PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Andrei Garland (ranked 5441 p4p, 551 weight class) and Robin Tuck (ranked 3073 p4p, 342 weight class). Andrei Garland has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Garland
vs
Tuck

191 cm
26
265 lbs
5 - 7 - 0

195 cm
25
265 lbs
7 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Andrei Garland!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Robin Tuck!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garland works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Tuck wants to clinch.
Jab from Tuck.

It looks like Andrei Garland has been cut.
Tuck tries to clinch up.
Tuck has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Garland throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Tuck tries to counter with a clinch but Garland shakes him off and moves away.

Tuck fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Garland, pushing him back against the cage.
Garland is looking to take this one to the mat.
Tuck lands with a right to the head.
Garland wants to take the fight to the mat but Tuck manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Tuck throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Garlands head.
Tuck prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andrei Garland. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A hook to the body from Tuck.
Tuck lands a hook that snaps the head of Garland backwards.
Tuck lands a shot to the body.
Garland is breathing heavily.
A right hand to the body from Tuck.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tuck lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Garland or not.
Tuck lands a shoulder strike.
Garland has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Tuck after a bit of a struggle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tuck lands a shot to the body.
Tuck lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Garland.

Tuck drops Garland onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Garland is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

Garland is rocked!
Tuck stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Tuck pushes Garland back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Tuck lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Garland backwards.
Oh Garland is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tuck working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tuck prevents the takedown attempt.
Tuck pushes Garland against the cage. Tuck is working some dirty boxing. Tuck pushes off with a quick right hook! Garland goes down! Garland tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Tuck moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Robin Tuck!
Post fight, Robin Tuck stared into the camera and said 'Be ready! I am here!'.