PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dick Tanner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hank Hill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hank Hill is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Tanner
vs
Hill

189 cm
23
209 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

190 cm
24
219 lbs
8 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dick Tanner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hank Hill!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Gwen Towbar and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hill misses with an uppercut.
Hill uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tanner.
Tanner connects with the punch.
Tanner delivers a nice body kick.
Hill misses with a hook. Tanner ducked under it nicely.
Tanner ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hill moves away.
Hill slips under a jab.
Hill lands with a straight right. Tanner didn't see that one coming.
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!
Hill on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Tanner scores with a punch to the head.
Tanner throws a right hand that Hill ducks under and follows up with a left that Hill also avoids with ease.
Nice body punch from Tanner.
Hill tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tanner was well out of range. Poor timing from Hill.
Tanner blocks a jab.
Hill avoids a punch combination nicely.

Tanner closes the distance and pushes Hill back into the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Tanner for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Hill blocks an elbow strike from Tanner.
Tanner tries to land a knee to the head but Hill blocks with his arms.
Tanner misses with a knee to the head.
Tanner connects with a knee to the head.
Hill looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Tanner unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Tanner with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tanner using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hill has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tanner creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hill's defenses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hill is trying to break free.
Hill is trying to push Tanner away but Tanner has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Tanner stalling.
Tanner with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tanner misses with a knee to the head.
Hill tries to break free but Tanner pushes him back against the cage.
Tanner leaning against his opponent.
Hill managing to block the knees to the body from Tanner.
Tanner misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hill.
Tanner lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hill avoids a wild elbow strike from Tanner.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hill working hard to break the clinch.
Tanner tries to land a knee to the head but Hill blocks with his arms.
Hill stalling in the clinch but Tanner improves position.
Tanner misses with an elbow strike.
Nice elbow from Tanner.
Hill is looking to break free of the clinch but Tanner has double underhooks.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Tanner.
Tanner lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Tanner pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Tanner misses with an elbow strike.
Tanner keeps control of Hill as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Tanner's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tanner seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Tanner crunches a lovely knee into Hill's ribcage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tanner gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Tanner throws an elbow but it misses.
Tanner effectively controlling the action here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dick Tanner dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Hill throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tanner.
Hill misses with a takedown attempt - Tanner sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Tanner digs a good body shot into Hill's ribs.
Tanner pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tanner takes a swing at Hill's ribcage but misses.
Tanner is looking to clinch.
Tanner tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hill was well out of range. Poor timing from Tanner.
Tanner moves in looking to clinch but Hill pushes him off.
Tanner blocks a jab.
Tanner throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Tanner.
Hill defending well as Tanner loads up on a big left hand.
Hill throws an overhand right that lands on Tanner's shoulder, as Tanner tries to avoid the shot.
Tanner bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Hill is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Tanner has Hill up against the cage in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tanner lands a damaging elbow.
Tanner lands a damaging elbow.
Tanner with a knee to the head.
Tanner content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Hill is trying to force a seperation but Tanner has the dominant position.
Dick Tanner has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Tanner is pushing Hill up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Tanner lands an elbow just above Hill 's eye.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tanner tries a knee to the head but Hill blocks it.
Tanner has Hill pushed against the cage.
Hill takes a knee to the side of the body.
Tanner landing knees to the body.
Hill takes an elbow to the forehead.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Hill prevents a body shot from Tanner.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tanner utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Tanner throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tanner is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hill can do to turn this around?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tanner keeps control of Hill as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Tanner misses with an elbow over the top.
Nice elbow from Tanner.
Tanner has Hill pushed against the cage.

Hill escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tanner tries to close the distance and clinch but Hill swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hill is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tanner.
Tanner tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hill swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hill throws a hook to the side of Tanner's head but Tanner sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tanner misses with a wild body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Tanner fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hill, pushing him back against the cage.
Tanner prevents Hill from breaking the clinch.
Tanner stalls.
Tanner throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Tanner comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Tanner.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Tanner takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tanner with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Tanner landing knees to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dick Tanner dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Tanner drives through and clinches with Hill against the cage.

It looks like Hank Hill has been cut.
Tanner tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A frustrated look appears on Hill's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hill working hard to break the clinch.
Tanner misses with a knee strike.
Hill can't break the clinch.
Hill has had enough of the clinch but Tanner keeps him there for the moment.
Hill blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tanner lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Tanner lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Tanner scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Tanner creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hill's defenses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hill tries to circle away but Tanner has him pinned against the cage.
Tanner lands a nice elbow.
Tanner lands an elbow that stopped Hill in his tracks for a moment.
Tanner working the clinch nicely. Hill is working for position but Tanner cracks him with a big knee to the head! Hill crumples up against the cage and Tanner lands two more shots before the ref can save Hill! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee & Punches). Dick Tanner!
Dick Tanner thanked the fans post fight for their support.