PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Art Mcgowan (ranked 5417 p4p, 4577 weight class) and Klaus Tannenbaum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Mcgowan
vs
Tannenbaum

200 cm
23
275
0 - 1 - 0

193 cm
18
241
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Art Mcgowan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Klaus Tannenbaum!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Radbod Blank and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tannenbaum moves in looking to clinch but Mcgowan pushes him off.
Tannenbaum lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Mcgowan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Tannenbaum clinches.
Mcgowan is looking for a takedown.
Mcgowan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tannenbaum misses with a punch to the body.
Tannenbaum slowing the pace effectively.
Tannenbaum keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mcgowan's efforts to push away.

Mcgowan has Tannenbaum pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Mcgowan pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Tannenbaum tumbling to the mat - Mcgowan dives into Tannenbaum's guard.
Mcgowan is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tannenbaum is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mcgowan sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Tannenbaum's guard.
Mcgowan perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Tannenbaum wants to get back to full guard.
Tannenbaum is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Mcgowan with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Tannenbaum is looking for a sweep. Mcgowan is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Mcgowan takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Tannenbaum trying to control here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Mcgowan is taking a breather. Tannenbaum says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Tannenbaum wants to control but Mcgowan is keeping busy and won't allow it.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Mcgowan shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Tannenbaum but Tannenbaum pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Mcgowan lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

It looks like Klaus Tannenbaum has been cut.
Mcgowan throws a head kick that misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tannenbaum. Mcgowan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mcgowan tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Tannenbaum swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Art Mcgowan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Good work by Tannenbaum as he checks the leg kick.
Tannenbaum tries to close the distance and clinch but Mcgowan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tannenbaum throws an off balance right hand
and Mcgowan counters with a right hand to the body.
Tannenbaum misses with an uppercut.
Mcgowan fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Mcgowan has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Mcgowan there as he acknowledges the shot.
Mcgowan gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Mcgowan.
Tannenbaum throws out a counter right but Mcgowan avoids it with no problem.
Tannenbaum scores with the left hand. Mcgowan knows he should have avoided that one.
Tannenbaum tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mcgowan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tannenbaum with a hook.
Tannenbaum defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Mcgowan.
Mcgowan displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Tannenbaum rushes Mcgowan and presses him up against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tannenbaum swings wildly with an uppercut but Mcgowan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tannenbaum leaning his opponent against the cage.
Tannenbaum throws a punch but it's blocked by Mcgowan.
Tannenbaum misses with a punch to the body.

Mcgowan manages to pull guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Tannenbaum accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Mcgowan keeping moving, preventing Tannenbaum from controlling successfully.
Tannenbaum controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Mcgowan has control of Tannenbaum's left arm, preventing Tannenbaum from doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Klaus Tannenbaum will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Klaus Tannenbaum's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Mcgowan gets tackled into the cage by Tannenbaum. Tannenbaum maintains the clinch.
Mcgowan looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Mcgowan tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Mcgowan is trying to pull guard but Tannenbaum has him pressed against the cage.
Tannenbaum swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mcgowan goes for a takedown in the clinch but Tannenbaum prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Art Mcgowan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tannenbaum lands with a short shot to the head.
Tannenbaum doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mcgowan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tannenbaum misses with a punch on the inside.
Tannenbaum fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tannenbaum is looking to control Mcgowan's arms but Mcgowan gets an underhook and turns him. Now Tannenbaum has his back to the cage.
Tannenbaum is leaning against Mcgowan and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Tannenbaum can't find room to land a body shot as Mcgowan controls the action.
Tannenbaum prevents a takedown attempt there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mcgowan is looking for a takedown.
Tannenbaum slowing the pace effectively.
Tannenbaum tries to throw a body punch but Mcgowan avoids it by throwing Tannenbaum back against the cage.
Mcgowan wants to get back to striking at distance but Tannenbaum won't allow it.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

Mcgowan ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Mcgowan no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Tannenbaum controlling from the top position.
Tannenbaum wants to pass the guard but Mcgowan is keeping the position.

Mcgowan is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mcgowan trying to strike off his back.
Tannenbaum looking to sit in guard and control but Mcgowan gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Tannenbaum is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Tannenbaum wants to sweep but no luck.

Tannenbaum had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Mcgowan defends it easily.
Tannenbaum wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mcgowan is looking to stand up but Tannenbaum won't let him.
Mcgowan preventing the sweep.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Tannenbaum seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Art Mcgowan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mcgowan takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Tannenbaum is looking to clinch.

Mcgowan takes the fight into the clinch.
Tannenbaum has Mcgowan pushed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tannenbaum misses with a body punch.
Tannenbaum throws a head punch that misses.
Tannenbaum throws a head punch that misses.
Tannenbaum misses with a short punch on the inside.
A body shot lands from Mcgowan.
Tannenbaum tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tannenbaum swings wildly with an uppercut but Mcgowan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tannenbaum throws a punch but it's blocked by Mcgowan.
Mcgowan prevents a body shot from Tannenbaum.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Tannenbaum misses with the head strike.

Mcgowan manages to pull guard.
Mcgowan is looking to stand up but Tannenbaum isn't so interested in that idea.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Klaus Tannenbaum showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Klaus Tannenbaum's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Tannenbaum misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Tannenbaum darts in and clinches Mcgowan up against the cage.
Mcgowan has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Tannenbaum avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Tannenbaum avoiding damage.
Tannenbaum misses with the head strike.

Mcgowan gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Tannenbaum pushes Mcgowan off but Mcgowan dives into side control.
Mcgowan gets to mount! Tannenbaum was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Mcgowan throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mcgowan avoids the attempt from Tannenbaum to control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mcgowan controlling from mount.
Art Mcgowan overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tannenbaum is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Tannenbaum tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Mcgowan sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Mcgowan punching from mount but Tannenbaum doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Mcgowan controlling his opponent.
Tannenbaum really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tannenbaum wants to control but Mcgowan is having none of it.
Tannenbaum is looking to improve his position but Mcgowan isn't that keen on the idea.
Mcgowan content just to control the position here.
Mcgowan punching from mount but Tannenbaum doing a good job of avoiding damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mcgowan takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Tannenbaum is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Tannenbaum avoids a series of strikes thrown by Mcgowan.
Tannenbaum is squirming around, avoiding Mcgowan's attempts to control the action.
Tannenbaum just holding on.
Tannenbaum is looking to improve his position but Mcgowan isn't that keen on the idea.
Klaus Tannenbaum is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mcgowan sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Mcgowan prevents Tannenbaum from getting the reversal.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Mcgowan thowing shots but they're missing.
Tannenbaum is working to get back to half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Art Mcgowan showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Tannenbaum has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 28:29
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 29:28
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Klaus Tannenbaum!