PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frank Damozzi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Max Lieber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lieber is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: The Dust Brothers- What is Fight Club . Max Lieber acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Damozzi
vs
Lieber

187 cm
20
211 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

196 cm
25
211 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Determined

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Frank Damozzi!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Max Lieber!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Nard Betker and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Damozzi shoots in and gets a takedown into Lieber's guard.
Damozzi throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Lieber works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Damozzi stopping the sweep attempt from Lieber.
Damozzi has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Damozzi postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Damozzi throwing strikes from guard but Lieber blocks nicely.
Damozzi landing some decent shots from guard.
Damozzi postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Lieber trying to control the position.
Lieber is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Lieber working a defensive guard here.
Lieber is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Damozzi sitting in guard here, content to control.
Lieber is trying to keep Damozzi in close.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Max Lieber has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Lieber swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lieber ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Damozzi moves away.
Damozzi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lieber moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Damozzi throws a leg kick but Lieber moved away.
Damozzi slips under a jab from Lieber.
Lieber scores with a jab to the jaw.
Damozzi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Damozzi throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
We've been hearing reports that Damozzi has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Damozzi tries to land a leg kick but Lieber saw it coming and moves away.
Lieber misses with an uppercut.

Damozzi scores with a takedown into Lieber's guard.
Lieber is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Damozzi content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Lieber trying to keep a closed guard but Damozzi is proving a slippery customer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Lieber throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Damozzi throwing strikes from guard but Lieber blocks nicely.
Damozzi pushes down on Lieber's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Damozzi takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Damozzi moves into full mount! Lieber won't be happy about that!
Lieber keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Damozzi in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Lieber can't escape the position.
Damozzi connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

It looks like Max Lieber has been cut.
Damozzi lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

Lieber is rocked!

That has opened up Max Lieber's cut even more.
Oooh a big shot lands for Damozzi! Lieber is out! The ref dives in to save him from more punishment!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Frank Damozzi!
Frank Damozzi retains his light heavyweight title!
Frank Damozzi seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
Max Lieber spoke after the fight, saying 'I known Damozzi would be a hard challange, but i had no solution today for him. I will go Home train and come back even better. And thanks to all the Fans you where a great audience.'.