PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Sawat Buakaw (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tre Tanks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buakaw comes to the cage accompanied by Stone Sour - Reborn. Tre Tanks has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Buakaw
vs
Tanks

161 cm
22
145 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

170 cm
22
137 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sawat Buakaw!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tre Tanks!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Paulo Santos and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Buakaw tries to clinch but Tanks moves out of range.
Tanks moves away from the strike by Buakaw.
Buakaw throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Buakaw explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Buakaw throws a leg kick which misses Tanks's front leg but catches the back leg as Tanks tries to avoid it.
Buakaw could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Tanks fails to land the takedown.

Buakaw closes the distance and clinches.
Tanks stalling in the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Buakaw.
Tanks tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Buakaw just stands there and leans against the cage.
Tanks jumps guard but Buakaw stands there with Tanks around his waist. Tanks gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Sawat Buakaw has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tre Tanks.
Buakaw on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Buakaw misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tanks.
Buakaw misses with a knee to the head.
Buakaw with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Buakaw lands a damaging elbow.
Buakaw tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Buakaw missing with knees to the body.
Buakaw with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Tanks successfully pulls guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tanks tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Tanks looking to control.
Tanks throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Tanks managing to control the position.
Tanks is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Tanks pulls Buakaw in close to prevent any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Tanks keeping moving, preventing Buakaw from controlling successfully.
Buakaw postures up.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Buakaw keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Tanks tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Buakaw swivels and escapes.
Tanks looks gassed!

Buakaw rushes Tanks and presses him up against the cage.
Tanks tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Buakaw misses with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buakaw with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tanks avoiding damage as Buakaw throws knees to the body.
Buakaw lands a shot to the body.

Tanks decides to pull guard.

Tanks working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Buakaw doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Buakaw manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Buakaw has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Tanks throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Tanks thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.

Tanks is looking for a triangle but Buakaw pushes his legs off easily.
Tanks not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Buakaw wants to control from the top but Tanks keeps moving.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Tanks is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Tanks has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Buakaw is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Tanks.
Tanks is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sawat Buakaw dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Buakaw throws a leg kick but Tanks sees it coming and moves out of range.
Tanks fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

Buakaw gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Tanks trying to control but Buakaw is working from the bottom.
Tanks trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Tanks advances position into side control!

Tanks working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tanks is looking to take a break and control but Buakaw is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A lull in the action here as Tanks stalls from top position.

Tanks tries for a kimura but Buakaw is defending well.
Tanks wants to control but Buakaw is keeping him busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Tanks looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Buakaw is avoiding damage well.

Tanks decides to stand back up.
Tanks shoots in but Buakaw avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Buakaw connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Buakaw throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Buakaw scores with a leg kick.
Buakaw tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tanks swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Buakaw tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tanks changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Buakaw tries to avoid it but Tanks manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Buakaw to the ground. Buakaw escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Sawat Buakaw has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tre Tanks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buakaw misses with the combination.
Buakaw tries to clinch but Tanks is having none of it.
Buakaw fails with an attempt to clinch.

Tanks takes the fight into the clinch.
Buakaw throws a knee to the head but misses.
Buakaw tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Buakaw misses with a knee to the head.
Buakaw lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Tre Tanks has been cut.
Buakaw tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tanks on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tanks tries to stall but Buakaw uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Buakaw with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Buakaw tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Tanks pulls Buakaw into guard.
Buakaw knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Tanks on the ground.
Tanks keeping moving, preventing Buakaw from controlling successfully.
Tanks pulls Buakaw in close to his closed guard and prevents Buakaw from doing any damage or advancing position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Tanks working for a triangle but Buakaw defends it easily.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Tanks is on top in guard.
Tanks passes easily into side control. Nice work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tre Tanks showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Tre Tanks'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. This is the final round!

Tanks fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Buakaw throws a nice looking combination but Tanks bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Buakaw throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Some bone on bone action there as Tanks checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Sawat Buakaw seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Buakaw lands a nice hook to Tanks's body. Tanks takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Buakaw scoring well with a low kick there.
Tanks looks for a takedown but Buakaw sprawls well.
Tanks shoots for a takedown but Buakaw saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Sawat Buakaw has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tre Tanks.
Tanks moves out of range of the strikes.

Tanks shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Tanks showed some decent athleticism there.

Tanks decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Tanks looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Buakaw!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tanks controlling the pace for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Tanks looking to secure an arm triangle but Buakaw defends it well.

Tanks working for a guillotine from mount but Buakaw is in no mood to give up.
Buakaw holds on for dear life.
Tre Tanks has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Buakaw is desperately trying to improve his position but Tanks has a good base and remains in mount.

Tanks is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Buakaw can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Buakaw really wants to buck Tanks off and get back to his feet.
Tanks looking to control but Buakaw is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Buakaw on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Buakaw tries to get out of the position.
Buakaw is looking to get to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tanks throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Tanks working away from the top, dropping strikes.

Tanks stands up from mount. Strange move.

Buakaw closes the distance and clinches.
Tanks trying to land knees to the body.
Buakaw tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Buakaw landing knees to the head.
Buakaw misses with a knee strike.

Tanks manages to break the clinch.
Buakaw tries to clinch

and Tanks counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Buakaw's guard now.
Buakaw seems keen to control Tanks's posture.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Tanks drops back looking for a leg! Buakaw is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Buakaw manages to kick Tanks off! Tanks jumps back into Buakaw's guard.
Tanks sitting in guard here, content to control.

Tanks is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Tanks trying to control but Buakaw is working from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tre Tanks comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Tanks 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 28:29
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tre Tanks!