PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sebastian Bantrell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Henryk Najdek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Najdek has chosen Godzilla\ Blue Oyster Cult as his entrance music. Sebastian Bantrell could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Henryk Najdek's chin.

Bantrell
vs
Najdek

192 cm
35
270 lbs
23 - 10 - 0

190 cm
24
280 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sebastian Bantrell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Henryk Najdek!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, William Peck and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bantrell looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Bantrell moves out of range of the strikes.
Najdek just misses with a punch to the body.

Najdek lands a left and a right that send Bantrell crashing to the mat, dazed. Najdek thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

It looks like Sebastian Bantrell has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bantrell looks to land a right hand but Najdek moved out of range.

Bantrell instigates a clinch.
Bantrell scores a nice knee to the body.
Bantrell lands an elbow that stopped Najdek in his tracks for a moment.
Bantrell avoids the elbow strike from Najdek, against the cage.
Najdek tries to throw a body punch but Bantrell avoids it by throwing Najdek back against the cage.
Najdek blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A shot in the inside from Najdek.
Najdek takes a knee to the side of the body.
Najdek looks winded!
Nice elbow from Bantrell.

It looks like Henryk Najdek has been cut.
Bantrell trying to land knees to the body.
Bantrell lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Najdek backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bantrell tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Najdek avoids it.
Najdek avoids the elbow strike from Bantrell, against the cage.
Bantrell throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Najdek misses with a punch to the body.
Bantrell is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Najdek is defending well for now.
Najdek throws an elbow that misses.
Najdek tries to throw a body punch but Bantrell avoids it by throwing Najdek back against the cage.
Bantrell with a knee to the head.
Najdek takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bantrell lands a damaging elbow.
Najdek managing to block the knees to the body from Bantrell.
Bantrell gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bantrell comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bantrell pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Najdek just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bantrell's brow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Najdek lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Najdek goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bantrell throws an elbow but misses.
Bantrell gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bantrell lands a damaging elbow.
Najdek softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bantrell trying to land knees to the body.
Bantrell looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bantrell throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Najdek tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bantrell tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Najdek avoids it.
The referee calls for Najdek to work.
Najdek misses with a body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bantrell blocks an elbow strike.
Bantrell unloads a knee to the mid-section. Najdek lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Najdek throws an elbow that misses.
Bantrell blocks a body shot from Najdek.
Bantrell missing with knees to the body.
Najdek dodges an elbow strike from Bantrell.
Bantrell blocks an elbow strike.
Najdek misses with the head strike.
Still in the clinch, Bantrell scores with a nice short uppercut.
Najdek digs a right hand underneath Bantrell's ribcage. Bantrell let out a lung full of air as it connected.
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!
Bantrell tries to land knees in the clinch but Najdek avoids the damage to the body.
Najdek misses with an elbow strike.
Najdek blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Najdek throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A right hook to the body lands for Bantrell.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Najdek managing to block the knees to the body from Bantrell.
Bantrell lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bantrell works on Najdek's body with a couple of short punches.
Bantrell throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Bantrell misses with an elbow over the top.
Bantrell gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bantrell.
Nice elbow from Bantrell.
Bantrell creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Najdek misses with an elbow over the top.
Najdek comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bantrell throws an elbow that misses.
Bantrell with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bantrell pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bantrell throws an elbow but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sebastian Bantrell dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Najdek gets tackled into the cage by Bantrell. Bantrell maintains the clinch.
Bantrell blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bantrell.
Bantrell creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Najdek's defenses.
Najdek stalling in the clinch but Bantrell improves position.
Sebastian Bantrell has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bantrell trying to land knees to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Bantrell trying to land knees to the body.
Najdek blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bantrell lands a nice elbow.
Najdek tries to stall but Bantrell uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Najdek is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bantrell avoids a wild elbow strike from Najdek.
Najdek stalling the fight.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Henryk Najdek.

Bantrell cracks Najdek with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Najdek looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Bantrell finish him?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bantrell throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Najdek misses with an uppercut.
Bantrell dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Najdek throws a hook to the side of Bantrell's head but Bantrell sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bantrell swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Bantrell drops Najdek with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Najdek looks back up at him and smiles so Bantrell waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.

Najdek is rocked!
Bantrell lands with a nice body kick.
Najdek is breathing heavily.
Bantrell knocks out Najdek with a massive right hand! The ref tackles Bantrell before he can follow up with any more strikes and that's it everyone. Bantrell picks up the big W with a huge KO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Sebastian Bantrell!
Sebastian Bantrell spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.