PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between AllyStar OverReem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and RIP Evan Tanner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tanner has chosen Tornado of Souls - Megadeth as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

OverReem
vs
Evan Tanner

190 cm
20
193 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

180 cm
23
195 lbs
8 - 5 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Phoenix Nutrition - 158 recovery $99

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, AllyStar OverReem!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, RIP Evan Tanner!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
OverReem looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
OverReem tries a head kick but it misses.
OverReem moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Tanner tests OverReem's chin there with a solid looking shot.
OverReem misses with a hook. Tanner ducked under it nicely.
OverReem throws a lazy body kick

and Tanner counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Tanner stalls.
Tanner lands with a short punch from the clinch.
OverReem wants to stall.
A head punch on the inside from OverReem fails to land.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, OverReem creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
OverReem working aggressively here.
Tanner has OverReem pushed against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for OverReem.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, OverReem creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short right from Tanner.
OverReem throws a punch but it's blocked by Tanner.
Tanner leaning against his opponent.
Tanner scores with a shot to the side of OverReem's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tanner lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of OverReem backwards.
OverReem misses with the head strike.
Tanner lands with a right to the head.
OverReem working hard to break the clinch.
Tanner blocks a body shot from OverReem.
Tanner lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Tanner stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Tanner lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Tanner lands an uppercut.

OverReem is rocked!
Tanner lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt OverReem or not.
Oh OverReem is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tanner blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tanner lands a right hand that snaps the head of OverReem backwards.
OverReem misses with a punch on the inside.
OverReem is trying to push Tanner away but Tanner has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Tanner lands with a left to the head.
Tanner creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends OverReem's eyes rolling into the back of his head! OverReem drops to his knees and Tanner pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). RIP Evan Tanner!