PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Goal Blitz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Viktor Geist (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blitz comes into the arena with I Want To Conquer The World blaring out of the sound system. Goal Blitz has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Blitz
vs
Geist

185 cm
22
200 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

180 cm
18
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Powerful

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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 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Goal Blitz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Viktor Geist!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Konstantin Menshow and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blitz misses with a hook. Geist ducked under it nicely.
Blitz shoots for a takedown but Geist saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Blitz swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Geist takes a swing at Blitz's ribcage but misses.

Geist shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Blitz throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Blitz striking from the bottom here.
Geist with a nice head shot there.
Geist controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Blitz wants to get back to his feet but Geist is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Blitz looking to hit a scissor sweep but Geist is one step ahead there.
Geist must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Geist with a flurry of punches that miss.
Geist throwing strikes from guard but Blitz blocks nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Geist lands a couple of digs.
Blitz throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Blitz is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Geist is controlling him.
Geist lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Geist trying to control but Blitz is working from the bottom.
Blitz trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Blitz throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Blitz keeping moving, preventing Geist from controlling successfully.
Geist won't allow Blitz to sweep him here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Geist chips away with some ground and pound.
Blitz is looking to stand up but Geist isn't so interested in that idea.
Geist working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Blitz's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Blitz has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Geist off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Geist slips a jab and a cross from Blitz.

Geist closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Blitz to the mat! Blitz manages to get full guard.
Geist throwing strikes from guard but Blitz blocks nicely.
Geist trying to control but Blitz is working from the bottom.
Geist keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Blitz's head.
Blitz lands a decent shot there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Geist postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Geist wants to control from the top but Blitz keeps moving.

Blitz wriggles free and stands up.
Goal Blitz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blitz throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Geist sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Blitz throws the left hand but Geist avoids the punch easily.
Blitz looks to throw the jab but Geist is out of range.
Blitz with a lazy takedown attempt

so Geist counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Geist is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Geist working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Blitz's head.
Geist working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Geist postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Geist postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Geist looking to sit in guard and control but Blitz gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Blitz wants to stand but Geist is controlling his posture from full guard.
Geist wants to sweep but no luck.
Geist has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Geist looking to hit a scissor sweep but Blitz is one step ahead there.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Blitz wants to stand but Geist is controlling his posture from full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Viktor Geist dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Blitz fails with the takedown

and Geist counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Blitz is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Geist stopping the sweep attempt from Blitz.
Geist lands a couple of elbows.
Geist won't allow Blitz to sweep him here.
Geist cracks Blitz with a solid left hand.
Geist trying to control the position from guard on top but Blitz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Blitz looking for a sweep. Not yet Blitz, not yet.
Geist landing with the ground and pound.
Geist scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Geist landing some decent shots from guard.
Geist postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Blitz covers up, he's hurt! Geist keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Geist and the ref steps in to end the fight! Geist can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Viktor Geist!