PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chad Herbstreit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cripple Tron (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Herbstreit comes to the cage accompanied by Herb Alpert - Street Life. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Herbstreit
vs
Tron

190 cm
30
217 lbs
15 - 6 - 0

185 cm
27
203 lbs
17 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent 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 15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Chad Herbstreit!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Cripple Tron!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Thiago Cunha and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tron connects with a crisp jab.
Herbstreit takes one on the button.
Herbstreit swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Tron counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Herbstreit throws an off balance right hand
and Tron connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tron cracks a nice hook into Herbstreit's ribs.
Herbstreit throws an off balance right hand
and Tron counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tron lands a body shot.
Herbstreit misses with a series of wild punches.
Tron jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Herbstreit throws a sloppy body shot
and Tron cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tron catches Herbstreit with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A left lands for Tron.
Herbstreit misses with a hook to the body
enabling Tron to counter with a crisp jab.
Herbstreit misses the body punch
and Tron connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Herbstreit swings for the body but Tron moves out of range.
Tron throws a hook but Herbstreit avoids it easily.
Tron bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

Herbstreit is rocked!
Herbstreit tries to clinch but Tron moves out of range.
Herbstreit bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tron throws a jab when Herbstreit was well out of range.
Tron 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.
Tron throws a leg kick but Herbstreit moved away.
Herbstreit doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Herbstreit uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tron.
Tron takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Tron scores with a nice right hand.
Herbstreit falls off balance throwing a combination
and Herbstreit takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Tron connects with a body shot.
Herbstreit is breathing heavily.
Herbstreit misses with a jab to the body
and Tron counters with a lovely shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tron dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tron throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tron throws a wild body kick that Herbstreit sees coming a mile off.
Tron connects with a solid leg kick.
Tron throws a leg kick but Herbstreit sees it coming and moves out of range.
Herbstreit swings away with a body shot that misses
and Tron counters with a stiff right hand.
Tron misses with a wild body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Herbstreit takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Tron swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tron jabs at Herbstreit's body.
Tron scores with a sloppy right hand. Herbstreit should have avoided that one.
Herbstreit is looking to wear down Tron with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Nice shot lands for Tron.
Tron lands with an overhand left.
Chad Herbstreit seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Herbstreit takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Tron lands a nice shot to the body.
Tron getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Tron lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Herbstreit takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Tron looks to score with a jab to the body but Herbstreit is just out of range.
Herbstreit scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Tron swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice shot by Tron.
Tron lands with a nice body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tron misses with a low kick as Herbstreit jumps back.
Herbstreit misses with a right hand
and Herbstreit takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Tron scores with a crisp jab that stopped Herbstreit in his tracks.
Herbstreit keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Tron drops Herbstreit with a beautiful combination! Herbstreit stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Tron is looking for the KO!
Oh Herbstreit is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tron connects with a crisp jab.
Tron looks to score with a jab to the body but Herbstreit is just out of range.
Herbstreit takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Herbstreit seems to have got his legs back now.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tron throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Tron scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Herbstreit doesn't seem bothered though.
Herbstreit takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Tron throws a shot to the body.
Tron thows a body shot but no joy.
Tron lands with a good body shot.
Tron lands a jab to the nose.
Herbstreit looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A left lands for Tron.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tron throws a good cross that connects.
Herbstreit drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Tron scores with a hook.
Tron lands a glancing blow to the side of Herbstreit's head.
Tron misses the shot to the body.
Tron jabs Herbstreit to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Herbstreit takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Herbstreit needs to keep his hands up - Tron had a free shot at his head there.
Tron lunges at Herbstreit with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Herbstreit's hand.
Tron misses with a body kick.
Tron pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tron connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Herbstreit momentarily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Herbstreit lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Tron misses with a body shot.
Herbstreit dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tron is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Herbstreit had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Tron cracks a nice hook into Herbstreit's ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cripple Tron dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Tron fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Herbstreit on the side of the head.
Tron ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Herbstreit moves away.
Tron throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Herbstreit on the side of the head.
Tron lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Tron has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Herbstreit throws a body punch but Tron moves out of range.
Tron swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Herbstreit lands a lovely overhand right.
Tron misses with a body shot.
Cripple Tron seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Herbstreit lands a nice shot to the body.
Tron misses with a body shot
and Herbstreit counters with a right hand to the body.
Herbstreit misses the shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tron. Herbstreit does a little dance to reset his feet.
Herbstreit fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Tron on the side of the head.
Tron connects with a good right hand that stumbles Herbstreit. Herbstreit circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Tron takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Herbstreit just misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Herbstreit fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tron misses with an uppercut. Herbstreit saw that one coming.
Tron is breathing heavily.
Herbstreit tries to clinch up.
Herbstreit punishes Tron's body with a nice straight punch.
Herbstreit fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Tron looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Herbstreit throws a nice looking combination but Tron bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Herbstreit lands the left hand.
Tron uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Herbstreit.
Tron ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tron missing with a left hand there. Herbstreit was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Herbstreit fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tron manages to avoid it.
Herbstreit takes a swing at Tron's ribcage but misses.
Herbstreit falls off balance throwing a combination
and Tron counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Tron misses with a body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Herbstreit. Tron does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tron lands the left hand.
Tron rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Herbstreit counter with a right hand.
Tron throws a jab when Herbstreit was well out of range.
Herbstreit throws a predictable looking body shot
and Herbstreit takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nice body punch from Herbstreit.
Herbstreit's jab looks to have found its range, popping Tron under the eye.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Herbstreit lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tron circles away quickly and effectively.
Tron on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Tron slips a jab and a cross from Herbstreit.
Tron on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Tron avoids the body shot from Herbstreit.
Herbstreit throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Herbstreit ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Herbstreit is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tron's corner calls for a 1-2. Tron obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Herbstreit throws a combination that misses
and Tron makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Herbstreit feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Trons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Herbstreit misses the shot to the body.
Herbstreit has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Tron finds it's way round the side to connect with Herbstreit's head.
Herbstreit misses with a jab to the body
and Tron counters with a nice body shot.
Herbstreit misses the shot to the body.
Tron swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Herbstreit.
Tron avoids a punch combination nicely.
Herbstreit misses with a hook to the body
and Tron cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Herbstreit might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Herbstreit ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Herbstreit tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Tron manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Herbstreit slips a straight right by Tron.
Tron bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Herbstreit misses with a shot to the body
and Tron counters with a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good shot there by Tron.
Tron uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Herbstreit.
Herbstreit tries to clinch up.
Tron scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Herbstreit fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tron manages to avoid it.
Tron displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Herbstreit throws out the jab.
Herbstreit throws a nice looking combination but Tron bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Tron feints and then cracks Herbstreit's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Herbstreit down.
Tron paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Herbstreit lands with a nice body punch.
Tron keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tron tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Herbstreit was well out of range. Poor timing from Tron.
Tron throws an overhand right that lands on Herbstreit's shoulder, as Herbstreit tries to avoid the shot.
Herbstreit looks to land a right hand but Tron moved out of range.
Herbstreit punishes Tron's body with a nice straight punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chad Herbstreit 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!

Herbstreit punishes Tron's body with a nice straight punch.
Tron stuns Herbstreit with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A shot to the liver by Herbstreit. Beautiful body shot.
Tron gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Tron takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Herbstreit misses with a looping left.
Herbstreit misses with a jab, cross combination.
Herbstreit throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Herbstreit ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Herbstreit throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tron misses with a wild body shot.
Tron takes a swing at Herbstreit's ribcage but misses.
Herbstreit throws a body punch but Tron moves out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Herbstreit misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tron.
Left hook, right uppercut from Herbstreit.
Herbstreit swings for the body but Tron moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Herbstreit scores with a jab to the body.
Herbstreit misses the body punch
and Tron counters with a left to the body.
Tron lands a jab-cross combination.
Tron on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Herbstreit throws a body punch but Tron moves out of range.
Tron throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tron misses with a shot to the body
and Herbstreit counters with a nice body shot.
Tron slips under a jab.
Tron misses the body punch
and Herbstreit counters with a left to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Herbstreit looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Herbstreit looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Tron motions for Herbstreit to come forward. Tron throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Herbstreit uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tron.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tron takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Herbstreit cracks Tron with a good jab.
Herbstreit tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tron was well out of range. Poor timing from Herbstreit.
Tron takes a swing at Herbstreit's ribcage but misses.
Tron keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Herbstreit misses with a hook to the body
and Tron makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Herbstreit slips under a jab from Tron.
Tron dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tron misses the jab.
Herbstreit misses with a wild body shot.
Tron throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Herbstreit falls off balance throwing a combination
and Tron counters with a straight right hand.
Herbstreit swings for the body but Tron moves out of range.
Tron scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Herbstreit misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tron.
Herbstreit tries to clinch but Tron moves out of range.
Tron circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tron connects with a right hand. Herbstreit shakes it off.
Herbstreit throws a body punch but Tron moves out of range.
Herbstreit misses with a straight right.
Tron throws a lazy uppercut
and Herbstreit counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Some wild striking there from Tron.
Herbstreit swings away with a body shot that misses
and Tron connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Herbstreit throws a series of punches but Tron avoids them all with ease.
Herbstreit is looking to clinch but Tron is avoiding it.
Herbstreit dips to his left and cracks Tron with an uppercut!
Tron looks to score with a jab to the body but Herbstreit is just out of range.
Tron ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Herbstreit moves away.
Nice defenses there by Herbstreit.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Tron throws a jab when Herbstreit was well out of range.
Herbstreit misses the body punch
and Tron connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Herbstreit misses with a shot to the body
and Tron counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Tron fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Herbstreit looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Tron on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Herbstreit keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tron misses with a shot to the body

and Herbstreit counters by moving into the clinch.
Herbstreit keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tron's efforts to push away.
Tron is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Herbstreit lands with a short shot to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Herbstreit.
Tron has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Herbstreit scores with a nice hook to the head.
Herbstreit is leaning against Tron and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A short left from Herbstreit.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Herbstreit lands a body punch in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Herbstreit.
Herbstreit works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

And that's the end of the fight!
Chad Herbstreit showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Herbstreit has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 28:28
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 28:28
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 28:28

The fight is ruled a draw!