PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Matt Buckner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rosen Strasser (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Matt Buckner could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Rosen Strasser's chin.

Buckner
vs
Strasser

160 cm
30
150 lbs
20 - 9 - 1

192 cm
22
159 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Steel Penn's All 160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Matt Buckner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rosen Strasser!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Thiago Cunha and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Buckner throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Strasser counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

It looks like Matt Buckner has been cut.
Buckner jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Buckner just misses with a punch to the body.
Buckner misses with a hook. Strasser ducked under it nicely.
Strasser avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Buckner walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Matt Buckner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Buckner throws the left hand but Strasser avoids the punch easily.
Buckner wants to clinch up but Strasser keeps it at a distance.
Buckner misses with an uppercut

and Strasser counters with a crisp one two that drops Buckner! Strasser thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Buckner to his feet! Buckner is in big trouble!

Buckner is rocked!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Strasser throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Oh Buckner is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Strasser throws a nice looking combination but Buckner bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Buckner throws the left hand but Strasser avoids the punch easily.
Buckner uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Strasser.
Buckner throws out a leg kick but Strasser moves out of range and Buckner only half commits.
Buckner seems to have got his legs back now.
Buckner tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Strasser connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Strasser checks a low kick from Buckner.
Strasser keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Buckner.
Strasser scores with a jab.
A big right from Buckner misses.
Strasser paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Strasser uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Buckner.
Buckner wants to clinch.
A left lands for Strasser.
Buckner misses with a two punch combination.
Strasser works Buckner's body with a nice hook.
Strasser fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Strasser avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Strasser uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Buckner.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Buckner misses with a straight right.
Buckner on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Buckner misses the jab.
Buckner on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Buckner misses with a low kick.
Buckner keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Strasser.
Strasser is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Strasser fails to land with a series of punches.
Strasser fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Buckner moves in looking to clinch but Strasser pushes him off.
Buckner wants to clinch.
Strasser lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buckner looks to land a right hand but Strasser moved out of range.
Buckner's corner calls for a 1-2. Buckner obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Strasser misses with a two punch combination.
Buckner looks to score with a jab to the body but Strasser is just out of range.
Buckner throws a looping overhand right but Strasser ducks down to avoid it.
Buckner is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Strasser's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Buckner loads up on a big right hand but Strasser slips the punch.
Buckner lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Strasser backs up against the cage.
Buckner doesn't manage to clinch there - Strasser circles away.
Buckner misses with a double jab
and Strasser counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Strasser slips under a jab from Buckner.
Strasser fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Buckner looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Buckner misses with an uppercut. Strasser saw that one coming.
Strasser is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Strasser feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Buckners jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Strasser is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Buckner had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Strasser avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Strasser bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Buckner's head.
Strasser has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Buckner closes the distance looking to clinch
and Strasser counters with a straight right hand.
Buckner misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Strasser to counter with a crisp jab.
Strasser throws a predictable looking body shot
and Buckner counters with a nice leg kick.
Buckner throws an off balance right hand
letting Strasser counter with a right hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Buckner swings for the body but Strasser moves out of range.
Strasser displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Buckner throws out the jab.
Buckner throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rosen Strasser dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Matt Buckner's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Buckner throws a big shot that misses.
Strasser lands a right hook to the body.
Buckner connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Strasser staying out of range there.
Strasser blocks a low kick nicely.
Strasser misses the shot to the body.
Strasser swats away the attempt to clinch by Buckner.
Buckner throws a jab but it's blocked by Strasser.
The fighters circle momentarily. Strasser darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Buckner misses with a few strikes there.
Strasser blocks the body kick.
Buckner on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Strasser rushes Buckner with punches - Buckner moves straight backwards instead of circling and gets clipped by the second strike... and the third... and the fourth! Oh, Buckner goes down! Strasser follows up with more strikes and the ref steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rosen Strasser!