PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Steve River (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robin Lehner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). River comes to the cage accompanied by Tom Petty - I Won't Back Down . Steve River has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

River
vs
Lehner

168 cm
22
160 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

174 cm
25
151 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Vandal Fight Boutique & Laundry
Fury Nutrition Inc.

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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Steve River!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Robin Lehner!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Alec Ball and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lehner checks the leg kick nicely there.
Lehner keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
River avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lehner throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice jab there from Lehner.
A big right from River misses.
River has been working on his boxing with his coaches at BigMouth Cabrons in the buildup to the fight.
Lehner throws a poor cross that misses
and River makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Lehner throws a leg kick which misses River's front leg but catches the back leg as River tries to avoid it.
Lehner fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and River has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Lehner's jab looks to have found its range, popping River under the eye.
River is looking to land body kicks.
Lehner swats away the attempt to clinch by River.
Lehner throws a head kick that misses.
Lehner throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lehner ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lehner lands with a cross.
River bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Lehner.
A big right from Lehner misses.
Lehner lands with a cross.
River is looking to clinch.
Lehner has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
River just misses with a punch to the body.
Lehner just misses with a punch to the body.
River throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
River misses the shot to the body.
Lehner throws an off balance right hand
and River makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
River tries to clinch but Lehner moves out of range.
Lehner throws a series of punches but River moves out of range.
Jab by Lehner.
Lehner lands with a thumping leg kick.
River tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lehner connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
River tries to close the distance and clinch but Lehner swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lehner tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but River was well out of range. Poor timing from Lehner.
River tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lehner paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
River throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Lehner darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Lehner throws a quick head kick that skims the top of River's head.

River is rocked!
Nice defenses there by River.
Oh River is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
River wants to slow Lehner down by chopping away at his legs.
Lehner scores with a jab to the body.
Lehner lands with a straight right. River didn't see that one coming.
River fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Lehner is out of range.
River misses with a shot to the body
and Lehner counters with a nice uppercut.
River gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Lehner gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! River is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Robin Lehner!
Robin Lehner decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.