PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Second Wife (ranked 4037 p4p, 4734 weight class) and Berkthar Bankenfuere (ranked 478 p4p, 520 weight class). Berkthar Bankenfuere is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Wife
vs
Bankenfuere

192 cm
21
275
4 - 4 - 0

205 cm
21
278
2 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Knockaround Guys Fight Gear

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 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Second Wife!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Berkthar Bankenfuere!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Yves DeLean and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wife scores with a sloppy right hand. Bankenfuere should have avoided that one.

It looks like Berkthar Bankenfuere has been cut.
A slow jab from Bankenfuere misses its intended target.
Bankenfuere misses with a lunging right hand
and Wife counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A combination from Bankenfuere does no damage.
Second Wife seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wife dodges the punch combination from Bankenfuere.
Wife uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bankenfuere.

Wife closes the distance and clinches.
Bankenfuere has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Wife fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wife softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Wife misses with the head strike.
Wife leaning his opponent against the cage.
Bankenfuere misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bankenfuere displaying some good clinch control by pressing Wife up against the cage.
Bankenfuere stalling in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wife misses with a hook from the clinch.
I was talking to Wife's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Wife gets through Bankenfuere's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Wife lands an uppercut.
Bankenfuere is trying to break the clinch but Wife is controlling him.
Wife swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Bankenfuere blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wife.
Wife throws a punch but it's blocked by Bankenfuere.
Bankenfuere misses with a punch to the body.
A right hand to the body from Bankenfuere.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Bankenfuere is trying to break the clinch but Wife has him pressed against the cage.
Wife swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wife has a couple of punches blocked by Bankenfuere.
Wife misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Wife.
Wife pressing his opponent against the cage.
Bankenfuere can't find room to land a body shot as Wife controls the action.
Wife fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bankenfuere misses with a punch to the body.
Bankenfuere blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wife is working Bankenfuere over against the cage.
Bankenfuere looks winded!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wife.
Wife lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bankenfuere backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bankenfuere.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Wife as Bankenfuere tries to tie him up.
Wife lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Wife misses with some punches.
Wife blocks the elbow strike.
Wife misses with a punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wife blocks an uppercut.
Wife lands a left hand.
A bit of stalling here from Wife.
Wife misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bankenfuere blocking some punches.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Bankenfuere blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wife tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Wife tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bankenfuere blocks an uppercut.
Wife misses with a punch on the inside.
Bankenfuere misses with a punch to the body.

Bankenfuere breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wife fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Bankenfuere fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Wife on the side of the head.
A punch combination from Wife misses.
Wife connects with a body shot that sends Bankenfuere's belly button to the back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wife works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

That has opened up Berkthar Bankenfuere's cut even more.
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!
A jab from Wife finds it's way through Bankenfuere's defenses.
Wife throws out a loose jab but Bankenfuere uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wife misses with a jab, cross combination.
Wife lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bankenfuere circles away quickly and effectively.
Wife avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bankenfuere ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wife moves away.
Bankenfuere lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Wife backs up against the cage.

It looks like Second Wife has been cut.
Bankenfuere misses with a two punch combination.
Wife displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bankenfuere throws out the jab.
A jab from Bankenfuere does it's job there.
Bankenfuere lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Bankenfuere swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Wife gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A hook to the body from Wife.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Second Wife dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.

Wife throws a good cross that connects.
Wife throws a right and a left that both miss.
Wife fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wife scores with a jab to the body.
Wife dodges the punch combination from Bankenfuere.
Wife throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Bankenfuere's head.

The cut above Berkthar Bankenfuere's eye is starting to cause him problems now.

Wife clinches up against the cage.
Wife fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bankenfuere blocking some punches.
Wife has Bankenfuere pressed against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short uppercut from Wife.

Berkthar Bankenfuere's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
A head punch on the inside from Wife fails to land.
Wife leaning against his opponent.
Bankenfuere trying to stall but Wife improves his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wife keeps control of Bankenfuere as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bankenfuere has had enough of the clinch but Wife keeps him there for the moment.
Wife lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Wife lands with a short punch from the clinch.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Berkthar Bankenfuere's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Second Wife!
Our winner, Second Wife, 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.