PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lime Lister (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manuel Neuer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Lister
vs
Neuer

190 cm
25
225 lbs
15 - 13 - 0

196 cm
30
270 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Hell's Balls Recovery (160)

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 15 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lime Lister!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Manuel Neuer!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, John Kavanagh and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Lister closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Neuer is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Neuer is leaning against Lister and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Neuer putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Lister in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Neuer dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Neuer lands a right hand that snaps the head of Lister backwards.
The referee is keeping an eye on Neuer - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Neuer receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Neuer continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Manuel Neuer.

Neuer pushes Lister up against the cage in a clinch.

Lister breaks from the clinch.
Neuer tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Lister has taken the fight to the clinch.
Neuer is struggling to control the position.
Neuer pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Neuer looking to slow down the pace here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neuer swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Neuer content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Lister is looking to break free of the clinch but Neuer has double underhooks.
Neuer keeps control of Lister as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Neuer misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lister.
Neuer is trying to stall.
Neuer keeps control of Lister as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Neuer taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Manuel Neuer.

Neuer clinches up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neuer stalls.
Lister on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Neuer has Lister pressed against the cage, preventing Lister from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Lister looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Lister tries to circle away but Neuer has him pinned against the cage.
Lister can't break the clinch.
Lister wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Neuer goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Neuer stalling against the cage.

Lister breaks the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lister throws a good cross that connects.
Lister keeps Neuer at a distance using the push kick.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Lister.
Neuer has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Lister.

Lister rushes Neuer and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Lister breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lister avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lister tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Neuer was well out of range. Poor timing from Lister.
Danga de danga de dang - Lister scores with a four punch combination!
Lister circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lister throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Neuer stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Neuer looks to clinch
and Lister counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Neuer darts in trying to clinch

and Lister holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Lime Lister will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

A jab lands there for Lister.
Neuer tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lister paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Neuer slaps away a takedown attempt from Lister, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Whack! Neuer lands a heavy head kick that drops Lister. The ref tackles Neuer to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Lister was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Manuel Neuer!