PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Karl Michaels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Renars Stunza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Michaels comes to the cage accompanied by Gimme Shelter. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Michaels
vs
Stunza

187 cm
28
212 lbs
13 - 6 - 0

198 cm
26
220 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Karl Michaels!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Renars Stunza!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Frank Dennis and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Michaels misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stunza.
Stunza is looking to clinch.

Michaels tries to keep at a distance but Stunza has taken the fight into the clinch.
Stunza lands a right hand that snaps the head of Michaels backwards.
Stunza lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Stunza keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Michaels's efforts to push away.
Stunza blocks an elbow strike from Michaels.
Stunza misses with the head strike.
Stunza struggles to land a body shot inside as Michaels controls his hands.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Michaels.
Stunza throws a punch but it's blocked by Michaels.
A head punch on the inside from Michaels fails to land.
Stunza is trying to maintain a safe position but Michaels gets an underhook and turns Stunza into the cage.
Michaels tries to break free but Stunza pushes him back against the cage.

Michaels breaks the clinch.
Michaels keeps the fight on the outside.
Michaels just misses with a punch to the body.
Michaels steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Stunza.
Stunza looks to land a combination. Michaels sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

It looks like Karl Michaels has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Stunza has closed the distance and engaged Michaels in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Michaels lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Stunza.
Stunza throws a head punch that misses.
Michaels tries to throw a body punch but Stunza avoids it by throwing Michaels back against the cage.
Stunza misses with a body punch.
Michaels makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Stunza misses with a punch to the body.
Michaels throws a punch but it's blocked by Stunza.

Michaels manages to break the clinch.
Stunza throws a hook but Michaels blocks it.

Stunza clinches with his opponent.
Michaels misses with some punches.
Michaels lands a body shot in the clinch.
Stunza lands a body punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Michaels pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Michaels uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Stunza.
A slow jab from Stunza misses its intended target.

Stunza shoots in and gets a takedown into Michaels's guard.
Stunza wants to control from the top but Michaels keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stunza stopping the sweep attempt from Michaels.
Stunza trying to control but Michaels is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Stunza postures up in Michaels's guard and throws a big left but Michaels blocks it.
Stunza in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Michaels working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Stunza.
Stunza in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Michaels might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Michaels is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Michaels working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Stunza.
Michaels wants to sweep but no luck.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stunza postures up in Michaels's guard and throws a big left but Michaels blocks it.
Stunza wants to pass the guard but Michaels is keeping the position.
Stunza trying to control the position from guard on top but Michaels is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Stunza loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Stunza trying to move into half guard but instead Michaels has managed to sweep!
Stunza wants to stand up but Michaels is controlling him.
Michaels showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
The fighters circling - Stunza throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Karl Michaels is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Stunza connects with a body shot.
Stunza moves in looking to clinch but Michaels pushes him off.
Michaels stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Michaels wants it to stay on the feet.
Stunza throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Michaels keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Stunza motions for Michaels to come forward. Stunza throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A punch combination from Stunza misses.
Stunza scores with a hook to the body. Michaels takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Michaels on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Stunza tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Michaels manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Stunza misses the shot to the body.
Stunza throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Stunza misses with an uppercut
and Michaels counters with a nice body kick.
Stunza looks winded!
Stunza throws a hook but Michaels avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Renars Stunza dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Karl Michaels's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Stunza scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Stunza is looking to stall here but Michaels recovers full guard.
Michaels trying to keep a closed guard but Stunza is proving a slippery customer.
Michaels looking for a sweep. Not yet Michaels, not yet.
Stunza wants to control from the top but Michaels keeps moving.
Michaels is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Stunza trying to control but Michaels is working from the bottom.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Renars Stunza.
Stunza looks for a takedown but Michaels sprawls well.
Renars Stunza seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stunza throws a combination that misses
and Michaels counters with a good low kick that Stunza was not able to check.
A shot to the body from Stunza misses
and Michaels counters with a low kick, right behind Stunza 's knee.
Stunza uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Michaels.
Michaels keeps the fight on the outside.
Michaels uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Stunza.
Renars Stunza seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Michaels connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

It looks like Renars Stunza has been cut.
Michaels takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Stunza tries a head kick but it misses.
Stunza pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Stunza is breathing heavily.
Michaels connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stunza lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Michaels backs up against the cage.
Stunza moves out of range as Michaels strikes.
Michaels bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Stunza's head.
Michaels throws a leg kick that misses.
A slapping body kick lands there for Michaels.
Michaels connects with a nice looking jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stunza avoids a kick to the body.
Stunza throws a body kick that misses.
Stunza throws the left hand but Michaels avoids the punch easily.
Stunza fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Michaels cracks the inside of Stunza's front leg.
Michaels swats away the attempt to clinch by Stunza.
A slow jab from Michaels misses its intended target.
Michaels buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Michaels lands a right hook to the body.
Stunza uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Michaels.
Michaels turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Michaels throws a jab but it's blocked by Stunza.
Stunza on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Michaels swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Stunza.
Michaels lands with a good body shot.
Stunza blocks a head kick by Michaels.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Michaels paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Michaels pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Michaels throws a body kick that misses.
Stunza shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Stunza checks a leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Stunza looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A lazy left from Stunza finds it's target.
Stunza tries to clinch up but Michaels circles away and keeps his distance.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Michaels.
Michaels misses with a body kick.
Stunza on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Stunza fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Karl Michaels has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Renars Stunza.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stunza's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Michaels connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Stunza scrambles back to his feet.
Stunza tries to close the distance and clinch up but Michaels swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Stunza shoots in for a double leg but Michaels sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Michaels ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A head kick misses from Michaels.
Stunza takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

That has opened up Renars Stunza's cut even more.
Michaels thumps Stunza with a low kick.

Michaels cracks Stunza with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Michaels has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Stunza to stand back up!

Stunza is rocked!
Stunza tries to get into range but Michaels steps to the side and lands a beautiful hook that drops Stunza! He's faceplanted into the mat, ass in the air... he's out cold! That's an image he won't want to show his grandkids when he gets older! Michaels scores the big KO victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Karl Michaels!
An out of breath and clearly excited Karl Michaels thanked Alpha-Male Nutritional Supplements (q160) for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).