PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Haji Muakbar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Asztalos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Muakbar might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to That Punjabi Jay-Z song. Asztalos is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Dethroned Emperor by Celtic Frost. Alex Asztalos has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Muakbar
vs
Asztalos

171 cm
43
192 lbs
38 - 26 - 2

188 cm
28
199 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 38 - 26 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Haji Muakbar!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Alex Asztalos!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Daniel Blasius and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Asztalos misses with a body shot.
Asztalos moves into range and connects with a jab.
Asztalos has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Muakbar is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Muakbar misses with a hook. Asztalos ducked under it nicely.
Muakbar takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A looping hook to the body misses from Muakbar. Asztalos does a little dance to reset his feet.
Asztalos misses with a wild body shot.
Muakbar swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Asztalos moves out of range as Muakbar strikes.
Asztalos let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Asztalos circles away from the clinch attempt.
Muakbar misses with a few strikes there.
Muakbar has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Asztalos finds it's way round the side to connect with Muakbar's head.
Good standup being displayed there by Asztalos as he connects with a hook.
Muakbar misses with a hook
and Asztalos counters with a stiff right hand.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Asztalos.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Asztalos scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Muakbar doesn't seem bothered though.
Asztalos ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A combination from Muakbar does no damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Asztalos as Muakbar shoots in.
Muakbar misses with a body punch
and Muakbar takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Muakbar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Asztalos lands a body shot.
Asztalos throws a leg kick which misses Muakbar's front leg but catches the back leg as Muakbar tries to avoid it.
Muakbar throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Muakbar chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Asztalos can pounce on him.
Muakbar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Muakbar looks for a takedown but Asztalos sprawls well.
Asztalos flicks out a counter leg kick but Muakbar steps away.
Muakbar connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Alex Asztalos is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Asztalos throws a nice outside leg kick.
Asztalos fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Muakbar looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Asztalos fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Muakbar takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Nice cross by Asztalos.
Asztalos keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Haji Muakbar. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Muakbar misses with a leg kick
and Asztalos counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Muakbar looks to land a combination but Asztalos avoids it well.
Asztalos looks to score with a jab to the body but Muakbar is just out of range.
Asztalos is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Muakbar fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Asztalos manages to avoid it.
Asztalos looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Muakbar throws a series of punches but Asztalos avoids them all with ease.
Asztalos is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Muakbar had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Muakbar misses with a wild body shot.
Muakbar 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.
Asztalos slips a straight right by Muakbar.
Muakbar takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Muakbar walks into a jab.
Muakbar is looking to wear down Asztalos with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Asztalos throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Muakbar on the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Asztalos lands with an uppercut that bounces Muakbar off the ropes and back into range.
Asztalos jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Muakbar walks into a stiff left hand from Asztalos.
Asztalos fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Muakbar has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Asztalos finds it's way round the side to connect with Muakbar's head.

Asztalos cracks Muakbar with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Asztalos has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Muakbar to stand back up!

Muakbar is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Asztalos lands a nice shot to the body.
Oh Muakbar is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Asztalos lands a jab to Muakbar's midsection.
Asztalos connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Asztalos is looking to slow Muakbar down with leg kicks.
Muakbar tries to close the distance and clinch but Asztalos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Muakbar seems to have got his legs back now.

Muakbar moves into the clinch successfully.

Asztalos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Muakbar misses with a body shot.
Asztalos bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Asztalos lands a glancing blow to the side of Muakbar's head.

Muakbar drives through and clinches with Asztalos against the ropes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Asztalos blocks an uppercut.
Asztalos is leaning against Muakbar and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Muakbar scores with a nice hook to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Muakbar.
Asztalos lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Asztalos lands an uppercut.
Asztalos misses with a hook to the ribs.
Asztalos lands a right hand.
Asztalos scores with a shoulder strike.

Asztalos breaks the clinch.
Asztalos lands with a straight right. Muakbar didn't see that one coming.
Muakbar tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
An inside leg kick lands from Asztalos.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Muakbar takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Asztalos cracks Muakbar with a good jab.
Some bone on bone action there as Asztalos checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alex Asztalos dominated that round.
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.

Asztalos throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Muakbar's head.
Haji Muakbar is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Asztalos jabs at Muakbar's body.
Asztalos lands a jab to the nose.
Asztalos moves into range and connects with a jab.
Asztalos waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Muakbar.
Asztalos lands a leg kick that knocks Muakbar off balance momentarily.
Muakbar is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Asztalos.
Asztalos scores with a nice head shot.
Good exchange - Asztalos coming out on top.
Muakbar pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Muakbar misses with a jab, cross combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Muakbar takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Asztalos throws a body punch but Muakbar moves out of range.
Muakbar moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Muakbar looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Muakbar looks for a takedown but Asztalos sprawls well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Muakbar jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Asztalos lands the left hand.
Asztalos just misses with a punch to the body.
Muakbar needs to keep his hands up - Asztalos had a free shot at his head there.
Muakbar misses with a wild body shot.
Jab by Asztalos.
Muakbar misses with a series of wild punches.
Asztalos uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Muakbar.
Asztalos looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Asztalos lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Asztalos.
Asztalos wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Asztalos with a body punch. A glancing blow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Asztalos - just one landing.
Muakbar swings widly with a right hand
and Asztalos counters with a nice leg kick.
Asztalos jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Asztalos dips to his left and cracks Muakbar with an uppercut!
Muakbar throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Asztalos.
Muakbar wants to clinch
and Muakbar takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Muakbar walks straight into a right hand from Asztalos - that's dropped him! Asztalos jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Muakbar from any more punishment! Muakbar complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Alex Asztalos!
Alex Asztalos is the new middleweight champion!
In his post fight interview, Alex Asztalos started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
Haji Muakbar spoke after the fight, saying 'the roid rage just didn't kick in this time'.