PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Uriel Amok (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chazz Michael Michaels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Amok might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Devils. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Amok
vs
Michael Michaels

195 cm
34
260 lbs
37 - 16 - 1

185 cm
34
233 lbs
21 - 8 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Perkele!
Brute

Conviction
Sex Panther Supplements

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 37 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Uriel Amok!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chazz Michael Michaels!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Michaels throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

It looks like Uriel Amok has been cut.
Michaels uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Amok.
A telegraphed right hand from Amok misses the target.
Amok tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Michaels was well out of range. Poor timing from Amok.
A punch lands to the side of Amok 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A punch lands to the side of Michaels 's head but he takes it in his stride.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Amok rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Michaels counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Amok thinking.

Amok looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Amok not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Michaels tries to get to full guard but Amok has control of the leg.
Michaels blocking the ground and pound attempt from Amok.
Amok is looking to advance position but Michaels won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Amok missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Michaels slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Amok looking to sit in guard and control but Michaels gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Michaels won't allow Amok to sweep him here.
Michaels must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Amok is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Michaels is looking to advance position but Amok has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Amok misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Amok lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Michaels regains half guard.
Michaels is trying to get back to full guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Amok missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Amok controlling the action here.
Michaels avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Amok.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Michaels is trying to get back to full guard.
Amok takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Amok not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Michaels is looking to improve his position.
Amok wants to free his trapped foot but Michaels is holding on for dear life with his legs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Amok sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Michaels defending well though.
Amok throws a strike but Michaels avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Michaels is trying to keep Amok in close.
Michaels manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Amok is working to get back to half guard.
Michaels looking to control but Amok is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Michaels controlling from the full mount.
Amok working to try and regain half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Michaels wants to control the pace but Amok is squirming around nicely.
Amok regains half guard.
Amok 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.
Michaels sitting and controlling from the half guard.

That's six minutes gone in the round.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Chazz Michael Michaels wasn't active enough on the ground.
Jab by Amok.

Michaels gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Amok to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Amok postures up.
Amok throwing strikes from guard but Michaels blocks nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Michaels trying to control the position.
Michaels preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Amok is pushing down on Michaels's leg trying to pass to half guard. Michaels is fighting to maintain full guard but Amok has managed to sneak the leg through.
Michaels wants to get back to full guard.
Michaels is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Amok scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Amok looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Amok throwing shots but Michaels is blocking nicely.
Michaels is refusing to be controlled, as Amok sits in half guard.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Amok throwing shots but Michaels is blocking nicely.
Amok wants to pass to mount but Michaels is defending the position.
Amok not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Amok thows a huge punch but Michaels dodges it nicely.
Amok is trying to control the action in half guard but Michaels is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Michaels is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Amok scores with a couple of nice shots.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Amok wants to control but Michaels is keeping him busy.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Amok not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Amok scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Amok working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Amok trying to control from half guard but Michaels is working away.
Amok misses with a head shot. Michaels uses the momentum to regain guard.
Amok missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Uriel Amok dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Uriel Amok's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Amok misses with a hook. Michaels ducked under it nicely.
Michaels takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Amok fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Amok swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Amok swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Michaels swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Michaels stuffs the takedown attempt from Amok. Amok gets slowly back to his feet.
Amok misses the jab.
Michaels takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Michaels takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Michaels fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Amok checks it well.

Michaels is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Amok's half guard.
Michaels is figuring out what he wants to do next.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Amok is trying to control but can't.
Michaels missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Amok moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Michaels controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

Amok looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Amok wants to control the position but Michaels says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Michaels looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Amok moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Michaels is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Amok wants to sweep but no luck.
Amok has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Michaels stays in close to Amok's body and controls the position.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Chazz Michael Michaels.

Amok drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Amok tries to advance to mount but can't.
Michaels has one of Amok's arms on lockdown, trying to prevent him from doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Amok cracks Michaels with a big right hand but Michaels just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Amok is staying tight to Michaels's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Michaels stops Amok from passing to mount.
Michaels tries to buck Amok off but Amok is having none of it.
Check out the look on Amok's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Amok creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Michaels is looking for a sweep.
Amok working the body and head with strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Michaels defending against the ground and pound.
Amok trying to control the position but Michaels is working away.
Amok working the ground and pound from side control.
Amok works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Amok misses with the ground and pound.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Amok advances nicely into full mount.
Amok looking to control but Michaels is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Michaels tries to hold on but Amok postures up.
Poor strikes thrown by Amok there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Amok cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Amok unloads with some shots from mount but Michaels bucks and avoids them well.
Amok sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Amok softens up his opponent with a couple of shots there and then CRACK! One massive shot lands there and Michaels is out cold! Amok jumps to his feet and celebrates on the cage with the fans, who are, quite frankly, going absolutely mental!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 6:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Uriel Amok!
Our winner, Uriel Amok, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.