PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Martijn Walvoord (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ed Rosenthal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Walvoord comes to the cage accompanied by Eternity. Rosenthal is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: 2 Hits. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Walvoord
vs
Rosenthal

196 cm
23
218 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

190 cm
26
212 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Martijn Walvoord!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Ed Rosenthal!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Hirohito Nitta and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Walvoord tries to clinch up.
Rosenthal moves out of range of the strikes.
Rosenthal dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Walvoord scores with a hook to the body. Rosenthal takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A cross from Walvoord lands.
Walvoord misses with a body kick.
Rosenthal throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Walvoord sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Walvoord just misses with a punch to the body.
Rosenthal throws the left hand but Walvoord avoids the punch easily.
Rosenthal scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Walvoord doesn't seem bothered though.
Rosenthal takes a swing at Walvoord's ribcage but misses.
Walvoord takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

It looks like Martijn Walvoord has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A nice leg kick lands there from Walvoord.
Rosenthal throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Rosenthal misses with a body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Walvoord. Rosenthal does a little dance to reset his feet.

Walvoord drives through and clinches with Rosenthal against the cage.
Walvoord misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walvoord scores with a knee to the head.
Walvoord swings wildly with an uppercut but Rosenthal uses good head movement to avoid it.
Walvoord tries to land knees in the clinch but Rosenthal avoids the damage to the body.
Walvoord misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rosenthal.

Rosenthal breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Walvoord misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Walvoord throws the kick towards the body but Rosenthal avoids it.
Rosenthal stuns Walvoord with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Walvoord misses with a body shot.
Rosenthal ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Ed Rosenthal seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rosenthal lands a head shot.
Walvoord on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rosenthal scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Rosenthal lands with a straight right. Walvoord didn't see that one coming.

Walvoord moves into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rosenthal wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Walvoord misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rosenthal.
Walvoord throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Walvoord misses with a punch on the inside.

Rosenthal escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Walvoord throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rosenthal sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rosenthal connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

Walvoord is rocked!
A looping hook to the body misses from Rosenthal. Walvoord does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rosenthal looks to score with a jab to the body but Walvoord is just out of range.
Rosenthal scores with a shot to the body.
Walvoord throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Walvoord tries to clinch but Rosenthal is having none of it.
Rosenthal's jab looks to have found its range, popping Walvoord under the eye.

Martijn Walvoord's cut is getting worse.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Walvoord. Rosenthal shrugs it off though.
Walvoord tries to close the distance and clinch but Rosenthal swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Walvoord scores with a jab to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rosenthal lands the left hand.
Oh Walvoord is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rosenthal closes the distance and lands a crisp combination that knocks Walvoord out cold! Walvoord corner are devastated, head in hands behind our commentary position. Poor guys.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Ed Rosenthal!
After the big win, Ed Rosenthal made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors [CBK] LEGAL HIGHS ↑ 160Q STAMINA + ENERGY and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.