PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Bartrov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alf Tanner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Ivan Bartrov has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Ivan Bartrov seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Bartrov
vs
Tanner

185 cm
25
210 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

190 cm
21
223 lbs
4 - 1 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good in bed

BJJ Brown Belt
World class MT
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ivan Bartrov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alf Tanner!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bartrov avoids a kick to the body.
Bartrov misses with a few strikes there.
Bartrov swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Tanner counters with a nice low kick that buckles Bartrov's knee momentarily.
Bartrov waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tanner.
Bartrov shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Tanner defends it nicely.
Tanner throws a head kick but Bartrov moves out of range.
Bartrov walks forward, straight into a front kick from Tanner.
Bartrov tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Bartrov is breathing heavily.
Bartrov looks to clinch
and Tanner counters with a good, hard body kick but Bartrov shrugs it off.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tanner lands a really nice looking cross but Bartrov seems unphased.
Tanner lands with a hook. Bartrov tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Bartrov takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Tanner throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Tanner connects with a solid leg kick.
Tanner scores with a spinning back kick!
Bartrov on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Tanner fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Bartrov has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Tanner darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Tanner connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Tanner lands with an overhand left.

Bartrov is rocked!
A solid body kick from Tanner.
Oh Bartrov is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tanner moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Bartrov takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tanner cracks Bartrov with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Bartrov tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Tanner pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Bartrov is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:07 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alf Tanner!