PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Thug Life (ranked 1141 p4p, 162 weight class) and Karl Denke (ranked 1907 p4p, 249 weight class). Life comes to the cage accompanied by For Heavy Metal we will die!. Karl Denke acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Life
vs
Denke

188 cm
32
178 lbs
19 - 9 - 2

175 cm
34
180 lbs
31 - 24 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 9 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Thug Life!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 24 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Karl Denke!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Donald Grub and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Denke throws a right hand that Life ducks under and follows up with a left that Life also avoids with ease.
Denke uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Life.
Denke is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Jab from Life.

It looks like Karl Denke has been cut.
Denke tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Horrible takedown attempt by Denke or perhaps it was just good defense by Life, which made it look bad.
Life scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Denke throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Life throws a leg kick

and Denke counters with a shoot takedown. Life fights it but they end up in guard.

Life manages to escape and get back to his feet.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Denke tries a head kick but it misses.
A swing and a miss from Life.
Denke gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Life tries to land a leg kick but Denke saw it coming and moves away.
Life misses with a straight right.
Life is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Life scores with a leg kick.

Denke pushes Life up against the cage in a clinch.
Denke tries for a takedown but Life manages to get underhooks.
Life misses with a hook from the clinch.

Denke breaks the clinch.
Life jabs Denke to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Life misses with a lunging right hand
letting Denke counter with a right hand.
Denke shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Life looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Thug Life has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Karl Denke.
Denke tries to clinch there but Life circles away.
Life cracks Denke with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Life scores with a kick to the body.
Life tries a low kick but Denke avoids it.

Denke looking to score a takedown here. Life is defending well but Denke drives through and ends up in Life's guard.

Life has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Denke is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Denke tries to pull guard but Life won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Denke has Life pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Life manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Life on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Life tries to work over Denke's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Denke.
Denke changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Life fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Denke tries to close the distance and clinch up but Life swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Thug Life seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A clash of legs there as Denke blocks the low kick.
Denke shoots in for a takedown but Life shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
A good leg kick by Life.
Life defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Denke.
Life connects with a right hand. Denke shakes it off.

Denke shoots in and gets a takedown into Life's guard.

Life wriggles free and stands up.
Denke blocks a jab.
A nice leg kick lands there from Life.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Life lands a jab to the head.
Life sizes up Denke with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

Denke is rocked!
Life with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Denke is still on wobbly legs! Can Life finish him?
Life pushes Denke away with a front kick.
Denke shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Life as he avoids it easily.
Denke seems to have recovered his senses.
Life circles away from the clinch attempt.
Denke ducks under a wild hook from Life.
Despite the aggression on Denke's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Life throws a hook but Denke blocks it.
Life throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Denke keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Denke fails with a takedown attempt.
Denke lets loose with a powerful body kick. Life will feel that in the morning.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Life throws a solid leg kick but Denke takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Life.
Denke darts in looking for a takedown but Life gets double underhooks and turns Denke into the cage.
Life takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Life lands with a thumping leg kick.

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

Denke breaks the clinch.
Life fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Denke has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Life lands with an overhand left.
Good leg kick by Life there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

Denke shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Life napping and manages to drive through into side control!

Denke decides to stand up, so the ref orders Life to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Denke on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Life scores with a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thug Life dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Karl Denke's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Denke doesn't manage to clinch there - Life circles away.

Denke rushes Life and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Denke's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Life lands a body punch.
Life doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Life misses with a punch to the body.
Denke misses with a knee to the head.
Denke leaning against his opponent.
Denke stalling the fight.
Life prevents a takedown attempt there.
Life is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Life has a couple of punches blocked by Denke.
Life is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Denke can do to turn this around?
Life lands with a right to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A right hook to the body lands for Life.

Life breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Denke drives through and clinches with Life against the cage.
Life lands a right hand that snaps the head of Denke backwards.
Denke is trying to force a seperation but Life has the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Life.
Denke goes for a takedown in the clinch but Life prevents it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Denke.
Life swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Denke fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Thug Life has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Karl Denke.
Denke blocks a body shot from Life.
Life lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Life misses with a hook from the clinch.
Denke goes for a takedown in the clinch but Life prevents it.
Life lands a left hand that snaps the head of Denke backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Life fails to land.
Life scores with a nice hook to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Life fails to land.
Denke lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Life breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Life wants to slow Denke down by chopping away at his legs.
Denke feints the counter takedown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Life throws a head kick that misses.
Denke ducks under a wild hook from Life.
Denke tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Denke takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Denke fails with the takedown.
Life 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.
Life connects with a right hand. Denke shakes it off.

Life gets a clinch.
Life swings wildly with an uppercut but Denke uses good head movement to avoid it.

Denke breaks from the clinch.
Life is looking to score with low kicks.
Thug Life is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A jab from Life does it's job there.

That has opened up Karl Denke's cut even more.
Life misses with a body punch
and Denke makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Denke fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Life explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Denke shoots in but Life avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Denke on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

Life lands a big head kick that sends Denke tumbling to the mat! Life takes a step backwards and waves Denke back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Denke shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Life sprawls well. Life wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Denke gets slowly back to his feet.
Life waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Denke.
Life turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Life just misses with a punch to the body.
Denke looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Life lands with a shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A leg kick checked by Denke.
Life throws a sloppy head kick and Denke moves out of range easily.

Denke clinches with his opponent.
Denke tries to land knees in the clinch but Life avoids the damage to the body.
Life throws a head punch that misses.

Denke escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Denke changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Life tries to avoid it but Denke manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Life to the ground. Life escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Life swats away the attempt to clinch by Denke.
Denke displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Life throws out the jab.
Denke shoots for a double leg takedown but Life sprawls well. He's pushed Denke's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

Life lands a big right hand that sends Denke crashing to the mat! Life stays standing though and waves Denke back to his feet!
Denke gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Life gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Denke is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Thug Life!
Thug Life decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.