PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ichabod Klopfenstein (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Very Important Person (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ichabod Klopfenstein has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Klopfenstein
vs
Important Person

169 cm
35
168 lbs
34 - 20 - 1

180 cm
24
190 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Granite chin

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 34 - 20 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Ichabod Klopfenstein !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Very Important Person!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Bruno Hogan and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Person looks for a takedown but Klopfenstein sprawls well.
Person throws a shot from downtown. Klopfenstein moves away and avoids it.
Person just misses with a punch to the body.
Person shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Klopfenstein counters with a nice low kick that buckles Person's knee momentarily.
Klopfenstein walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Person throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Person doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Klopfenstein makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Ichabod Klopfenstein has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Very Important Person.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Person shoots and misses
and Klopfenstein counters with a big head kick but Person shrugs it off.
Person throws a lazy right hand but Klopfenstein sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Person misses with a hook.
Klopfenstein bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Person throws a right hand that misses
and Klopfenstein counters with a nice low kick that buckles Person's knee momentarily.
Person throws the left hand but Klopfenstein avoids the punch easily.
Person with a poor takedown
and Klopfenstein counters with a slapping leg kick.
Person doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Klopfenstein counters with an outside leg kick.
Person looks winded!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Person gets the takedown into side control.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Person tries to move to mount but Klopfenstein blocks the move with his legs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Klopfenstein tries to improve position but can't.
Klopfenstein is working hard here to advance position.

Person is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Klopfenstein has escaped the position, nice work there.
Klopfenstein is not content to let Person control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A bit of a lull in the action here.

Person is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Klopfenstein is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Person working away.

Person is trying to get an arm triangle but Klopfenstein is defending well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Klopfenstein is looking to regain half guard here but Person keeps moving and retains side control.
Person moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Klopfenstein is not content to let Person control the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Person looking to control but instead Klopfenstein has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Very Important Person dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Person misses with an uppercut
and Klopfenstein counters with an inside leg kick.
Klopfenstein dodges the punch combination from Person.
Person shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Klopfenstein as he avoids it easily.
Person shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Klopfenstein counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Person has his takedown stuffed
and Klopfenstein counters with a low kick, right behind Person 's knee.
Ichabod Klopfenstein has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Very Important Person.
Person is breathing heavily.
Person with a lazy takedown attempt
and Klopfenstein counters with a head kick. That will keep Person thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Person shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Klopfenstein uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Person.
Person's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Person fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Person misses with a two punch combination.
Ichabod Klopfenstein is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nice defenses there by Klopfenstein .
Person has his takedown stuffed
and Klopfenstein makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Person really felt that one!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Person throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Person gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Klopfenstein counters with a nice low kick that buckles Person's knee momentarily.
A jab from Person misses.
Person misses with a takedown attempt
and Klopfenstein counters with an inside leg kick.
A combination from Person does no damage.
Person with a poor takedown
and Klopfenstein makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Klopfenstein dodges the punch combination from Person.
Person swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Klopfenstein counters with a head kick.
Person has his takedown stuffed
and Klopfenstein counters with a good low kick that Person was not able to check.
Ichabod Klopfenstein is winning the standup battle so far.
Klopfenstein slips a straight right by Person.
Person has his takedown stuffed
and Klopfenstein makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Klopfenstein showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Person.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Person misses.
Person misses with a takedown
and Klopfenstein counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Person tries for a takedown but Klopfenstein circles away easily
and Klopfenstein counters with an inside leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Person looks to throw the jab but Klopfenstein is out of range.
Person might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Person gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Klopfenstein counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ichabod Klopfenstein dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Person rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Klopfenstein counters with a thumping low kick.
Person misses with a takedown attempt
and Klopfenstein counters with a nice leg kick.
Person tries for a takedown but Klopfenstein circles away easily
and Klopfenstein counters with a nice body kick.
Klopfenstein uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Person.
Person rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Klopfenstein counters with a body kick that stops Person in his tracks momentarily.
Klopfenstein avoids the body shot from Person.
Person throws a hook but Klopfenstein blocks it.
Person takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Person with a poor takedown
and Klopfenstein makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Person really felt that one!
Ichabod Klopfenstein has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Very Important Person.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Person with a poor takedown
and Klopfenstein counters with a body kick.
Person doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Klopfenstein counters with a good low kick that Person was not able to check.
Very Important Person seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Person with a lazy takedown attempt
and Klopfenstein counters with a low kick, right behind Person 's knee.
Person misses with a takedown
and Klopfenstein counters with a leg kick.
Person has his takedown stuffed
and Klopfenstein counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Person is lucky that one didn't land flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Person misses with a double jab
and Klopfenstein counters with a big head kick but Person shrugs it off.
Ichabod Klopfenstein is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Person shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Klopfenstein counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Person misses with a lunging right hand
and Klopfenstein counters with an inside leg kick.
Person waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Klopfenstein .
Person swinging wildly here.
Person fails with the takedown
and Klopfenstein counters with a head kick. That will keep Person thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Person doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Klopfenstein counters with a slapping leg kick.
Person shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Klopfenstein counters with a thumping low kick.
Some wild striking there from Person.
Person misses with a hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Person has his takedown stuffed
and Klopfenstein counters with a leg kick.
Person misses with an uppercut. Klopfenstein saw that one coming.
Person pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Person shoots and misses
and Klopfenstein counters with a body kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Klopfenstein displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Person throws out the jab.
Person doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Klopfenstein makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Person really felt that one!

And that's the end of the fight!
Ichabod Klopfenstein showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Klopfenstein has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 29:28
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 29:28
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ichabod Klopfenstein !
Jumping up and down and very excited, Ichabod Klopfenstein waved his t-shirt featuring Xtreme Merchandise's logo in front of the cameras.