PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sven Ludwig (ranked 1275 p4p, 2039 weight class) and Vladimir Tarlac (ranked 183 p4p, 281 weight class). Tarlac is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Nobody Knows- The Tony RIch Project. Sven Ludwig has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Ludwig
vs
Tarlac

185 cm
36
199
30 - 23 - 0

174 cm
39
202
24 - 14 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 30 - 23 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sven Ludwig!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vladimir Tarlac!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, James Atkins and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Ludwig.

Tarlac takes the fight into the clinch.
Ludwig has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Tarlac misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tarlac throws a head punch that misses.
Tarlac scores with a hook to the body.

Ludwig breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Ludwig moves into the clinch.
Ludwig has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Tarlac after a bit of a struggle.
Ludwig tries to land a knee to the head but Tarlac blocks with his arms.
Tarlac swings wildly with an uppercut but Ludwig uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tarlac gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Ludwig.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tarlac swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ludwig is looking to take this one to the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sven Ludwig. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tarlac misses with some punches.
Tarlac misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ludwig blocking some punches.
Tarlac can't find room to land a body shot as Ludwig controls the action.
Tarlac misses with a body punch.
Ludwig misses with a knee to the head.
Tarlac blocks a body shot from Ludwig.
Tarlac throws a punch but it's blocked by Ludwig.
Tarlac misses with some punches.
Ludwig wants a takedown but no success here.
Ludwig trying to land knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ludwig.
Ludwig lands a right hand.
Ludwig goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tarlac is pressed up against the cage. Ludwig has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Tarlac down to the mat. Tarlac avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Oooooh!!! Tarlac has knocked Ludwig down with a huge combo! Tarlac steps away and waves a wobbly Ludwig back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Ludwig is rocked!

It looks like Sven Ludwig has been cut.
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!
Ludwig fails with the takedown
and Tarlac counters with a powerful cross that connects right on the chin and the lights go out! A massive one punch knock out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Vladimir Tarlac!
Our winner, Vladimir Tarlac, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.