PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tank Tribute (ranked 1277 p4p, 982 weight class) and Dwayne Haskins (ranked 192 p4p, 142 weight class). Tribute's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, tank abbot tribute. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Tribute
vs
Haskins

184 cm
31
204
18 - 10 - 0

191 cm
35
215
24 - 12 - 2

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Conquer
Conviction

HELLBENT
Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tank Tribute!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 12 - 2, fighting out of New York, Dwayne Haskins!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Percy O'Donnell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Haskins fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tribute manages to avoid it.
A big right from Haskins misses.
Tribute jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Tribute throws a shot from downtown. Haskins moves away and avoids it.
Tribute slips under a jab.
Tribute takes a jab right on the kisser.
Haskins tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Tribute manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Tribute fires out a quick counter leg kick but Haskins just manages to avoid it.
Haskins pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Haskins tries to clinch up.
Haskins missing with a left hand there. Tribute was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Haskins fails to land with a series of punches.
Tribute appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Haskins with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Dwayne Haskins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jab, jab by Haskins - just one landing.
Tribute blocks a head kick by Haskins.
Tribute went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Tribute misses with a lunging right hand
and Haskins counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Tribute misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tribute moves away from the strike by Haskins.
Tribute swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Haskins tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tribute swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tribute ducks under a wild hook from Haskins.
As Haskins backs away, Tribute returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Tribute 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.

Haskins has closed the distance and engaged Tribute in a clinch.
Tribute misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tribute tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tribute pushes Haskins back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Haskins fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Haskins blocking some punches.
Tribute misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tribute lands a body shot in the clinch.

Haskins escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Haskins clinches.
Tribute misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Haskins tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tribute misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tribute misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tribute swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Haskins breaks from the clinch.
Tribute misses with a hook. Haskins ducked under it nicely.
Haskins lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Tribute does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Haskins looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Haskins misses with a straight right.
A little feinted left hand from Tribute on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Haskins has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Tribute is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Tribute blocks a jab.
Tribute went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Haskins falls off balance throwing a combination
and Tribute counters with a lovely straight right hand!

It looks like Dwayne Haskins has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Haskins moves in looking to clinch but Tribute pushes him off.
Haskins throws a hook but Tribute blocks it.
A little feinted left hand from Tribute on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Haskins misses with a wild body shot.
Tribute misses with an uppercut.
Tribute gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Haskins.
Haskins lunges at Tribute with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Tribute's hand.
A slapping leg kick lands for Tribute.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haskins throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tribute.
Tribute swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Tribute avoids the head kick by Haskins.
Haskins throws a sloppy head kick and Tribute moves out of range easily.
Haskins avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tribute is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Haskins's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Tribute throws a hook but Haskins blocks it.
Haskins misses the shot to the body.
Jab, jab by Haskins - just one landing.
Haskins misses with a straight left.
Tribute swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Haskins throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Haskins bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Tribute's head backwards.

Haskins gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Tribute lands a left hand.
Tribute tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Haskins's elbow.
Haskins is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Haskins wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tribute throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Haskinss head.
Haskins wants to break free but Tribute has control.
Tribute lands with a short shot to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tribute stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Haskins's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Tribute misses with a body punch.
Tribute lands a body shot.
Haskins looks winded!
Tribute tries a body shot but Haskins blocks it.
Tribute misses with some punches.
Tribute throws a head punch that misses.
Tribute has Haskins pressed against the cage, preventing Haskins from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Haskins lands a right hand.
Haskins throws a head punch that misses.
Tribute lands with a right to the head.
Tribute throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Haskins wants to get back to striking at distance but Tribute won't allow it.

Haskins breaks the clinch.
Tribute throws a body punch but Haskins moves out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Dwayne Haskins will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Dwayne Haskins's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Haskins gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Haskins is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Haskins tries to clinch up
and Tribute counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Haskins pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Haskins fails in his attempt to clinch.
Haskins swings for the body but Tribute moves out of range.
Tribute is looking to counter punch.
Tribute dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Haskins. That did some damage!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Haskins throws a jab but it's blocked by Tribute.
Dwayne Haskins is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Haskins has Tribute up against the cage in a clinch.
Haskins tries to break the clinch but Tribute is controlling the position.
Tribute makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haskins looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Haskins escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tribute misses with a kick to the body
and Haskins connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tribute lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Haskins tries to clinch but Tribute moves out of range.
Haskins swings and misses with a shot to the body
letting Tribute counter with a right hand.
Tribute throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Haskins sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Haskins scores with a jab.
Dwayne Haskins seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A big right from Haskins misses.
Tribute slips under a jab from Haskins.

Haskins fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Tribute, pushing him back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Tribute fails to land.
Haskins is trying to break free.
Still in the clinch, Tribute scores with a nice short uppercut.
Tribute misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tribute lands a right hand that snaps the head of Haskins backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A body shot lands from Tribute.

Haskins's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Haskins pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tribute misses with an uppercut. Haskins saw that one coming.
Haskins misses with the combination.
Tribute bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tribute ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tribute appears to be looking for a big counter.
Haskins tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tribute misses with a looping right.
Haskins tries to bum rush Tribute with a series of wild strikes but Tribute uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tribute looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Haskins uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tribute.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Haskins swings for the body but Tribute moves out of range.
Tribute appears to be looking for a big counter.
A combination from Haskins does no damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haskins slips under a jab.
Haskins swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tribute throws a quick counter head kick but Haskins was just out of range.
Haskins throws a head kick that misses
and Tribute counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Haskins is breathing heavily.
Haskins throws out a loose jab but Tribute uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tribute uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

That has opened up Dwayne Haskins's cut even more.
A swing and a miss from Haskins.

Tribute has closed the distance and engaged Haskins in a clinch.
Haskins blocks an uppercut.
Haskins lands a shoulder strike.
Tribute working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Tribute blocks an uppercut.
Tribute lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Haskins misses with a body punch.
Tank Tribute has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Haskins lands a body shot in the clinch.
Tribute misses with some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Tribute.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tribute scores with a shot to the side of Haskins's head.
Tribute makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tribute lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Haskins backwards.

Haskins is rocked!
A right hook to the body lands for Tribute.
Haskins is still on wobbly legs! Can Tribute finish him?
A nice right hand lands inside from Tribute.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Haskins creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Haskins takes a shot to the head.
Tribute lands a shot to the body.
Haskins wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Tribute lands a body punch.
Tribute lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Haskins to his knees! Tribute keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tank Tribute!
Tank Tribute thanked the fans post fight for their support.