PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Herger Ysengrin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Altair Brain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Brain's choice of entrance music: 300 Violin. 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.

Ysengrin
vs
Brain

178 cm
24
164 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

182 cm
24
162 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

Great wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Hellbent

Sully's Bar & Grill
King of Fists

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Herger Ysengrin!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Altair Brain!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Paul Tew and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ysengrin wants to slow Brain down by chopping away at his legs.
Ysengrin scores with a kick to the midsection.
Ysengrin with a hook.

It looks like Altair Brain has been cut.
Brain misses with a low kick.
Ysengrin changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
A cross from Ysengrin lands.
Ysengrin lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Ysengrin moves away from the strike by Brain.
Brain steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ysengrin.
Brain drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Ysengrin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Brain.
A jab lands there for Brain.
Ysengrin throws a hook to the side of Brain's head but Brain sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Brain looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Brain moves out of range of the body kick.
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!
Brain throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Brain lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brain slips under a jab from Ysengrin.

Ysengrin clinches up against the cage.
Brain is working Ysengrin over against the cage.
Brain stalling against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Ysengrin as the two fighters clinch.
Ysengrin lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Brain backwards.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Ysengrin takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Ysengrin lands with a short shot to the head.
Ysengrin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Brain lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ysengrin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Brain fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Brain fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Brain tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Brain misses with a punch to the body.
Ysengrin working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ysengrin keeps control of Brain as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Brain tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Brain tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ysengrin misses with a hook to the ribs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brain works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Brain throws a head punch that misses.
Brain blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ysengrin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A shot in the inside from Ysengrin.
Ysengrin makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Brain prevents a body shot from Ysengrin.
Ysengrin scores with a shot to the side of Brain's head.

Brain is rocked!
I was talking to Ysengrin's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Ysengrin has a couple of punches blocked by Brain.
Brain is still on wobbly legs! Can Ysengrin finish him?
Ysengrin is leaning against Brain and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Brain blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Ysengrin fails to land.
Brain misses with a knee strike.
Brain seems to have recovered his senses.
Brain lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Brain lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ysengrin backwards.
A shot in the inside from Ysengrin.
Ysengrin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ysengrin unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Brain! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Ysengrin is unloading with more strikes now! Brain drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Herger Ysengrin!
Herger Ysengrin retains his lightweight title!
A very excited looking Herger Ysengrin made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
Altair Brain spoke after the fight, saying 'It happenes sometimes, but I thought I was better today. Sometimes you lose like this.'.