PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matt Lipsky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Christopher Summers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lipsky's entrance music is Help, I'm Alive. A fine choice. Summers has chosen The Bad to the Bone as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Lipsky
vs
Summers

184 cm
22
215 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

183 cm
18
197 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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Cobra Kai Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Matt Lipsky!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Christopher Summers!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Albert Achterberg and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Summers keeps the fight on the outside.
Summers misses with a looping right.
Donk. Summers catches Lipsky right on the button with a cross.
Lipsky fails in his attempt to clinch.
Summers throws a right and a left that Lipsky avoids nicely.
Lipsky tries to close the distance and clinch up but Summers swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Summers throws out a loose jab but Lipsky uses good head movement to avoid it.
Summers works Lipsky's body with a nice hook.

Lipsky clinches up with Summers and pushes him back against the cage.
Summers has had enough of the clinch but Lipsky keeps him there for the moment.
Lipsky unloads a knee to the mid-section. Summers lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Summers looks gassed!
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!
Lipsky connects with a nasty looking knee right to Summers's face.

It looks like Christopher Summers has been cut.
Lipsky lands a nice knee to the body.
Lipsky scores a nice knee to the body.
Lipsky lands an elbow just above Summers 's eye.
Knees in the clinch landing for Lipsky.
Lipsky landing knees to the head.
Lipsky lands a good knee to the midsection. Summers won't want to take too many of those.
Lipsky lands a nice elbow.
Knees in the clinch landing for Lipsky.
Lipsky crunches a lovely knee into Summers's ribcage.
Lipsky lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Summers wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Lipsky.
Lipsky lands an elbow inside that Summers shrugs off.
Lipsky putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Summers in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Lipsky putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Summers in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Lipsky scores a nice knee to the body.
Summers wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lipsky lands a knee to the head.
Lipsky lands a nice knee to the body.
Lipsky lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Summers is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Summers misses with some punches.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Lipsky obliges.
Summers swings wildly with an uppercut but Lipsky uses good head movement to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Summers. Lipsky does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lipsky is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lipsky tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Summers paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lipsky looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lipsky tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Summers tries to bum rush Lipsky with a series of wild strikes but Lipsky uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Summers throws a series of punches but Lipsky avoids them all with ease.

Lipsky darts in and clinches Summers up against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Lipsky.
Lipsky lands an elbow inside that Summers shrugs off.
Lipsky landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Lipsky scores with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Summers has had enough of the clinch but Lipsky keeps him there for the moment.
A knee to the head by Lipsky.
A right hook to the body lands for Summers.
Summers lands with a left to the head.
Summers takes a knee right on the jaw!
Summers working hard to break the clinch.
Lipsky landing knees to the body.
Lipsky connects with a knee to the head.
Lipsky's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Lipsky scores with a knee to the head.
Summers working aggressively here.
Summers is looking to break free of the clinch but Lipsky has double underhooks.
Summers working aggressively here.
Lipsky lands a knee to the body.
Lipsky connects with a nasty looking knee right to Summers's face.
Lipsky lands a good knee to the midsection. Summers won't want to take too many of those.
Lipsky connects with a nasty looking knee right to Summers's face.
Lipsky creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Summers's defenses.
Lipsky blocks an uppercut.
Lipsky landing knees to the head.
Summers wants to break free but Lipsky has control.
Summers misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lipsky putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Summers in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Lipsky working Summers over with knees to the body.
Lipsky scores a nice knee to the body.
Lipsky utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Lipsky working Summers over with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lipsky lands an elbow that stopped Summers in his tracks for a moment.
Lipsky lands a nice elbow.
Lipsky keeps control of Summers as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Summers misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lipsky unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Summers tries to work over Lipsky's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lipsky lands a good knee to the midsection. Summers won't want to take too many of those.
Lipsky scores with a knee to the head.
Summers on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lipsky misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Summers.
Summers scores with a nice hook to the head.
Summers lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Lipsky unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Summers fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lipsky utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Summers tries to throw a body punch but Lipsky avoids it by throwing Summers back against the cage.
Lipsky lands an elbow inside that Summers shrugs off.
Lipsky lands a nice knee to the body.
Summers looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Summers takes an elbow to the temple.
Summers managing to block the knees to the body from Lipsky.
Summers misses with a punch on the inside.
Lipsky landing knees to the head.
Lipsky utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Summers.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Lipsky blocks a body shot from Summers.
Lipsky working Summers over with knees to the body.
Lipsky unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Nice elbow from Lipsky.
Lipsky putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Summers in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

Summers escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Lipsky darts in and clinches Summers up against the cage.
Summers wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Summers tries to break the clinch but Lipsky is controlling the position.
Lipsky working Summers over with knees to the body.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Lipsky obliges.
Summers takes an elbow to the temple.
Lipsky lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Lipsky gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Summers goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Summers struggles to land a body shot inside as Lipsky controls his hands.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Lipsky obliges.
Lipsky utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Summers.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lipsky scores with a knee to the head.
Lipsky prevents Summers from breaking the clinch.
Lipsky lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Lipsky tries a knee to the head but Summers blocks it.
Summers misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matt Lipsky dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Christopher Summers's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Lipsky closes the distance and pushes Summers back into the cage.
Lipsky connects with a knee to the head.
Lipsky prevents Summers from breaking the clinch.
Knees to the body from Lipsky.
Lipsky blocks an uppercut.
Lipsky lands a nice knee to the body.
Summers takes a knee right on the jaw!
Summers wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Lipsky lands an elbow inside that Summers shrugs off.
Lipsky creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Summers's defenses.
Lipsky landing knees to the head.
Matt Lipsky has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Lipsky connects with a nasty looking knee right to Summers's face.
Lipsky scores with a knee to the head.
Lipsky lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Summers lands a body shot.
Summers takes a knee to the side of the body.
Lipsky utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Lipsky landing knees to the body.
Lipsky utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Lipsky using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Summers can't find room to land a body shot as Lipsky controls the action.
Lipsky lands a nice knee to the body.

Summers escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Summers rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Lipsky moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Lipsky moves in looking to clinch but Summers pushes him off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lipsky fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lipsky is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Summers throws a low kick, looking for Lipsky's leg but Lipsky calmly moves out of range.
Some wild striking there from Summers.
Lipsky moves in looking to clinch but Summers pushes him off.

Lipsky has Summers up against the cage in a clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Summers. Lipsky does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lipsky doesn't manage to clinch there - Summers circles away.
Lipsky is looking to clinch but Summers is avoiding it.
Lipsky fails with an attempt to clinch.
Some bone on bone action there as Lipsky checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lipsky looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lipsky tries to clinch but Summers is having none of it.
Lipsky tries to clinch up but Summers circles away and keeps his distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Summers misses with a series of wild punches.
Lipsky showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Summers.
Lipsky tries to clinch up.
Lipsky wants to clinch.
Lipsky wants to clinch.
Summers swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Lipsky closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Lipsky lands a good knee to the midsection. Summers won't want to take too many of those.
Lipsky lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Summers takes a knee to the side of the body.
Lipsky gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Lipsky scores with a knee to the head.
Lipsky putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Summers in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Lipsky is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Summers.
Lipsky unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Lipsky lands an elbow inside that Summers shrugs off.
Knees in the clinch landing for Lipsky.
Summers tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Summers tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lipsky's elbow.
Lipsky unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Lipsky is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Summers takes a knee to the side of the body.
Summers tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lipsky scores with a knee to the head.
Summers tries to work over Lipsky's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Summers tries to work over Lipsky's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Summers takes an elbow to the temple.
Lipsky with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lipsky.
Summers misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lipsky putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Summers in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Lipsky working Summers over with knees to the body.
Lipsky scores a nice knee to the body.
Lipsky lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Knees in the clinch landing for Lipsky.
Lipsky landing some nice looking knees to the body.

Summers escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lipsky tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Summers paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lipsky is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Lipsky is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Summers lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Lipsky wants to clinch.
Lipsky checks a low kick from Summers.
Lipsky lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Lipsky walks into a left hand.
Summers throws a right and a left that Lipsky avoids nicely.
Lipsky fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lipsky lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Christopher Summers is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Summers misses with a wild body shot.

Lipsky moves into range and clinches up with Summers.
Summers tries to throw a body punch but Lipsky avoids it by throwing Summers back against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Lipsky.
Lipsky lands a nice knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matt Lipsky dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Christopher Summers's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Lipsky moves in looking to clinch but Summers pushes him off.
Summers jabs Lipsky right on the nose. Lipsky blinks but takes it well.
Summers lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Summers.

Lipsky moves into the clinch.
Lipsky landing knees to the head.
Lipsky throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Summers blocks it with crossed arms.
Summers tries to break the clinch but Lipsky is controlling the position.
Lipsky lands a nice knee to the body.
Summers can't find room to land a body shot as Lipsky controls the action.
Lipsky lands a knee to the body.
Summers blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lipsky misses with a knee strike.
Summers lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Summers wants to break the clinch but can't.
Lipsky tries to land knees in the clinch but Summers avoids the damage to the body.
Summers fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Summers fails to land.
Summers has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Summers works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lipsky connects with a nasty looking knee right to Summers's face.
Summers tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lipsky's elbow.
Lipsky lands an elbow inside that Summers shrugs off.
Lipsky is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Summers misses with a punch on the inside.
Summers takes a knee right on the jaw!
Knees to the body from Lipsky.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Summers fails to land.
Knees in the clinch landing for Lipsky.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Lipsky obliges.
Lipsky lands a nice knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Lipsky obliges.
Lipsky lands a knee to the body.
Lipsky lands a damaging elbow.
Lipsky landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Lipsky lands a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Lipsky.
Lipsky connects with a nasty looking knee right to Summers's face.
Knees to the body from Lipsky.
Summers scores with a hook to the body.
Summers working hard to break the clinch.
A knee to the head by Lipsky.
Summers managing to block the knees to the body from Lipsky.
Lipsky landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Lipsky lands a knee to the body.
Lipsky lands a good knee to the midsection. Summers won't want to take too many of those.
A head punch on the inside from Summers fails to land.
Lipsky with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Lipsky gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Summers tries to work over Lipsky's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lipsky lands an elbow that stopped Summers in his tracks for a moment.
Lipsky blocking some punches.
Nice elbow from Lipsky.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Lipsky utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Lipsky scores with a knee to the head.
Summers working aggressively here.
Knees to the body from Lipsky.
Nice body punch from Summers.
Lipsky with a knee to the head.
Summers tries to break free but Lipsky pushes him back against the cage.
Lipsky lands a good knee to the midsection. Summers won't want to take too many of those.
A knee to the head by Lipsky.
Summers tries to break the clinch but Lipsky is controlling the position.
Lipsky with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Lipsky tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Summers avoids it.
Summers tries to circle away but Lipsky has him pinned against the cage.
Lipsky lands an elbow inside that Summers shrugs off.
Lipsky has Summers pressed against the cage, preventing Summers from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Summers takes a knee to the side of the body.
Lipsky comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Summers tries to throw a body punch but Lipsky avoids it by throwing Summers back against the cage.
Lipsky lands a good knee to the midsection. Summers won't want to take too many of those.
A frustrated look appears on Summers's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Lipsky prevents Summers from breaking the clinch.
A knee to the head by Lipsky.
Nice elbow from Lipsky.
Summers is trying to break free.
Lipsky keeps control of Summers as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lipsky putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Summers in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Lipsky.
Lipsky connects with a knee to the head.
Summers wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lipsky lands a nice elbow.
Lipsky utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Lipsky obliges.
Lipsky gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Summers tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lipsky putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Summers in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Lipsky utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Summers is trying to force a seperation but Lipsky has the dominant position.
Knees in the clinch landing for Lipsky.
Christopher Summers has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A knee to the head by Lipsky.
Lipsky is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Summers tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lipsky lands a good knee to the midsection. Summers won't want to take too many of those.
Summers has had enough of the clinch but Lipsky keeps him there for the moment.
Lipsky lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Lipsky landing knees to the head.
Summers looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Summers fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lipsky working Summers over with knees to the body.
Summers takes a knee right on the jaw!
Summers tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lipsky landing knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Lipsky keeps control of Summers as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lipsky lands an elbow that stopped Summers in his tracks for a moment.
Lipsky is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A body shot lands from Summers.
Lipsky connects with a nasty looking knee right to Summers's face.
Lipsky utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Lipsky.
Summers tries to break the clinch but Lipsky is controlling the position.
Lipsky comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Summers scores with a shot to the side of Lipsky's head.
Summers is trying to break the clinch but Lipsky is controlling him.
Lipsky connects with a nasty looking knee right to Summers's face.
Lipsky lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Lipsky lands a nice knee to the body.
Lipsky scores with a knee to the head.
Lipsky lands an elbow just above Summers 's eye.
Summers tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lipsky's elbow.
Summers wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Lipsky has him pressed against the cage.
Lipsky landing knees to the body.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Lipsky lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Lipsky landing knees to the body.
Summers can't break the clinch.
Lipsky lands an elbow just above Summers 's eye.
Summers misses with a short punch on the inside.
Matt Lipsky is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Lipsky connects with a knee to the head.
Summers throws a punch but it's blocked by Lipsky.

And that's the end of the fight!
Matt Lipsky showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Lipsky, 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 Saam Ante scores the fight 30:27
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Matt Lipsky!