PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Clint Lomax (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Konrad Kurze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lomax comes to the cage accompanied by Ace of Spades. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Lomax
vs
Kurze

170 cm
38
141 lbs
53 - 13 - 2

150 cm
32
130 lbs
33 - 19 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Union Fight Gear

Hellbent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 53 - 13 - 2, fighting out of St Petersburg, Clint Lomax!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 33 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Konrad Kurze!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Richard Clark and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lomax throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Lomax lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Lomax fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Kurze fails with a takedown attempt.
Lomax avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Good shot there by Lomax.
Kurze lands a nice looking body kick.
Lomax with a hook.
Nice defenses there by Kurze.
Clint Lomax seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lomax pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lomax has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Kurze finds it's way round the side to connect with Lomax's head.
Kurze throws a low kick but Lomax avoids it.
Kurze ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lomax moves away.
Lomax misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lomax scores with a hook.
Lomax throws a body kick that misses.
Kurze lands a slapping body shot.

Kurze drives through with a takedown into Lomax's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Kurze lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Kurze throws an elbow that misses. Lomax uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Kurze's guard. Nice move by Lomax!

Kurze is looking for a triangle but Lomax pushes his legs off easily.
Lomax stopping the sweep attempt from Kurze.
Kurze looking to control.
Lomax trying to control but Kurze is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kurze has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Lomax can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lomax looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Kurze tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Kurze wants to hit a switch here but Lomax passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Kurze there!
Lomax trying to control but Kurze is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kurze is in all sorts of trouble here.
Lomax tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Kurze wants to hold on but Lomax pushes him away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lomax sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Kurze is trying to escape the mount.
Lomax tries to control but Kurze wriggling away.
Kurze tries to reverse the position but Lomax maintains control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lomax wants to control the pace but Kurze is squirming around nicely.
Kurze is trying to escape the mount.
Lomax controlling from mount.
Kurze can't escape the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kurze keeps trying to improve his position.
Lomax takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Konrad Kurze will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Kurze misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lomax.
Kurze takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Lomax misses with a body kick.
Lomax tries a head kick but it misses.
Kurze circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lomax sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Lomax tries to land a front kick but Kurze steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Kurze misses the shot to the body.
A thudding body kick lands there by Lomax!
Lomax is looking to score with low kicks.
Kurze works Lomax's body with a nice hook.
Kurze jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kurze uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lomax.
Lomax ducks under a wild hook from Kurze.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lomax misses with a body shot.
Lomax moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Kurze misses with a body shot.
Kurze takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Lomax throws a shot from downtown. Kurze moves away and avoids it.
Kurze misses with a shot to the body
and Lomax counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A big left from Kurze misses.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Lomax.
Lomax looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Kurze misses with a wild body shot.
Lomax just misses with a punch to the body.
Kurze drops his hands momentarily and Lomax takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Lomax tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kurze swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lomax takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Kurze lands a jab to Lomax's midsection.

Lomax gets caught flat footed, as Kurze shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lomax wants to get back to his feet but Kurze is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Lomax keeping moving, preventing Kurze from controlling successfully.

Lomax kicks Kurze off and gets to his feet.
Lomax just misses with a punch to the body.
Kurze ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lomax moves away.
Lomax tries a head kick but it misses.
Lomax turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Lomax listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lomax pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Kurze with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Lomax to score with a decent uppercut.
Lomax staying out of range there.
Kurze avoids the head kick by Lomax.
Kurze takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Lomax is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kurze. Lomax does a little dance to reset his feet.
Clint Lomax is winning the standup battle so far.
Kurze throws a head kick that misses
and Lomax counters with a nice low kick that buckles Kurze's knee momentarily.
Kurze checks a low kick from Lomax.
Lomax throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Kurze on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Lomax scores with a nice strike.
Lomax gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Clint Lomax is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lomax is looking to clinch.
Lomax lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kurze swings for the body but Lomax moves out of range.
Lomax lands with a hook. Kurze tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Lomax throws a half hearted mid kick.
Lomax is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Lomax throws a head kick but Kurze moves out of range.
Lomax keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
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!
Lomax takes a swing at Kurze's ribcage but misses.
Kurze blocks the body kick.
Kurze takes one on the chin but seems OK.
A jab from Lomax finds it's way through Kurze's defenses.
Kurze looks for the body kick but Lomax saw that one coming.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kurze swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Lomax misses the jab.
Kurze looks to score with a jab to the body but Lomax is just out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Clint Lomax dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Kurze throws a body kick that misses.
Kurze throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kurze misses with a looping right.
Kurze lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Lomax throws a head kick but Kurze moves out of range.
Kurze misses with a body kick.
Kurze takes a swing at Lomax's ribcage but misses.
Kurze missing with a left hand there. Lomax was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Kurze tries to keep at a distance but Lomax has taken the fight into the clinch.
Lomax tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kurze blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lomax blocks a body shot from Kurze.
Kurze lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kurze can't find room to land a body shot as Lomax controls the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lomax throws a punch but it's blocked by Kurze.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kurze.
Kurze cracks Lomax with a nice body shot.
Lomax misses with the head strike.
Lomax prevents a body shot from Kurze.
Lomax misses with a punch to the body.
Kurze is working for takedown but Lomax is calmly controlling the position for now.
Kurze is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Lomax is defending well.
Kurze struggles to land a body shot inside as Lomax controls his hands.
Kurze tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lomax working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kurze misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kurze drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Lomax gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Clint Lomax has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Konrad Kurze.
Kurze cracks Lomax with a nice body shot.
Kurze has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. So far he's outscoring his opponent in the clinch so it seems to have been worthwhile.
Lomax misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Kurze as the two fighters clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lomax working aggressively here.
Kurze struggles to land a body shot inside as Lomax controls his hands.
Lomax tries to throw a body punch but Kurze avoids it by throwing Lomax back against the cage.
Lomax pushes Kurze back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kurze throws a punch but it's blocked by Lomax.
Lomax prevents a body shot from Kurze.
Lomax misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lomax blocks a body shot from Kurze.
Lomax has a couple of punches blocked by Kurze.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kurze.
Still in the clinch, Lomax scores with a nice short uppercut.
Nice body punch from Kurze - that landed with a thud.
Kurze lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lomax tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short left from Kurze.
Lomax throws a head punch that misses.
Kurze is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lomax prevents a body shot from Kurze.
Kurze tries for a takedown. No joy.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lomax.
Kurze scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Lomax blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lomax misses with the head strike.
Kurze tries to throw a body punch but Lomax avoids it by throwing Kurze back against the cage.
Lomax lands a hook that snaps the head of Kurze backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lomax.
Kurze misses with some punches.
Lomax misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Konrad Kurze seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kurze.
Lomax can't find room to land a body shot as Kurze controls the action.
Lomax lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Lomax has a couple of punches blocked by Kurze.
Lomax lands a shoulder strike.

Kurze is rocked!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kurze.
Kurze is still on wobbly legs! Can Lomax finish him?
Lomax throws a punch but it's blocked by Kurze.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lomax working aggressively here.
Lomax throws a head punch that misses.
Kurze drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Lomax gets the underhooks and prevents it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kurze blocks an uppercut.
Lomax throws a punch but it's blocked by Kurze.
Lomax's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kurze swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lomax throws a punch but it's blocked by Kurze.
Kurze seems to have recovered his senses.
Kurze throws a head punch that misses.
Kurze blocks a body shot from Lomax.
Lomax tries a body shot but Kurze blocks it.
Lomax scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Lomax lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kurze goes for a takedown attempt but Lomax pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Kurze keeps the fight on the outside.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A head kick misses from Lomax.
Kurze gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Lomax.
Kurze misses with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close third round but Konrad Kurze just about did enough to take it.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Lomax drops Kurze with a big left hand! Kurze is injured, injured bad! Lomax jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Clint Lomax!
Clint Lomax tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.