PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Straus Siegfried (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Rosenthal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Siegfried
vs
Rosenthal

205 cm
24
275 lbs
12 - 1 - 0

195 cm
27
270 lbs
17 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Straus Siegfried!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Frank Rosenthal !
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Micheangelo Fripello and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rosenthal throws a jab but it's blocked by Siegfried.
Siegfried throws a leg kick that misses.
Siegfried misses with a straight right.
Rosenthal lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Siegfried turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Nice shot lands for Rosenthal .
Siegfried misses with a low kick.
Siegfried with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Rosenthal closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Siegfried tries a body shot but Rosenthal blocks it.
Rosenthal lands a right hand.
Siegfried tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rosenthal 's elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rosenthal .
Rosenthal lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rosenthal .

That's one minute gone in the round.
Siegfried using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Siegfried working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Rosenthal tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Siegfried's elbow.
Siegfried throws a punch but it's blocked by Rosenthal .
Rosenthal misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rosenthal misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rosenthal makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Siegfried throws a punch but it's blocked by Rosenthal .
Rosenthal doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A nice left hand lands by Rosenthal .
Siegfried blocks an uppercut.
Rosenthal misses with a shot to the kidneys.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Siegfried tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Siegfried tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rosenthal 's elbow.
Rosenthal can't find room to land a body shot as Siegfried controls the action.
Rosenthal blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rosenthal blocking some punches.
Siegfried tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A right hand to the body from Siegfried.
Siegfried throws a punch but it's blocked by Rosenthal .
Rosenthal tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Siegfried blocks a body shot from Rosenthal .
Still in the clinch, Siegfried scores with a nice short uppercut.
Rosenthal misses with a hook from the clinch.
Siegfried blocking some punches.
Rosenthal misses with a punch to the body.
Siegfried throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Siegfried is leaning against Rosenthal and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Siegfried crunches a lovely knee into Rosenthal 's ribcage.
Rosenthal looks gassed!
Rosenthal tries to throw a body punch but Siegfried avoids it by throwing Rosenthal back against the cage.
Siegfried is working Rosenthal over against the cage.
Siegfried tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rosenthal has a couple of punches blocked by Siegfried.
Rosenthal struggles to land a body shot inside as Siegfried controls his hands.
Rosenthal blocking some punches.
Rosenthal swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Siegfried tries a body shot but Rosenthal blocks it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Siegfried breaks the clinch.
Nice shot lands for Rosenthal .
Rosenthal tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Siegfried misses with a body kick.
Siegfried takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Siegfried misses with an attempted mid kick.
Rosenthal dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Siegfried misses with a kick to the body.
Siegfried avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rosenthal lands with a right hand.
A nice leg kick lands there from Siegfried.
Siegfried throws a hook to the side of Rosenthal 's head but Rosenthal sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Straus Siegfried seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Siegfried, right into the meat.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Siegfried fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Rosenthal is out of range.
Rosenthal takes a swing at Siegfried's ribcage but misses.
Rosenthal lands with a hook. Siegfried tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Rosenthal takes one on the chin but seems OK.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Straus Siegfried dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Rosenthal moves out of range of the leg kick from Siegfried.

It looks like Frank Rosenthal has been cut.
Rosenthal misses with a looping left.
Rosenthal scores with a nice head shot.
A slapping leg kick lands for Siegfried.
Rosenthal throws a jab when Siegfried was well out of range.
Siegfried throws out a loose jab but Rosenthal uses good head movement to avoid it.
A good leg kick by Siegfried.
Rosenthal tries to clinch there but Siegfried circles away.
Rosenthal 's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Siegfried connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Rosenthal scrambles back to his feet.
Siegfried walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Good standup being displayed there by Siegfried as he connects with a hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Siegfried throws a nice outside leg kick.
A jab from Siegfried finds it's way through Rosenthal 's defenses.
Siegfried throws a leg kick that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Siegfried turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Siegfried dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Siegfried misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rosenthal .
Siegfried lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Straus Siegfried is winning the standup battle so far.
Rosenthal is breathing heavily.
Siegfried throws a jab when Rosenthal was well out of range.
Rosenthal throws a right hand that Siegfried ducks under and follows up with a left that Siegfried also avoids with ease.
Siegfried throws a sloppy head kick and Rosenthal moves out of range easily.
Siegfried lands a nice looking kick to the body. Rosenthal takes a step back to recover.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Good leg kick by Siegfried there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Rosenthal has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Siegfried.
Siegfried connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Rosenthal 's hands.
Siegfried throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Rosenthal stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Siegfried lands with a nice body punch.
A chopping leg kick lands by Siegfried.
Siegfried throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Siegfried connects with a solid leg kick.
A thudding body kick lands there by Siegfried!
Siegfried looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Rosenthal 's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Siegfried scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Siegfried is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Siegfried shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Siegfried is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rosenthal can do to turn this around?
Siegfried digs a good body shot into Rosenthal 's ribs.
Rosenthal misses with a straight left.
Rosenthal on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Rosenthal misses with a straight left.
Siegfried lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Siegfried lands an impressive looking overhand right. Rosenthal doesn't seem phased though.

That has opened up Frank Rosenthal 's cut even more.
Siegfried lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Rosenthal takes one on the button.
Siegfried with a hook.

Rosenthal is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Siegfried lands with a nice body kick.
Rosenthal is still on wobbly legs! Can Siegfried finish him?
An inside leg kick lands from Siegfried.
Rosenthal seems to have recovered his senses.
Siegfried misses with a body kick.
Siegfried cracks a nice hook into Rosenthal 's ribs.
Siegfried thuds a left hand into Rosenthal 's body.
Siegfried throws a body punch but Rosenthal moves out of range.
Rosenthal misses with a straight right.
Rosenthal with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Siegfried to score with a decent uppercut.

The cut above Frank Rosenthal 's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Rosenthal on the wrong end of a nice hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Siegfried ducks down and throws a big overhand right - it lands flush on the jaw, knocking Rosenthal out cold! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:06 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Straus Siegfried!
During a confident post fight interview, Straus Siegfried thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.