PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Seifer Almasy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Christian Hackenburg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Almasy kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is The Black Mages - Force Your Way. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Almasy
vs
Hackenburg

188 cm
33
215 lbs
20 - 17 - 0

184 cm
30
224 lbs
15 - 7 - 2

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Milwaukee's Best 160 (85% laundry)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Seifer Almasy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 7 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Christian Hackenburg!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Roosa Järviläinen and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hackenburg clinches up with Almasy and pushes him back against the cage.
Almasy lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Christian Hackenburg has been cut.
Hackenburg lands an elbow that stopped Almasy in his tracks for a moment.
Hackenburg throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Almasy misses with a punch to the body.
Hackenburg lands an elbow just above Almasy 's eye.

It looks like Seifer Almasy has been cut.
Hackenburg comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Almasy avoiding damage.
A short left from Hackenburg.
Hackenburg comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hackenburg throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hackenburg tries a body shot but Almasy blocks it.
Hackenburg throws an elbow but it misses.
Almasy with an attempt at a knee that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hackenburg avoiding damage as Almasy throws knees to the body.
Almasy is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hackenburg is defending well for now.
Almasy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Almasy takes an elbow to the temple.
Almasy tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hackenburg lands an elbow inside that Almasy shrugs off.
Almasy looking to throw knees to the head but Hackenburg is blocking nicely.
Almasy takes a shot to the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hackenburg throws an elbow but misses.
Almasy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hackenburg.
Hackenburg misses with an elbow strike.
Hackenburg lands a shot to the body.
Hackenburg goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hackenburg lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nice body punch from Hackenburg - that landed with a thud.
Almasy is breathing heavily.
Hackenburg lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hackenburg lands an elbow just above Almasy 's eye.
Almasy connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hackenburg's face.
Hackenburg throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hackenburg pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hackenburg looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hackenburg throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almasy with a knee to the head.
Almasy prevents a body shot from Hackenburg.
Hackenburg has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Almasy avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Almasy tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Almasy prevents a body shot from Hackenburg.
Hackenburg lands an elbow that stopped Almasy in his tracks for a moment.
Hackenburg throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hackenburg throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Almasy misses with a knee strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hackenburg just misses with a elbow thrown towards Almasy's brow.
Almasy takes an elbow to the forehead.
Almasy throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hackenburg lands with a light punch inside.
Hackenburg is looking for a takedown.
Hackenburg tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hackenburg prevents a body shot from Almasy.
Almasy takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hackenburg looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Almasy misses with a knee strike.

Hackenburg has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Almasy clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Almasy looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Hackenburg's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Hackenburg avoiding Almasy 's attempts to control his hands.
Hackenburg struggling to keep hold of the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Almasy covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
Almasy trying to control the position but Hackenburg manages to sink in the hooks.
Hackenburg trying to control momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hackenburg lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Almasy.
Hackenburg lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Almasy hold on?!
Hackenburg lands strikes to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Almasy is really stuck here.
Hackenburg lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Hackenburg controlling well, preventing Almasy from escaping the position.
The referee is taking a good look at Almasy as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Hackenburg!
Hackenburg has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Almasy.
Almasy wants to get back to his feet.
Hackenburg lands a shot to the body.
Almasy is really stuck here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Christian Hackenburg dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.

Hackenburg ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Nice body kick from Hackenburg.
Almasy misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Almasy has taken the fight to the clinch.
Hackenburg misses with a punch to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hackenburg throws an elbow but misses.
Almasy landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Almasy.
Almasy scores with a knee to the head.
Hackenburg lands a right hand.

Hackenburg is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Almasy can't fight it off and eventually Hackenburg manages to take the fight to the floor. Almasy looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hackenburg trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Hackenburg tries to free his leg and advance position but Almasy is retaining full guard.
Hackenburg trying to control but Almasy is working from the bottom.
Hackenburg has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Almasy wants to stand and escape but Hackenburg is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hackenburg passes Almasy's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Almasy pushes Hackenburg off but Hackenburg dives into side control.
Almasy is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Hackenburg has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Almasy takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Hackenburg landing strikes.
Hackenburg scores with punches from side control.
Hackenburg tries to advance to mount but Almasy denies him.
Hackenburg wants to lay and pray for a moment but Almasy keeps working.
Almasy prevents Hackenburg from improving position.
Hackenburg lands an elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almasy manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Almasy won't allow Hackenburg to pass to mount.
Hackenburg working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Almasy is trying to get back to full guard.
Hackenburg has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hackenburg wants to free his trapped foot but Almasy is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Almasy wants to get back to his feet.
Hackenburg prevents Almasy from improving his position.
Hackenburg tries to pass to full mount but Almasy defends it.
Hackenburg scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Almasy keeps control of the position for the meantime.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hackenburg takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Almasy trying to control from the bottom.
Almasy looks like he's trying to stand up.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Almasy. Hackenburg does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hackenburg slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Almasy thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hackenburg tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Seifer Almasy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Almasy lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hackenburg circles away quickly and effectively.
Hackenburg scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Almasy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hackenburg sees it coming and avoids it easily.
We've been told by Almasy's head coaches at Nordic Top Team that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Hackenburg throws a leg kick which misses Almasy's front leg but catches the back leg as Almasy tries to avoid it.

Hackenburg closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Hackenburg cracks Almasy with a big elbow.
Almasy struggling a bit here.
Hackenburg works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hackenburg in side control lands a decent elbow.
Hackenburg working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hackenburg working the body and head with strikes.
My spies in PhoQus Sports Enterprise inform me that Hackenburg has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Hackenburg wants to control but Almasy is keeping him busy.
Hackenburg landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Almasy pushes Hackenburg away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Hackenburg gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Hackenburg scores with punches from side control.
Almasy is pushing Hackenburg's head away, looking to escape. Hackenburg manages to hold on to the position though.
Hackenburg scoring with punches from side control.
Hackenburg is putting a hurting on Almasy here, landing some big shots from side control.

Almasy is rocked!
Hackenburg scoring with punches and elbows.
Oh Almasy is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hackenburg lands a strong strike to the head of Almasy. That's dazed him! Hackenburg looking to finish here. Almasy is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Hackenburg lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Christian Hackenburg!
Our winner, Christian Hackenburg, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.