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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dick Tanner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Elias Eberhard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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45
154 lbs
37 - 19 - 0 |
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184 cm
42
225 lbs
29 - 16 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Great elbows
Very quick |
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
37 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dick Tanner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
29 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Elias Eberhard!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Chris Saunders and Colin Fray.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tanner forces Eberhard back against the cage and clinches.
Tanner has a couple of punches blocked by Eberhard.
Tanner breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tanner clinches.
Eberhard tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tanner's elbow.
Eberhard misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tanner really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Eberhard blocks an elbow strike from Tanner.
Tanner is trying to push Eberhard away but Eberhard has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Eberhard as Tanner tries to tie him up.
Eberhard doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tanner stalling in the clinch but Eberhard improves position.
Tanner's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Eberhard tries to keep at a distance but Tanner has taken the fight into the clinch.
Eberhard tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Eberhard throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Tanners head.
Eberhard can't find room to land a body shot as Tanner controls the action.
Tanner breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Eberhard connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Tanner's hands.
Tanner tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Decent striking displayed by Eberhard there.
Tanner avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tanner throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Tanner tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A little jabbing left from Eberhard on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Eberhard throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Tanner circles away from the clinch attempt
and Tanner counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tanner connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Tanner will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Eberhard drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Tanner defends it well.
Tanner throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tanner moves into range and clinches up with Eberhard.
Eberhard takes an elbow to the temple.
Tanner breaks the clinch.
Tanner moves in looking to clinch but Eberhard pushes him off.
Eberhard is trying hard to land a takedown here. Tanner sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
It looked like Tanner wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Dick Tanner is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tanner darts in and clinches Eberhard up against the cage.
Eberhard swings wildly with an uppercut but Tanner uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tanner misses with the head strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tanner lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Eberhard is working Tanner over against the cage.
Tanner wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Eberhard swings away with an uppercut that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Tanner just misses with a elbow thrown towards Eberhard's brow.
Tanner lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Tanner misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eberhard tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tanner's elbow.
Eberhard scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Eberhard swings wildly with an uppercut but Tanner uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tanner tries to circle away but Eberhard has him pinned against the cage.
Tanner manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Tanner blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Eberhard working aggressively here.
Eberhard misses with a body punch.
Tanner creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Eberhard's defenses.
Eberhard misses with a punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dick Tanner dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Tanner has Eberhard up against the cage in a clinch.
Tanner misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Eberhard.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Tanner takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Eberhard lands a shot to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on Tanner - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Tanner breaks from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tanner closes the distance and clinches.
Tanner prevents a body shot from Eberhard.
Tanner escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tanner tries to clinch up but Eberhard circles away and keeps his distance.
Tanner tries to clinch up.
Dick Tanner is winning the standup battle so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tanner is looking to clinch.
Tanner fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tanner looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tanner tries to clinch
and Eberhard connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tanner tries to clinch but Eberhard moves away
and Eberhard counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Eberhard gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Tanner effectively controlling the action here.
Tanner throws an elbow but it misses.
Good body shot from Eberhard.
Eberhard misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tanner tries to stall but Eberhard uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
A right handed body shot lands from Eberhard.
Tanner is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Tanner blocking some punches.
Eberhard prevents Tanner from breaking the clinch.
Tanner is trying to break free.
Tanner scores with a nice hook to the head.
Dick Tanner has scored more points in the clinch so far.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Eberhard.
Eberhard swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tanner prevents a body shot from Eberhard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Tanner.
Tanner blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Eberhard digs a right hand into Tanner's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Tanner's gas tank.
A head punch on the inside from Eberhard fails to land.
Eberhard lands a body punch in the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Eberhard misses with a hook to the ribs.
Eberhard struggles to land a body shot inside as Tanner controls his hands.
Tanner looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Tanner is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Tanner is trying to force a seperation but Eberhard has the dominant position.
Eberhard misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tanner can't break the clinch.
Eberhard lands with a short shot to the head.
Tanner takes a shot to the head.
Tanner controlling the action here for a moment.
Eberhard misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tanner gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Eberhard working aggressively here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Eberhard misses with a punch to the body.
Eberhard working aggressively here.
Tanner wants to break free but Eberhard has control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Elias Eberhard showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Eberhard scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Tanner wants to clinch up but Eberhard keeps it at a distance.
Eberhard misses the jab.
Tanner tries to clinch but Eberhard is having none of it.
Tanner will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Tanner slips a straight right by Eberhard.
Tanner is looking to clinch but Eberhard is avoiding it.
Tanner tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Eberhard paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tanner takes one on the chin but seems OK.
It looks like Dick Tanner has been cut.
Tanner tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Eberhard paws at him with a jab and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tanner wants to clinch.
Tanner avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A jab from Eberhard misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Eberhard is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tanner.
Tanner appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Eberhard takes a swing at Tanner's ribcage but misses.
Eberhard throws a sloppy body shot
and Tanner cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Eberhard swings for the body but Tanner moves out of range.
Tanner fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tanner closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Eberhard lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Tanner backwards.
Eberhard throws a head punch that misses.
Tanner blocks a body shot from Eberhard.
Tanner scores a nice knee to the body.
Eberhard misses with the head strike.
Eberhard misses with some punches.
Eberhard stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Tanner's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Eberhard dodges an elbow strike from Tanner.
Tanner wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tanner working Eberhard over with knees to the body.
Tanner throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Tanner breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tanner tries to close the distance and clinch but Eberhard swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tanner on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tanner on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Tanner is looking to slow Eberhard down with leg kicks.
Tanner tries to clinch but Eberhard is having none of it.
Eberhard lands a lovely overhand right.
Eberhard avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tanner darts in trying to clinch
and Eberhard counters with a nice body shot.
Tanner is looking to clinch but Eberhard is avoiding it.
Tanner instigates a clinch.
Tanner blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Eberhard lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tanner backwards.
Eberhard misses with some punches.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Eberhard as Tanner tries to tie him up.
Tanner blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Eberhard managing to block the knees to the body from Tanner.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Tanner.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tanner tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Eberhard lands a right hand.
Eberhard swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Eberhard tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tanner's elbow.
Tanner blocking some punches.
Eberhard dodges an elbow strike from Tanner.
Tanner lands an elbow that stopped Eberhard in his tracks for a moment.
Eberhard misses with the head strike.
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!
Eberhard swings wildly with an uppercut but Tanner uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tanner pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
And that's the end of the fight!
Elias Eberhard comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Eberhard has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Josh West scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 28:29
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Elias Eberhard!
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