PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eddie Armstrong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kingen Ciuchten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Armstrong
vs
Ciuchten

185 cm
42
248 lbs
23 - 16 - 1

189 cm
28
291 lbs
13 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 16 - 1, fighting out of London, Eddie Armstrong!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kingen Ciuchten!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Andrew Berry and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Armstrong closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Ciuchten gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Armstrong works his way to full guard. Good work.
Ciuchten loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Ciuchten missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Armstrong has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Armstrong looking to hit a scissor sweep but Ciuchten is one step ahead there.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Ciuchten working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Ciuchten landing some decent shots from guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Armstrong bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Ciuchten's guard.

Ciuchten throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Armstrong chips away with some ground and pound.
Armstrong tries to free his leg and advance position but Ciuchten is retaining full guard.
Ciuchten throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
We've been hearing that Armstrong has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Ciuchten avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Ciuchten punching from the bottom.
Armstrong distracts Ciuchten with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ciuchten wants to sweep here but Armstrong controlling him for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Armstrong wants to control from the top but Ciuchten keeps moving.
Armstrong scoring with some ground and pound.
Ciuchten throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Ciuchten throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Armstrong is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Ciuchten throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Ciuchten throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Armstrong postures up.
Armstrong postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Armstrong lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Ciuchten trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Armstrong landing some decent shots from guard.
Armstrong postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Armstrong is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Armstrong works over Ciuchten with some ground and pound from guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Armstrong lands a couple of elbows.
Ciuchten has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Armstrong cracks Ciuchten with a solid left hand.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Armstrong's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Ciuchten will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Ciuchten throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Ciuchten trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Ciuchten thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Armstrong scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Ciuchten looking to hit a scissor sweep but Armstrong is one step ahead there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Armstrong is working Ciuchten over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Ciuchten tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Armstrong scoring with punches to the head and body.
Armstrong stands up over Ciuchten, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Armstrong working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Armstrong lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Armstrong scoring with some ground and pound.
Ciuchten is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ciuchten throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Armstrong passes into half guard.
Armstrong wants to lay and pray for a moment but Ciuchten keeps working.
Ciuchten won't allow Armstrong to pass to mount.
Ciuchten missing with punches from the bottom.
Ciuchten missing with punches from the bottom.
Armstrong scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Ciuchten tries to roll over but Armstrong keeps him under control.
Ciuchten slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Ciuchten throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Ciuchten throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Armstrong's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ciuchten tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Armstrong postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Armstrong trying to control but Ciuchten is working from the bottom.
Ciuchten throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Ciuchten will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Armstrong stands up over Ciuchten, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Armstrong keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Ciuchten's head.
Armstrong working some strikes from top position.
Ciuchten not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Ciuchten striking off his back but it's not causing Armstrong any problems.
Armstrong stopping the sweep attempt from Ciuchten.
Ciuchten tries to strike from the bottom.
Armstrong postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Armstrong's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Ciuchten can't keep his opponent in guard - Armstrong advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Armstrong is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

Ciuchten looking for submissions off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eddie Armstrong 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.

Ciuchten bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Armstrong tries to bench press Ciuchten off him but Ciuchten keeps the position.
Armstrong is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.

Ciuchten is working for a kimura but Armstrong is defending it quite comfortably.
Armstrong is looking to improve his position.
Ciuchten winds up and cracks Armstrong with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Armstrong is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Ciuchten's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Ciuchten's back!
Armstrong softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Ciuchten is trying to remain composed but Armstrong is hammering down strikes to the side of his head.
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!
Ciuchten is trapped and Armstrong is scoring with shots to the head and body.
Ciuchten rolls, trying to escape but Armstrong keeps control of the position.
Armstrong punishes Ciuchten with strikes from the back mount.
Armstrong is landing with strikes from the back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Armstrong lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
I really don't envy Ciuchten right now.
Armstrong lands punches and elbows.
Ciuchten is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Armstrong is punishing Ciuchten with some ground and pound.
Armstrong lands punches and elbows.

Ciuchten is rocked!
Armstrong is not going to allow Ciuchten to sit and survive in this position.
Ciuchten is still in real trouble! Can Armstrong finish him?
Armstrong wants to control but Ciuchten is keeping busy.
Ciuchten seems to have recovered his senses.
Armstrong lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Armstrong.
Ciuchten is keeping busy.
Armstrong lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Armstrong connects with a big shot to the side of Ciuchten's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ciuchten just trying to survive but Armstrong is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Ciuchten is taking damage to the body and head.
Armstrong lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Armstrong.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Armstrong is hanging on to Ciuchten's back as he tries to escape.
Armstrong lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Ciuchten.
Armstrong punishes Ciuchten with strikes from the back mount.
Ciuchten looking very determined here, making life difficult for Armstrong.
Ciuchten can't escape the position.
Ciuchten covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
Armstrong cracks Ciuchten with a big right hand from the back mount! Ciuchten immediately covers up and the referee dives in to save him under a barrage of more strikes! Armstrong takes this one by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eddie Armstrong!
Eddie Armstrong retains his heavyweight title!
Our winner, Eddie Armstrong, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.