PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Bomb (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Horst Linkke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bomb comes to the cage accompanied by Casino Royale Soundtrack - You Know My Name. The crowd seem to be enjoying Linkke's choice of entrance music: Anamanaguchi - Helix Nebula. Horst Linkke has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Bomb
vs
Linkke

198 cm
23
225 lbs
21 - 8 - 3

192 cm
31
215 lbs
24 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 8 - 3, fighting out of Helsinki, James Bomb!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 14 - 0, fighting out of London, Horst Linkke!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Anni Minnemäki and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Linkke staying out of range there.
Bomb throws a head kick but Linkke moves out of range.
Linkke slips a jab from Bomb.
Nice straight punches there by Linkke. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Linkke.
Linkke jabs Bomb to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Bomb throws a leg kick
enabling Linkke to counter with a crisp jab.

Linkke rushes Bomb and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Bomb can't find room to land a body shot as Linkke controls the action.
Linkke lands a right hand.
Linkke is trying to break the clinch but Bomb has him pressed against the cage.
Bomb misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Linkke.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bomb tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bomb throws a knee to the head but misses.
Linkke scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bomb stalling in the clinch.
Linkke tries a body shot but Bomb blocks it.
Linkke is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Linkke on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bomb lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bomb tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Linkke avoids it.
Come on Linkke - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Bomb lands with a light punch inside.
Bomb tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bomb blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bomb lands with a short punch from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bomb.
A right hand to the body from Bomb.
Linkke is trying to stall.
Linkke blocks an uppercut.
Linkke working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bomb stalls.
Bomb scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Horst Linkke has been cut.

Linkke breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bomb takes a body punch but keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bomb throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Bomb fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Linkke manages to avoid it.
Linkke throws a jab but it's blocked by Bomb.
Bomb misses with an attempted mid kick.
Linkke pivots, looking for a leg kick but Bomb is out of range and Linkke settles back down.
Linkke has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Bomb finds it's way round the side to connect with Linkke's head.
Bomb connects with a leg kick. Linkke looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Bomb looks to throw the jab but Linkke is out of range.
Bomb lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

Linkke drives through and clinches with Bomb against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Linkke.
Bomb misses with a knee to the head.

Linkke escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bomb thumps Linkke with a low kick.
Bomb misses with a body kick.
Bomb throws a leg kick which misses Linkke's front leg but catches the back leg as Linkke tries to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bomb misses with a low kick.
Linkke throws a nice inside leg kick.
Bomb misses with a kick to the body.
Linkke thows a body shot but no joy.
Linkke misses with a wild body shot.
Bomb misses with a low kick.
Bomb throws a head kick that misses
and Linkke counters with a straight right hand.
Bomb misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Linkke tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bomb was well out of range. Poor timing from Linkke.
Nice uppercut lands for Linkke. That snapped Bomb's head back.
Bomb delivers a nice body kick.
Bomb is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Linkke.
Linkke throws a sloppy head kick and Bomb moves out of range easily.
Linkke tries to clinch there but Bomb circles away.
Bomb uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Linkke.
Bomb avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bomb slips under a jab.
Linkke misses with a head kick.
Linkke takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Linkke staying out of range there.
Bomb thows a leg kick but Linkke checks it
enabling Linkke to counter with a crisp jab.
Linkke misses with an uppercut.
Linkke tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bomb was well out of range. Poor timing from Linkke.
Linkke jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bomb throws an off balance right hand
and Linkke counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Linkke closes the distance and clinches.
Bomb lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Linkke.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Linkke can't find room to land a body shot as Bomb controls the action.
Bomb leaning against his opponent.
Bomb pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Linkke goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that James Bomb will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Horst Linkke's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Linkke throws a sloppy head kick and Bomb moves out of range easily.
Linkke misses with a head kick.
Bomb avoids the body shot from Linkke.
Linkke throws a shot from downtown. Bomb moves away and avoids it.
Bomb takes a swing at Linkke's ribcage but misses.
A solid body kick from Bomb.
Linkke takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Bomb misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bomb misses with a two punch combination.
The crowd cheers as Linkke lands an impressive looking overhand right. Bomb doesn't seem phased though.
Linkke takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bomb blocks a head kick by Linkke.
James Bomb is winning the standup battle so far.
Linkke pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bomb looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A low kick from Bomb is predictable there
and Bomb takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Linkke doesn't manage to clinch there - Bomb circles away.
Bomb throws a push kick but Linkke slaps the foot to one side.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bomb with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A head kick misses from Bomb.
Bomb lands with a thumping leg kick.
Linkke throws a low kick but it's checked well by Bomb.
Linkke pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Linkke will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bomb lands with a thumping leg kick.

Linkke pushes Bomb up against the cage in a clinch.
Bomb struggles to land a body shot inside as Linkke controls his hands.
The referee calls for Bomb to work.
Linkke has Bomb pressed against the cage.
Bomb tries to land a knee to the head but Linkke blocks with his arms.
Bomb gets through Linkke's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bomb wants to stall.
Linkke lands a left hand.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Linkke breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Linkke lands a head kick. Bomb smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Bomb takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Linkke connects with a crisp jab.
Bomb throws the kick towards the body but Linkke avoids it.
Linkke is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Linkke walks forward, straight into a front kick from Bomb.
Nice straight punches there by Bomb. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Bomb.

Linkke is rocked!
Bomb closes the distance and lands a brutal uppercut that knocks Linkke out! We're looking at the replay now - he was out before he hit the floor!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). James Bomb!
James Bomb very nearly forgot to thank Fight Day Nutrition (Authentic 160Q/159Q supps!) amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.