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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Peter Batts (ranked 1198 p4p, 160 weight class) and Jason Tanner (ranked 1804 p4p, 226 weight class). Batts's entrance music is Midnight City - By: M83. A fine choice. Tanner has chosen Sandy Davidson - The Green Hills of Tyrol as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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15 - 12 - 0 |
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186 lbs
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Good wrestling
Great elbows
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Peter Batts!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jason Tanner!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Robert Twigg and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tanner scoring well with a low kick there.
Tanner uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Batts.
Batts rushes Tanner and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Tanner lands a shoulder strike.
Batts lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Tanner backwards.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Batts.
Tanner lands a body shot in the clinch.
Tanner misses with some punches.
Tanner throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Battss head.
Batts throws an elbow but it misses.
Tanner stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A short right from Batts.
Batts tries a body shot but Tanner blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Batts.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Still in the clinch, Tanner scores with a nice short uppercut.
Tanner blocks the elbow strike.
Tanner dodges an elbow strike from Batts.
With the fighters up against the cage, Batts throws an elbow but misses.
Batts blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tanner lands with a left to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Tanner.
Tanner misses with some punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Batts pushes Tanner back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tanner lands with a right to the head.
Batts blocks an elbow strike from Tanner.
Tanner has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Batts seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Tanner can turn it around.
Tanner lands an elbow just above Batts 's eye.
It looks like Peter Batts has been cut.
We've been hearing reports that Batts has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Tanner using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tanner.
Batts managing to block the knees to the body from Tanner.
Tanner missing with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Tanner.
Batts missing with knees to the body.
Batts missing with knees to the body.
Batts misses with a hook to the ribs.
Batts pushes off an throws an elbow but Tanner leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Tanner blocks an elbow strike from Batts.
Batts goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Still in the clinch, Tanner scores with a nice short uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tanner creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Batts's defenses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Batts throws an elbow but misses.
Batts misses with a body punch.
Tanner lands a shoulder strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tanner softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Tanner struggles to land a body shot inside as Batts controls his hands.
Tanner misses with an elbow strike.
Batts pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Batts misses with a punch on the inside.
Tanner blocks an uppercut.
Batts pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Tanner trying to land knees to the body.
Batts stalling the fight.
Tanner lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Tanner lands a shoulder strike.
Tanner working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Batts has a couple of punches blocked by Tanner.
Batts misses with an elbow over the top.
Batts misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tanner.
Tanner tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Batts's elbow.
Tanner blocks the elbow strike.
Batts avoiding damage as Tanner throws knees to the body.
Tanner tries to work over Batts's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Batts scores with a shoulder strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tanner blocks an elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Batts just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tanner's brow.
Batts throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Tanner blocks an elbow strike.
Batts has a couple of punches blocked by Tanner.
Tanner putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Batts in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Batts.
A nice left hand lands by Batts.
Tanner lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Batts pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Tanner blocks an uppercut.
Tanner with a knee to the head.
Tanner misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tanner tries to throw a body punch but Batts avoids it by throwing Tanner back against the cage.
Tanner gets through Batts's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Tanner putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Batts in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
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!
Batts lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Knees to the body from Tanner.
Batts throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Batts throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tanner softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Batts trying to stall but Tanner improves his position.
Tanner throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Battss head.
Tanner lands an uppercut.
Tanner utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Batts throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Tanner looking to throw knees to the head but Batts is blocking nicely.
Tanner tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A nice left hand lands by Tanner.
Batts tries to throw a body punch but Tanner avoids it by throwing Batts back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tanner.
Batts fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Batts just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tanner's brow.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Batts lands with a light punch inside.
Batts misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tanner.
Batts works on Tanner's body with a couple of short punches.
A short left from Tanner.
Tanner scores with an uppercut up the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jason Tanner dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Peter Batts's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Batts throws a body shot but no joy.
Tanner uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Batts.
Tanner throws a hook but Batts avoids it easily.
A jab from Batts misses.
Tanner pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Batts keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Batts half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tanner. Batts does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tanner ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Batts has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Tanner throws a sloppy head kick and Batts moves out of range easily.
Batts scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A low kick from Batts is predictable there
and Tanner connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Batts takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Tanner feints and then cracks Batts's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Batts down.
Tanner moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Batts sizes up Tanner with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Batts shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Batts has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Batts there as he acknowledges the shot.
Tanner lands a big head kick that sends Batts tumbling to the mat! Tanner takes a step backwards and waves Batts back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Batts is rocked!
Tanner thows a body kick. Batts tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Oh Batts is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tanner misses with an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Batts blocks the body kick.
Tanner throws an overhand right from the outside, which connects and sends Batts stumbling backwards into the cage! Batts bounces back off the cage towards Tanner, who cracks him with a two punch combination that drops him to his knees! Tanner lands two more shots before the referee has chance to intervene - what a finish! Tanner celebrates with his corner as the crowd cheer loudly.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:11 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Jason Tanner!
During a confident post fight interview, Jason Tanner thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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