PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Heath Storm (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lucien Michaelson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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.

Storm
vs
Michaelson

190 cm
17
200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Decent elbows
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Heath Storm!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Lucien Michaelson!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Andrew Berry and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Michaelson clinches up with Storm and pushes him back against the cage.
Michaelson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Michaelson tries to land knees in the clinch but Storm avoids the damage to the body.
Michaelson managing to block the knees to the body from Storm.
Michaelson lands with a short shot to the head.
Storm letting Michaelson take a breather here.
Michaelson managing to block the knees to the body from Storm.
Michaelson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Michaelson misses with a punch on the inside.
Michaelson misses with a knee to the head.
Storm goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Storm misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Storm throws a head punch that misses.
Storm prevents a body shot from Michaelson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Storm looking to throw knees to the head but Michaelson is blocking nicely.
Storm tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Michaelson's elbow.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Michaelson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Storm looking to stall.
Storm is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Michaelson is defending well for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Michaelson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Michaelson is looking for a takedown.
Michaelson blocks an elbow strike from Storm.
Michaelson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Storm has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Michaelson goes for a takedown in the clinch but Storm prevents it.
Storm doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Storm swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Storm lands a body punch.
Storm blocking some punches.
Storm lands with a light punch inside.
Storm tries to land a knee to the head but Michaelson blocks with his arms.
Michaelson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Michaelson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Michaelson pushes Storm back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Michaelson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Michaelson letting Storm take a breather here.
Michaelson stalling in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Storm misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Michaelson.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A head punch on the inside from Michaelson fails to land.
Storm tries to land knees in the clinch but Michaelson avoids the damage to the body.
Storm tries to land knees in the clinch but Michaelson avoids the damage to the body.
Storm stalling in the clinch but Michaelson improves position.
Storm is trying to maintain a safe position but Michaelson gets an underhook and turns Storm into the cage.
Michaelson lands a left hand.
Michaelson is working for takedown but Storm is calmly controlling the position for now.
Heath Storm has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lucien Michaelson.
A short uppercut from Michaelson.
Michaelson is working for takedown but Storm is calmly controlling the position for now.
Storm misses with a punch to the body.
Michaelson avoiding damage as Storm throws knees to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Michaelson.
Storm with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Michaelson displaying some good clinch control by pressing Storm up against the cage.
Michaelson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Storm.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Michaelson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nice uppercut lands for Michaelson. That snapped Storm's head back.
Michaelson throws a series of punches but Storm avoids them all with ease.
Michaelson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Storm pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A big right from Storm misses.
A little jabbing left from Michaelson on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
The fight stays on the outside here - Michaelson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Michaelson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Storm has taken the fight to the clinch.
Storm lands a nice shot to the body.
Storm using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Michaelson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Michaelson avoiding damage as Storm throws knees to the body.
Michaelson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Storm tries a body shot but Michaelson blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Storm takes a shot to the head.
Michaelson blocks an elbow strike.
Michaelson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Storm stalling.
Michaelson tries to pull guard but Storm holds him up against the cage and eventually Michaelson drops back down to his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Michaelson misses with a hook from the clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Storm - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Storm misses with the head strike.

Michaelson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Michaelson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Storm swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Storm clinches with his opponent.
Storm misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Michaelson.
Storm tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Michaelson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Storm throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

Michaelson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lucien Michaelson dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Michaelson closes the distance and clinches.
Storm misses with a punch to the body.
Storm pressing his opponent against the cage.
Michaelson prevents a body shot from Storm.
Storm's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Storm has Michaelson pressed against the cage.
Michaelson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Storm backwards.
Still in the clinch, Michaelson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Michaelson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Michaelson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Storm backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Storm looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Michaelson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Michaelson looking for a takedown.
Lucien Michaelson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Storm throws a punch but it's blocked by Michaelson.
Michaelson is stalling here.
Storm dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Storm can't find room to land a body shot as Michaelson controls the action.
Storm tries a body shot but Michaelson blocks it.
Storm blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Storm dodges an elbow strike from Michaelson.
Michaelson holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Michaelson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Michaelson gets through Storm's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Storm takes a shot to the head.
Michaelson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Michaelson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Michaelson slowing the pace effectively.
Michaelson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Storm tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Michaelson avoids it.
The referee is keeping an eye on Michaelson - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Storm pressing his opponent against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Michaelson can't get the takedown.
Michaelson is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Storm gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Heath Storm has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lucien Michaelson.
Michaelson prevents a body shot from Storm.
Michaelson looking to throw knees to the head but Storm is blocking nicely.
Michaelson misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Storm.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Storm avoids a wild elbow strike from Michaelson.
Michaelson lands with a light punch inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Storm throws an elbow but misses.

Michaelson breaks the clinch.
Michaelson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Storm slips a jab from Michaelson.

Michaelson has managed to clinch.
Storm is leaning against Michaelson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Storm dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Michaelson misses with a punch to the body.
Storm takes a shot to the head.
Storm taking a breather.

Michaelson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Storm is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A telegraphed right hand from Storm misses the target.
Storm staying out of range there.
Storm swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Storm rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Michaelson counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Storm connects with a looping right hand.
Storm fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Michaelson manages to avoid it.
As Storm backs off Michaelson throws a huge counter combo but Storm manages to avoid it all.
Michaelson lands the left hand.
Michaelson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Storm.
A punch combination from Storm misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Michaelson clinches up with Storm and pushes him back against the cage.
Michaelson has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Storm after a bit of a struggle.
Michaelson controlling the action here for a moment.
Michaelson lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Storm.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Michaelson breaks the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Michaelson forces Storm back against the cage and clinches.
Storm lands a body shot in the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Michaelson.
Michaelson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Storm with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Michaelson stalling in the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Michaelson.
Storm lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Michaelson scores with a hook to the body.
Michaelson lands with a light punch inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lucien Michaelson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Storm throws a leg kick
and Michaelson counters with a one-two to the body.
Storm looks to clinch
and Michaelson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Storm is rocked!
Storm swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Storm throws a lazy uppercut
and Michaelson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Oh Storm is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Michaelson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Storm, pushing him back against the cage.
Michaelson stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

Michaelson drops Storm onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Storm is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
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!
Michaelson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Storms head.
Michaelson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Storm backwards.
Michaelson controlling the action here for a moment.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A short right from Michaelson.
Michaelson lands an uppercut.
Michaelson lands with a light punch inside.
Michaelson lands a big right hand that drops Storm! The killer instinct kicks in and Michaelson finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Michaelson!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lucien Michaelson!
Lucien Michaelson is the new middleweight champion!