PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bobby Irons (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alf Tanner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bobby Irons has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Irons
vs
Tanner

195 cm
23
220 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

190 cm
24
223 lbs
8 - 3 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bobby Irons!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alf Tanner!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Sergei Dronov and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Irons avoids the body shot from Tanner.
A punch combination from Irons misses.
Irons misses with a hook.
Sloppy strikes from Irons. Those never looked like landing.
Tanner doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Tanner takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Tanner wants to slow Irons down by chopping away at his legs.
Irons misses with a wild body shot.
Tanner fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Irons is out of range.
Irons looks to land a combination but Tanner avoids it well.
Tanner takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Irons throws a right hand that Tanner ducks under and follows up with a left that Tanner also avoids with ease.
Irons scores with a jab to the body.
Irons lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tanner circles away quickly and effectively.
Tanner tries to work over Irons's front leg with a kick but Irons checks it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Tanner.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Tanner fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Irons, pushing him back against the cage.

Irons pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tanner misses with a low kick.
Irons swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A good leg kick by Tanner.
Irons swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tanner showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Irons.
Tanner slips a jab and a cross from Irons.
Decent striking displayed by Irons there.
A big right from Irons misses.
Tanner fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tanner takes a body punch but keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Irons thows a body shot but no joy.
Irons throws a one two combo.
Irons checks the leg kick.
Tanner throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tanner is looking to chop away at Irons's legs.
Irons throws out a loose jab but Tanner uses good head movement to avoid it.
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!
A big right from Irons misses.
Irons tries to bum rush Tanner with a series of wild strikes but Tanner uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Irons scores with a sloppy right hand. Tanner should have avoided that one.
Tanner misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Irons looks to land a combination. Tanner sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Irons fails to land with a series of punches.
Irons lunges at Tanner with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Tanner's hand.
Nice takedown defense from Irons. No joy for Tanner on that attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Irons rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tanner moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tanner slips a jab and a cross from Irons.
Irons scores with a hook.
Tanner moves out of range as Irons strikes.
Some wild striking there from Irons.
Tanner is looking to chop away at Irons's legs.
Tanner doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Irons misses with the combination.
Tanner throws a leg kick but Irons moved away.
Tanner lands a nice looking kick to the body. Irons takes a step back to recover.
Irons is breathing heavily.
Tanner dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Irons. That did some damage!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Irons looks to land a combination but Tanner avoids it well.
Irons misses with an uppercut. Tanner saw that one coming.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tanner looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tanner throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tanner feints and then cracks Irons's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Irons down.
Tanner tries to land a leg kick but Irons saw it coming and moves away.
Irons will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Tanner throws a leg kick which misses Irons's front leg but catches the back leg as Irons tries to avoid it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Irons throws a looping overhand right but Tanner ducks down to avoid it.
Nice body kick there by Tanner.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Bobby Irons will probably get the nod.
That's time! Irons's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Irons moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Irons tries to bum rush Tanner with a series of wild strikes but Tanner uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Irons swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tanner bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Irons takes one on the button.
Tanner fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A combination from Irons does no damage.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Tanner.
Tanner scores with a leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tanner fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Tanner is looking to clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Irons takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Tanner lands a nice leg kick that just misses Irons's sensitive parts.
Irons avoids the head kick by Tanner.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Irons takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Tanner throws a nice outside leg kick.
Irons takes a kick to the side of the head.
Tanner fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Irons takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Bobby Irons is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Irons takes a kick to the side of the head.

It looks like Bobby Irons has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A slapping body kick lands there for Tanner.
Tanner moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Irons moves forwards but Tanner connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Tanner misses with a low kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Tanner.
Tanner feints and then cracks Irons's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Irons down.
Tanner throws a nice inside leg kick.
Alf Tanner seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tanner lands with a slapping head kick.

Irons is rocked!
Tanner turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Oh Irons is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Irons switches off momentarily and Tanner cracks him with a monster right hand! Irons topples backwards and makes a semi conscious attempt to cover up, as Tanner dives in to land one more shot, before the referee has time to call the fight. What a finish by Tanner!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Alf Tanner!