PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Adam Best (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Konrad Curze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Curze is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: RIse of the Night Haunter. 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.

Best
vs
Curze

197 cm
18
265 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

215 cm
18
268 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Lethal high kicks
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Adam Best!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Konrad Curze!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Marco Blurström and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Best lands with a good body shot.
Curze tries to clinch but Best is having none of it.
Curze is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Curze has managed to clinch.
Best is trying to maintain a safe position but Curze gets an underhook and turns Best into the cage.
Best avoids a wild elbow strike from Curze.
Curze is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Best is defending well for now.
Curze using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Best has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Curze misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Best.
Curze tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Best's elbow.
Curze creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Best managing to block the knees to the body from Curze.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Curze misses with a knee to the head.
Curze tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Curze tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Curze letting Best take a breather here.
Curze using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Best has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Curze throws a punch but it's blocked by Best.
Curze throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Curze missing with knees to the body.
Curze tries a knee to the head but Best blocks it.
Curze swings wildly with an uppercut but Best uses good head movement to avoid it.
Curze tries to land a knee to the head but Best blocks with his arms.
Curze with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Curze looking to throw knees to the head but Best is blocking nicely.
Curze lands a damaging elbow.
Best lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Curze.
Curze misses with a short punch on the inside.
Best tries to land knees in the clinch but Curze avoids the damage to the body.
Curze looking to throw knees to the head but Best is blocking nicely.
Curze pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Best tries to break the clinch but Curze is controlling the position.
Curze landing knees to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Curze lands a good knee to the midsection. Best won't want to take too many of those.
We've been hearing reports that Best has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Curze tries a knee to the head but Best blocks it.
Curze pushes off an throws an elbow but Best leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Best has had enough of the clinch but Curze keeps him there for the moment.
Best struggles to land a body shot inside as Curze controls his hands.
Curze lands a damaging elbow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Curze tries a knee to the head but Best blocks it.
Best takes an elbow to the temple.
Best is trying to break the clinch but Curze has him pressed against the cage.
A knee to the head by Curze.
Curze is pressed up against the cage. Best has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Curze down to the mat. Curze avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Best. Curze does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Best swats away the attempt to clinch by Curze.
Curze slips a jab and a cross from Best.
Best fails in his attempt to clinch.
Curze throws a head kick that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Best tries to clinch but Curze is having none of it.
Curze wants to clinch.
Best falls off balance throwing a combination
and Curze counters with a two punch combo.
Best misses with a wild combination.
Best looks to land a combination but Curze avoids it well.
Some wild striking there from Best.
Best swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Best misses the jab.
Curze throws a counter combo.
Best fails to land with a series of punches.
Some wild striking there from Best.

Curze closes the distance and pushes Best back into the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Curze.
Curze connects with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Curze with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Curze using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Best has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Curze with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Curze working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Curze misses with a hook from the clinch.
Curze connects with a knee to the head.
Curze using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Best has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Best swings wildly with an uppercut but Curze uses good head movement to avoid it.
Curze has a couple of punches blocked by Best.
Curze trying to land knees to the body.
Curze working Best over with knees to the body.
Curze with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Curze scores with a knee to the head.
Curze tries to land a knee to the head but Best blocks with his arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Konrad Curze dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Best avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Curze moves into the clinch.
Curze doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Curze scores with a knee to the head.
Best is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Curze pulls him back up using the underhooks.
With the fighters up against the cage, Curze throws an elbow but misses.
Curze lands a nice knee to the body.
Best is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Curze is defending well.
Curze creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Best's defenses.
Best has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Best trying to control the position but instead, Curze has worked for underhooks and has pushed Best into the cage.
Curze misses with a knee strike.
Konrad Curze seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Curze lands a nice elbow.
Curze with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nice elbow from Curze.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Best is trying to push Curze away but Curze has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Curze can't find room to land a body shot as Best controls the action.
Curze landing knees to the body.
Curze can't find room to land a body shot as Best controls the action.
Curze tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Curze tries to land a knee to the head but Best blocks with his arms.
Curze using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Best has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Best tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Curze just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Adam Best. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Curze lands a knee to the head.
Best tries to pull guard but Curze forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Curze misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Best.
Curze lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Best blocks the elbow strike.
Curze tries a body shot but Best blocks it.
Curze connects with a nasty looking knee right to Best's face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Curze misses with a punch on the inside.
Best has had enough of the clinch but Curze keeps him there for the moment.
Best has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Curze is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

Best pulls guard effortlessly.
Curze is looking to pass into half guard but Best pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Best is in guard.

Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Best is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Best passes into half guard.

Best decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Curze wants to clinch up but Best keeps it at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Curze slips a jab from Best.
Curze is looking to clinch but Best is avoiding it.
Curze tries to close the distance and clinch up but Best swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Best swings for the body but Curze moves out of range.
Adam Best is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Curze is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Best looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Best drops Curze with a beautiful combination! Curze stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Best is looking for the KO!

Curze is rocked!

It looks like Konrad Curze has been cut.
Best lands an uppercut, right on the button! Curze tumbles backwards into the cage, staring vacantly into space! He's got no idea where he is, who he is or what day it is... Poor guy.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Adam Best!