PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Charon Lehto (ranked 5 p4p, 37 weight class) and Herbert Kreischer (ranked 1 p4p, 4 weight class). Kreischer is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Bert Learns To Hip-Hop Dance To Post Malone. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Lehto
vs
Kreischer

201 cm
35
275
26 - 6 - 0

186 cm
29
244
23 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Charon Lehto!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Herbert Kreischer!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Edson Gomes and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kreischer gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Lehto blocks an uppercut.
Kreischer struggles to land a body shot inside as Lehto controls his hands.
Lehto can't find room to land a body shot as Kreischer controls the action.

Lehto escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kreischer throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Lehto has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Kreischer fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Lehto throws a body kick that misses.
Kreischer misses with a double jab.
Kreischer blocks the body kick.
Lehto staying out of range there.
Kreischer lands a head shot.
Lehto throws a push kick but Kreischer slaps the foot to one side.
Herbert Kreischer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kreischer tries to clinch but Lehto is having none of it.
Lehto half committed to a counter leg kick.
Kreischer misses with a wild combination.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Kreischer checks a leg kick.
Kreischer appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kreischer. Lehto does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kreischer tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lehto was well out of range. Poor timing from Kreischer.
Lehto is looking to counter with a body kick.
Nice defenses there by Lehto.
Kreischer tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Lehto counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Kreischer throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Lehto counters with a nice uppercut.
Kreischer throws a right hand that misses
letting Lehto counter with a right hand.
Lehto is looking to chop away at Kreischer's legs.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Kreischer! But no joy.
Kreischer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kreischer throws a hook but Lehto avoids it easily.
Lehto appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Lehto takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A big right from Kreischer misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kreischer pushes Lehto up against the cage in a clinch.
Kreischer blocks a body shot from Lehto.
Lehto is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kreischer tries a body shot but Lehto blocks it.
Kreischer misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kreischer connects with a nasty looking knee right to Lehto's face.

It looks like Charon Lehto has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kreischer landing knees to the body.
Lehto wants to get back to striking at distance but Kreischer won't allow it.
Kreischer is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Kreischer tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kreischer scores a nice knee to the body.
Lehto is breathing heavily.
Lehto is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kreischer is defending well for now.
A short uppercut from Kreischer.
Kreischer pushes Lehto back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Kreischer lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kreischer lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kreischer works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Kreischer softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short right from Kreischer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kreischer misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kreischer lands a hook to the side of the head.
Good body shot from Kreischer.
Kreischer gets through Lehto's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kreischer throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kreischer throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lehtos head.
Kreischer has Lehto pressed against the cage, preventing Lehto from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Lehto can't find room to land a body shot as Kreischer controls the action.
Kreischer tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kreischer lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Kreischer lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Lehto backwards.
Kreischer doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lehto is trying to push Kreischer away but Kreischer has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Kreischer has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Lehto seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Kreischer can turn it around.
Kreischer throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lehtos head.
Kreischer scores with a shoulder strike.
Kreischer lands a shot to the body.
Lehto takes a knee to the side of the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kreischer throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kreischer misses with a punch to the body.
Kreischer working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kreischer lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kreischer.
Lehto missing with knees to the body.
Kreischer lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Lehto backwards.
Kreischer landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A shot in the inside from Kreischer.
Kreischer scores a nice knee to the body.
Kreischer scores with a shoulder strike.
Kreischer lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kreischer misses with a body punch.
Kreischer lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kreischer is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lehto is defending well for now.
Lehto wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kreischer has him pressed against the cage.
Kreischer tries to land a knee to the head but Lehto blocks with his arms.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kreischer makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kreischer scores with a shoulder strike.

Lehto is rocked!
Kreischer lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Oh Lehto is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kreischer lands a big right hand that drops Lehto! The killer instinct kicks in and Kreischer finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Kreischer!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Herbert Kreischer!
Herbert Kreischer is the new heavyweight champion!
Our winner, Herbert Kreischer, 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.