PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Comte De Turenne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexandre Preuss (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Turenne comes to the cage accompanied by Dark Tranquility- Final Resistance. Alexandre Preuss has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

De Turenne
vs
Preuss

168 cm
22
166 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

178 cm
29
163 lbs
7 - 8 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

HGH Nutrients Q160-Q158

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Comte De Turenne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alexandre Preuss!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Nard Betker and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Turenne tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Preuss counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Preuss scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Preuss misses with a head kick.
De Turenne tries to clinch but fails miserably
and De Turenne takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
De Turenne darts in trying to clinch
and Preuss counters with a lovely straight right hand!
De Turenne tries to close the distance and clinch but Preuss swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

De Turenne takes the fight into the clinch.
Preuss is trying to push De Turenne away but De Turenne has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Preuss is trying to break the clinch but De Turenne is controlling him.
De Turenne tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Preuss avoids it.
De Turenne tries to land knees in the clinch but Preuss avoids the damage to the body.
Preuss wants to break free but De Turenne has control.
Preuss on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
De Turenne is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Preuss is defending well for now.
Preuss tries to circle away but De Turenne has him pinned against the cage.
De Turenne prevents Preuss from breaking the clinch.
De Turenne is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Preuss is defending well for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Preuss managing to block the knees to the body from De Turenne.
De Turenne is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Preuss is defending well for now.
De Turenne tries to land knees in the clinch but Preuss avoids the damage to the body.
Preuss tries to circle away but De Turenne has him pinned against the cage.
Preuss managing to block the knees to the body from De Turenne.
Preuss wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Preuss breaks from the clinch.
De Turenne takes one on the button.
De Turenne tries to clinch but Preuss moves away
and Preuss counters with an inside leg kick.
De Turenne tries to clinch but Preuss moves away
and Preuss counters with a nice uppercut.
De Turenne tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Preuss manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
De Turenne tries to clinch but fails miserably
and De Turenne takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Preuss throws a head kick that half lands.
De Turenne closes the distance but Preuss moves to the side
and Preuss counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
De Turenne tries to clinch but Preuss is having none of it.
De Turenne looks to clinch
and Preuss counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

De Turenne has managed to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Preuss manages to break the clinch.
De Turenne tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Preuss counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Preuss jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
De Turenne closes the distance but Preuss moves to the side
and Preuss connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Preuss has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
De Turenne wants to clinch but Preuss slips to the side
and Preuss counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
De Turenne tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Preuss counters with a stiff right hand.
Preuss pulls out of a head kick attempt.
De Turenne moves to clinch but Preuss breaks away
and Preuss counters with a stiff right hand.
De Turenne wants to clinch.
De Turenne tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Preuss counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Preuss chopping away at his opponent's legs.
De Turenne wants to clinch but Preuss slips to the side
and Preuss connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
De Turenne tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Preuss connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Preuss.
Preuss circles away from the clinch attempt
and Preuss counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

De Turenne darts in and clinches Preuss up against the cage.
De Turenne is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Preuss is defending well for now.
De Turenne missing with knees to the body.
Preuss has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

Preuss's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Comte De Turenne seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Preuss circles away from the clinch attempt
and Preuss counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Preuss shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. De Turenne eats them both and turns towards Preuss to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
De Turenne looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
De Turenne tries to clinch
and Preuss counters with a lovely straight right hand!

De Turenne is rocked!
Preuss lands with a kick to the ribs.
Oh De Turenne is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Preuss circles away from the clinch attempt
and Preuss counters with a straight right hand.
Preuss is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! De Turenne had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Preuss lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
De Turenne moves to clinch but Preuss breaks away
and Preuss comes in over the top with a devastating right hand! De Turenne stumbles back against the cage, looking to regain his senses but Preuss is on him like rabid pit bull! De Turenne slumps to the ground under a storm of punches and this fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alexandre Preuss!
Alexandre Preuss 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.