PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pyro Mancer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Horst Linkke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Linkke is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Anamanaguchi - Helix Nebula. Pyro Mancer has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Mancer
vs
Linkke

225 cm
22
224 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

192 cm
28
215 lbs
18 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

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 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pyro Mancer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Horst Linkke!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mancer tries to land a leg kick but Linkke saw it coming and moves away.
Linkke throws a poor cross that misses
and Mancer counters with a thumping low kick.
Linkke misses the shot to the body.
Linkke lands a jab.
Mancer fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Linkke has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Linkke swings for the body but Mancer moves out of range.
Mancer connects with a solid leg kick.
Linkke is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mancer.
Linkke throws a half hearted mid kick.
Mancer throws a head kick that Linkke semi-blocks.
Mancer pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Mancer lands with a kick to the temple. Linkke shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

Linkke closes the distance and clinches.
Linkke lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Linkke lands a shot to the body.
Mancer misses with a knee to the head.
Linkke has Mancer pushed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Linkke misses with a punch on the inside.
Mancer lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Linkke backwards.
Mancer with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Linkke tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mancer's elbow.
Mancer scores with a knee to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Linkke.
Mancer working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Linkke is pushing Mancer up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Mancer throws a knee to the head but misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Linkke.
Mancer's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Mancer tries to land knees in the clinch but Linkke avoids the damage to the body.
Linkke missing with knees to the body.
Linkke softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Linkke missing with knees to the body.
Linkke lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Mancer blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Linkke as Mancer tries to tie him up.
Linkke throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Mancer dodges an elbow strike from Linkke.
Mancer really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Mancer using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Linkke has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Linkke blocks a body shot from Mancer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Linkke lands an uppercut.
Linkke gets through Mancer's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Linkke on the inside.
Mancer is breathing heavily.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Linkke.
Linkke lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Linkke creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Linkke.
Linkke softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Linkke stalling the fight.
Linkke lands an elbow that stopped Mancer in his tracks for a moment.
Mancer swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mancer blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Linkke pushes Mancer back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mancer blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Linkke lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Mancer is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Linkke manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Oh Mancer is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Linkke pushes Mancer back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A short right from Linkke on the inside.
Linkke slows down the pace here.
Linkke lands a damaging elbow.
Linkke throws a big uppercut that drops Mancer! More strikes from Linkke and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Mancer lies dazed against the cage as Linkke celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Horst Linkke!