PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tan Zan (ranked 1810 p4p, 655 weight class) and Soviet Remnant (ranked 245 p4p, 101 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Zan
vs
Remnant

172 cm
42
164
34 - 17 - 2

180 cm
35
155
26 - 13 - 2

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 34 - 17 - 2, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tan Zan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 13 - 2, fighting out of New York, Soviet Remnant!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Remnant moves away from the strike by Zan.
Remnant is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Zan misses with a wild body shot.
Nice defenses there by Remnant.
Zan scores with a crisp jab that stopped Remnant in his tracks.
Remnant has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Remnant doesn't manage to clinch there - Zan circles away.
Zan with a body punch. A glancing blow.

Remnant clinches up against the cage.
Remnant stalls.
A short uppercut from Zan.
Zan misses with a punch on the inside.
Zan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Zan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Zan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Remnant has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Zan after a bit of a struggle.
With the fighters up against the cage, Remnant throws an elbow but misses.
Zan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zan working aggressively here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short left from Zan.
Zan struggles to land a body shot inside as Remnant controls his hands.
Zan lands a left hand.
Zan lands with a left to the head.
Zan cracks Remnant with a nice body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zan.
Zan working aggressively here.
Zan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Zan misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Remnant pulls guard successfully.
Remnant wants to sweep but no luck.
Zan stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Remnant swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Zan knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Remnant on the ground.

Remnant escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Zan gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Zan has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Remnant is working an open guard so Zan takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zan throws a hook but Remnant avoids it easily.
Remnant tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Zan swivels and escapes.
Zan misses with a looping left.
Zan jabs Remnant to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Remnant shoots in for a double leg but Zan sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Tan Zan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Soviet Remnant.

Zan rushes Remnant and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Zan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Zan throws a head punch that misses.
Remnant drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Zan gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Zan prevents the takedown attempt.
Zan lands with a right to the head.
Remnant blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Remnant throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Zan misses with a punch on the inside.
Zan scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Zan misses with a hook to the ribs.

Remnant breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've been told by Zan's head coaches at Alpha Brasil that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Remnant is defended easily by Zan.
Zan misses with an uppercut. Remnant saw that one coming.
Remnant defending well as Zan loads up on a big left hand.
Remnant is trying hard to land a takedown here. Zan sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Remnant closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Zan misses with an uppercut
and Remnant counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Zan with a hook.
Zan cracks Remnant with a right hand to the side of the head.
Zan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Remnant shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Zan as he jumps to the side.
Zan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Remnant moves away.
Remnant has a takedown stuffed.
Remnant swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Zan throws a body punch but Remnant moves out of range.
Remnant scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Zan throws a jab when Remnant was well out of range.
Remnant on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Remnant looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Zan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Remnant tries to clinch but Zan moves away
and Zan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

It looks like Soviet Remnant has been cut.
Remnant shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Zan sprawls well. Zan wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Remnant gets slowly back to his feet.
It looked like Zan was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Remnant.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Tan Zan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Soviet Remnant's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Zan closes the distance and pushes Remnant back into the cage.
Zan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Remnant's elbow.

Remnant escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Remnant shoots in looking for a takedown. Zan tries to sprawl out of it but Remnant keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Zan manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Remnant shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Zan as he jumps to the side.
Zan throws a shot from downtown. Remnant moves away and avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Remnant raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Tan Zan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zan throws an overhand right that lands on Remnant's shoulder, as Remnant tries to avoid the shot.
Remnant misses with a takedown attempt - Zan sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Tan Zan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Soviet Remnant.
Remnant on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Zan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Remnant can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zan throws a jab but it's blocked by Remnant.
Zan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Remnant.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Zan misses with a looping left.
A big left from Zan misses.
Remnant changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Zan rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Remnant makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Remnant is trying hard to land a takedown here. Zan sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Zan throws a lazy uppercut
and Remnant counters with a series of strikes. Zan will be more careful next time no doubt.
Zan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Remnant.

Remnant has taken the fight to the clinch.
Zan swings wildly with an uppercut but Remnant uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zan prevents a takedown attempt there.
Zan throws a head punch that misses.
Remnant goes for a takedown attempt but Zan pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zan lands with a good body shot.
Zan takes a swing at Remnant's ribcage but misses.
Remnant keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Zan.
Remnant shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Zan sprawls well. Zan wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Remnant gets slowly back to his feet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Remnant staying out of range there.
Remnant blocks a jab.
Remnant tries to score a power double leg takedown but Zan sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Remnant somewhat.
Zan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Remnant sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Remnant tries to counter by closing the distance.
Remnant tries to clinch
and Zan counters with a three punch combo that has Remnant backing up. Remnant nods at Zan to acknowledge the strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Remnant lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Zan misses with a hook. Remnant ducked under it nicely.
Zan just misses with a punch to the body.
Remnant goes for a double leg but Zan avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Zan continues to drive forward.
Zan swings for the body but Remnant moves out of range.
Zan takes a swing at Remnant's ribcage but misses.
Zan misses with an uppercut
and Remnant counters with a straight right hand.
Zan throws a hook to the side of Remnant's head but Remnant sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Remnant misses with a takedown attempt - Zan sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Zan throws out a loose jab but Remnant uses good head movement to avoid it.
The fighters circling - Zan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Remnant tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Zan defends well and Remnant ends up having to push Zan into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Tan Zan is winning the standup battle so far.
Remnant tries for a takedown but Zan circles away easily
and Zan counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Soviet Remnant is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zan avoids a kick to the body.
Remnant tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Zan swivels and escapes.
A jab from Zan misses.
Zan swings widly with a right hand

and Remnant counters by clinching up.
A short right from Zan.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Remnant is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Zan is defending well.
Zan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short uppercut from Zan.
Zan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Zan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short left from Zan.
Remnant blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Remnant breaks the clinch.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Remnant.
Remnant fails to land the takedown.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Tan Zan dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Soviet Remnant's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Remnant takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Zan connects with a body shot.
The fighters circling - Zan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Zan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Remnant comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Remnant shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Zan defends it nicely.
Remnant staying out of range there.
Remnant tries to counter by closing the distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zan looks to land a right hand but Remnant moved out of range.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Remnant.
Zan lands a right hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zan just misses with a punch to the body.
Zan stuffs the takedown.
Tan Zan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Soviet Remnant.
Remnant takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Good standup being displayed there by Zan as he connects with a hook.
Zan connects with a looping right hand.
Zan stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Zan wants it to stay on the feet.
Zan fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Remnant on the side of the head.
Remnant shoots in but Zan avoids the takedown attempt easily.
A little feinted left hand from Zan on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Zan defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Remnant.
Zan fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Zan connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Remnant momentarily.
A jab from Zan finds it's way through Remnant's defenses.
Zan throws a hook to the side of Remnant's head but Remnant sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Remnant wants to counter with a clinch but Zan pushes him away.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Zan, as that shot connected.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zan lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

Remnant is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zan fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Remnant is still on wobbly legs! Can Zan finish him?
Zan darts in and lands a big hook, right on the button! Remnant's legs crumble underneath him as he falls to the canvas! The ref tackles Zan before he gets to land any more shots to his stricken foe.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:11 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Tan Zan!
An out of breath Tan Zan thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.