PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between RIP Evan Tanner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oji San (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tanner's entrance music is Tornado of Souls - Megadeth. A fine choice. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Evan Tanner
vs
San

180 cm
25
195 lbs
14 - 6 - 1

189 cm
21
199 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, RIP Evan Tanner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Oji San!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Ren Mimura and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tanner gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Tanner ducks down and throws a hook to the body but San moves away.
Tanner fails to land the takedown.

Tanner takes the fight into the clinch.
San throws an elbow but it's blocked.
San scores with an uppercut up the middle.
San missing with knees to the body.
San tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tanner avoids it.
Tanner blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
San can't find room to land a body shot as Tanner controls the action.
San swings wildly with an uppercut but Tanner uses good head movement to avoid it.
San missing with knees to the body.
Tanner taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
San goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tanner holding his opponent close, against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tanner lands a body punch in the clinch.
San misses with a punch on the inside.
San misses with a hook to the ribs.
A nice right hand lands inside from San.
San stops a takedown attempt from Tanner.
San tries to throw a body punch but Tanner avoids it by throwing San back against the ropes.
San misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tanner lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by San.
Tanner taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Tanner for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
San tries to land knees in the clinch but Tanner avoids the damage to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
San lands with a short head shot on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
San swings wildly with an uppercut but Tanner uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tanner.
Tanner lands with a right to the head.
San prevents a body shot from Tanner.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
Tanner lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down San.
Tanner is looking to control San's arms but San gets an underhook and turns him. Now Tanner has his back to the ropes.
Tanner misses with a punch to the body.

Tanner has hold of one of San's legs. San is fighting the takedown attempt but Tanner gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Tanner throwing strikes from guard but San blocks nicely.
Tanner keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of San's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tanner throwing strikes but missing.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if San can do anything to dispel that myth.
Tanner thows a big elbow that misses.
San can't keep his opponent in guard - Tanner advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
San blocking the ground and pound attempt from Tanner.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Tanner in particular looking to stall.
Tanner missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
San tries to kick Tanner off but Tanner keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Tanner passes the guard and advances to mount!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tanner looking to finish with strikes here!
The referee warns San that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Tanner in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tanner thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Tanner wants to control the pace but San is squirming around nicely.
BOOM! Tanner connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Tanner throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for San because Tanner loaded up on that one.
San is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Tanner throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Tanner working San over with strikes here.
Tanner in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Tanner has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Tanner pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Tanner trying to control but San is having none of it.
Tanner punching from mount but San doing a good job of avoiding damage.
San is in a horrible position here. Tanner smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Tanner trying to control but he's not successful this time.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
San is trying to escape the mount.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Tanner dominating with strikes here.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
A nice elbow there by Tanner.
Tanner unloads with some shots from mount but San bucks and avoids them well.
San can't escape the position.
Tanner throwing strikes here but San is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Tanner landing punches.
Tanner trying to control but he's not successful this time.
San really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Tanner. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Tanner looking to finish San with some ground and pound. This is bad for San!

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
San avoids a series of strikes thrown by Tanner.
Tanner controlling from the full mount.
Tanner landing strikes from the mount.
Tanner with good strikes from the mount here!
Tanner working the ground and pound effectively.
Tanner looking to ground and pound but San is blocking nicely.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Tanner lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tanner lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Tanner in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Tanner scoring with strikes but San is staying in there.

San is rocked!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Tanner cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
San is still in real trouble! Can Tanner finish him?
Tanner looking to control but San is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Tanner lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Tanner lands a heavy shot. That's hurt San! Tanner sees the opportunity and turns up the heat - strike after strike land to the defenseless San and the ref dives in to save him! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 9:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). RIP Evan Tanner!