PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Luke Dawson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manfred Von Richthoffen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Luke Dawson is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Dawson
vs
Von Richthoffen

172 cm
29
145 lbs
10 - 9 - 0

171 cm
22
157 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

Decent wrestler
Great elbows
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Brawler
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Luke Dawson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Manfred Von Richthoffen!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Illya Tyunina and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Von Richthoffen fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Dawson, pushing him back against the cage.
Dawson looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Von Richthoffen pushes Dawson back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Von Richthoffen keeps control of Dawson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Von Richthoffen scores with a shoulder strike.
A right handed body shot lands from Von Richthoffen.
Von Richthoffen scores with a hook to the body.
Von Richthoffen pushes Dawson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Von Richthoffen pulls guard effortlessly.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Von Richthoffen can do anything to dispel that myth.
Dawson preventing the sweep.
Von Richthoffen is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

Dawson gets to his feet - Von Richthoffen follows without any prompting.

Von Richthoffen closes the distance and pushes Dawson back into the cage.
Good body shot from Von Richthoffen.
Von Richthoffen lands a nice shot to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Von Richthoffen.
Von Richthoffen lands with a light punch inside.
Von Richthoffen works on Dawson's body with a couple of short punches.
A right hook to the body lands for Von Richthoffen.
Von Richthoffen lands a body punch.
Von Richthoffen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

It looks like Luke Dawson has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Von Richthoffen lands with a left to the head.
Von Richthoffen pushes Dawson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Von Richthoffen works on Dawson's body with a couple of short punches.
Von Richthoffen works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Von Richthoffen creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Von Richthoffen lands with a right to the head.
Von Richthoffen scores with a hook to the body.
Von Richthoffen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dawson backwards.
Dawson struggles to land a body shot inside as Von Richthoffen controls his hands.
Von Richthoffen lands a left hand that snaps the head of Dawson backwards.

Dawson is rocked!
Von Richthoffen lands with a right to the head.
Oh Dawson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Von Richthoffen cracks Dawson with a nice body shot.
Von Richthoffen slowing the pace effectively.
Von Richthoffen lands with a light punch inside.
Von Richthoffen pushes Dawson against the cage. Von Richthoffen is working some dirty boxing. Von Richthoffen pushes off with a quick right hook! Dawson goes down! Dawson tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Von Richthoffen moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Manfred Von Richthoffen!
Manfred Von Richthoffen decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.