PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Max Tauer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fenton Hilton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Max Tauer could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Fenton Hilton's chin.

Tauer
vs
Hilton

182 cm
30
156 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

170 cm
29
140 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Very strong

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Max Tauer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Fenton Hilton!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Dmitry Maklakov and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hilton lands with a right hand.
Hilton fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tauer scores with a decent looking hook.
Hilton looks to land a left hand but Tauer moved out of range nicely.
Hilton throws a poor cross that misses
and Tauer counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Hilton throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hilton throws a poor cross that misses
and Tauer counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Tauer darts in and clinches Hilton up against the cage.
Tauer blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hilton tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Tauer breaks from the clinch.
A lazy left from Tauer finds it's target.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tauer connects with a looping right hand.
Hilton throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Hilton takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hilton misses with a jab, cross combination.

Tauer closes the distance and clinches.
Hilton softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hilton lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Tauer scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Tauer avoids a wild elbow strike from Hilton.
Hilton goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hilton misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Tauer breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tauer slips a jab from Hilton.
Hilton throws a lazy uppercut
and Tauer counters with an inside leg kick.
Hilton looks to score with a jab to the body but Tauer is just out of range.
Hilton just misses with a punch to the body.
Tauer keeps the fight on the outside.
Hilton wants to clinch up but Tauer keeps it at a distance.
Tauer uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hilton.
Tauer appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Tauer connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Tauer ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Tauer connects with a looping right hand.

Hilton moves into the clinch.
Hilton tries to work over Tauer's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tauer is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Tauer lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Tauer leaning against his opponent.

Tauer pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Tauer moves into range and clinches up with Hilton.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tauer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tauer blocks a punch to the side of the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Tauer throws an elbow but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hilton lands a right hand.

Tauer breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tauer is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Hilton rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tauer moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tauer with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Tauer has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.

Hilton fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Tauer, pushing him back against the cage.
Hilton lands a nice elbow.

Tauer escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hilton misses with a straight right.
It looked like Tauer wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

Hilton rushes Tauer and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Tauer lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hilton can't find room to land a body shot as Tauer controls the action.
Hilton tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Tauer breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hilton fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Tauer looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Hilton tries to clinch but Tauer is having none of it.
Tauer lands a nice shot to the body.
Hilton throws a jab when Tauer was well out of range.
Hilton looks to score with a jab to the body but Tauer is just out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hilton looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tauer throwing a counter right hand but Hilton manages to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Hilton misses.
An inside leg kick lands from Tauer.
Tauer fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Hilton lands a glancing blow to the side of Tauer's head.
Tauer uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hilton looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hilton misses with a wild body shot.
A counter left hand to the body from Tauer misses its target.
Hilton takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Hilton on the wrong end of a nice jab.

Tauer fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hilton, pushing him back against the cage.
Hilton gets through Tauer's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Tauer misses with a body punch.
Hilton tries to work over Tauer's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
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!
Tauer gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hilton misses with the head strike.
Hilton lands a shoulder strike.
Tauer lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Tauer blocking some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hilton.
Hilton avoids the elbow strike from Tauer, against the cage.
Tauer scores with a shoulder strike.
Tauer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hilton misses with an elbow over the top.
Hilton throws a head punch that misses.
Hilton is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Hilton scores with a shot to the side of Tauer's head.
Hilton working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hilton lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hilton working aggressively here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hilton just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tauer's brow.
Tauer dodges an elbow strike from Hilton.
Tauer misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Tauer's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hilton looks to land a combination but Tauer avoids it well.
It looked like Tauer was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tauer gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Tauer scores with a push kick.
Hilton tries to clinch up.
Tauer scoring well with a low kick there.
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 Max Tauer will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Hilton throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Hilton 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.
Both fighters circling a little - Tauer finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Hilton throws a right and a left that Tauer avoids nicely.
It looked like Tauer wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Tauer scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Tauer connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Hilton momentarily.

Tauer clinches up against the cage.
Tauer tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tauer working aggressively here.
Tauer stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Hilton tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tauer's elbow.
Hilton misses with the head strike.
Hilton throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Tauer working aggressively here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tauer lands a shot to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Tauer.

Tauer breaks the clinch.
Nice shot by Tauer.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tauer blocks a jab.
Tauer was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.

Tauer closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tauer lands a left hand.
A head punch on the inside from Tauer fails to land.
Hilton lands a nice uppercut.
Stalling in the clinch from Tauer.
Hilton tries to throw a body punch but Tauer avoids it by throwing Hilton back against the cage.
Tauer works on Hilton's body with a couple of short punches.
Hilton swings wildly with an uppercut but Tauer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tauer lands with a short shot to the head.
Tauer leaning against his opponent.
Tauer tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tauer lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hilton lands with a left to the head.
Tauer blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Tauer breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hilton throws a looping overhand right but Tauer ducks down to avoid it.

Tauer has managed to clinch.
Hilton takes a shot to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tauer misses with an elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tauer lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hilton can't find room to land a body shot as Tauer controls the action.
Hilton throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hilton tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tauer's elbow.
Tauer scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hilton throws a head punch that misses.
Tauer scores with a shot to the side of Hilton's head.
Hilton misses with an elbow strike.
Hilton struggles to land a body shot inside as Tauer controls his hands.
Hilton creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

Tauer breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Max Tauer is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tauer ducks right into an uppercut from Hilton.
Tauer scoring well with a low kick there.
Tauer keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hilton.

Tauer has closed the distance and engaged Hilton in a clinch.
Hilton gets through Tauer's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Tauer blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hilton swings wildly with an uppercut but Tauer uses good head movement to avoid it.
A left hand lands to the body for Hilton.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tauer scores with a shot to the side of Hilton's head.
Tauer blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Max Tauer has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Tauer doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hilton misses with some punches.
Tauer tries to stall but Hilton uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

Tauer breaks the clinch.
A big right from Hilton misses.
Hilton takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A big right from Hilton misses.
As Hilton looks to move away, Tauer throws a big counter combo but Hilton just gets out of the way.
Tauer showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hilton.
The fighters circling - Hilton throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tauer lands a head shot.
Hilton swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Max Tauer is winning the standup battle so far.
Tauer cracks Hilton with a right hand to the side of the head.
Tauer thuds a left hand into Hilton's body.
Hilton takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tauer lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hilton thows a left - swing and a miss!

Hilton tries to keep at a distance but Tauer has taken the fight into the clinch.
Hilton fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tauer avoids a wild elbow strike from Hilton.

Tauer escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hilton misses with a few strikes there.
Tauer throws a big counter combination but Hilton scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Hilton tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tauer was well out of range. Poor timing from Hilton.
Tauer swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Hilton is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hilton misses with a wild body shot.
Hilton misses with a double jab
and Tauer counters with an inside leg kick.
Hilton is breathing heavily.
Hilton closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hilton misses with a body shot
and Tauer counters with an inside leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hilton looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hilton is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Max Tauer dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Tauer comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Hilton is looking to clinch but Tauer is avoiding it.
Tauer feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Tauer keeps the fight on the outside.
Tauer circles away from the clinch attempt
and Tauer counters with a straight right hand.
Hilton throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A little feinted left hand from Tauer on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Hilton moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Hilton takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

Hilton is rocked!
Tauer closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Hilton is still on wobbly legs! Can Tauer finish him?
Tauer thuds a left hand into Hilton's body.
Hilton just misses with a punch to the body.
Hilton connects with the 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!
Tauer walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Hilton drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Tauer swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Hilton's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:42 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Max Tauer!
A relieved looking Max Tauer thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.