PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Max Tauer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Balbus Michael (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Tauer
vs
Michael

182 cm
29
156 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

178 cm
23
150 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Very strong

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Max Tauer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Balbus Michael!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Fedor Mirinova and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
That kick from Michael tenderised Tauer's leg. Tauer is trying to keep his angry face on.
Tauer looks to throw the jab but Michael is out of range.
Despite the aggression on Michael's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Michael takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Michael changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Tauer seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Tauer doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Tauer smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Michael throws a leg kick
letting Tauer counter with a right hand.
Tauer throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nice defenses there by Michael.
Michael's coach down at The Iron Palace was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Michael's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Tauer moves forwards but Michael connects with a nice, crisp jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A swing and a miss from Tauer.
Tauer slips a straight right by Michael.
Michael dodges the punch combination from Tauer.
Michael unleashes a big counter combination but Tauer bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Michael fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Tauer.
Michael avoids the head kick by Tauer.
Tauer wants to clinch.
Balbus Michael seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tauer tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A head kick misses from Tauer.
Michael feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Tauer's calf.
Tauer tries to move into range but Michael moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Michael throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Tauer moves out of range of the leg kick from Michael.
Tauer checks a low kick from Michael.
Tauer swings widly with a right hand
and Michael makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Michael cracks Tauer with a good jab.
Tauer takes one to the chin there.
A big left from Michael misses.
Tauer on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Michael throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Tauer's waist but Tauer gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Michael off to one side.
Michael finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tauer misses with a body kick.
Michael looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Tauer is fending him off so far but Michael persists. Nope, Tauer circles away and we're back to standing.
Tauer appears to be looking for a big counter.
Tauer connects with a body shot that sends Michael's belly button to the back.
Michael avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Michael looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Tauer is fending him off so far but Michael persists. Nope, Tauer circles away and we're back to standing.
Max Tauer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Balbus Michael.
Michael thumps Tauer with a low kick.
Michael goes for a double leg but Tauer avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Tauer continues to drive forward.
Tauer lands a really nice looking cross but Michael seems unphased.
Tauer avoids the head kick by Michael.
Michael lands with a good body shot.
Max Tauer is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tauer cracks Michael with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Michael changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Tauer tries to avoid it but Michael manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Tauer to the ground. Tauer escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
The fighters circling - Tauer throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Michael misses with an uppercut. Tauer saw that one coming.
Michael connects with a body shot that sends Tauer's belly button to the back.
Michael wants to slow Tauer down by chopping away at his legs.
Michael avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tauer misses with a head kick.
Michael circles away from the clinch attempt.
Michael fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tauer manages to avoid it.
Tauer tries to clinch up but Michael circles away and keeps his distance.
Michael throws a nice inside leg kick.
Tauer throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tauer throws a jab but it's blocked by Michael.
Tauer scores with a decent looking hook.
Michael misses with a hook.
Tauer connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Tauer throws a head kick but Michael moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Michael uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tauer.
Michael looks to land a body kick but Tauer moved away.
Michael tries for a takedown but Tauer sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Tauer slaps away a takedown attempt from Michael, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Michael just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromTauer.
Michael swats away the attempt to clinch by Tauer.
Nice jab there from Michael.
Michael walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Tauer checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Michael throws a body shot but no joy.
Michael lands a jab to the nose.
Tauer takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Tauer is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Michael.
Michael throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Balbus Michael will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

A chopping leg kick lands by Michael.
Michael just misses with a punch to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Michael misses the target.
Tauer feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Michael's calf.
Tauer pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tauer takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Michael misses with a low kick as Tauer jumps back.
Tauer throws a body shot but no joy.
Tauer chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Michael can pounce on him.

Tauer gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Tauer is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Michael drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Michael misses with a knee strike.
Michael softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Tauer keeps control of Michael as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Tauer is trying to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Michael.
Tauer digs a right hand underneath Michael's ribcage. Michael let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Michael tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Michael tries to pull guard but Tauer holds him up against the cage and eventually Michael drops back down to his feet.
Michael using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Michael is pushing Tauer up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Tauer gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Michael.
Max Tauer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Balbus Michael.
Michael drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Tauer gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Tauer's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Tauer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tauer throws a punch but it's blocked by Michael.
Michael jumps guard but Tauer turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Tauer gets underhooks to prevent Michael's takedown attempt.
Tauer lands a left hand.
Michael blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tauer working aggressively here.
Tauer lands with a light punch inside.
Tauer misses with a short punch on the inside.
Michael tries to pull guard but Tauer forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Tauer is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Michael wants to get back to striking at distance but Tauer won't allow it.

Tauer pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tauer on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Michael just misses with a punch to the body.
Tauer misses with a straight left.
Tauer is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tauer stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Michael throws a one two combo.
Michael lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Michael looks to clinch
and Tauer counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Michael looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Tauer.
Michael throws a wild body kick that Tauer sees coming a mile off.
Michael fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tauer misses with a series of wild punches.
Tauer is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Michael appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Tauer throws a head kick but Michael moves out of range.
Michael connects with the punch.
Tauer tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Michael paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A little jabbing left from Michael on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tauer takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Tauer misses with an uppercut. Michael saw that one coming.
Michael feints a counter leg kick.
Tauer on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Michael tries to clinch there but Tauer circles away.
Tauer throws a looping overhand right but Michael ducks down to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Michael. Tauer does a little dance to reset his feet.
Michael connects with the punch.
Michael throws a nice inside leg kick.
Michael digs a good body shot into Tauer's ribs.
Michael lands the left hand.
Tauer looks to throw the jab but Michael is out of range.
Michael throws a big shot that misses.
Michael avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Michael drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Tauer defends it well.
Tauer is looking to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Balbus Michael showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Tauer fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A bone on bone clash there as Michael blocks the leg kick.
Michael changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Michael misses the body punch
and Tauer counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Tauer wants to clinch
and Michael counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Tauer thinking.
Michael showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tauer.
Tauer avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tauer closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Tauer misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tauer fails with an attempt to clinch.
Michael scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Tauer misses with a straight right.

Michael darts in and clinches Tauer up against the cage.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Michael scores with a knee to the head.
Max Tauer has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Michael.
Michael is looking to take this one to the mat.

Michael gets control of Tauer's arms and successfully pulls guard. Michael will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Tauer sitting in guard here, content to control.
Michael not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Michael looking to hit a scissor sweep but Tauer is one step ahead there.
Tauer knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Michael on the ground.
Tauer controlling from the top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tauer trying to control but Michael is working from the bottom.
Michael manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Tauer manages to get himself to full guard.

Tauer pulls Michael in to control the position.
Tauer wants to stand and escape but Michael is having none of it.
Tauer working a defensive guard here.
Michael passes into half guard.
Max Tauer has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Michael keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tauer is trying to stand back up but Michael is controlling him
Michael uses his free foot to push down on Tauer's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Tauer.

Michael looking for a guillotine from mount but Tauer is having none of it.

Michael working for a guillotine from mount but Tauer is in no mood to give up.
Michael tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Michael has hold of Tauer's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Tauer manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Michael controlling the position easily from mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
Balbus Michael comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Michael winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Illya Tyunina scores the fight 27:30
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 27:30
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Balbus Michael!
Balbus Michael decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
56%

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