PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between The Wrestler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Samko Kahric (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kahric has chosen BHF as his entrance music. Samko Kahric will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Wrestler
vs
Kahric

188 cm
22
215 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

193 cm
25
201 lbs
5 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, The Wrestler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Samko Kahric!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Tiny Johnson and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wrestler shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Kahric as he jumps to the side.
Wrestler shoots for a double leg takedown but Kahric sprawls well. He's pushed Wrestler's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Kahric throws out a powerful jab.
A combination from Kahric does no damage.
Crunch! Kahric slams his shin into Wrestler's torso.
Kahric has his takedown stuffed

and Wrestler counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Wrestler.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Kahric is on top in guard.

Kahric thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Wrestler wants to sweep but no luck.

Wrestler has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Kahric off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kahric connects with a high kick.
Kahric goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

Wrestler shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Wrestler was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Wrestler unloads with some shots from mount but Kahric bucks and avoids them well.
Wrestler throwing strikes but Kahric bucks up and reverses the position. He's now in guard on top.
Wrestler tries to free his leg and advance position but Kahric is retaining full guard.

Kahric is working an open guard so Wrestler takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

Wrestler bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Wrestler tries to advance to mount but can't.
Kahric looks gassed!

Wrestler decides to stand up, so the ref orders Kahric to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kahric gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Wrestler counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Wrestler is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Kahric defends it well.
Wrestler works his foot free and advances to mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kahric is in a horrible position here. Wrestler smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Wrestler lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wrestler thowing shots but they're missing.
A nice elbow there by Wrestler.
Wrestler lands a big shot there that rocks Kahric but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Wrestler cracks Kahric with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Wrestler working Kahric over with strikes here.
Wrestler with shots to the head and body - Kahric looks very uncomfortable down there.
Wrestler with good strikes from the mount here!
Wrestler throws some wild stikes that Kahric manages to avoid easily.
Poor strikes thrown by Wrestler there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Wrestler throwing strikes here but Kahric is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Wrestler with the ground and pound from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wrestler putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Wrestler postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Kahric looks a forlorn figure.
Wrestler with the ground and pound from mount.
Wrestler landing punches.
Kahric is bucking up trying to escape but Wrestler cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Kahric taking shots to the head.
Wrestler scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Kahric?
Wrestler landing strikes, looking to finish!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wrestler fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Wrestler with the ground and pound from mount.
Wrestler thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

The Wrestler dominated that round.
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.

Wrestler looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

Kahric is working an open guard so Wrestler takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

Wrestler scores a takedown into full mount!
Kahric takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Wrestler working Kahric over with strikes here.
Kahric wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Wrestler.
Wrestler looking to ground and pound but Kahric is blocking nicely.
Kahric is bucking up trying to escape but Wrestler cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Wrestler with a couple of short strikes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wrestler lands with some strikes.
Wrestler postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Kahric looks a forlorn figure.
Wrestler scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Kahric?
Wrestler with a couple of short strikes.
Wrestler lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Wrestler dominating with strikes here.
Wrestler landing strikes from the mount.
Wrestler lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
The referee warns Kahric that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Wrestler landing strikes from the mount and Kahric is in trouble!
Wrestler throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Kahric because Wrestler loaded up on that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wrestler throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Wrestler is in the full mount, landing strikes.
A nice elbow there by Wrestler.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wrestler lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Kahric is bucking up trying to escape but Wrestler cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Wrestler unloading with bombs!
Wrestler landing punches.
Wrestler dominating with strikes here.
The referee warns Kahric that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Wrestler thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Wrestler punching from mount but Kahric doing a good job of avoiding damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kahric in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Kahric avoids a series of strikes thrown by Wrestler.
Wrestler is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kahric can do to turn this around?
Wrestler looking to finish with strikes here!
The Wrestler overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Wrestler looking to finish with strikes here!
Wrestler throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Kahric is trying to escape the mount.
Kahric is in a horrible position here. Wrestler smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Kahric is in a horrible position here. Wrestler smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Kahric is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Kahric is bucking up trying to escape but Wrestler cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Wrestler raining down shots from the mount!
Wrestler dominating with strikes here.
Kahric working to try and regain half guard.
Poor strikes thrown by Wrestler there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The referee warns Kahric that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
A nice elbow there by Wrestler.
Wrestler thowing shots but they're missing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

The Wrestler dominated that second round.
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. This is the final round!

Wrestler fails with the takedown.
Wrestler blocks a head kick by Kahric.
Wrestler shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Kahric sprawls well. Kahric wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Wrestler gets slowly back to his feet.
Wrestler fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for The Wrestler. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Wrestler scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wrestler passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Kahric!
Wrestler putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
A nice elbow there by Wrestler.
Wrestler lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
A nice elbow there by Wrestler.
Wrestler scoring with strikes but Kahric is staying in there.
Wrestler unloading with bombs!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wrestler with the ground and pound from mount.
Wrestler thowing shots but they're missing.
Wrestler throws some wild stikes that Kahric manages to avoid easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wrestler scoring with strikes but Kahric is staying in there.
Wrestler sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Wrestler working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Kahric is wriggling around trying to escape.
Kahric blocking the ground and pound.
Kahric is bucking up trying to escape but Wrestler cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Kahric taking shots to the head.
Wrestler has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Kahric's face.
Wrestler lands a big shot there that rocks Kahric but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Wrestler lands a big elbow.
Wrestler thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Poor strikes thrown by Wrestler there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kahric is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Wrestler blocks Kahric's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Wrestler lands a nice shot to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wrestler putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Wrestler cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Wrestler throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Kahric holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Wrestler tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Wrestler working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Kahric tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Wrestler lands with some strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
A nice elbow there by Wrestler.
Wrestler is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Kahric can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Kahric is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Wrestler lands a big elbow.
Kahric is looking to get to half guard.
The Wrestler is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Wrestler tries to control but Kahric wriggling away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kahric keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Samko Kahric has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wrestler landing shots from mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
The Wrestler showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Wrestler, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 30:26
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:25
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... The Wrestler!