PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vinny Tamaso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Meyer Lansky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tamaso comes to the cage accompanied by Comin to your city. Lansky is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Płomień 81 - Powiedz na osiedlu. On his way into the cage it seems that Vinny Tamaso has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Vinny Tamaso seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Tamaso
vs
Lansky

194 cm
20
248 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

190 cm
21
245 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Granite chin

VICIOUS

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Vinny Tamaso!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Meyer Lansky!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Yukihiro Shimada and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Lansky checks a leg kick.
Lansky scores with a kick to the midsection.
Tamaso scores with a shot to the body.
Lansky's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Lansky duly obliges.

It looks like Vinny Tamaso has been cut.
Lansky throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tamaso swings for the body but Lansky moves out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lansky is looking to slow Tamaso down with leg kicks.
Lansky with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Lansky misses with a left hand
and Tamaso counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Lansky misses the body punch
and Tamaso connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tamaso finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Lansky avoids the body shot from Tamaso.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lansky looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tamaso on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Tamaso fails to land with a series of punches.
Tamaso cracks Lansky with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lansky showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tamaso.
Lansky thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tamaso checks the leg kick nicely there.
Lansky bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tamaso throws a solid leg kick but Lansky takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Tamaso.
Tamaso throws a leg kick but Lansky checks it.
Lansky lands an overhand right.
Lansky tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A punch lands to the side of Tamaso 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Lansky throws a head kick but Tamaso moves out of range.
Lansky throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Lansky cracks Tamaso with an open hand slap.
Tamaso misses with a double jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tamaso lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lansky circles away quickly and effectively.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tamaso scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Tamaso chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Lansky dodges the punch combination from Tamaso.
Lansky tries a head kick but it misses.
Tamaso throws a nice looking combination but Lansky bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A nice combination there by Tamaso.
Tamaso thuds a left hand into Lansky's body.
Tamaso lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Lansky throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Tamaso's head.
Lansky blocks a low kick nicely.
Lansky throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tamaso throws a leg kick that misses.
Tamaso with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Tamaso misses with a double jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tamaso tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lansky was well out of range. Poor timing from Tamaso.
Lansky feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Tamaso's calf.
Tamaso looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Tamaso moves out of range as Lansky strikes.

Lansky gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Tamaso wants to break free but Lansky has control.
Lansky misses with a punch to the body.
Lansky lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Tamaso swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tamaso tries to work over Lansky's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lansky digs a right hand into Tamaso's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Tamaso's gas tank.
Tamaso throws a punch but it's blocked by Lansky.
Tamaso throws a punch but it's blocked by Lansky.
Still in the clinch, Lansky scores with a nice short uppercut.
Lansky lands a right hand.
Lansky scores with a shoulder strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tamaso misses with a body punch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Lansky - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tamaso's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Lansky presses Tamaso against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Tamaso struggles to land a body shot inside as Lansky controls his hands.
Lansky pushes Tamaso back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tamaso being controlled against the cage.
Lansky digs a right hand underneath Tamaso's ribcage. Tamaso let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Tamaso is breathing heavily.
A body shot lands from Lansky.
Lansky makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A short right from Lansky.
Lansky digs a right hand into Tamaso's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Tamaso's gas tank.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lansky scores with a hook to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Lansky.
Lansky lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Tamaso is looking to control Lansky's arms but Lansky gets an underhook and turns him. Now Tamaso has his back to the cage.
Lansky lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Meyer Lansky dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Vinny Tamaso's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Tamaso throws a leg kick
and Lansky counters with a stiff right hand.
Tamaso with a jab.
Tamaso misses with a series of wild punches.
Lansky just misses with a punch to the body.
Tamaso takes a swing at Lansky's ribcage but misses.
Tamaso fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Lansky darts in and clinches Tamaso up against the cage.
Meyer Lansky seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A short left from Lansky.
Lansky lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Tamaso backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Lansky.

Tamaso is rocked!
Lansky lands a hook to the side of the head.
Oh Tamaso is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A short body shot lands from Lansky as the two fighters clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lansky creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Tamaso's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Tamaso drops to his knees and Lansky pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Meyer Lansky! Meyer Lansky retains his heavyweight title!
Meyer Lansky gave a mention to VICIOUS in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).