PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Franz Kafka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and vegas lights (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kafka comes to the ring accompanied by Go Into The Water. lights has chosen fight music as his entrance music. Franz Kafka has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Kafka
vs
lights

200 cm
19
265 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

173 cm
22
237 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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TFP Graphics - Pit Inc

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Franz Kafka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, vegas lights!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Cecil Peabody and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kafka throws a series of punches but lights avoids them all with ease.

Kafka clinches.
Kafka is working for takedown but lights is calmly controlling the position for now.
Kafka cracks lights with a nice body shot.
Kafka lands a right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kafka. lights does a little dance to reset his feet.
lights lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Kafka tries for a takedown but lights sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
lights lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Kafka backs up against the ropes.
lights pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
lights scores with a jab.

Kafka clinches.
Kafka working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A hook to the body from Kafka.
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!
Kafka taking a breather.
A body shot lands from Kafka.
Kafka is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kafka.
Kafka manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kafka.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kafka.
Kafka has lights pressed against the ropes.
Still in the clinch, Kafka scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kafka throws a head punch that misses.
lights tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kafka's elbow.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Kafka.
Kafka lands an elbow just above lights 's eye.
lights prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Franz Kafka. That's going to take a lot out of him.
lights avoids a wild elbow strike from Kafka.
The referee calls for Kafka to work.
lights gets underhooks to prevent Kafka's takedown attempt.
Kafka has lights pressed against the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Franz Kafka.
lights is looking to chop away at Kafka's legs.
Kafka closes this distance looking for a takedown but lights circles away.

Kafka moves into the clinch successfully.
Kafka leaning against his opponent.
Kafka working aggressively here.
A short right from Kafka.
Kafka lands with a short shot to the head.
Kafka goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kafka lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
A short right from Kafka.
Kafka slowing the pace effectively.
lights working aggressively here.
Kafka lands a nice elbow.
Kafka lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of lights backwards.
lights is trying to stall.
A short left from Kafka.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Kafka.
The referee calls for Kafka to work.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kafka.
Kafka has lights pushed against the ropes.
Nice elbow from Kafka.
A body shot lands from Kafka.
lights blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kafka looking for a takedown.
lights blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kafka throws a head punch that misses.
lights takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like vegas lights has been cut.
Kafka lands an uppercut.
Kafka gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kafka lands a right hand.
Kafka avoiding damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kafka tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from lights fails to land.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kafka.
Kafka slowing the pace effectively.
Kafka lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kafka is working lights over against the ropes.
A bit of stalling here from Kafka.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Kafka for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Franz Kafka.
Kafka finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Good standup being displayed there by Kafka as he connects with a hook.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
lights looks to throw the jab but Kafka is out of range.

Kafka fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with lights, pushing him back against the ropes.
Kafka tries to throw a body punch but lights avoids it by throwing Kafka back against the cage.
Kafka pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Kafka pushes lights back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Franz Kafka dominated that round.
The cut man is working on vegas lights's cut.
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.

Kafka has closed the distance and engaged lights in a clinch.
lights is pressed up against the ropes. Kafka has hold of a leg and is looking to drag lights down to the mat. lights avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
lights misses with an uppercut. Kafka saw that one coming.
A left lands for lights.
The fighters circle momentarily. lights darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Some wild striking there from Kafka.

Kafka drives through and clinches with lights against the ropes.
Kafka stalls.
A short uppercut from Kafka.
Kafka stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Kafka is working for takedown but lights is calmly controlling the position for now.
Kafka stalling the fight.
lights taking a breather.
Kafka tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kafka lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Kafka has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. lights avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Franz Kafka. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kafka doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Kafka fails to land.
Kafka lands a left hand that snaps the head of lights backwards.
lights blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Franz Kafka has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Kafka lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of lights backwards.
Kafka working some nice short punches in the clinch.
lights has a couple of punches blocked by Kafka.
lights prevents a takedown attempt there.
lights taking a breather.
A short uppercut from Kafka.
Kafka will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning lights up against the ropes.
Kafka misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
A head punch on the inside from Kafka fails to land.
Kafka landing knees to the body.
lights managing to block the knees to the body from Kafka.
Kafka misses with an elbow strike.
Kafka is pushing lights up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Kafka blocks an uppercut.
lights blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kafka stalling against the ropes.
lights stalling in the clinch but Kafka improves position.
A head punch on the inside from Kafka fails to land.
lights throws a head punch that misses.
Kafka landing knees to the body.
Kafka digs a right hand into lights's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on lights's gas tank.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Kafka.
lights is breathing heavily.
Kafka lands a shoulder strike.
lights tries to work over Kafka's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kafka taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
A short left from Kafka.
Kafka lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of lights backwards.
Kafka lands with a short shot to the head.
Kafka has lights pressed up against the ropes and is working for takedown. lights manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Kafka is leaning against lights and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Kafka throws a blind hook that connects with the side of lightss head.
Kafka softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Kafka works on lights's body with a couple of short punches.

Kafka ties up his opponent against the ropes and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Kafka no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Kafka throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Kafka is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Kafka is controlling lights's posture.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kafka tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Kafka is pulling down on lights's head. It's preventing any offense from lights, at least for the moment.

Kafka is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
lights trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Kafka striking off his back but it's not causing lights any problems.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Franz Kafka dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on vegas lights's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Kafka avoids a punch combination nicely.
A head kick misses from Kafka.
lights misses with an uppercut.
Kafka walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
lights displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
lights cracks the inside of Kafka's front leg.
lights looks for the body kick but Kafka saw that one coming.
A low kick from lights misses
and Kafka counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Kafka takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
lights lands with an overhand left.
lights ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Kafka throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
lights misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kafka tries a head kick but it misses.
lights throws a left and a right that both miss

and Kafka counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Nice body punch from Kafka.
lights fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kafka misses with a short punch on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Kafka.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kafka lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kafka lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
lights has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
lights takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kafka is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. lights gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Kafka avoiding damage.
Kafka misses with some punches.
Kafka lands a hook to the side of the head.
lights tries to stall but Kafka uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Kafka.
A nice left hand lands by Kafka.
Kafka is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Kafka pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kafka stalling in the clinch.
A short left from Kafka.
Kafka trying to land knees to the body.
Kafka has lights pushed against the ropes.
lights throws a punch but it's blocked by Kafka.
lights looking to stall.
Kafka lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of lights backwards.
The referee calls for Kafka to work.
Kafka fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kafka lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
lights is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Kafka is keeping busy.
Kafka scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kafka is trying to drag lights to the mat but lights just about manages to keep his footing. He used the ropes to his advantage there.
Kafka digs a right hand underneath lights's ribcage. lights let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Kafka works on lights's body with a couple of short punches.
Kafka lands a body punch in the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Kafka scores with a nice short uppercut.
lights managing to block the knees to the body from Kafka.
Kafka is leaning against lights and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Kafka lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of lights backwards.
Kafka lands with a light punch inside.
Kafka lands with a right to the head.
Kafka tries to land knees in the clinch but lights avoids the damage to the body.
Kafka is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
A short left from Kafka.
A short right from Kafka.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kafka has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. lights avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Franz Kafka. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kafka just leaning against lights, taking a breather.
Kafka lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kafka scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Come on Kafka - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Franz Kafka is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kafka lands a knee to the body.
Kafka blocks an uppercut.
vegas lights has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kafka working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kafka stalling.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kafka gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Franz Kafka.
Kafka with a hook.

And that's the end of the fight!
Franz Kafka showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Kafka, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight for Franz Kafka!
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight for Franz Kafka!
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight for Franz Kafka!

Franz Kafka wins by unanimous decision!