PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Herbert Fliegknecht (ranked 6216 p4p, 663 weight class) and Zabit Samedov (ranked 6027 p4p, 652 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Fliegknecht
vs
Samedov

180 cm
25
213 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

182 cm
25
209 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

Evil Empire Nutrition - 151Q $100
Phantom Fightwear

Phantom Fightwear

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Herbert Fliegknecht!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Zabit Samedov!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Ben Watson and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fliegknecht throws an overhand right that lands on Samedov's shoulder, as Samedov tries to avoid the shot.
Fliegknecht misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Samedov tries to clinch up.
Fliegknecht tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Samedov manages to circle out of the way.
Fliegknecht misses with a leg kick.
Fliegknecht tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Samedov tries to clinch but Fliegknecht moves out of range.
Fliegknecht misses with a body kick.
Samedov avoids the head kick by Fliegknecht.
A slapping leg kick lands for Fliegknecht.
Samedov lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

It looks like Herbert Fliegknecht has been cut.
Fliegknecht lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Samedov tries to clinch there but Fliegknecht circles away.

Fliegknecht has managed to clinch.
Samedov with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Fliegknecht misses with a knee strike.
Fliegknecht missing with knees to the body.
Fliegknecht looking to throw knees to the head but Samedov is blocking nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Samedov tries a knee to the head but Fliegknecht blocks it.
Fliegknecht throws an elbow that misses.
Come on Fliegknecht - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fliegknecht blocks the elbow strike.
Fliegknecht stalling.
A head punch on the inside from Samedov fails to land.
Fliegknecht avoids the elbow strike from Samedov, against the cage.
Fliegknecht blocks an elbow strike.
Fliegknecht is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Fliegknecht tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Fliegknecht blocks the elbow strike.
Fliegknecht misses with a knee to the head.
Fliegknecht avoids the elbow strike from Samedov, against the cage.
Fliegknecht blocks an elbow strike from Samedov.
Fliegknecht lands a knee to the head.
Samedov tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nice elbow from Samedov.
Fliegknecht pressing his opponent against the cage.
Samedov lands with a short shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Samedov pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Fliegknecht connects with a nasty looking knee right to Samedov's face.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Samedov lands an elbow inside that Fliegknecht shrugs off.
Fliegknecht takes an elbow to the forehead.
Fliegknecht tries to land a knee to the head but Samedov blocks with his arms.
Fliegknecht avoids the elbow strike from Samedov, against the cage.
Fliegknecht takes an elbow to the forehead.
Samedov pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Fliegknecht avoids a wild elbow strike from Samedov.
Fliegknecht just leaning against Samedov, taking a breather.
Fliegknecht misses with the head strike.
Fliegknecht using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Samedov has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Fliegknecht looking to throw knees to the head but Samedov is blocking nicely.
Fliegknecht could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Samedov takes a knee right on the jaw!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Samedov.
Still in the clinch, Samedov scores with a nice short uppercut.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Samedov just misses with a elbow thrown towards Fliegknecht's brow.
Samedov throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Samedov misses with a knee to the head.
Fliegknecht missing with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Samedov throws an elbow but misses.
Fliegknecht blocks an uppercut.
Fliegknecht blocks an uppercut.
Samedov lands an elbow inside.
Samedov pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Fliegknecht is struggling to control the position.
Samedov looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Samedov working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Samedov pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Samedov using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Fliegknecht has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Samedov on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Fliegknecht fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Samedov throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Samedov throws an elbow but it misses.
Samedov pushes off an throws an elbow but Fliegknecht leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Fliegknecht fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fliegknecht creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Samedov pushes off an throws an elbow but Fliegknecht leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Samedov throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Samedov lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Fliegknecht landing knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fliegknecht looking to throw knees to the head but Samedov is blocking nicely.
Fliegknecht is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Fliegknecht leaning against his opponent.
Samedov makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Fliegknecht is stalling here.
A short right from Samedov.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Fliegknecht with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Samedov throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Samedov avoids a wild elbow strike from Fliegknecht.
Fliegknecht blocks an elbow strike from Samedov.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Samedov.
Fliegknecht throws a knee to the head but misses.
Fliegknecht tries to land a knee to the head but Samedov blocks with his arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zabit Samedov dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Herbert Fliegknecht's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Samedov gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Fliegknecht blocks an elbow strike from Samedov.
Samedov has a couple of punches blocked by Fliegknecht.
Samedov throws an elbow but it misses.
Samedov throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Samedov creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Fliegknecht blocks an elbow strike from Samedov.
Fliegknecht tries to land a knee to the head but Samedov blocks with his arms.
Samedov misses with an elbow strike.
Samedov looking to throw knees to the head but Fliegknecht is blocking nicely.
Samedov lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Fliegknecht takes an elbow to the forehead.
Fliegknecht landing knees to the body.
Fliegknecht blocks an elbow strike.
Samedov tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Samedov lands an elbow inside that Fliegknecht shrugs off.
Fliegknecht tries a knee to the head but Samedov blocks it.
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!
Fliegknecht dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Samedov throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Fliegknecht.
Zabit Samedov seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Fliegknecht avoids a wild elbow strike from Samedov.
Samedov misses with an elbow over the top.
Fliegknecht tries to land a knee to the head but Samedov blocks with his arms.
Fliegknecht misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Samedov.
Samedov throws an elbow but it misses.
A short right from Samedov on the inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Samedov just misses with a elbow thrown towards Fliegknecht's brow.
Samedov lands a shoulder strike.
Samedov misses with an elbow strike.
Fliegknecht blocks an elbow strike.
Fliegknecht with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Fliegknecht connects with a knee to the head.
Fliegknecht misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Samedov.
Fliegknecht with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Samedov has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Samedov looking to throw knees to the head but Fliegknecht is blocking nicely.
Fliegknecht scores with a shoulder strike.
Fliegknecht avoids a wild elbow strike from Samedov.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fliegknecht looking to throw knees to the head but Samedov is blocking nicely.
Fliegknecht avoids the elbow strike from Samedov, against the cage.
Samedov misses with an elbow over the top.
Fliegknecht takes an elbow to the temple.
Fliegknecht misses with an elbow strike.
Fliegknecht using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Samedov has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Samedov takes a knee right on the jaw!
Fliegknecht missing with knees to the body.
Fliegknecht misses with a knee strike.
Samedov lands an elbow inside.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Samedov lands with a left to the head.
Fliegknecht blocks an elbow strike from Samedov.
Fliegknecht tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Samedov lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Fliegknecht backwards.
Samedov tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Fliegknecht tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Samedov comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Samedov avoids a wild elbow strike from Fliegknecht.
Samedov working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fliegknecht stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Samedov gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Samedov comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Samedov gets through Fliegknecht's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Samedov pushes off an throws an elbow but Fliegknecht leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Samedov on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Fliegknecht throws a knee to the head but misses.
Samedov with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Fliegknecht with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Samedov lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Fliegknecht.
Samedov misses with an elbow over the top.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Fliegknecht throws a knee to the head but misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Samedov.

Herbert Fliegknecht's cut is getting worse.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Samedov lands a damaging elbow.

Fliegknecht is rocked!
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!
Samedov lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Fliegknecht backwards.
Oh Fliegknecht is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fliegknecht utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Samedov comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Samedov lands a huge punch on the inside that knocks Fliegknecht senseless! Wow, what a way to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Zabit Samedov!
Zabit Samedov very nearly forgot to thank Phantom Fightwear amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.