PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lee Date (ranked 775 p4p, 124 weight class) and Leif Erikson (ranked 2003 p4p, 304 weight class). Erikson has chosen Into Battle - Ensiferum as his entrance music. Lee Date is staring across the ring at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Date
vs
Erikson

194 cm
24
215 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

195 cm
21
220 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

FORCEE
RAGS of a RONIN

KOMBAT KLOTHING

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lee Date!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Leif Erikson !
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Sosuke Kotani and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab lands there for Date.
Date missing with a left hand there. Erikson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Erikson closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Erikson walks into a stiff left hand from Date.
Date has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Hellfire Antechamber in the buildup to the fight.
Date throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Erikson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Date bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Date keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Erikson throws a shot from downtown. Date moves away and avoids it.
Erikson throws a series of punches but Date avoids them all with ease.
Erikson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Date throws out the jab.
Erikson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Date moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Date uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Erikson .
Date throwing a counter right hand but Erikson manages to avoid it.
A jab from Date misses.
Date scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Erikson doesn't seem bothered though.
Erikson looks to throw the jab but Date is out of range.
Erikson misses with a looping left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Date tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Erikson was well out of range. Poor timing from Date.
Date bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Erikson 's head.
Erikson scores with a hook to the body. Date takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Erikson throws a hook to the side of Date's head but Date sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Date misses with an uppercut.
A jab from Date finds it's way through Erikson 's defenses.
Erikson misses with a combination
and Date cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Date dips to his left and cracks Erikson with an uppercut!
Date connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Erikson avoids the body shot from Date.
Date looks to score with a jab to the body but Erikson is just out of range.
Erikson throws a lazy right hand but Date sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Date is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Erikson lands a slapping body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Erikson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Date throws out the jab.
Erikson defending well as Date loads up on a big left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Date looks to land a combination but Erikson avoids it well.
Date tries to bum rush Erikson with a series of wild strikes but Erikson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Erikson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Erikson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Erikson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Left hook, right uppercut from Erikson .
Date lands with a good body shot.
Nice body punch from Erikson .
Date misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Erikson .
Date uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Erikson .
Date swings widly with a right hand
letting Erikson counter with a right hand.
Erikson looks to score with a jab to the body but Date is just out of range.
Erikson scores with a nice right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Erikson . Date does a little dance to reset his feet.
Date throws a looping overhand right but Erikson ducks down to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Erikson cracks Date with a good jab.
A swing and a miss from Date.
Erikson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Date sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Date is looking to counter punch.

Date closes the distance and clinches.
Date misses with a short punch on the inside.
Date has a couple of punches blocked by Erikson .
Erikson misses with a body punch.
Erikson misses with a punch on the inside.
Erikson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Erikson misses with some punches.
Erikson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Date.
A short right from Date on the inside.
Erikson throws a punch but it's blocked by Date.
Date lands a hook to the side of the head.
Date misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Erikson cracks Date with a nice body shot.
Date lands a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Date blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
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!
Date lands an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Erikson .
Date working aggressively here.
A right hook to the body lands for Erikson .
A right hand to the body from Erikson .
Date tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Erikson lands with a short shot to the head.
Date lands with a short shot to the head.
Date swings wildly with an uppercut but Erikson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Erikson has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Date seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Erikson can turn it around.
Erikson blocking some punches.
Erikson struggles to land a body shot inside as Date controls his hands.
Date swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Erikson misses with a punch on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Date working aggressively here.
Erikson tries to work over Date's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Date tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Erikson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Date.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Lee Date will probably get the nod.
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.

Erikson scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Erikson stuns Date with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Erikson cracks a nice hook into Date's ribs.
A big left from Erikson misses.
Date jabs Erikson right on the nose. Erikson blinks but takes it well.
Date lands with a hook. Erikson tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Erikson swings for the body but Date moves out of range.
Date throwing a counter right hand but Erikson manages to avoid it.
Date fails to land with a series of punches.
Date moves out of range of the strikes.
Erikson moves out of range of the strikes.
Date missing with a left hand there. Erikson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Erikson , as that shot connected.
Date feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Erikson s jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Date pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Erikson throws a hook to the side of Date's head but Date sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Date swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Erikson . Date does a little dance to reset his feet.
Date moves out of range of the strikes.
Erikson slips under a jab from Date.
Erikson misses with a looping right.
Erikson looks to land a right hand but Date moved out of range.
Erikson lands with a nice combination. Date backs away looking to recover.
A jab from Date misses.
Date throws a hook but Erikson avoids it easily.
Erikson misses with a lunging right hand
and Date counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Erikson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Date sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Erikson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Date was well out of range. Poor timing from Erikson .
Date scores with a punch to the head.
Date dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Date throws a good cross that connects.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Erikson misses with an uppercut. Date saw that one coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Date defending well as Erikson loads up on a big left hand.
Erikson throws an off balance right hand
and Erikson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Erikson is rocked!
Date cracks Erikson with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Erikson tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Date pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Erikson is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lee Date!
A very excited looking Lee Date rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
Leif Erikson spoke after the fight, saying 'I will now rape and pillage!'.