PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Randy Maurer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wrex Ler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wrex Ler will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Maurer
vs
Ler

172 cm
23
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
26
195 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very quick

Good wrestler
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Randy Maurer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Wrex Ler!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Radbod Blank and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ler fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Ler misses with a takedown

and Maurer counters by clinching up.

Ler gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Maurer on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Ler takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Ler working over Maurer with some ground and pound. Maurer looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Ler thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Maurer's head.
Ler works his way into full mount!
Maurer is working to get back to half guard.
Maurer is in a horrible position here. Ler smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Ler postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Maurer looks a forlorn figure.
Ler lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Ler in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Maurer might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Maurer takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Maurer on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Maurer tries to get out of the position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ler prevents Maurer from getting the reversal.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ler dominating with strikes here.
Maurer tries to reverse the position but Ler maintains control.
Maurer knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Ler on the ground.
Ler lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Ler fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

Maurer is rocked!
Maurer is desperately trying to improve his position but Ler has a good base and remains in mount.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Maurer is working hard here to advance position.
Ler with the ground and pound from mount.
Ler lands a big shot there that rocks Maurer but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ler working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Ler lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Maurer in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Oh Maurer is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ler lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Ler fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Maurer is trying desperately to improve position.
Maurer seems to have got his legs back now.
Ler landing strikes from the mount and Maurer is in trouble!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ler with the ground and pound from mount.
Maurer is looking to get to half guard.
Ler is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Maurer can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Ler can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Maurer is looking to escape.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Ler cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Maurer throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Ler landing shots from mount.
Ler postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Maurer looks a forlorn figure.
Ler putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Ler is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Ler can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Maurer is looking to escape.
Maurer working to try and regain half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maurer is in a horrible position here. Ler smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Maurer in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Ler lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Ler is landing with some decent strikes but Maurer is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Maurer can't escape the position.
Ler raining down hammerfists from mount.
Ler raining down shots from the mount!
Ler looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ler avoids the attempt from Maurer to control.
Ler punishing his opponent with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ler landing strikes from the mount and Maurer is in trouble!
Maurer is in all sorts of trouble here.
Ler lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Ler landing punches.
Ler connects with a bit shot that sees Maurer covering up! More strikes from Ler and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Ler is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Wrex Ler!