PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matt Lipsky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alf Tanner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lipsky's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Comme Un Enfante. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Lipsky
vs
Tanner

184 cm
31
215 lbs
20 - 11 - 0

190 cm
26
223 lbs
10 - 5 - 1

Good wrestling
World class MT
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 20 - 11 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Matt Lipsky!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alf Tanner!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lipsky throws the left hand but Tanner avoids the punch easily.
Lipsky looks to land a combination but Tanner avoids it well.
Matt Lipsky seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tanner thows a leg kick but Lipsky checks it
and Lipsky counters with a good, hard body kick but Tanner shrugs it off.
Tanner keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lipsky.
Tanner fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Lipsky swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Lipsky just misses with a punch to the body.

Tanner clinches with his opponent.
Lipsky with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tanner working aggressively here.
Lipsky misses with a knee to the head.
Lipsky throws an elbow that misses.
Tanner lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Tanner throws an elbow but it misses.
Lipsky tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tanner avoids it.
Tanner throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice right hand lands inside from Tanner.
Lipsky lands a damaging elbow.
Tanner takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Alf Tanner has been cut.
A body shot lands from Tanner.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Tanner.
Tanner blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lipsky lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Tanner misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tanner scores with a shoulder strike.
Lipsky tries a knee to the head but Tanner blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tanner.
Lipsky tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tanner scores with a shot to the side of Lipsky's head.
Lipsky tries to work over Tanner's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tanner gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Matt Lipsky has been cut.
Tanner lands with a short punch from the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Lipsky throws an elbow but misses.
Tanner dodges an elbow strike from Lipsky.
Lipsky creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tanner.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lipsky takes a shot to the head.
Lipsky is breathing heavily.
A body shot lands from Tanner.
A short right from Tanner.
A short body shot lands from Tanner as the two fighters clinch.
Tanner lands a body shot in the clinch.
Tanner lands a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tanner scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Nice body punch from Tanner - that landed with a thud.
Tanner lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Tanner working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Lipsky is rocked!
Tanner lands a left hand.
Oh Lipsky is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tanner unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Lipsky! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Tanner is unloading with more strikes now! Lipsky drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alf Tanner!