PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alpha Male (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Heinrich zu Lichtenberg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). zu Lichtenberg has chosen the devils right hand as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!

Male
vs
zu Lichtenberg

200 cm
26
185 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

185 cm
24
185 lbs
8 - 8 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

[GTI] Divine Clothing (95% LAUNDRY)

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alpha Male!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Heinrich zu Lichtenberg!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Valeri Chadov and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horrible takedown by zu Lichtenberg or perhaps it was just good defense by Male which made him look bad.
Alpha Male seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Male rushes zu Lichtenberg and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Male lands with a short shot to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Male.
Male stalls.
Male lands a left hand that snaps the head of zu Lichtenberg backwards.
Male lands a body punch.
Male softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Male lands with a light punch inside.
Male avoids the elbow strike from zu Lichtenberg, against the cage.
Male really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Male lands with a short punch from the clinch.

It looks like Heinrich zu Lichtenberg has been cut.
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!
zu Lichtenberg misses with a hook to the ribs.
zu Lichtenberg tries to land knees in the clinch but Male avoids the damage to the body.
zu Lichtenberg throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Male keeps the fight in the clinch, despite zu Lichtenberg's efforts to push away.
Male is leaning against zu Lichtenberg and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

Male breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
zu Lichtenberg shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Male sprawls well. Male wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. zu Lichtenberg gets slowly back to his feet.

zu Lichtenberg darts in and clinches Male up against the cage.

Male pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Male lands a jab.

Male rushes zu Lichtenberg and presses him up against the cage.

Male pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Male uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by zu Lichtenberg.
Male throws a low kick but it's checked well by zu Lichtenberg.
Male scores with a hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Male throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
zu Lichtenberg shoots in but Male avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Alpha Male has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Heinrich zu Lichtenberg.
Male connects with a body shot that sends zu Lichtenberg's belly button to the back.
zu Lichtenberg looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Male moves into the clinch successfully.
Male softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Male breaks the clinch.
Male lands a lovely overhand right.
Male throws a head kick that misses.
zu Lichtenberg takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
zu Lichtenberg shoots in for a takedown but Male shows good takedown defense.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Male breaks the clinch.
Male connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed zu Lichtenberg momentarily.

Male closes the distance and clinches.
zu Lichtenberg is trying desperately to land a takedown but Male is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for zu Lichtenberg.
Male stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Male makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Male managing to block the knees to the body from zu Lichtenberg.
Male pushes zu Lichtenberg back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Male pushes zu Lichtenberg back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Male lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Male lands with a left to the head.
Male lands a hook to the side of the head.

Male escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Male lands a big right hand that sends zu Lichtenberg crashing to the mat! Male stays standing though and waves zu Lichtenberg back to his feet!

zu Lichtenberg is rocked!

That has opened up Heinrich zu Lichtenberg's cut even more.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Male drives through and clinches with zu Lichtenberg against the cage.
zu Lichtenberg is still on wobbly legs! Can Male finish him?
Male lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Male lands with a short punch from the clinch.
zu Lichtenberg is trying to break the clinch but Male is controlling him.
Male gets through zu Lichtenberg's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Male's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
zu Lichtenberg seems to have recovered his senses.

Male moves into the clinch.
Male scores with a shoulder strike.
Male scores with a shoulder strike.
Good body shot from Male.
Male scores with a hook to the body.
A short body shot lands from Male as the two fighters clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Male manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Male throws a blind hook that connects with the side of zu Lichtenbergs head.

Male breaks the clinch.
Male misses with a jab, cross combination.
Male throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

Male moves into range and clinches up with zu Lichtenberg.
zu Lichtenberg missing with knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Male.
zu Lichtenberg is trying to break the clinch but Male is controlling him.
Male scores with a shoulder strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Male breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Male moves into the clinch.

Male breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Male lands a two punch combo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alpha Male dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Heinrich zu Lichtenberg'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.

Male moves into the clinch.

zu Lichtenberg manages to break the clinch.
Male lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but zu Lichtenberg circles away quickly and effectively.
Alpha Male is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
zu Lichtenberg tries for a takedown but Male sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

Male lands a left and a right that send zu Lichtenberg crashing to the mat, dazed. Male thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Some wild striking there from Male.

Male lands a big uppercut and zu Lichtenberg crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but zu Lichtenberg looks OK. Male waves zu Lichtenberg back to his feet!

The cut above Heinrich zu Lichtenberg's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Male is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that zu Lichtenberg can do to turn this around?
Male throws a head kick that misses.
Sloppy strikes from Male. Those never looked like landing.
Male throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Male pushes zu Lichtenberg up against the cage in a clinch.
zu Lichtenberg tries to land knees in the clinch but Male avoids the damage to the body.
Male lands a shot to the body.
zu Lichtenberg is breathing heavily.
Male pushes zu Lichtenberg back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

Male's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Male uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

zu Lichtenberg drives through and clinches with Male against the cage.
Male lands a hook to the side of the head.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Male lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Male pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Male gets a clinch.

Male escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
zu Lichtenberg closes this distance looking for a takedown but Male circles away.
Male is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
zu Lichtenberg fails with the takedown.
Alpha Male has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Heinrich zu Lichtenberg.

Male closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
zu Lichtenberg throws an elbow that misses.
Male lands with a left to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Male is leaning against zu Lichtenberg and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Male lands a nice shot to the body.
Male scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Male lands a nice shot to the body.
Male is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Come on Male - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Male lands a right hand that snaps the head of zu Lichtenberg backwards.
Male is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

Male breaks the clinch.

Male feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends zu Lichtenberg sprawling to the canvas! zu Lichtenberg rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Male finish him?!

Male fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with zu Lichtenberg, pushing him back against the cage.
zu Lichtenberg takes a shot to the head.
Male lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of zu Lichtenberg backwards.
zu Lichtenberg takes a shot to the head.
Male stalling.

Male breaks from the clinch.
Male is stalking zu Lichtenberg. zu Lichtenberg circles to his left. Keeps circling left. Bam! Straight right from Male, and it's lights out! zu Lichtenberg really payed the price for that rookie mistake.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Alpha Male!
Alpha Male took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, [GTI] Divine Clothing (95% LAUNDRY) for their support in the buildup to the fight.