PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Mike Ziegler (ranked 2681 p4p, 1267 weight class) and Antonio Tarver (ranked 172 p4p, 76 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ziegler
vs
Tarver

160 cm
25
140
2 - 1 - 0

169 cm
25
145
7 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Good kicks
Big right hand

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mike Ziegler!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Antonio Tarver!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, William Peck and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ziegler scores with a jab. Tarver acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

Ziegler gets tackled into the cage by Tarver. Tarver maintains the clinch.
Tarver tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Tarver jumps guard but Ziegler stands there with Tarver around his waist. Tarver gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Tarver manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.

Tarver had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Ziegler defends it easily.
Tarver is trying to control the position but Ziegler postures up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Tarver is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Ziegler defends well.
Ziegler is stalling in the full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tarver bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Ziegler's guard.

Ziegler looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Ziegler on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Ziegler tries to get out of the position.

Tarver drops back looking for a submission - "I'm sorry sir, but I'm gunna break your leg" says Tarver as he cranks on the unfortunate limb! Ziegler screams and taps out before any major damage is done! Don't mess with Tarver! Nice submission victory there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Antonio Tarver!
Our winner, Antonio Tarver, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.