PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tim Pierno (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wolfram Stelzer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pierno comes to the cage accompanied by Umberto Tozzi - Gloria. The crowd seem to be enjoying Stelzer's choice of entrance music: Business Time. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Pierno
vs
Stelzer

180 cm
29
175 lbs
19 - 9 - 1

192 cm
36
173 lbs
27 - 17 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tim Pierno!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wolfram Stelzer!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Daniel Bishop and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab, jab by Pierno - just one landing.
Pierno thuds his right hand into Stelzer's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Pierno is looking to clinch but Stelzer is avoiding it.
Stelzer has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Pierno scores with a jab.
Pierno tries to clinch but Stelzer moves out of range.
Stelzer is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Stelzer throws a series of punches but Pierno moves out of range.
Pierno throws a hook to the side of Stelzer's head but Stelzer sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Pierno closes the distance and clinches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Pierno.
Stelzer misses with a punch to the body.
Pierno swings wildly with an uppercut but Stelzer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pierno fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pierno lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Pierno is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Pierno doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Stelzer is trying to break free.
Pierno lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stelzer swings wildly with an uppercut but Pierno uses good head movement to avoid it.
Stelzer is trying to maintain a safe position but Pierno gets an underhook and turns Stelzer into the cage.
Stelzer is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Stelzer tries to work over Pierno's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pierno controlling the action here for a moment.
Stelzer misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Stelzer as Pierno tries to tie him up.
Stelzer lands a right hand that snaps the head of Pierno backwards.
Pierno tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pierno makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Stelzer pushes Pierno back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Stelzer misses with a punch on the inside.
Stelzer blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Stelzer.
Pierno misses with some punches.
Pierno working aggressively here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stelzer misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Still in the clinch, Pierno scores with a nice short uppercut.
Pierno lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Stelzer stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Stelzer can't find room to land a body shot as Pierno controls the action.
Stelzer blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pierno lands with a left to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stelzer is trying to stall.
Stelzer is trying to break the clinch but Pierno is controlling him.
Stelzer tries for a takedown. No joy.
Pierno lands a left hand.
Pierno lands a body punch in the clinch.
Stelzer lands a body punch.
Stelzer is trying to push Pierno away but Pierno has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A nice left hand lands by Stelzer.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Pierno.
Pierno lands a right hand.
Pierno lands a body shot.
Pierno lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pierno just leaning against Stelzer, taking a breather.
Stelzer throws a punch but it's blocked by Pierno.

Stelzer breaks from the clinch.
Pierno is looking to clinch but Stelzer is avoiding it.
Stelzer takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Pierno jabs at Stelzer's body.
Pierno fails with an attempt to clinch.
Stelzer ducks under a wild hook from Pierno.
Pierno misses the shot to the body.
Donk. Stelzer catches Pierno right on the button with a cross.
Pierno closes the distance looking to clinch
and Stelzer counters with a stiff right hand.

Pierno clinches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pierno lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Stelzer lands a shoulder strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pierno can't find room to land a body shot as Stelzer controls the action.
Pierno lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Stelzer backwards.
Stelzer blocks an uppercut.
Pierno lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Stelzer.
Stelzer wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Stelzer lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Pierno backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Stelzer.
Stelzer misses with the head strike.
Stelzer tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pierno's elbow.
Stelzer working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Stelzer breaks the clinch.
Pierno rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Stelzer counters with a nice low kick that buckles Pierno's knee momentarily.
Stelzer throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Pierno on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Pierno throws a good cross that connects.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tim Pierno 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.

Stelzer misses with a straight left.
Stelzer moves forwards but Pierno connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Pierno takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Pierno throws a series of punches but Stelzer moves out of range.
Pierno jabs at Stelzer's body.

Pierno moves into range and clinches up with Stelzer.
Tim Pierno has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Pierno.
Stelzer throws a punch but it's blocked by Pierno.
Pierno tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pierno taking a breather.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pierno misses with a hook to the ribs.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Pierno misses with the head strike.
Pierno lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Pierno is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Stelzer can do to turn this around?
Stelzer wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Pierno works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Pierno lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pierno goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pierno trying to control the position but instead, Stelzer has worked for underhooks and has pushed Pierno into the cage.
Pierno misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pierno softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Stelzer throws a head punch that misses.
Stelzer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Stelzer lands with a short shot to the head.
Pierno tries a body shot but Stelzer blocks it.
Pierno tries a body shot but Stelzer blocks it.
Pierno tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Stelzer's elbow.
Pierno lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short body shot lands from Pierno as the two fighters clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Stelzer fails to land.
Pierno misses with the head strike.
Stelzer is trying to drag Pierno to the mat but Pierno just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Pierno.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stelzer tries a body shot but Pierno blocks it.
Pierno is leaning against Stelzer and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Pierno throws a punch but it's blocked by Stelzer.
Pierno throws a punch but it's blocked by Stelzer.
Pierno gets through Stelzer's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Pierno pushes Stelzer back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stelzer misses with a hook from the clinch.
Stelzer tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Stelzer misses with the head strike.
Pierno misses with a body punch.
Pierno has Stelzer pushed against the cage.
Pierno lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Pierno blocks a body shot from Stelzer.
Nice body punch from Pierno - that landed with a thud.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Pierno.
Stelzer misses with a punch on the inside.
Pierno lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Pierno misses with a punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pierno stalling in the clinch.

Stelzer pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pierno wants to clinch up but Stelzer keeps it at a distance.
Pierno walks into a straight right hand from Stelzer.
Pierno thows a left - swing and a miss!
Pierno tries to clinch up but Stelzer circles away and keeps his distance.
Pierno fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Stelzer misses with a wild body shot.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Pierno, as that shot connected.
Stelzer uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pierno.
Stelzer moves away from the strike by Pierno.
Pierno throws a series of punches but Stelzer moves out of range.
Pierno misses with a wild combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Stelzer 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Pierno swings widly with a right hand
and Stelzer connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Pierno has closed the distance and engaged Stelzer in a clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stelzer wants a takedown but no success here.
A head punch on the inside from Pierno fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pierno.
A head punch on the inside from Stelzer fails to land.
Stelzer throws a punch but it's blocked by Pierno.
Stelzer misses with the head strike.
Stelzer goes for a takedown in the clinch but Pierno prevents it.
Tim Pierno has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Wolfram Stelzer.
Stelzer struggles to land a body shot inside as Pierno controls his hands.
A short left from Pierno.
Stelzer misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tim Pierno dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Pierno misses with a looping right.
Stelzer swings for the body but Pierno moves out of range.
Pierno tries to clinch but Stelzer moves out of range.
Pierno fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pierno scores with a jab.
Stelzer swats away the attempt to clinch by Pierno.
Stelzer jabs Pierno to the body, keeping him at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pierno connects with a jab.
Stelzer connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

Pierno clinches up with Stelzer and pushes him back against the cage.
Stelzer throws a punch but it's blocked by Pierno.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Stelzer.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Pierno throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Pierno lands a shot to the body.
Pierno gets through Stelzer's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Pierno stalling in the clinch.
Stelzer goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pierno swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Stelzer wants to take the fight to the mat but Pierno manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Pierno's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Pierno misses with the head strike.
Stelzer throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Pierno fails to land.
Stelzer blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Stelzer tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pierno's elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Stelzer.
Pierno dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Wolfram Stelzer has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pierno is trying to maintain a safe position but Stelzer gets an underhook and turns Pierno into the cage.
Pierno lands an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Pierno fails to land.
Pierno working aggressively here.
Pierno lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Stelzer backwards.
Pierno is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Stelzer is keeping busy.
Pierno working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Pierno can't find room to land a body shot as Stelzer controls the action.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pierno misses with a hook to the ribs.
Stelzer tries to score a body lock takedown but Pierno shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Pierno creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Nice body punch from Stelzer.
A nice left hand lands by Pierno.
Pierno misses with some punches.
Stelzer misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Stelzer tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pierno's elbow.
Stelzer working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pierno tries a body shot but Stelzer blocks it.
Stelzer blocking some punches.
Stelzer is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A left hand lands to the body for Pierno.
Pierno blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pierno lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Stelzer.
Pierno blocks a body shot from Stelzer.
A frustrated look appears on Stelzer's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Stelzer has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Stelzer lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Pierno swings wildly with an uppercut but Stelzer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Stelzer tries to throw a body punch but Pierno avoids it by throwing Stelzer back against the cage.
Stelzer throws a head punch that misses.
Pierno blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Stelzer lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Stelzer's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pierno swings wildly with an uppercut but Stelzer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Stelzer tries to work over Pierno's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pierno is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Stelzer is keeping busy.
Pierno lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Stelzer is looking for a takedown.
Tim Pierno has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Wolfram Stelzer.
Stelzer doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pierno misses with a punch to the body.
Pierno lands with a light punch inside.

It looks like Wolfram Stelzer has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pierno pressing his opponent against the cage.
Stelzer wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pierno has him pressed against the cage.
Pierno is looking to control Stelzer's arms but Stelzer gets an underhook and turns him. Now Pierno has his back to the cage.
Pierno misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pierno blocking some punches.
A right hook to the body lands for Stelzer.
Stelzer misses with a hook from the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tim Pierno showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Pierno has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tim Pierno!
A relieved looking Tim Pierno thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.