PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Trouble Somer (ranked 921 p4p, 1251 weight class) and Nasty Man (ranked 102 p4p, 145 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Somer
vs
Man

189 cm
22
223
7 - 1 - 0

197 cm
21
271
3 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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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 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Trouble Somer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Nasty Man!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Saam Ante and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Man throws a sloppy body shot
and Somer connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

It looks like Nasty Man has been cut.
Somer takes a swing at Man's ribcage but misses.
Man scores with a nice right hand.
Man is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A jab from Somer finds it's way through Man's defenses.
Somer connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Man momentarily.
Man takes a swing at Somer's ribcage but misses.
Man keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Somer.
Somer slips a jab from Man.
Man doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Man tries to clinch up but Somer circles away and keeps his distance.
Somer avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Man fails in his attempt to clinch.
Somer looks to land a left hand but Man moved out of range nicely.
Somer looks to land a left hand but Man moved out of range nicely.
Man lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Man rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Somer cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Man swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Somer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Somer looks to score with a jab to the body but Man is just out of range.
Somer throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Man slips a straight right by Somer.
Somer needs to keep his hands up - Man had a free shot at his head there.
Somer bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Somer moves out of range as Man strikes.
Man has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.

Man forces Somer back against the cage and clinches.
Somer blocks an uppercut.
Man lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Somer working hard to break the clinch.

Somer gets control of Man's arms and successfully pulls guard. Somer will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Somer is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Somer looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Man avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Man trying to stand up but can't free himself from Somer's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Somer escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Man gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Man gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Somer circles away from the clinch attempt.
Somer fails to land with a series of punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Somer lands a nice hook to Man's body. Man takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Somer. Man does a little dance to reset his feet.
Somer lunges at Man with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Man's hand.
Man misses the jab.
Nice uppercut lands for Somer. That snapped Man's head back.

Man has closed the distance and engaged Somer in a clinch.

Somer breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man doesn't manage to clinch there - Somer circles away.
A shot to the liver by Man. Beautiful body shot.
Man tries to clinch up.
Man slips under a jab.
Man tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Somer paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Somer throwing a counter right hand but Man manages to avoid it.
Somer uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Man.
Somer just misses with a punch to the body.
Somer takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Somer throws a body shot but no joy.
Nasty Man seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Man slips a jab and a cross from Somer.

Man has managed to clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Somer.
Man lands a right hand.
Somer blocks a body shot from Man.
Man swings wildly with an uppercut but Somer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Somer tries to pull guard but Man holds him up against the cage and eventually Somer drops back down to his feet.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Man.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Man goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Somer blocks a body shot from Man.
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!
Somer prevents a body shot from Man.
Somer lands with a short shot to the head.
Somer blocks an uppercut.
Somer wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Man lands a shot to the body.
Man struggles to land a body shot inside as Somer controls his hands.
Man tries to throw a body punch but Somer avoids it by throwing Man back against the cage.
Somer lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Man backwards.
A left hand lands to the body for Somer.

Somer pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Good shot there by Somer.
Man looks to land a right hand but Somer moved out of range.
Somer lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Man looks to score with a jab to the body but Somer is just out of range.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Man closes the distance but Somer moves to the side
and Man takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Trouble Somer dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nasty Man's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Somer connects with a single shot there.
Man lands a right hook to the body.
Man closes the distance looking to clinch
and Somer counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Somer throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Man scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Somer avoids the body shot from Man.
It looks like Somer has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
A looping hook to the body misses from Man. Somer does a little dance to reset his feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Man. Somer does a little dance to reset his feet.
Somer moves out of range of the strikes.
Somer lands a jab to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Somer, as that shot connected.

That has opened up Nasty Man's cut even more.
Somer uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
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!
Man wants to clinch up but Somer keeps it at a distance.
Man misses with a jab to the body
and Somer counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Somer bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Somer displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Man throws out the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Somer lands with a hook. Man tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Somer throws a looping overhand right but Man ducks down to avoid it.
Man is looking to clinch.
Somer seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Somer takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Somer digs a good body shot into Man's ribs.
Man keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Man is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Man cracks Somer with a good jab.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Somer here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Man tries to close the distance and clinch but Somer swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Man tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Somer was well out of range. Poor timing from Man.
Somer swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Man is looking to clinch.
Somer looks to land a right hand but Man moved out of range.
A countering left hand to the body from Man misses.
Somer keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Somer thows a left - swing and a miss!
A looping hook to the body misses from Somer. Man does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Man has managed to clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Man misses with a body punch.
Somer tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Man smiles and moves away.
Somer uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Man.
Man swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A little feinted left hand from Somer on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Man scores with a decent looking hook.
Somer just misses with a punch to the body.

Man clinches.
Somer is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Man can do to turn this around?
Still in the clinch, Man scores with a nice short uppercut.
Somer lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Man is breathing heavily.
Somer tries to pull guard but Man forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Man blocks an uppercut.
Somer displaying some good clinch control by pressing Man up against the cage.
Somer lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Man backwards.
Man lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Somer backwards.
Somer is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Man to keep the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Trouble Somer. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man lands a left hand.
Somer doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Somer breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Man has taken the fight to the clinch.
Man lands a shot to the body.
Somer taking a breather.
Somer jumps guard but Man stands there with Somer around his waist. Somer gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Somer has had enough of the clinch but Man keeps him there for the moment.
Man misses with the head strike.

Somer pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Man tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Somer manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Somer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Man tries to clinch but Somer is having none of it.
Somer throwing a counter right hand but Man manages to avoid it.
Somer circles away from the clinch attempt.
Man tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Somer was well out of range. Poor timing from Man.
Jab, jab by Man - just one landing.
Somer dips to his left and cracks Man with an uppercut!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Somer misses with a wild body shot.
Man throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Somer counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Man takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

The cut above Nasty Man's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Somer tries to move into range but Man moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Man throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Somer sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Somer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Man moves away.
Good exchange - Somer coming out on top.
Somer scores with a hook.
Somer throws the left hand but Man avoids the punch easily.

Somer tries to keep at a distance but Man has taken the fight into the clinch.
Somer presses Man against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Man misses with the head strike.

Somer breaks from the clinch.
Man fails to land with a series of punches.
Somer connects with a jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Trouble Somer will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Nasty Man'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. This is the final round!

Man tries to close the distance and clinch but Somer swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Man uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Somer.
Nasty Man has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Somer scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Somer keeps the fight on the outside.
Somer uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Man.

Somer throws a big overhand right that connects, sending Man tumbling to the canvas!

Man is rocked!

Nasty Man's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:40 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Trouble Somer!