantor thuds his right hand into Cunningham's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Tantor comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Tantor throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Cunningham on the side of the head.
Tantor fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Cunningham is out of range.
Cunningham tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cunningham lands a front kick.
Tantor throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Tantor paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tantor scores with a jab.
Tantor fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tantor throws a hook but Cunningham avoids it easily.
Cunningham connects with a nice looking jab.
Cunningham misses with an attempted mid kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tantor dips to his left and cracks Cunningham with an uppercut!
Tantor throws a jab but it's blocked by Cunningham.
Cunningham takes one to the chin there.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Tantor, as that shot connected.
Cunningham lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Tantor misses with a left hand
and Cunningham counters with an outside leg kick.
Tantor looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Tantor fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Almu Tantor is winning the standup battle so far.
Tantor throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Tantor cracks a nice hook into Cunningham's ribs.
Tantor works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cunningham feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Tantor's calf.
Cunningham closes the distance and clinches up with Tantor, looking for a takedown. Cunningham pushes Tantor against the cage but Tantor circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Tantor misses with a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tantor throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Cunningham has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Tantor.
Cunningham uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tantor.
Tantor swats away the attempt to clinch by Cunningham.
Cunningham tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Tantor counters with a straight right hand.
Tantor just misses with a punch to the body.
Cunningham slips under a jab.
Tantor throws a leg kick but Cunningham moved away.
Almu Tantor is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A jab from Cunningham does it's job there.
Cunningham shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Tantor defends it nicely.
Tantor jabs at Cunningham's body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cunningham shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Tantor but Tantor pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Almu Tantor has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Randall Cunningham.
A head kick misses from Cunningham.
Good shot there by Tantor.
Cunningham checks a low kick from Tantor.
Tantor feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Cunningham's calf.
Cunningham throws a push kick but Tantor slaps the foot to one side.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Tantor, right into the meat.
Tantor looks to score with a jab to the body but Cunningham is just out of range.

Cunningham decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Tantor avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Cunningham.
Tantor avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Cunningham.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cunningham missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Cunningham not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Cunningham not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Cunningham is trying to control the action in half guard but Tantor is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cunningham not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Tantor trying to control from the bottom.
Cunningham missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cunningham not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Cunningham thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Almu Tantor dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Tantor throws a leg kick but Cunningham checks it.
Cunningham throws a low kick, looking for Tantor's leg but Tantor calmly moves out of range.
Cunningham throws a right hand that misses
and Tantor counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Tantor connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Tantor scores with a nice right hand.
Cunningham tries a head kick but it misses.
Tantor throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Tantor blocks a leg kick.
Tantor misses with a low kick.
Tantor fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Cunningham looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A good leg kick by Tantor.
Cunningham throws a leg kick but Tantor sees it coming and moves out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cunningham misses with a low kick.
Tantor lands with a nice combination. Cunningham backs away looking to recover.
Cunningham takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tantor throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Cunningham stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Cunningham stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Tantor.
Tantor tests Cunningham's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Tantor lands with a nice body kick.
Tantor ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Cunningham pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A punch combination from Tantor misses.
Tantor lands a lovely overhand right.
Cunningham throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cunningham takes one on the chin but seems OK.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tantor lands a right hook to the body.
Tantor checks a leg kick.
Tantor throws out a leg kick but Cunningham moves out of range and Tantor only half commits.
Randall Cunningham has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cunningham throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Tantor lands a nice shot to the body.
Cunningham ducks right into an uppercut from Tantor.
Cunningham needs to keep his hands up - Tantor had a free shot at his head there.
Cunningham uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tantor.
Cunningham blocks a low kick nicely.
Tantor lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Cunningham has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Cunningham tries to land a body kick
and Tantor counters with a straight right hand.
Tantor misses with a few strikes there.
Cunningham gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Tantor rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cunningham moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tantor throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Cunningham on the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tantor throws a low kick but Cunningham avoids it.
Cunningham misses with a double jab.
Cunningham waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tantor.
Cunningham misses with a low kick.
Sloppy strikes from Tantor. Those never looked like landing.
Cunningham takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Tantor moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Cunningham's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Cunningham tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Tantor feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Cunningham's calf.
A jab lands there for Tantor.
Nice straight punches there by Tantor. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Tantor.
Cunningham chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Tantor can pounce on him.
Cunningham fails to land the takedown.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
A chopping leg kick lands by Tantor.
Tantor staying out of range there.
Cunningham connects with an inside leg kick.
Tantor takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Tantor connects with an inside leg kick.
Almu Tantor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Tantor.
Cunningham takes one to the chin there.
Cunningham fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Tantor checks it well.
Cunningham misses with a low kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Tantor, right into the meat.
Cunningham misses with a low kick as Tantor jumps back.
Tantor throws a body kick that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Almu Tantor showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Tantor, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 30:27
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Almu Tantor!
Almu Tantor thanked the fans post fight for their support.