PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rick Von Erick (ranked 1654 p4p, 1669 weight class) and Adam Alkoun (ranked 223 p4p, 228 weight class). Adam Alkoun has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Von Erick
vs
Alkoun

180 cm
26
180
4 - 2 - 0

178 cm
26
178
4 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
KO power

Good wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Rick Von Erick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Adam Alkoun!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Winston Alpacca and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Alkoun has closed the distance and engaged Von Erick in a clinch.
Von Erick swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Alkoun misses with a hook from the clinch.
Von Erick swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Alkoun's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Alkoun pushes Von Erick back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Alkoun tries a body shot but Von Erick blocks it.
Alkoun looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Von Erick blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Alkoun fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Alkoun fails to land.
Von Erick throws an elbow but it misses.
Alkoun's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Alkoun fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Alkoun tries to work over Von Erick's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Von Erick throws a punch but it's blocked by Alkoun.
Alkoun swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Alkoun lands with a right to the head.
Von Erick blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Von Erick throws an elbow that misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Von Erick misses with a short punch on the inside.
Alkoun swings wildly with an uppercut but Von Erick uses good head movement to avoid it.
Von Erick with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A short uppercut from Von Erick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alkoun lands an uppercut.
Alkoun misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Alkoun.
Alkoun tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Alkoun throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Alkoun blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Von Erick misses with an elbow strike.
Von Erick has a couple of punches blocked by Alkoun.
Von Erick looking to throw knees to the head but Alkoun is blocking nicely.
Von Erick prevents a body shot from Alkoun.
Von Erick blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Von Erick with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Von Erick swings wildly with an uppercut but Alkoun uses good head movement to avoid it.
Von Erick blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Alkoun tries to work over Von Erick's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Alkoun blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Von Erick blocks an uppercut.
Alkoun tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Alkoun lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Alkoun on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alkoun managing to block the knees to the body from Von Erick.
Alkoun misses with a hook to the ribs.
Alkoun swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Alkoun on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Von Erick missing with knees to the body.
Von Erick has a couple of punches blocked by Alkoun.
Von Erick throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Alkoun blocks it with crossed arms.
Alkoun lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Von Erick looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Alkoun blocks an elbow strike from Von Erick.
Alkoun lands a shoulder strike.
Von Erick softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Von Erick has a couple of punches blocked by Alkoun.
Alkoun lands a left hand that snaps the head of Von Erick backwards.
Von Erick blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Von Erick lands a shoulder strike.
Von Erick scores a nice knee to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Von Erick.
Von Erick has a couple of punches blocked by Alkoun.
Alkoun blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Alkoun lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Von Erick scores with a nice hook to the head.
Von Erick throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Von Erick blocks an uppercut.
Von Erick blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Von Erick throws a knee to the head but misses.
Von Erick using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Alkoun has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nice body punch from Alkoun.
Von Erick is breathing heavily.
Von Erick swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Von Erick misses with the head strike.
Von Erick blocking some punches.
Alkoun swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Von Erick lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Alkoun backwards.
A short right from Alkoun on the inside.
Alkoun prevents a body shot from Von Erick.
Von Erick tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Alkoun lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Alkoun misses with some punches.
Von Erick misses with a hook from the clinch.
Von Erick throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Alkoun blocks it with crossed arms.
Alkoun tries to work over Von Erick's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alkoun misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Alkoun pushes Von Erick back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Alkoun doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Von Erick misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Alkoun throws a punch but it's blocked by Von Erick.
Alkoun scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Von Erick misses with the head strike.
Von Erick misses with a punch to the body.
Alkoun gets through Von Erick's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Alkoun misses with some punches.
Alkoun tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Von Erick's elbow.
Von Erick has a couple of punches blocked by Alkoun.
Alkoun has a couple of punches blocked by Von Erick.
Von Erick has a couple of punches blocked by Alkoun.
A nice left hand lands by Alkoun.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Alkoun misses with a hook to the ribs.
Von Erick blocks an uppercut.
Von Erick scores with a shot to the side of Alkoun's head.
Alkoun tries to throw a body punch but Von Erick avoids it by throwing Alkoun back against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Adam Alkoun dominated that round.
That's time! Von Erick's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Alkoun has closed the distance and engaged Von Erick in a clinch.
Von Erick tries to land a knee to the head but Alkoun blocks with his arms.
Alkoun tries to throw a body punch but Von Erick avoids it by throwing Alkoun back against the cage.
Alkoun swings wildly with an uppercut but Von Erick uses good head movement to avoid it.
Alkoun has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Von Erick scores with a nice hook to the head.
Alkoun lands with a right to the head.
Von Erick misses with the head strike.
Alkoun fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Von Erick fails to land.
Von Erick missing with knees to the body.
A short body shot lands from Alkoun as the two fighters clinch.
Alkoun on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Von Erick blocks a punch to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
With the fighters up against the cage, Von Erick throws an elbow but misses.
Alkoun misses with some punches.
Alkoun blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Alkoun tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Alkoun misses with some punches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Alkoun.
Alkoun can't find room to land a body shot as Von Erick controls the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alkoun misses with a short punch on the inside.
Von Erick with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Alkoun misses with a short punch on the inside.
Alkoun misses with a punch on the inside.
Alkoun throws a head punch that misses.
Von Erick with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Alkoun tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Von Erick's elbow.
Von Erick softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Von Erick gets through Alkoun's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Alkoun misses with a short punch on the inside.
Von Erick misses with a punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Alkoun - that landed with a thud.
Alkoun lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Von Erick pushes Alkoun back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Von Erick takes a shot to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Von Erick just misses with a elbow thrown towards Alkoun's brow.
Von Erick blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Alkoun fails to land.
Alkoun lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Alkoun scores with a shot to the side of Von Erick's head.
Von Erick throws an elbow that misses.
Alkoun fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Von Erick.
Alkoun scores with a hook to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Von Erick misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Alkoun.
Von Erick blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A hook to the body from Alkoun.
A head punch on the inside from Alkoun fails to land.
Alkoun pushes Von Erick back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Alkoun lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Von Erick backwards.

Von Erick is rocked!
Alkoun lands a right hand.
Oh Von Erick is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Alkoun fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Alkoun lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Von Erick or not.
Alkoun tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Von Erick's elbow.
Alkoun blocks a body shot from Von Erick.
A short uppercut from Alkoun.
Alkoun throws a head punch that misses.
Alkoun presses Von Erick against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Von Erick blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Adam Alkoun seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Von Erick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alkoun lands a hook that snaps the head of Von Erick backwards.
Von Erick blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Alkoun misses with a punch on the inside.
Von Erick misses with a hook from the clinch.
Alkoun lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Alkoun lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Alkoun blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Alkoun cracks Von Erick with a nice body shot.
Alkoun lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A hook to the body from Alkoun.
Alkoun throws a big uppercut that drops Von Erick! More strikes from Alkoun and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Von Erick lies dazed against the cage as Alkoun celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Adam Alkoun!