PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kurt Messer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Scott Wolfe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wolfe is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Lights Out. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Messer
vs
Wolfe

185 cm
19
192 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

185 cm
30
195 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

KO Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kurt Messer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Scott Wolfe!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Wagner Zegers and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good shot there by Wolfe.
Wolfe lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Messer circles away quickly and effectively.
Messer misses with a body kick.
Wolfe falls off balance throwing a combination

and Messer moves into the clinch.
Messer stalls.
Messer landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Messer with a knee to the head.

It looks like Scott Wolfe has been cut.
Wolfe being controlled against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Messer is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wolfe is defending well for now.
Wolfe tries to break the clinch but Messer is controlling the position.
Messer lands a damaging elbow.
Messer lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Messer misses with a knee strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Messer lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Wolfe using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Messer has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Messer lands a hook that snaps the head of Wolfe backwards.

That has opened up Scott Wolfe's cut even more.
Messer keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Wolfe's efforts to push away.
Wolfe avoids the elbow strike from Messer, against the cage.
Messer lands a nice elbow.
Messer tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Messer with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Messer looking to throw knees to the head but Wolfe is blocking nicely.
Wolfe has had enough of the clinch but Messer keeps him there for the moment.
Messer using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wolfe has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wolfe wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Messer misses with a knee to the head.
Wolfe is looking to break free of the clinch but Messer has double underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wolfe takes an elbow to the temple.
A frustrated look appears on Wolfe's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Messer lands an elbow inside.

The cut above Scott Wolfe's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Wolfe takes an elbow to the temple.
Messer is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Messer using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wolfe is looking to break free of the clinch but Messer has double underhooks.
Messer using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wolfe has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Messer leaning against his opponent.
Wolfe avoiding damage as Messer throws knees to the body.
Wolfe wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Wolfe can't break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Messer misses with an elbow over the top.
Wolfe is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Messer is keeping busy.
Messer tries a knee to the head but Wolfe blocks it.
Messer lands a nice knee to the body.
Messer lands a damaging elbow.

Scott Wolfe's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Wolfe looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Messer lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Scott Wolfe's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Kurt Messer!
After the fight, Kurt Messer was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.