PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hans Stiglitz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Lipsky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lipsky comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Help, I'm Alive kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! This should be a great matchup!

Stiglitz
vs
Lipsky

181 cm
19
201 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

184 cm
22
215 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Heavy handed

NATURAL BEAST

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hans Stiglitz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Matt Lipsky!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Konstantin Menshow and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stiglitz keeps the fight on the outside.
Lipsky doesn't manage to clinch there - Stiglitz circles away.
Lipsky is looking to clinch but Stiglitz is avoiding it.

Stiglitz shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Stiglitz showed some decent athleticism there.
Lipsky is refusing to be controlled, as Stiglitz sits in half guard.
Lipsky is trying to stand.
Lipsky is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Stiglitz throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Lipsky wants to get back to his feet.
Stiglitz is looking to take a break and control but Lipsky is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Lipsky wants to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Lipsky has Stiglitz up against the cage in a clinch.
Lipsky blocks the elbow strike.
Lipsky unloads a knee to the mid-section. Stiglitz lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lipsky lands an elbow inside that Stiglitz shrugs off.

It looks like Hans Stiglitz has been cut.
Stiglitz wants to break the clinch but can't.
Lipsky lands a nice knee to the body.

Lipsky breaks the clinch.
Stiglitz fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Lipsky looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Stiglitz throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Matt Lipsky seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stiglitz is breathing heavily.

Lipsky has managed to clinch.
Stiglitz wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Lipsky breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lipsky throws a good cross that connects.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lipsky is looking to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stiglitz tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Lipsky is looking to clinch but Stiglitz is avoiding it.
Stiglitz keeps the fight on the outside.
Lipsky stuffs the takedown.
Lipsky throws a head kick but Stiglitz moves out of range.
Lipsky tries to clinch but Stiglitz moves out of range.
Lipsky tries to close the distance and clinch but Stiglitz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lipsky tries to clinch there but Stiglitz circles away.
Lipsky doesn't manage to clinch there - Stiglitz circles away.
Stiglitz avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Stiglitz fails with a takedown attempt.

A head kick lands from Lipsky that sends Stiglitz to the canvas. Stiglitz tries to scramble back to his feet but Lipsky brings him back down into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Lipsky stands up and beckons Stiglitz to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stiglitz circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lipsky tries to clinch but Stiglitz moves out of range.
Horrible takedown by Stiglitz or perhaps it was just good defense by Lipsky which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hans Stiglitz. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Lipsky forces Stiglitz back against the cage and clinches.
Lipsky crunches a lovely knee into Stiglitz's ribcage.
Lipsky lands a knee to the body.
Lipsky lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Lipsky lands a knee to the body.
Lipsky lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Lipsky breaks from the clinch.
Lipsky tries to clinch up.

Lipsky fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Stiglitz, pushing him back against the cage.
Lipsky is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Lipsky lands an elbow inside that Stiglitz shrugs off.
Lipsky lands an elbow that stopped Stiglitz in his tracks for a moment.
Lipsky crunches a lovely knee into Stiglitz's ribcage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lipsky lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Lipsky lands an elbow inside that Stiglitz shrugs off.
Lipsky unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Nice elbow from Lipsky.

Lipsky pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Stiglitz circles away from the clinch attempt.

Stiglitz shoots in and bounces Lipsky off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lipsky wants to stand and escape but Stiglitz is having none of it.

Stiglitz drops back looking for a leg! Lipsky is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Lipsky manages to kick Stiglitz off! Stiglitz jumps back into Lipsky's guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lipsky wants to stand and escape but Stiglitz is having none of it.
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 Hans Stiglitz's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Stiglitz swats away the attempt to clinch by Lipsky.
Stiglitz tries to close the distance and clinch but Lipsky swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Stiglitz looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Lipsky is fending him off so far but Stiglitz persists. Nope, Lipsky circles away and we're back to standing.
Stiglitz swats away the attempt to clinch by Lipsky.
Lipsky tries to close the distance and clinch but Stiglitz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Stiglitz shoots in but Lipsky avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Nice sprawl there from Lipsky as Stiglitz shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hans Stiglitz. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Lipsky takes the fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A frustrated look appears on Stiglitz's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Lipsky lands a knee to the body.
Stiglitz takes a knee to the side of the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lipsky lands an elbow that stopped Stiglitz in his tracks for a moment.
Stiglitz takes an elbow to the forehead.
Lipsky lands an elbow inside that Stiglitz shrugs off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Lipsky.
Lipsky utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Lipsky crunches a lovely knee into Stiglitz's ribcage.
Matt Lipsky seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Lipsky unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Lipsky landing some nice looking knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lipsky lands a knee to the body.
Lipsky lands a nice knee to the body.

Lipsky breaks from the clinch.
Lipsky tries to clinch but Stiglitz moves out of range.

Lipsky has managed to clinch.
Stiglitz is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Lipsky gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

Lipsky's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Stiglitz circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lipsky connects with a high kick.
Lipsky defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Stiglitz.
Stiglitz circles away from the clinch attempt

and Stiglitz counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stiglitz is working Lipsky over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

Lipsky kicks Stiglitz off and gets to his feet.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lipsky looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Stiglitz avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lipsky closes the distance but Stiglitz moves to the side

and Stiglitz counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Lipsky tries to kick Stiglitz off but Stiglitz keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Nice strikes from Stiglitz there.

Stiglitz is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Lipsky defends it well.
Lipsky tries to kick Stiglitz off but Stiglitz keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Lipsky makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Lipsky darts in trying to clinch

and Stiglitz moves into the clinch.
Stiglitz is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Stiglitz has had enough of the clinch but Lipsky keeps him there for the moment.
Lipsky lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A knee to the head by Lipsky.
Lipsky lands with a right to the head.

Lipsky breaks the clinch.
Lipsky throws a leg kick which misses Stiglitz's front leg but catches the back leg as Stiglitz tries to avoid it.

Stiglitz scores a takedown into full mount!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stiglitz looking to control but Lipsky is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Stiglitz looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matt Lipsky showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Hans Stiglitz's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Lipsky darts in trying to clinch

and Stiglitz counters with a takedown into side control.
Lipsky wants to get back to his feet but Stiglitz drags him back down.
Hans Stiglitz overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Lipsky throws Stiglitz to one side and escapes!

Stiglitz gets the takedown into side control.
Lipsky wants to get back to his feet.
Stiglitz wants to lay and pray for a moment but Lipsky keeps working.

Stiglitz is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Lipsky has escaped the position, nice work there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lipsky throws Stiglitz to one side and escapes!
Lipsky tries to close the distance and clinch up but Stiglitz swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lipsky is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lipsky scores with a leg kick.
Lipsky moves in looking to clinch but Stiglitz pushes him off.
Stiglitz fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Lipsky avoids it really well and circles away.

Lipsky darts in and clinches Stiglitz up against the cage.
Knees to the body from Lipsky.
Knees to the body from Lipsky.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lipsky lands an elbow that stopped Stiglitz in his tracks for a moment.
Stiglitz takes an elbow to the forehead.
Lipsky lands a good knee to the midsection. Stiglitz won't want to take too many of those.

Lipsky breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Matt Lipsky is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lipsky fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lipsky tries to clinch but Stiglitz is having none of it.
Lipsky fails with an attempt to clinch.
Stiglitz shoots in looking for a takedown. Lipsky tries to sprawl out of it but Stiglitz keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Lipsky manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Lipsky cracks Stiglitz with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Stiglitz misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hans Stiglitz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lipsky fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lipsky looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Stiglitz tries to clinch up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stiglitz is looking to clinch.
Stiglitz closes the distance and clinches up with Lipsky, looking for a takedown. Stiglitz pushes Lipsky against the cage but Lipsky circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Lipsky darts in trying to clinch

so Stiglitz counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Lipsky working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Stiglitz.

Lipsky scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Lipsky is looking to clinch but Stiglitz is avoiding it.

Stiglitz closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Lipsky to the mat! Lipsky manages to get full guard.
Stiglitz trying to control but Lipsky is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stiglitz stands and throws Lipsky's legs to the side, diving into side control.

Lipsky bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Lipsky tries to clinch there but Stiglitz circles away.
Stiglitz throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Lipsky's waist but Lipsky gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Stiglitz off to one side.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lipsky wants to clinch.
Lipsky tries to clinch up.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lipsky tries to clinch there but Stiglitz circles away.
Hans Stiglitz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Matt Lipsky is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Stiglitz misses with the combination.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hans Stiglitz showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Lipsky has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 28:29
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 28:29

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