PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wolfgang Van Beethoven (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zbermat Serlal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Van Beethoven 's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Beethoven-Symphony 7. Serlal has chosen Mortal Kombat as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Van Beethoven
vs
Serlal

213 cm
34
277 lbs
29 - 15 - 0

205 cm
36
265 lbs
22 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

GREEN!160

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 29 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wolfgang Van Beethoven !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Zbermat Serlal!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Wesley Smith and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Beethoven throws a body shot but no joy.
Serlal throws a combination that misses
and Van Beethoven counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Van Beethoven misses with a hook to the body
and Serlal counters with a straight right hand.

It looks like Wolfgang Van Beethoven has been cut.
Van Beethoven uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Van Beethoven fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A thudding body kick lands there by Van Beethoven !
Serlal misses with a wild body shot.
Van Beethoven 's jab looks to have found its range, popping Serlal under the eye.
Van Beethoven misses with a wild combination.
A shot to the body from Serlal misses
and Van Beethoven counters with a nice leg kick.
Serlal just misses with a punch to the body.
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!
Serlal throws an overhand right that lands on Van Beethoven 's shoulder, as Van Beethoven tries to avoid the shot.
Serlal connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Van Beethoven 's hands.
Serlal throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Serlal misses with an uppercut.
Van Beethoven connects with a body shot.
Serlal stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Van Beethoven .
Serlal lands a right hook to the body.
Van Beethoven explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Serlal displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Van Beethoven fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Serlal on the side of the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Serlal. Van Beethoven does a little dance to reset his feet.
Serlal closes the distance and clinches up with Van Beethoven , looking for a takedown. Serlal pushes Van Beethoven against the cage but Van Beethoven circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Van Beethoven works Serlal's body with a nice hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Van Beethoven is looking to slow Serlal down with leg kicks.
Van Beethoven punishes Serlal's body with a nice straight punch.
Van Beethoven scores with a nice body kick.
Serlal looks winded!
Jab from Van Beethoven .

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Beethoven works Serlal's body with a nice hook.
Serlal throws a jab but it's blocked by Van Beethoven .
Van Beethoven throws a quick inside leg kick.
Van Beethoven chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Serlal misses with a looping right.
Serlal chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Van Beethoven can pounce on him.
A good leg kick by Van Beethoven .
Serlal just misses with a punch to the body.
Serlal fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Serlal throws a right hand that Van Beethoven ducks under and follows up with a left that Van Beethoven also avoids with ease.
Van Beethoven uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Serlal.
Serlal moves away from the strike by Van Beethoven .
Serlal 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.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Beethoven connects with a single shot there.
Van Beethoven swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Van Beethoven chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Van Beethoven is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Serlal changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Serlal takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Serlal throws a left and a right that both miss
and Van Beethoven counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Serlal connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Van Beethoven throws a leg kick which misses Serlal's front leg but catches the back leg as Serlal tries to avoid it.
Serlal throws a jab but it's blocked by Van Beethoven .
A nice leg kick lands there from Van Beethoven .
Van Beethoven scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Serlal doesn't seem bothered though.
Van Beethoven connects with a solid leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Van Beethoven thows a body kick. Serlal tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Van Beethoven throws a body shot but no joy.
Serlal's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Serlal misses with a hook
and Van Beethoven finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Nice cross by Van Beethoven .
A cross from Van Beethoven lands.
Van Beethoven misses with a wild body shot.
Serlal changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Van Beethoven scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Van Beethoven is looking to wear down Serlal with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Serlal takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Serlal changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Van Beethoven tries to avoid it but Serlal manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Van Beethoven to the ground. Van Beethoven escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Van Beethoven feinted there with a counter leg kick.
You can see that Serlal has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
Van Beethoven misses with a series of wild punches.
Serlal lands with a good body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Van Beethoven swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Van Beethoven misses the shot to the body.
Serlal tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wolfgang Van Beethoven dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Wolfgang Van Beethoven 's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Serlal takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Van Beethoven delivers a nice body kick.
Serlal throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A solid leg kick lands there for Van Beethoven .
Van Beethoven dips to his left and cracks Serlal with an uppercut!
Van Beethoven takes one on the button.
A slapping leg kick lands for Van Beethoven .
Serlal has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Van Beethoven .
Serlal throws out a powerful jab.
A punch combination from Van Beethoven misses.
Serlal tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Van Beethoven was well out of range. Poor timing from Serlal.
Serlal misses the jab.
Van Beethoven blocks a jab.
Van Beethoven uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Serlal.
Van Beethoven throwing a counter right hand but Serlal manages to avoid it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Van Beethoven avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Van Beethoven . That's going to slow Serlal down.
Serlal throws a body punch but Van Beethoven moves out of range.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Serlal might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Van Beethoven has got the better of the exchanges.
A nice leg kick lands there from Van Beethoven .
Wolfgang Van Beethoven is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Van Beethoven lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Serlal shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Van Beethoven as he avoids it easily.
As Serlal backs away, Van Beethoven returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Serlal fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Van Beethoven manages to avoid it.
Van Beethoven loads up on a big right hand but Serlal slips the punch.
Van Beethoven takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Serlal misses with a body shot.
Van Beethoven is looking to counter punch.
Serlal throws out a loose jab but Van Beethoven uses good head movement to avoid it.
Van Beethoven slips a straight right by Serlal.
Serlal takes one to the chin there.
Serlal lands a jab to the head.
Wolfgang Van Beethoven is winning the standup battle so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Serlal finds it's way through Van Beethoven 's defenses.
Van Beethoven lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Van Beethoven scores with a decent looking hook.
Serlal throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Van Beethoven 's waist but Van Beethoven gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Serlal off to one side.
Serlal shoots in for a takedown but Van Beethoven shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Wolfgang Van Beethoven has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Zbermat Serlal.
Van Beethoven throws a lazy right hand but Serlal sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Van Beethoven lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Van Beethoven throws a quick inside leg kick.
Van Beethoven lands a head shot.
Van Beethoven misses with a few strikes there.
Serlal on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Van Beethoven connects with a body shot that sends Serlal's belly button to the back.
Van Beethoven fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Serlal on the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Serlal takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Nice takedown defense from Van Beethoven . No joy for Serlal on that attempt.
Serlal is breathing heavily.
Serlal connects with a good right hand that stumbles Van Beethoven . Van Beethoven circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

Van Beethoven lands a big right hand that sends Serlal crashing to the mat! Van Beethoven stays standing though and waves Serlal back to his feet!

Serlal is rocked!
Van Beethoven connects with a picture perfect right hand that knocks Serlal out cold! This one is over in a flash!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Wolfgang Van Beethoven !
Wolfgang Van Beethoven looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'Thank you thank you! You were a wonderful audience! '.