PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eagle Loveladdy (ranked 39 p4p, 6 weight class) and Satoshi Tanahashi (ranked 404 p4p, 57 weight class). Loveladdy comes to the cage accompanied by Snoop Lion - Here Comes The King!. Tanahashi comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Blood Stain Child - Stargazer kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Loveladdy
vs
Tanahashi

191 cm
32
209 lbs
31 - 7 - 0

186 cm
36
218 lbs
14 - 8 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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Venom Combat Sports

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 31 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Eagle Loveladdy!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Satoshi Tanahashi!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Joseph Jones and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tanahashi misses with a body punch
and Loveladdy counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Tanahashi lands with a kick to the ribs.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tanahashi. Loveladdy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Loveladdy appears to be looking for a big counter.
Nice body kick there by Tanahashi.
Loveladdy takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Loveladdy looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Loveladdy is breathing heavily.

Tanahashi lands a high kick to the side of Loveladdy's head that stuns him and send him tumbling down to the canvas! Tanahashi dives into guard, looking to finish.

Loveladdy is rocked!

It looks like Eagle Loveladdy has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tanahashi is looking to work some ground and pound but Loveladdy has wrist control.
Tanahashi has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Tanahashi postures up and lands a big shot to Loveladdy's brow.
Oh Loveladdy is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tanahashi postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Tanahashi landing with the ground and pound.
Loveladdy avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Tanahashi arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Loveladdy's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Satoshi Tanahashi!
Satoshi Tanahashi is the new light heavyweight champion!
Satoshi Tanahashi decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.