PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bruno Barone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Karl der Grosse (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Barone
vs
der Grosse

205 cm
25
217 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

181 cm
25
220 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Hell's Balls Recovery (160)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bruno Barone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Karl der Grosse!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Dean Styles and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab lands there for Barone.
der Grosse checks a leg kick nicely.
Barone lands a nice leg kick that just misses der Grosse's sensitive parts.
Barone lands a jab to the head.
Barone takes one to the chin there.

der Grosse shoots in and gets a takedown into Barone's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
der Grosse trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
der Grosse won't allow Barone to sweep him here.
Barone looking to control.
Barone pulls der Grosse in close to prevent any damage.
Barone will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
der Grosse throws a big elbow that misses.
der Grosse missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
der Grosse lands a couple of elbows.
Barone has der Grosse pulled in close to control his posture.

Barone working for a triangle but der Grosse defends it easily.
Barone manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barone throwing strikes here but der Grosse is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Barone cracks der Grosse with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Barone tries to control but der Grosse wriggling away.
Barone looking to finish with strikes here!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barone working the ground and pound effectively.

Barone looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Barone throwing strikes here but der Grosse is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Barone wants to take der Grosse's back here but der Grosse is holding on to an arm, himself looking to escape.
Barone throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for der Grosse because Barone loaded up on that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barone looking to ground and pound but der Grosse is blocking nicely.
der Grosse is squirming around, avoiding Barone's attempts to control the action.
Barone punching from mount but der Grosse doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Barone wants to control the action but instead der Grosse gets a body lock and reverses into Barone's guard! Nice work!
der Grosse throwing strikes from guard but Barone blocks nicely.
Barone trying to keep a closed guard but der Grosse is proving a slippery customer.
Barone wants to sweep here but der Grosse controlling him for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
der Grosse throwing strikes but missing.
der Grosse postures up in Barone's guard and throws a big left but Barone blocks it.
der Grosse stopping the sweep attempt from Barone.
Barone looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
der Grosse trying to control but Barone is working from the bottom.
Barone has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Barone is trying to control the position but der Grosse postures up.
Barone wants to control the position but der Grosse says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
der Grosse is trying to control the action in half guard but Barone is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Barone blocking the ground and pound attempt from der Grosse.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruno Barone dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

der Grosse shoots in but Barone avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Barone throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice takedown defense from Barone. No joy for der Grosse on that attempt.
Nice shot by Barone.
Barone shoots in looking for a takedown. der Grosse tries to sprawl out of it but Barone keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. der Grosse manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Nice sprawl there from Barone as der Grosse shoots in.
Bruno Barone has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Karl der Grosse.
A nice leg kick lands there from Barone.
Karl der Grosse seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
No luck for der Grosse with that takedown attempt.
der Grosse with a poor takedown
and Barone counters with a lovely straight right hand!
der Grosse uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Barone.
No luck with that takedown attempt from der Grosse.
Barone keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

That's one minute gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Barone.

der Grosse is rocked!
der Grosse with a lazy takedown attempt
and Barone makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. der Grosse really felt that one!
der Grosse is breathing heavily.
Barone drops der Grosse with a big left hand! der Grosse is injured, injured bad! Barone jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bruno Barone!
Bruno Barone took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, 5th Round Clothing for their support in the buildup to the fight.