PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Liu Bei (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Horner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bei comes to the cage accompanied by Hypnotic. Horner is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Roky Erickson - Stand For The Fire Demon. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bei
vs
Horner

186 cm
24
198 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

180 cm
27
196 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Liu Bei!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mike Horner!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Ben Zyskovitsi and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bei misses the jab.
Horner throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bei throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A head kick misses from Horner.
The fighters circling - Bei throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Horner keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bei.
Horner uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bei.
Horner uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bei.
Bei staying out of range there.
Horner throws a lazy head kick
and Bei counters with a straight right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Horner misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Horner on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

It looks like Mike Horner has been cut.
Horner looks to land a body kick but Bei moved away.
Horner takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Bei takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Bei throws a right hand that misses

and Horner counters with a head kick that drops Bei to the mat! Bei scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bei scores with a nice head shot.
Horner smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

Bei is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bei avoids a punch combination nicely.
Oh Bei is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bei misses the shot to the body.
Bei seems to have got his legs back now.
Bei lands a lovely overhand right.
Horner walks into a jab.
Horner displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bei throws out the jab.
Horner looks to land a body kick but Bei moved away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Horner uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Bei has time to react.
Horner uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Bei throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bei uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Horner.
Horner misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Horner is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bei.
Bei lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A swing and a miss from Bei.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bei lands with an uppercut that bounces Horner off the cage and back into rage.

That has opened up Mike Horner's cut even more.

Bei looking to score a takedown here. Horner is defending well but Bei drives through and ends up in Horner's guard.

Horner is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bei trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Bei postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Bei in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Horner preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Bei has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Bei is looking to work some ground and pound but Horner has wrist control.
Bei throws a strike but Horner rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bei not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Liu Bei dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mike Horner's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Horner takes one on the button.
Horner is still on wobbly legs! Can Bei finish him?
Bei swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Horner seems to have recovered his senses.
Bei scores with a shot to the body.
Bei drops Horner with a naaaaasty hook - Horner is in real trouble here! Bei dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Liu Bei!