PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Roberto Sturmpruegel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Outfuh Blood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Outfuh Blood was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Sturmpruegel
vs
Blood

180 cm
38
190 lbs
22 - 11 - 1

191 cm
29
195 lbs
19 - 10 - 1

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KnockOut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Roberto Sturmpruegel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 10 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Outfuh Blood!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Kenichi Hosakawa and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A low kick from Blood is predictable there
and Sturmpruegel counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sturmpruegel feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Blood's calf.
Blood throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Sturmpruegel to counter with a crisp jab.
Sturmpruegel lands a slapping body shot.
Sturmpruegel moves out of range as Blood throws a body kick.
Blood misses the shot to the body.
Outfuh Blood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blood slips a jab and a cross from Sturmpruegel.
Blood with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Sturmpruegel throws a leg kick but Blood moved away.
Blood looks to score with a jab to the body but Sturmpruegel is just out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Sturmpruegel misses the target.
Blood throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Blood throws a poor cross that misses
and Sturmpruegel counters with a nice low kick that buckles Blood's knee momentarily.
Blood dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sturmpruegel. That did some damage!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blood tries to clinch there but Sturmpruegel circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Sturmpruegel.
It looked like Sturmpruegel was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Blood.
Sturmpruegel misses the shot to the body.
Blood avoids a punch combination nicely.
Blood does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Blood just misses with a punch to the body.
Sturmpruegel takes a shot to the body in his stride.
That kick from Blood tenderised Sturmpruegel's leg. Sturmpruegel is trying to keep his angry face on.
Blood just misses with a punch to the body.
Sturmpruegel appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Sturmpruegel misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Blood.
Nice body kick there by Blood.
Blood loads up on a big right hand but Sturmpruegel slips the punch.
It looked like Sturmpruegel was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Blood.
A good leg kick by Blood.
Sturmpruegel stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Blood.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blood feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Sturmpruegels jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Blood throws a lazy uppercut
and Sturmpruegel counters with a left to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Blood lands with a thumping leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Blood.
Blood turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Sturmpruegel blocks a jab.
Blood just misses with a punch to the body.
Blood throws a wild body kick that Sturmpruegel sees coming a mile off.
Sturmpruegel throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sturmpruegel backing away here, and Blood unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
A jab lands there for Blood.
Sturmpruegel throws a combination that misses
and Blood counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Blood bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Sturmpruegel's head backwards.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Blood.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sturmpruegel misses with a body shot.
Blood fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sturmpruegel manages to avoid it.
Blood feints and then cracks Sturmpruegel's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sturmpruegel down.
Sturmpruegel does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Blood takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Sturmpruegel doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Sturmpruegel tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Blood was well out of range. Poor timing from Sturmpruegel.
Blood tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Sturmpruegel takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sturmpruegel takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Some bone on bone action there as Sturmpruegel checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Sturmpruegel swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Blood throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Sturmpruegel on the side of the head.
Blood misses with a straight left.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blood swings for the body but Sturmpruegel moves out of range.
Sturmpruegel throws a right hand that misses
and Blood counters with a low kick, right behind Sturmpruegel 's knee.
Sturmpruegel moves out of range of the body kick from Blood.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Blood uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Sturmpruegel jabs Blood to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Blood looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sturmpruegel is looking to wear down Blood with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Blood tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sturmpruegel paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sturmpruegel is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Blood throws a hook to the side of Sturmpruegel's head but Sturmpruegel sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Blood buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Sturmpruegel takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Blood fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Blood throws a hook to the side of Sturmpruegel's head but Sturmpruegel sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Outfuh Blood dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Blood throws a hook but Sturmpruegel avoids it easily.
It looked like Sturmpruegel was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Blood.
An inside leg kick from Blood misses.
Sturmpruegel was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Sturmpruegel pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Blood ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sturmpruegel moves away.
Blood throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Sturmpruegel might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Blood throws a jab when Sturmpruegel was well out of range.
Blood is looking to chop away at Sturmpruegel's legs.
Blood is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Blood throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Blood jabbing away but nothing is landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blood misses with an uppercut
and Blood takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sturmpruegel avoids the body shot from Blood.
Sturmpruegel is looking to counter punch.
Sturmpruegel misses with a wild body shot.
Sturmpruegel takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blood throws a leg kick but Sturmpruegel moved away.
Blood has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Blood throws a leg kick which misses Sturmpruegel's front leg but catches the back leg as Sturmpruegel tries to avoid it.
Blood misses with an uppercut.
Sturmpruegel keeps the fight on the outside.
Blood scores with a body shot.
Blood lands a nice hook to Sturmpruegel's body. Sturmpruegel takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Nice body punch from Sturmpruegel.
Sturmpruegel has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Blood.
Blood checks a leg kick nicely.
Sturmpruegel lands a lovely overhand right.
Sturmpruegel takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A low kick from Blood misses
letting Sturmpruegel counter with a right hand.
Sturmpruegel tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Blood is able to avoid easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Sturmpruegel misses.
Blood misses the shot to the body.
Outfuh Blood seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Blood throws the kick towards the body but Sturmpruegel avoids it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sturmpruegel lands a jab.
Sturmpruegel avoids the body shot from Blood.
Sturmpruegel connects with a solid leg kick.
Sturmpruegel scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Blood throws a leg kick
and Sturmpruegel counters with a slapping leg kick.
Blood lands with a hook. Sturmpruegel tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Sturmpruegel throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Blood throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Blood wants to clinch up but Sturmpruegel keeps it at a distance.
Sturmpruegel avoids a low kick by using good footwork.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sturmpruegel scores with a nice right hand.
Sturmpruegel checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Sturmpruegel is looking to counter punch.
Blood throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sturmpruegel counters with a lovely straight right hand!

It looks like Outfuh Blood has been cut.
A slow jab from Sturmpruegel misses its intended target.
Blood feints a counter leg kick.
Blood swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Blood takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Sturmpruegel on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Blood. Blood obviously looking to wear him down.
Blood uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sturmpruegel.
Blood misses with a leg kick.
Blood misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sturmpruegel.
Sturmpruegel feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Blood's calf.
Blood swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Blood is predictable there
letting Sturmpruegel counter with a right hand.
Blood just misses with a punch to the body.
Sturmpruegel finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Blood only half commits to the counter leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Blood.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Blood misses with a jab to the body
and Sturmpruegel counters with a right hand to the body.
Blood throws a quick inside leg kick.
Sturmpruegel misses with a body shot.
Blood misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Sturmpruegel counters with a straight right hand.
That kick from Blood tenderised Sturmpruegel's leg. Sturmpruegel is trying to keep his angry face on.
It looks like Sturmpruegel has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Blood throws a poor cross that misses
and Sturmpruegel counters with a low kick, right behind Blood 's knee.
Sturmpruegel throws an overhand right that lands on Blood's shoulder, as Blood tries to avoid the shot.
Blood gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Sturmpruegel connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Blood is rocked!
Blood misses with a leg kick
and Sturmpruegel makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Blood is still on wobbly legs! Can Sturmpruegel finish him?
Blood misses with a hook to the body
and Sturmpruegel counters with a slapping leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Roberto Sturmpruegel will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Outfuh Blood's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Sturmpruegel walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Blood drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Sturmpruegel swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Blood's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Roberto Sturmpruegel!
Roberto Sturmpruegel thanked the fans post fight for their support.