PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lex Luther (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Erik Lehnsherr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lehnsherr is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: PURE EVIL!. Lex Luther has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Luther
vs
Lehnsherr

198 cm
18
270 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

210 cm
21
278 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lex Luther!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Erik Lehnsherr!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Anni Minnemäki and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lehnsherr misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Luther uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lehnsherr.
Luther shoots in but no luck this time.
Lehnsherr swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lehnsherr looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Erik Lehnsherr seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Luther shoots in and drives through. Lehnsherr sprawls well.
Lehnsherr swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Luther looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Lehnsherr is fending him off so far but Luther persists. Nope, Lehnsherr circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lex Luther. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Luther avoids the body shot from Lehnsherr.
Lehnsherr misses with a straight left.
Luther shoots for a takedown but Lehnsherr saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Lehnsherr misses with a straight left.
Lehnsherr throws out a powerful jab.
Lehnsherr looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Luther fails with a takedown attempt.
Lehnsherr looks to throw the jab but Luther is out of range.
Luther shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Lehnsherr defends it nicely.
Luther is breathing heavily.
Lehnsherr lands with an uppercut that bounces Luther off the cage and back into rage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lehnsherr rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Luther moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Luther tries to score a power double leg takedown but Lehnsherr sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Luther somewhat.
Luther moves out of range of the strikes.
Lehnsherr misses with a looping left.
Luther misses with a takedown attempt - Lehnsherr sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Lehnsherr rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Luther moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Lehnsherr ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Luther moves away.
A slow jab from Lehnsherr misses its intended target.
Lehnsherr keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Luther slips under a jab from Lehnsherr.
Luther closes the distance and clinches up with Lehnsherr, looking for a takedown. Luther pushes Lehnsherr against the cage but Lehnsherr circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Luther uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lehnsherr.
Luther slips a jab and a cross from Lehnsherr.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Lehnsherr pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lehnsherr dips to his left and cracks Luther with an uppercut!
Lehnsherr just misses with a punch to the body.
Lehnsherr throws the left hand but Luther avoids the punch easily.
Luther closes the distance and clinches up with Lehnsherr, looking for a takedown. Luther pushes Lehnsherr against the cage but Lehnsherr circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Luther is trying hard to land a takedown here. Lehnsherr sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Luther closes the distance and clinches up with Lehnsherr, looking for a takedown. Luther pushes Lehnsherr against the cage but Lehnsherr circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Lehnsherr throws a big shot that misses.
Lehnsherr goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Lehnsherr scores with a jab to the jaw.
Luther showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lehnsherr.
Luther is trying hard to land a takedown here. Lehnsherr sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Lehnsherr lands an overhand right.
Lehnsherr sizes up Luther with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Lehnsherr misses with a body shot.
Luther shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Lehnsherr as he avoids it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lehnsherr looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lehnsherr. Luther does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lehnsherr looks to land a left hand but Luther moved out of range nicely.
Luther looks for a takedown but Lehnsherr sprawls well.
Lehnsherr lands a nice hook to Luther's body. Luther takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Lehnsherr looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Lehnsherr throws a hook but Luther blocks it.
Lehnsherr jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Luther fails to land the takedown.
Luther defending well as Lehnsherr loads up on a big left hand.
Luther changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Lehnsherr tries to avoid it but Luther manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Lehnsherr to the ground. Lehnsherr escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Lehnsherr throws a looping overhand right but Luther ducks down to avoid it.
Luther keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lehnsherr.
Lehnsherr looks to score with a jab to the body but Luther is just out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Luther fails with a takedown attempt.
Lehnsherr cracks Luther with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Lehnsherr throws a push kick but Luther slaps the foot to one side.
Lehnsherr is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Lehnsherr displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Luther.
Lehnsherr looks to land a combination but Luther avoids it well.
Lehnsherr defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Luther.
Lehnsherr scores with a nice right hand.
Lehnsherr lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Lehnsherr throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Luther on the side of the head.
Lehnsherr throws a jab but it's blocked by Luther.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Luther dives in and grabs Lehnsherr's left leg, looking for a takedown. Lehnsherr pushes down on Luther's head and hops out.
Lehnsherr jabs Luther right on the nose. Luther blinks but takes it well.
Luther changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Lehnsherr tries to avoid it but Luther manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Lehnsherr to the ground. Lehnsherr escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Lehnsherr lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Erik Lehnsherr dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Luther closes the distance and clinches up with Lehnsherr, looking for a takedown. Luther pushes Lehnsherr against the cage but Lehnsherr circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Lehnsherr tries to bum rush Luther with a series of wild strikes but Luther uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Lehnsherr keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Luther keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lehnsherr fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Luther moves out of range of the strikes.
Lehnsherr lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Lehnsherr misses with a series of wild punches.
Luther misses with a takedown attempt - Lehnsherr sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lex Luther. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lehnsherr swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Luther tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Lehnsherr swivels and escapes.
No joy there for Lehnsherr, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nice defenses there by Luther.
Luther looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luther uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lehnsherr.
Lehnsherr thows a body shot but no joy.
Lehnsherr stuffs the takedown attempt from Luther. Luther gets slowly back to his feet.
Luther takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Lehnsherr misses with an uppercut. Luther saw that one coming.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Luther is defended easily by Lehnsherr.
Luther shoots for a takedown but Lehnsherr saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Luther moves out of range of the strikes.
Luther takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Lehnsherr lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Luther moves out of range as Lehnsherr strikes.
Luther shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lehnsherr throws a hook but Luther avoids it easily.
Lehnsherr defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Luther.
Luther moves forwards but Lehnsherr connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Lehnsherr tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Luther was well out of range. Poor timing from Lehnsherr.
Luther shoots in for a double leg but Lehnsherr sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Luther fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Lehnsherr misses the jab.
Lehnsherr lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Luther tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Lehnsherr swivels and escapes.
Lex Luther is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Luther ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Luther dodges the punch combination from Lehnsherr.
Lehnsherr throws an overhand right that lands on Luther's shoulder, as Luther tries to avoid the shot.
Lehnsherr misses with a looping left.
Luther closes this distance looking for a takedown but Lehnsherr circles away.
Luther takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lehnsherr misses with a wild combination.
Luther fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Luther looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Luther might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Luther staying out of range there.
Lehnsherr bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Luther's head.
Luther slips a jab from Lehnsherr.
Luther shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Lehnsherr as he jumps to the side.
Lehnsherr throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Luther sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Luther drops his hands momentarily and Lehnsherr takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Erik Lehnsherr is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Luther fails with a takedown attempt.
Lehnsherr throws out a powerful jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Lehnsherr throws a series of punches but Luther moves out of range.
Luther changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Lehnsherr tries to avoid it but Luther manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Lehnsherr to the ground. Lehnsherr escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
A jab from Lehnsherr does it's job there.
Luther defending well as Lehnsherr loads up on a big left hand.
Nice sprawl there from Lehnsherr as Luther shoots in.
Lehnsherr throws a right hand that Luther ducks under and follows up with a left that Luther also avoids with ease.
No luck for Luther with that takedown attempt.
Lehnsherr fails to land with a series of punches.
Lehnsherr throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nice defenses there by Luther.
Luther looks for a takedown but Lehnsherr sprawls well.
Lehnsherr looks to land a right hand but Luther moved out of range.
Luther looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Luther misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
A jab from Lehnsherr finds it's way through Luther's defenses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Erik Lehnsherr showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Lehnsherr throws a hook but Luther blocks it.
Lehnsherr misses with a wild combination.
Lehnsherr stuffs the takedown.
Lehnsherr lands with a cross.
Luther slips under a jab.
Luther closes this distance looking for a takedown but Lehnsherr circles away.
Nice defenses there by Luther.
Lehnsherr throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Luther.
Luther fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lex Luther. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Luther takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Luther tries for a takedown but Lehnsherr sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Lehnsherr tries to bum rush Luther with a series of wild strikes but Luther uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Lehnsherr lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Luther is trying hard to land a takedown here. Lehnsherr sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Lehnsherr looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lehnsherr fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Luther manages to avoid it.
Lehnsherr lands an overhand right.
Lehnsherr throws a hook to the side of Luther's head but Luther sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Luther looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Lehnsherr is fending him off so far but Luther persists. Nope, Lehnsherr circles away and we're back to standing.
Lehnsherr throws a right and a left that both miss.
Lehnsherr 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.
Luther changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Lehnsherr tries to avoid it but Luther manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Lehnsherr to the ground. Lehnsherr escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Lehnsherr misses with a hook.
Luther fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
No joy there for Lehnsherr, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Lehnsherr works the jab nicely.
Lehnsherr slaps away a takedown attempt from Luther, before circling back to the center of the mat.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Luther. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Lehnsherr displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Luther.
Lehnsherr connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Erik Lehnsherr is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Lehnsherr swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Luther on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Luther shoots in for a takedown but Lehnsherr shows good takedown defense.
Lehnsherr uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Luther has time to react.
Lehnsherr uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Luther has time to react.
Erik Lehnsherr seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Luther shoots for a double leg takedown but Lehnsherr sprawls well. He's pushed Luther's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Lehnsherr uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Luther has time to react.
Lehnsherr throws a right and a left that Luther avoids nicely.
Luther dodges the punch combination from Lehnsherr.
Lehnsherr lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Luther takes one to the chin there.
Lehnsherr stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Luther avoids a punch combination nicely.
Luther takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Lehnsherr misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Luther.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lehnsherr comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A swing and a miss from Lehnsherr.
Nice body punch from Lehnsherr.
Lehnsherr will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Luther misses with a takedown attempt - Lehnsherr sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Lehnsherr connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Luther's hands.
Luther shoots in for a takedown but Lehnsherr shows good takedown defense.
Lehnsherr throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Luther stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Lehnsherr scores with a jab to the body.
Lehnsherr lands with a right hand.
Lehnsherr moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Luther gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Lehnsherr's corner calls for a 1-2. Lehnsherr obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Luther takes one to the side of the head.
Luther shoots in but Lehnsherr avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Lehnsherr has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lehnsherr dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Lehnsherr cracks a nice hook into Luther's ribs.
Lehnsherr throws a series of strikes that have Luther backpedaling.
Lehnsherr scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Lehnsherr lands a jab to Luther's midsection.
Luther dives in and grabs Lehnsherr's left leg, looking for a takedown. Lehnsherr pushes down on Luther's head and hops out.
Lehnsherr lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Luther has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
A decent looking cross lands there for Lehnsherr.
Lehnsherr misses with a series of wild punches.
Luther takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Lehnsherr lands with a straight right. Luther didn't see that one coming.
Lehnsherr moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
A lazy left from Lehnsherr finds it's target.
Lex Luther has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lehnsherr keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
Erik Lehnsherr comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Lehnsherr has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 26:30
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 26:30
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Erik Lehnsherr!