PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Austenite Iron (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dirk Richter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Iron comes to the cage accompanied by Pantera - Walk. Austenite Iron has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Iron
vs
Richter

186 cm
24
195 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

193 cm
23
191 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Good low kicks
Powerful

Bargain Basement Best Buy (only $20)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Austenite Iron!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Dirk Richter!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Paul Tew and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Richter misses with a body kick.
Richter shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Iron as he jumps to the side.
Iron fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Richter manages to avoid it.
Richter throws out a leg kick but Iron moves out of range and Richter only half commits.
A head kick misses from Richter.
Richter lands with a kick to the temple. Iron shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Richter.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Richter.
Richter moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Richter tries to close the distance and clinch up but Iron swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Richter throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

It looks like Austenite Iron has been cut.
Iron avoids the head kick by Richter.
Iron avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Richter throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Richter has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Richter takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Decent striking displayed by Iron there.
Richter has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Richter there as he acknowledges the shot.
Iron misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Richter, right into the meat.
Richter on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Iron fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Good leg kick by Richter there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Iron throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Richter cracks the inside of Iron's front leg.
Iron throws a series of punches but Richter avoids them all with ease.
Richter misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Iron connects with a body shot.
Austenite Iron is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Richter lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Iron has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Iron and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Iron blocks a head kick by Richter.
Iron throws a series of punches but Richter avoids them all with ease.
Iron scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A head kick from Richter lands but Iron takes it in his stride.
Iron stalks Richter and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Richter's face. Richter staggers backwards, shaken.
Iron misses the shot to the body.
Richter throws a half hearted mid kick.
Richter takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Richter tries to clinch but Iron is having none of it.
Iron lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
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!
Iron misses with a wild body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Richter tries to clinch but Iron is having none of it.
Richter thows a body kick. Iron tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Richter dodges the punch combination from Iron.
Iron dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Richter throws a front kick aimed at Iron's knee but Iron avoids it well.
Iron lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Iron is looking to wear down Richter with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Richter throws a half hearted mid kick.
Richter misses with a kick to the body.
Iron scores with a jab to the body.
Richter looks gassed!
Richter on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Iron throws a combination. Richter tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Richter fails in his attempt to clinch.
Richter has a takedown stuffed.
Richter takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Iron fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Iron circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Richter is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Iron.
Richter takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Iron tries to bum rush Richter with a series of wild strikes but Richter uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Iron bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Richter's head backwards.
Richter on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Iron thuds a left hand into Richter's body.
Iron closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Dirk Richter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Iron lands a jab to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice jab there from Iron.
Richter tries a low kick but Iron avoids it.
Iron rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Richter moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Iron scores with a hook.
Iron throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Richter shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Iron pinned against the cage. Iron gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Austenite Iron has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dirk Richter.
Iron throws a nice looking combination but Richter bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Iron throws a shot to the body.
Iron is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Iron fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Iron lands a with a good body shot.
Iron misses with a two punch combination.
Iron scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Iron is working the combinations to good effect here.
Richter tries to clinch up but Iron circles away and keeps his distance.
Iron swats away the attempt to clinch by Richter.
Iron lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Richter circles away quickly and effectively.
Iron dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A combination from Iron does no damage.
Iron lands a two punch combo.
Iron misses with a few strikes there.
Richter tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Iron lands a jab-cross combination.
Iron lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Iron.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Iron throws a one two combo.
Richter gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A combination from Iron does no damage.
Iron stalks Richter and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Richter's face. Richter staggers backwards, shaken.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Austenite Iron dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Austenite Iron's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Iron wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Austenite Iron is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Iron throws a right hand that Richter ducks under and follows up with a left that Richter also avoids with ease.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Richter might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Iron has got the better of the exchanges.
Richter turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Richter lands with a kick to the temple. Iron shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Richter throws a head kick but Iron moves out of range.
Iron lands a nice shot to the body.
Iron dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Iron rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Richter moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Iron lands a nice shot to the body.
Richter is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Iron.
Richter walks into a stiff left hand from Iron.
Iron fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Iron throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Some wild striking there from Iron.
Richter tries to work over Iron's front leg with a kick but Iron checks it.
Richter is breathing heavily.
Iron throws a right and a left that both miss.
Richter takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Richter tries to clinch up.
Richter takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Iron comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Iron scores with a body shot.
Iron fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Iron misses with a jab, cross combination.
A combination from Iron does no damage.
Iron lands a body shot.
Iron throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Iron misses with a few strikes there.
Iron blocks a head kick by Richter.
Iron throws a one two combo.
Richter chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A nice combination there by Iron.
Richter will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
No joy there for Iron, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Richter takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Iron moves out of range of the body kick from Richter.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Iron cracks Richter with a good jab.
Iron misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Richter.
Austenite Iron is winning the standup battle so far.
Iron moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Iron digs a good body shot into Richter's ribs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Iron thuds a left hand into Richter's body.
A right-left combo lands from Iron.
Richter lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Iron!
Iron moves into range and connects with a jab.
Richter gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Iron lands a nice hook to Richter's body. Richter takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Iron lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Iron.
Richter doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Iron scores with a jab to the body.
Iron misses with a series of wild punches.
Iron swinging wildly here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Iron lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Richter is looking to clinch but Iron is avoiding it.
Iron bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Richter's head.
Iron is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Jab, jab by Iron - just one landing.
Iron's corner calls for a 1-2. Iron obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Richter misses with a body kick.
Iron rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Richter moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Iron is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Richter can do to turn this around?
Richter tries to score a power double leg takedown but Iron sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Richter somewhat.
Iron lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Iron digs a good hook to Richter's body.
Richter takes a shot right to the bread basket.

Iron shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Iron slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Richter looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Richter looking to control but Iron passes into half guard.
Richter is trying to get back to full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Richter looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Austenite Iron dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Austenite Iron's cut.
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. And we move into the final round!

Iron cracks Richter with a good jab.
Richter has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Richter throws a head kick but Iron moves out of range.
A jab lands there for Iron.
Richter tries a head kick but it misses.
A head kick misses from Richter.
Richter wants to clinch.
Richter bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Good standup being displayed there by Iron as he connects with a hook.
Richter misses with a low kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Iron. Richter does a little dance to reset his feet.
Iron scores with a nice head shot.
Iron connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Iron stalks Richter and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Richter's face. Richter staggers backwards, shaken.
No joy there for Iron, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Iron ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Richter moves away.
Richter takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Iron dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Iron lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Iron lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Iron scores with a three punch combo!
No joy there for Iron, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Richter wants to clinch up but Iron keeps it at a distance.
Iron swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Richter.
Richter is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Iron stuns Richter with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Iron moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Iron wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Richter throws a sloppy head kick and Iron moves out of range easily.
Iron scores with a nice strike.
Richter finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Richter shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Iron misses with a two punch combination.
Iron throws a series of punches but Richter moves out of range.
Iron lands a jab-cross combination.
Dirk Richter has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Iron fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Richter looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Iron takes a swing at Richter's ribcage but misses.

Iron gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Richter to score an easy takedown into full guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Richter looking to sit in guard and control but Iron gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Iron preventing the sweep.
Iron wants to stand but Richter is controlling his posture from full guard.
Iron wants to control from the top but Richter keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Iron stands and throws Richter's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Richter is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Richter manages to work his way to half guard, despite Iron's best efforts.

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.

Richter looking for submissions off his back.
Richter is trying to get back to full guard.
Austenite Iron is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Iron looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Iron wants to stand up but Richter is controlling the position.

Richter looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
Austenite Iron showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Iron has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 30:27
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Austenite Iron!