PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between John Tanner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sly Bandit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tanner comes to the cage accompanied by Wasted remix. John Tanner could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Sly Bandit's chin.

Tanner
vs
Bandit

200 cm
24
180 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

189 cm
21
176 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
KO power

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Tends to cut

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Tanner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sly Bandit!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, David Schapiro and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bandit throws a hook but Tanner blocks it.
Tanner uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bandit.
Bandit looks to land a left hand but Tanner moved out of range nicely.
Tanner swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bandit cracks Tanner with an open hand slap.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bandit. Tanner does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tanner scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Bandit misses with a straight left.
Tanner throws a series of strikes that have Bandit backpedaling.
Bandit on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Tanner with a hook.
Donk. Bandit catches Tanner right on the button with a cross.
Bandit circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tanner misses with a few strikes there.
Tanner wants to clinch up but Bandit keeps it at a distance.
A head kick misses from Tanner.
A chopping leg kick lands by Tanner.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bandit 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 lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

It looks like Sly Bandit has been cut.
Tanner really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tanner looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tanner throws a right hand that Bandit ducks under and follows up with a left that Bandit also avoids with ease.
Bandit throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tanner throws a shot from downtown. Bandit moves away and avoids it.
Tanner fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bandit.
Bandit throws a big shot that misses.
Bandit misses with a body shot.
Tanner swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tanner tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bandit swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Crunch! Tanner slams his shin into Bandit's torso.
Tanner dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bandit. That did some damage!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bandit scores with a decent looking hook.
Tanner swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Bandit counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Tanner gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Tanner is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Bandit looks gassed!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tanner lands an elbow just above Bandit 's eye.
Tanner crunches a lovely knee into Bandit's ribcage.
Tanner tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tanner has Bandit pressed against the cage, preventing Bandit from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bandit takes a knee to the side of the body.

Tanner breaks from the clinch.
Tanner closes the distance looking to clinch
and Bandit counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Tanner clinches with his opponent.
Tanner lands a knee to the body.
Tanner landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tanner lands an elbow inside.

Tanner breaks from the clinch.
Tanner lands with a nice combination. Bandit backs away looking to recover.
Tanner moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
John Tanner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Tanner moves into the clinch.
Tanner gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Tanner lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bandit blocks an elbow strike.
Tanner lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That has opened up Sly Bandit's cut even more.
Bandit is trying to push Tanner away but Tanner has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Bandit blocks an elbow strike.
Tanner lands an elbow inside that Bandit shrugs off.
Bandit on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bandit on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tanner misses with a knee strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tanner lands an elbow inside.

Tanner breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tanner moves away from the strike by Bandit.
Bandit might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Tanner tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bandit paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tanner tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bandit paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tanner throws a nice head kick!

The cut above Sly Bandit's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Tanner lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bandit circles away quickly and effectively.
Tanner connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Tanner scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Tanner slips under a jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tanner moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Bandit throws a hook to the side of Tanner's head but Tanner sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Tanner dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sly Bandit's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Tanner with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Tanner lands a nice looking kick to the body. Bandit takes a step back to recover.
John Tanner is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tanner throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Tanner uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bandit.
Tanner turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Bandit's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Tanner delivers a nice body kick.
Tanner tries to clinch there but Bandit circles away.
Nice defenses there by Tanner.
Bandit keeps the fight on the outside.
Tanner scores with a shot to the body.
Tanner with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Bandit is breathing heavily.
Tanner lands with a good body shot.
Tanner cracks Bandit with an open hand slap.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body kick from Tanner.

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

Tanner manages to break the clinch.
Bandit takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Tanner lands a nice shot to the body.

Tanner closes the distance and clinches.
Tanner landing knees to the body.
Tanner landing some nice looking knees to the body.
John Tanner has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Tanner lands a nice elbow.
Tanner comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Tanner is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bandit can do to turn this around?
Bandit has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Tanner lands a nice elbow.

Sly Bandit's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Knees to the body from Tanner.
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!
Tanner lands a nice elbow.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Sly Bandit's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:03 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). John Tanner!