PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sanford Fanning (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Coke Montana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Fanning
vs
Montana

182 cm
27
216 lbs
12 - 7 - 0

190 cm
26
209 lbs
13 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Sanford Fanning!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Coke Montana!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Ren Mimura and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Montana with a nice cross.
Fanning bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Fanning drops down looking for a counter takedown but Montana sprawls and moves away.
Montana looks to land a right hand but Fanning moved out of range.
A low kick from Fanning is predictable there
and Montana counters with a body kick that stops Fanning in his tracks momentarily.
Fanning throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Montana sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Fanning misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Montana.
Fanning misses with a low kick.
We've been informed that Montana has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Fanning misses with a right hand
and Montana counters with a left and a right that stings Fanning.
Fanning shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Montana but Montana pushes him off and we're back to square one.

Fanning takes the fight into the clinch.
Fanning tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Montana's elbow.
Montana working aggressively here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fanning throws a head punch that misses.
Fanning lands a nice uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Montana.
Montana has a couple of punches blocked by Fanning.
Montana lands a nice uppercut.
Montana throws a punch but it's blocked by Fanning.
Fanning struggles to land a body shot inside as Montana controls his hands.
Montana goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Fanning working aggressively here.
Montana fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Montana working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Good body shot from Fanning.
Fanning blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Montana lands a body punch in the clinch.
Montana misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fanning blocks an uppercut.
Fanning prevents a body shot from Montana.
Fanning throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Montanas head.
Montana gets through Fanning's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fanning throws a head punch that misses.
Montana blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Montana tries to work over Fanning's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Montana tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fanning struggles to land a body shot inside as Montana controls his hands.
Montana tries to work over Fanning's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fanning misses with some punches.
Fanning swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Montana makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Montana's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

It looks like Coke Montana has been cut.
Fanning tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Montana's elbow.
Montana working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Montana breaks from the clinch.
Fanning scores with a jab to the jaw.
Fanning lands a front kick.
Montana lands with a straight right. Fanning didn't see that one coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Montana looks to land a combination but Fanning avoids it well.
A counter left hand to the body from Fanning misses its target.
Fanning loads up on a big right hand but Montana slips the punch.
Montana looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Fanning pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Fanning moves into the clinch.
Montana lands a left hand.
Fanning lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Fanning swings wildly with an uppercut but Montana uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short uppercut from Montana.
Fanning's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Montana tries to work over Fanning's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Montana lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Fanning backwards.
Montana struggles to land a body shot inside as Fanning controls his hands.
Fanning's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Fanning throws a punch but it's blocked by Montana.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fanning tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Montana misses with a punch on the inside.
Montana misses with a body punch.
Fanning lands a left hand.
A nice right hand lands inside from Montana.
Fanning lands a body punch.
Fanning's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Fanning misses with a punch on the inside.
Montana misses with some punches.
Fanning throws a punch but it's blocked by Montana.
Montana digs a right hand into Fanning's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Fanning's gas tank.
Still in the clinch, Montana scores with a nice short uppercut.
Fanning lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Fanning blocking some punches.
Montana fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fanning misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Montana misses with a body punch.
Montana goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Fanning struggles to land a body shot inside as Montana controls his hands.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Montana lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Fanning.
Fanning prevents a body shot from Montana.
Fanning blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fanning misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fanning misses with a body punch.
Fanning has a couple of punches blocked by Montana.
Montana blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Montana.
Montana lands a nice shot to the body.
Montana misses with a hook to the ribs.
Fanning blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Montana blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Montana.
Montana throws a head punch that misses.
Fanning swings wildly with an uppercut but Montana uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fanning prevents a body shot from Montana.
Fanning lands a left hand.

That's six minutes gone in the round.

Montana escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Montana throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Fanning appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Fanning scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Montana doesn't seem bothered though.
Fanning misses with a head kick.
Fanning moves into range and connects with a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fanning throws the left hand but Montana avoids the punch easily.
Fanning scores with a body shot.
Montana misses with a looping left.
Montana lands with a thumping leg kick.

Fanning gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Fanning lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Montana breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Montana ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Fanning looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Fanning connects with a crisp jab.
Montana turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Fanning throws a hook to the side of Montana's head but Montana sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Montana looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Montana clobbers Fanning with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Fanning jabs at Montana's body.
Montana keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Fanning swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Montana let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Coke Montana is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fanning lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Fanning moves in looking to clinch but Montana pushes him off.
Montana replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Fanning blocks it well.
Fanning works Montana's body with a nice hook.
Sanford Fanning seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fanning feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Montanas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Fanning fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Montana checks it well.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Fanning is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Montana.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Montana moves out of range of the body kick from Fanning.
Fanning swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Montana connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Fanning scores with a head kick. Montana tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Fanning staying out of range there.
Fanning works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Fanning takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Fanning throws a low kick but it's checked well by Montana.
Fanning takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

Montana is rocked!

That has opened up Coke Montana's cut even more.
Montana takes one to the chin there.
Montana is still on wobbly legs! Can Fanning finish him?

Fanning clinches up with Montana and pushes him back against the ropes.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.

Montana pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Montana seems to have recovered his senses.
Fanning's corner calls for a 1-2. Fanning obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Fanning throws a leg kick but Montana sees it coming and moves out of range.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Montana.
Fanning half committed to a counter leg kick.
Montana throws a head kick but Fanning moves out of range.
Fanning tries to counter by clinching up but Montana breaks away and moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Fanning looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Fanning tries to clinch but fails miserably
letting Montana counter with a right hand.
Montana throws a looping overhand right but Fanning ducks down to avoid it.
Fanning seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Montana circles away from the clinch attempt.
Fanning missing with a left hand there. Montana was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Fanning lands a nice leg kick that just misses Montana's sensitive parts.
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 Sanford Fanning will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Coke Montana's cut.
That's time! Fanning's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Fanning takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Sanford Fanning is winning the standup battle so far.
Fanning throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Fanning misses with a lunging right hand
and Montana counters with a stiff right hand.
Montana looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Fanning misses the shot to the body.
Fanning throws the left hand but Montana avoids the punch easily.
Montana throws a body shot but no joy.
Fanning plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Montana connects with a leg kick. Fanning looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Fanning misses with a takedown attempt
and Montana counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Montana fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Fanning has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Fanning cracks Montana with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Montana avoids the body shot from Fanning.
Montana was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Fanning will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
As Fanning backs off Montana throws a huge counter combo but Fanning manages to avoid it all.
Montana lands a nice hook to Fanning's body. Fanning takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Montana getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Fanning throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Montana thows a left - swing and a miss!
Fanning tries to counter by clinching up but Montana breaks away and moves out of range.
Montana takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Montana lands a jab to Fanning's midsection.
Fanning throws a leg kick that is checked
and Montana counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Montana throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Montana throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Fanning counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Fanning throws an off balance right hand
letting Montana counter with a right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Good standup being displayed there by Montana as he connects with a hook.
A combination from Fanning does no damage.
Montana moves out of range of the body kick.
Montana stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Fanning tries to move into range but Montana moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Montana loads up on a big right hand but Fanning slips the punch.
A good leg kick by Fanning.
Jab, jab by Montana - just one landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fanning misses with a leg kick.

Fanning rushes Montana and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Fanning swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fanning misses with some punches.
Fanning fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fanning swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Montana works on Fanning's body with a couple of short punches.
Montana throws a punch but it's blocked by Fanning.
Montana has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Still in the clinch, Montana scores with a nice short uppercut.
Montana softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Nice body punch from Montana.
Montana scores with a shoulder strike.
Fanning blocking some punches.
Good body shot from Montana.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Montana.
Montana scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Montana blocking some punches.
Fanning misses with a body punch.
Montana lands with a right to the head.
Fanning misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A hook to the body from Montana.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Montana.
Fanning working aggressively here.

Montana's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fanning thumps Montana with a low kick.
Montana ducks under a wild hook from Fanning.
Fanning fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Fanning takes one to the side of the head.
Montana lands with a cross.
A head kick misses from Fanning.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Montana catches Fanning with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Fanning takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Montana uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Fanning.
It seemed like Montana was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Montana takes a swing at Fanning's ribcage but misses.
Fanning tries to clinch but Montana moves out of range.
Nice body punch from Fanning.
Fanning fails with a takedown attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Montana cracks Fanning with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Montana has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Fanning to stand back up!

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fanning throws a jab when Montana was well out of range.
Montana throws a shot to the body.
Montana lands with a straight right. Fanning didn't see that one coming.
Fanning misses with a hook.
Fanning will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Montana with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Fanning closes the distance but Montana moves to the side
and Montana counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Fanning throws a low kick but Montana moves out of range easily.
Montana misses with a body shot.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Fanning misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Montana.
Montana lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Fanning lands a nice hook to Montana's body. Montana takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Montana scores with a shot to the body.
Fanning is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Montana throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Fanning sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Fanning throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Montana was covering up waiting for the punch and Fanning finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Fanning won't allow Montana to sweep him here.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Fanning throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Montana works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Montana is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Montana working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Fanning.
Montana has control of Fanning's left arm, preventing Fanning from doing any damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Fanning accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Montana can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Fanning controls the pace.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Fanning misses with an uppercut. Montana saw that one coming.
Montana misses with a lunging right hand
and Fanning counters with a one-two to the body.
Sanford Fanning has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fanning misses with a left hand
enabling Montana to counter with a crisp jab.
Montana misses the jab.
Montana throws a leg kick which misses Fanning's front leg but catches the back leg as Fanning tries to avoid it.
Fanning takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Jab, jab by Montana - just one landing.
Montana swings and misses with a hook to the body.
It looked like Fanning wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Fanning fails in his attempt to clinch.
Montana moves away from the strike by Fanning.
Montana drops his hands momentarily and Fanning takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Coke Montana comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I have no idea who won that fight. Let's wait and see whether the judges are as confused as me! Time for a split decision perhaps?!. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight for Coke Montana!
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight for Coke Montana!
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight for Coke Montana!

Coke Montana wins by unanimous decision!
A victorious Coke Montana thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.