PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Fighter Three (ranked 25379 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kaki Tantor (ranked 5604 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Three
vs
Tantor

172 cm
23
185 lbs
0 - 5 - 0

184 cm
16
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

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 0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Fighter Three!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kaki Tantor!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Marco Blurström and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Tantor tries to keep at a distance but Three has taken the fight into the clinch.
Three stalling against the cage.
Tantor has Three pressed against the cage, preventing Three from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Tantor lands a right hand that snaps the head of Three backwards.
Three tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tantor.
A short uppercut from Tantor.
A head punch on the inside from Tantor fails to land.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Tantor pressing his opponent against the cage.
Tantor stalling the fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tantor creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Tantor throws a head punch that misses.
Three blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tantor working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Tantor throws a punch but it's blocked by Three.
Tantor is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Three effectively controlling the action here.

Tantor breaks from the clinch.
Tantor feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Threes jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

It looks like Fighter Three has been cut.
Three is looking to clinch.
Three is looking to clinch but Tantor is avoiding it.
A punch lands to the side of Three 's head but he takes it in his stride.

Three is rocked!
Three misses with a wild combination.
Oh Three is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Three darts in looking for a takedown but Tantor gets double underhooks and turns Three into the cage.
Three is breathing heavily.
Three tries to clinch but Tantor moves out of range.
Tantor walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Three drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Tantor swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Three's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kaki Tantor!