PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Earnest Abe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shane Waitzel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Abe comes to the cage accompanied by Uncle Sam Goddamn. Waitzel comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Dimmu Borgir - Puritania kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Abe
vs
Waitzel

200 cm
29
284 lbs
16 - 2 - 0

188 cm
31
253 lbs
22 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Earnest Abe!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Shane Waitzel!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Russell Pearce and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Waitzel ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Abe misses the shot to the body.
Waitzel fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Waitzel wants to clinch.
Abe misses with a low kick as Waitzel jumps back.
Abe takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Waitzel misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Abe.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Abe takes a kick to the side of the head.

It looks like Earnest Abe has been cut.
Waitzel moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Waitzel takes a jab right on the kisser.
Waitzel misses with a wild body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Waitzel throws a big shot that misses.
Abe moves out of range as Waitzel strikes.
Abe slips a jab and a cross from Waitzel.

Waitzel has managed to clinch.
Waitzel has a couple of punches blocked by Abe.
Waitzel's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Nice body punch from Waitzel - that landed with a thud.
Waitzel takes a shot to the head.
Abe has a couple of punches blocked by Waitzel.
Waitzel blocks a body shot from Abe.
Waitzel has a couple of punches blocked by Abe.
Waitzel misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Waitzel.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abe wants to break the clinch but can't.
Abe can't find room to land a body shot as Waitzel controls the action.
A head punch on the inside from Waitzel fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Waitzel.
Waitzel throws a head punch that misses.
Waitzel misses with a short punch on the inside.
Abe softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Waitzel lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Waitzel can't find room to land a body shot as Abe controls the action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Abe.
Abe stalling in the clinch.
Abe blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Waitzel tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Abe's elbow.
Waitzel throws a punch but it's blocked by Abe.
Waitzel throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Abes head.
Abe throws a punch but it's blocked by Waitzel.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Waitzel swings wildly with an uppercut but Abe uses good head movement to avoid it.
Waitzel can't find room to land a body shot as Abe controls the action.
Abe lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Waitzel backwards.
Waitzel gets through Abe's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Waitzel fails to land.
Abe fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Waitzel.
Abe swings wildly with an uppercut but Waitzel uses good head movement to avoid it.
Waitzel fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Waitzel pushes Abe back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Abe.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Waitzel blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Waitzel blocking some punches.
Still in the clinch, Abe scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abe blocking some punches.
Abe digs a right hand into Waitzel's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Waitzel's gas tank.
Waitzel looks winded!
A right handed body shot lands from Abe.
Good body shot from Abe.
Waitzel letting Abe take a breather here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Abe.
A head punch on the inside from Waitzel fails to land.
Abe can't find room to land a body shot as Waitzel controls the action.
Waitzel misses with a hook to the ribs.
Abe blocking some punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Abe's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Waitzel lands a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shane Waitzel dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Earnest Abe's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Waitzel explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Abe looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Abe throws a leg kick but Waitzel moved away.
Abe defending well as Waitzel loads up on a big left hand.
Waitzel clobbers Abe with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A jab from Abe misses.
Waitzel misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Abe throws a solid leg kick but Waitzel takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Abe.
Waitzel fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Abe manages to avoid it.
Waitzel misses with the combination.
Abe with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Waitzel to score with a decent uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Waitzel cracks Abe with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Abe falls to his knees and Waitzel doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Shane Waitzel!
Shane Waitzel is the new heavyweight champion!