PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bastian Lykaios (ranked 5331 p4p, 24573 weight class) and Asim Germic (ranked 502 p4p, 559 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Lykaios
vs
Germic

185 cm
27
160
5 - 5 - 0

175 cm
21
159
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Powerful

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 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bastian Lykaios!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Asim Germic!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Russell Pearce and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Germic darts in and clinches Lykaios up against the cage.
A short right from Germic.
Germic landing knees to the body.
Germic lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Lykaios wants to get back to striking at distance but Germic won't allow it.
Germic lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Germic keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lykaios's efforts to push away.
Germic scores with a shoulder strike.
Germic crunches a lovely knee into Lykaios's ribcage.
Lykaios is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Germic pushes Lykaios back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Germic using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Knees to the body from Germic.
Germic prevents Lykaios from breaking the clinch.
Germic keeps control of Lykaios as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Germic lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Lykaios backwards.
Germic putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Lykaios in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Lykaios is breathing heavily.
Germic lands with a short shot to the head.
Germic lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Lykaios backwards.
Germic lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Germic lands a left hand.
Germic unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Germic lands a good knee to the midsection. Lykaios won't want to take too many of those.
Germic working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Germic lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Germic lands a nice shot to the body.
Germic landing knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Germic.
Germic lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Germic lands on the inside with an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Germic lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Germic gets through Lykaios's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Germic scores with a nice hook to the head.
Lykaios takes a knee to the side of the body.
Germic throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lykaioss head.
A shot in the inside from Germic.
Germic lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Germic landing knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Germic pushes Lykaios back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Germic scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A nice right hand lands inside from Germic.
Germic lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Germic lands an uppercut.
Germic throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lykaioss head.
A short right from Germic.
Germic lands a hook that snaps the head of Lykaios backwards.
Germic lands a left hand that snaps the head of Lykaios backwards.
Lykaios is trying to break the clinch but Germic has him pressed against the cage.
Germic unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lykaios lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Germic obliges.
Germic is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Germic pushes Lykaios back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Germic lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Germic working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Germic makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Germic.
A short right from Germic.
Germic lands a right hand.
Germic working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Germic lands an uppercut.
Germic lands with a left to the head.

Lykaios is rocked!
Germic lands a right hand that snaps the head of Lykaios backwards.
Oh Lykaios is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Good body shot from Germic.
Lykaios seems to have got his legs back now.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Germic creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Germic creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Germic lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Germic softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Germic scores with a nice hook to the head.
Germic lands a shoulder strike.
Lykaios takes a shot to the head.
Germic lands a left hand.
Germic unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Lykaios! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Germic is unloading with more strikes now! Lykaios drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Asim Germic!