PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Cliff Hangar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ilbert Tash (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tash has chosen Seven drunken nights as his entrance music. Ilbert Tash is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Hangar
vs
Tash

180 cm
25
195 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

180 cm
21
180 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Cliff Hangar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ilbert Tash!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Micheangelo Fripello and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hangar throws a low kick but Tash moves out of range easily.
Tash catches Hangar with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Hangar misses the jab.
Hangar moves in looking to clinch but Tash pushes him off.
Hangar waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tash.

Hangar gets the takedown into side control.
Tash is looking for a sweep.
Hangar controls the position.
Tash tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Tash keeps trying to improve his position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hangar content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Tash is looking for a sweep.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hangar slows the pace down.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hangar working away.
Tash tries to improve position but can't.
Hangar wants to control but Tash is keeping him busy.
Tash is looking to regain half guard here but Hangar keeps moving and retains side control.
Tash is being controlled here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Tash struggling a bit here.
Tash is looking to reverse the position.
Hangar is looking to take a break and control but Tash is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Tash fails to land with a series of punches.
Hangar is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hangar throws a sloppy head kick and Tash moves out of range easily.
Hangar lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Tash avoids a kick to the body.
No joy there for Tash, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Tash forces Hangar back against the cage and clinches.
Hangar is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tash is defending well for now.

Tash breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Hangar moves into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tash lands a shot to the body.
Tash lands with a right to the head.
Hangar lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hangar lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hangar working aggressively here.
Hangar misses with the head strike.

Tash manages to break the clinch.
Tash throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hangar walks into a straight right hand from Tash.
Tash scores with the left hand. Hangar knows he should have avoided that one.
Tash shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Hangar gets off balance looking for a body kick

and Tash counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
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!
Hangar is trying to stand.
Tash is figuring out what he wants to do next.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Let's hope that Tash has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Tash frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Tash prevents Hangar from getting the reversal.
Tash tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
A nice elbow there by Tash.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Ilbert Tash will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Hangar has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Tash finds it's way round the side to connect with Hangar's head.
Hangar misses with a left hand
and Tash counters with a nice uppercut.

Tash rushes Hangar and presses him up against the cage.
Tash looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Tash blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hangar swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tash blocks an uppercut.
Hangar throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hangar tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tash has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hangar just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tash's brow.
Tash managing to block the knees to the body from Hangar.

Tash is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Hangar can't fight it off and eventually Tash manages to take the fight to the floor. Hangar looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Hangar looking to hit a scissor sweep but Tash is one step ahead there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tash postures up in Hangar's guard and throws a big left but Hangar blocks it.
Tash controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Hangar keeping moving, preventing Tash from controlling successfully.
Tash content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Hangar is looking to stand up but Tash isn't so interested in that idea.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Tash trying to control the position from guard on top but Hangar is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tash pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hangar is keeping the position for now.
Hangar avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Tash is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Tash swinging wildly here.

Tash closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Hangar did well to prevent Tash getting side control.
Tash is thwarting Hangar's attempts to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Well, if Tash is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Hangar avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Tash.
Tash not doing much here.
Tash looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Tash fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hangar slips a jab and a cross from Tash.
Hangar on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Tash fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hangar steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tash.
It looked like Hangar wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Hangar shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Hangar tries to pass the half guard into mount. Tash knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ilbert Tash showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Hangar will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Tash throws out a counter right but Hangar avoids it with no problem.
Ilbert Tash seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Hangar drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Tash is looking for a sweep.
Hangar happy to just control the position for now.
Hangar is looking to take a break and control but Tash is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Tash is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Hangar's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tash manages to get to full guard.
Tash looking to hit a scissor sweep but Hangar is one step ahead there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hangar trying to control the position from guard on top but Tash is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Hangar has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Tash to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Hangar is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Tash pulls down on the head and he's put Hangar to sleep! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Ilbert Tash!
Ilbert Tash really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Lion Fightwear logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.