PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Klaus Von Alkum (ranked 1015 p4p, 1847 weight class) and Tommy Vercetti (ranked 110 p4p, 184 weight class). Vercetti comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Vice City kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Von Alkum
vs
Vercetti

181 cm
31
160
15 - 11 - 2

182 cm
33
159
19 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

NARCOS

Pulling Guard

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 15 - 11 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Klaus Von Alkum!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tommy Vercetti!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Percy O'Donnell and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Von Alkum drops his hands momentarily and Vercetti takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Donk. Vercetti catches Von Alkum right on the button with a cross.
Von Alkum throws a sloppy head kick and Vercetti moves out of range easily.
Von Alkum misses with the body kick
and Vercetti cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Vercetti thuds his right hand into Von Alkum's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Von Alkum takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Vercetti blocks a head kick by Von Alkum.
A head kick by Von Alkum misses
and Vercetti counters with a straight right hand.
Von Alkum connects with an inside leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Vercetti throws a jab but it's blocked by Von Alkum.
Vercetti lands with an overhand left.
Von Alkum scores with a crisp jab that stopped Vercetti in his tracks.
Von Alkum attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Vercetti stuns Von Alkum with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Von Alkum is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Von Alkum looks to land a body kick but Vercetti moved away.
We've been informed that Vercetti has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Vercetti throws the left hand but Von Alkum avoids the punch easily.
Von Alkum ducks right into an uppercut from Vercetti.

Von Alkum is rocked!
Von Alkum connects with a single shot there.
Vercetti lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Oh Von Alkum is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vercetti displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Von Alkum throws out the jab.
Vercetti might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Vercetti throws a shot from downtown. Von Alkum moves away and avoids it.
Von Alkum seems to have got his legs back now.
A jab from Von Alkum misses.
Vercetti checks a leg kick nicely.
Vercetti blocks a jab.
Von Alkum catches Vercetti with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Von Alkum has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Infamous Duranto Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Von Alkum misses with a hook. Vercetti ducked under it nicely.
Vercetti lands with a straight right. Von Alkum didn't see that one coming.
Von Alkum slips under a jab from Vercetti.
Von Alkum lands with an uppercut that bounces Vercetti off the cage and back into range.
Vercetti throws a hook but Von Alkum avoids it easily.
Some wild striking there from Vercetti.
Vercetti throws a shot from downtown. Von Alkum moves away and avoids it.
Vercetti throws a looping overhand right but Von Alkum ducks down to avoid it.
Von Alkum fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Good shot there by Vercetti.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Von Alkum takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Vercetti is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Von Alkum had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Vercetti swinging wildly here.
A slow jab from Von Alkum misses its intended target.
Von Alkum throws a hook but Vercetti avoids it easily.
Von Alkum misses the body punch
enabling Vercetti to counter with a crisp jab.
Jab, jab by Von Alkum - just one landing.
Von Alkum throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Vercetti lands a glancing blow to the side of Von Alkum's head.
Vercetti blocks a jab.
An inside leg kick lands from Von Alkum.
Von Alkum pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Vercetti swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Vercetti misses the jab.
A big left from Vercetti misses.
Vercetti wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Von Alkum misses with a low kick.
Vercetti takes one to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vercetti throws a jab but it's blocked by Von Alkum.
Von Alkum throws the kick towards the body but Vercetti avoids it.
Vercetti scores with a jab to the head.
Vercetti waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Von Alkum.
Vercetti scores with a jab. Von Alkum acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Vercetti dodges the punch combination from Von Alkum.
Vercetti scores with a sloppy right hand. Von Alkum should have avoided that one.
Vercetti lands with a hook. Von Alkum tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Vercetti is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Vercetti misses with a hook
and Von Alkum counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Vercetti throws a shot from downtown. Von Alkum moves away and avoids it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fighters circling - Von Alkum throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Vercetti misses with a hook.
Vercetti on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Von Alkum ducks under a wild hook from Vercetti.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Vercetti throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A big left from Vercetti misses.
A head kick by Von Alkum misses
and Vercetti counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Vercetti keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Vercetti throws a jab but it's blocked by Von Alkum.
The fighters circling - Vercetti throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
It looked like Von Alkum wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Von Alkum throws a head kick but Vercetti moves out of range.
Vercetti looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A decent looking cross lands there for Von Alkum.
Von Alkum uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Vercetti.
Von Alkum throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Vercetti sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Von Alkum throws a nice inside leg kick.
A combination from Vercetti does no damage.
Von Alkum attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vercetti misses with a looping right.
Vercetti scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Von Alkum bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Vercetti's head.
Von Alkum on the wrong end of a nice jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Tommy Vercetti dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Vercetti lands a glancing blow to the side of Von Alkum's head.
Vercetti misses with a left hand

and Von Alkum counters with a crisp one two that drops Vercetti! Von Alkum thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Vercetti to his feet! Vercetti is in big trouble!

Vercetti is rocked!
Donk. Vercetti catches Von Alkum right on the button with a cross.
Vercetti is still on wobbly legs! Can Von Alkum finish him?
Vercetti misses with a hook. Von Alkum ducked under it nicely.
A head kick misses from Von Alkum.
Vercetti seems to have recovered his senses.
Whack! Von Alkum lands a heavy head kick that drops Vercetti. The ref tackles Von Alkum to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Vercetti was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Klaus Von Alkum!
A relieved looking Klaus Von Alkum thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.