PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Roman Buchberger (ranked 4489 p4p, 2588 weight class) and Bastian Lykaios (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bastian Lykaios will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Buchberger
vs
Lykaios

186 cm
18
169
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
160
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Roman Buchberger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bastian Lykaios!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Yves DeLean and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Buchberger shoots and misses
and Lykaios counters with a nice uppercut.
Buchberger with a poor takedown
and Lykaios cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Buchberger misses with a takedown attempt

and Lykaios counters with a crisp right hand that drops Buchberger! Lykaios lets Buchberger back up to his feet, looking for a finish!

Buchberger is rocked!

It looks like Roman Buchberger has been cut.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Roman Buchberger. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Buchberger shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Lykaios counters with a huge overhand right that connects right on the temple, sending him crumpling, face first to the floor! This one is all over! What a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Bastian Lykaios!
A relieved looking Bastian Lykaios thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.