PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Magne Bruno (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Herman Trang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Herman Trang has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Magne Bruno's chin.

Bruno
vs
Trang

185 cm
27
215 lbs
10 - 7 - 1

200 cm
23
220 lbs
8 - 4 - 1

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
World class boxer
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 10 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Magne Bruno!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Herman Trang!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Anni Minnemäki and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch combination from Bruno misses.
Trang keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bruno lands a really nice looking cross but Trang seems unphased.
Trang cracks a nice hook into Bruno's ribs.
Bruno missing with a left hand there. Trang was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bruno fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bruno thows a left - swing and a miss!
Trang scores with a nice right hand.
Bruno takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

Trang clinches up against the cage.
Bruno misses with the head strike.
A short left from Trang.
Trang working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Trang lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bruno backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bruno wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Trang is pushing Bruno up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Trang is looking to control Bruno's arms but Bruno gets an underhook and turns him. Now Trang has his back to the cage.
Trang lands with a right to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trang lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bruno tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bruno wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bruno misses with a short punch on the inside.
Trang has Bruno pressed against the cage, preventing Bruno from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Trang lands an uppercut.
Bruno working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Trang fails to land.
Trang misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bruno.
Bruno's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
A left hand lands to the body for Bruno.
Trang tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Bruno manages to break the clinch.
Bruno lands an overhand right.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Trang staying out of range there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trang misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Bruno counters with a straight right hand.
Bruno fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Trang on the side of the head.
Trang missing with a left hand there. Bruno was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bruno defending well as Trang loads up on a big left hand.
A slow jab from Bruno misses its intended target.
Trang swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bruno will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Trang closes the distance and pushes Bruno back into the cage.
Trang stalls.
A short right from Bruno on the inside.
Trang working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bruno misses with a punch to the body.
Bruno misses with a hook from the clinch.
Trang stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Bruno lands a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trang misses with the head strike.
Bruno tries to circle away but Trang has him pinned against the cage.
Bruno struggles to land a body shot inside as Trang controls his hands.
Trang has a couple of punches blocked by Bruno.
Trang just leaning against Bruno, taking a breather.
Trang misses with a short punch on the inside.
Trang is pushing Bruno up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Bruno gets through Trang's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bruno is looking to break free of the clinch but Trang has double underhooks.
A frustrated look appears on Bruno's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bruno blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bruno scores with a shoulder strike.
Bruno digs a right hand into Trang's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Trang's gas tank.
Trang working aggressively here.
Trang has Bruno pressed against the cage, preventing Bruno from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bruno tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bruno is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Trang is keeping busy.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bruno blocks a body shot from Trang.
Trang throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Brunos head.
Bruno blocks an uppercut.
Bruno tries to throw a body punch but Trang avoids it by throwing Bruno back against the cage.
Trang misses with a short punch on the inside.
Trang keeps control of Bruno as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bruno misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bruno.
Bruno has a couple of punches blocked by Trang.
Bruno struggles to land a body shot inside as Trang controls his hands.
Bruno working hard to break the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Trang.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bruno wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bruno is trying to break free.
Bruno is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Trang is keeping busy.
Trang has a couple of punches blocked by Bruno.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Magne Bruno dominated that round.
That's time! Bruno's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Bruno throws a shot from downtown. Trang moves away and avoids it.
Trang misses with a two punch combination.
Bruno takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Trang throws a predictable looking body shot
and Bruno counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bruno. Trang does a little dance to reset his feet.
A jab lands there for Trang.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Trang ducks under a wild hook from Bruno.
Trang throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Trang moves in looking to clinch but Bruno pushes him off.

Trang closes the distance and clinches.
Bruno wants to break free but Trang has control.
Bruno tries to throw a body punch but Trang avoids it by throwing Bruno back against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Trang.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bruno taking a breather.
Trang misses with the head strike.
Trang working aggressively here.
Bruno working aggressively here.
Trang trying to stall but Bruno improves his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bruno is trying to push Trang away but Trang has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Bruno is trying to force a seperation but Trang has the dominant position.
Trang swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bruno blocking some punches.
Bruno is trying to maintain a safe position but Trang gets an underhook and turns Bruno into the cage.
Bruno working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bruno is trying to break the clinch but Trang is controlling him.
Trang lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bruno lands a left hand.
Trang struggles to land a body shot inside as Bruno controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bruno.
A right hand to the body from Bruno.
Trang is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Trang swings wildly with an uppercut but Bruno uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bruno taking a breather.
Nice body punch from Bruno - that landed with a thud.
Bruno goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bruno wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bruno is looking to break free of the clinch but Trang has double underhooks.
Bruno lands with a light punch inside.
Magne Bruno has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bruno is leaning against Trang and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Bruno scores with a shoulder strike.
Bruno wants to break free but Trang has control.

Bruno escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Trang slips a jab and a cross from Bruno.
Trang looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

Trang is rocked!
Bruno drops Trang with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Trang! Bruno dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Magne Bruno!