PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shane Luger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Kyle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Luger comes to the cage accompanied by Right Here, Right Now - Fatboy Slim. Kyle has chosen Wasted as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Luger
vs
Kyle

196 cm
24
248 lbs
11 - 2 - 0

180 cm
25
284 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Shane Luger!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mark Kyle!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Shigeki Sano and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Luger takes a kick to the side of the head.

It looks like Shane Luger has been cut.
Luger misses with an uppercut. Kyle saw that one coming.
Kyle with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Luger to score with a decent uppercut.
Luger lands with a thumping leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Luger needs to keep his hands up - Kyle had a free shot at his head there.
The fighters circling - Kyle throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kyle fails with a takedown attempt.
Kyle on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Kyle swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kyle takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Luger misses with a series of wild punches.
Kyle fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Luger manages to avoid it.
Kyle throws a leg kick but Luger moved away.
Luger thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kyle misses with a low kick as Luger jumps back.
Shane Luger is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kyle darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Luger throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Kyle jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kyle looks for a takedown but Luger sprawls well.
Kyle shoots in but Luger avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Shane Luger has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mark Kyle.
Kyle takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A slow jab from Kyle misses its intended target.
Kyle cracks the inside of Luger's front leg.
Kyle throws a jab when Luger was well out of range.
Luger fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Luger throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Luger throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Luger steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kyle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luger pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Luger gets caught flat footed, as Kyle shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Luger working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Kyle.
Luger managing to control the position.
Kyle landing some decent shots from guard.
Luger working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Kyle.
Kyle throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Luger works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Luger looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Kyle in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kyle lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Kyle loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Kyle working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Luger's head.
Luger is looking to stand up but Kyle isn't so interested in that idea.
Luger seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Luger is trying to control the position but Kyle postures up.

Shane Luger has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Kyle scores with a nice body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kyle connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Luger is breathing heavily.
Kyle connects with a jab.
Luger throws a jab when Kyle was well out of range.
Kyle scoring well with a low kick there.

Kyle clinches up with Luger and pushes him back against the cage.
Luger takes an elbow to the forehead.

Shane Luger's cut is getting worse.

Kyle drops Luger with a big knee straight up the middle! Luger is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

Luger is rocked!

Shane Luger's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Kyle connects with a solid leg kick.
Oh Luger is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kyle fakes the leg kick and cracks Luger in the body.
Luger seems to have got his legs back now.
Kyle misses with a kick to the body.
Kyle ducks down and throws a big overhand right - it lands flush on the jaw, knocking Luger out cold! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Mark Kyle!
Mark Kyle is the new heavyweight champion!
Mark Kyle decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.