PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lime Lister (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Herbert Truck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Truck's choice of entrance music: Indestructible. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Lister
vs
Truck

190 cm
25
225 lbs
15 - 11 - 0

200 cm
30
260 lbs
21 - 21 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

Hell's Balls Recovery (160)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lime Lister!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Herbert Truck!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Alan Glass and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lister cracks Truck with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Lister doesn't manage to clinch there - Truck circles away.
Truck fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Lister avoids it really well and circles away.
Lister avoids the body shot from Truck.
Lime Lister seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Lister closes the distance and pushes Truck back into the cage.
Truck is trying to push Lister away but Lister has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Truck keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lister's efforts to push away.

Truck breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Truck throws a body kick that misses.
Truck checks the leg kick nicely there.

Lister has taken the fight to the clinch.
Truck tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lister's elbow.
Truck misses with the head strike.
Truck misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Truck lands with a short shot to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Truck.

Lister breaks the clinch.

Lister gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Truck lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Truck doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Truck holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Lister tries to circle away but Truck has him pinned against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Truck.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Truck working some nice short punches in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Truck.
Truck misses with the head strike.
Truck fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Lister escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Truck crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Lister - the referee stops the clock and Truck gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Lister. Truck manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Truck takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Lister moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

Truck drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Lister is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Truck's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Lister wants to improve his position but Truck is controlling well.

Truck is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Lister has managed to free his arm - good work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Truck is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Truck trying to control the action but Lister is working from the bottom.

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.
Lister is in trouble now - Truck has advanced to mount!
Lister avoids a series of strikes thrown by Truck.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lister tries to get back to half guard but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Lime Lister will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Lister feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Truck manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
BOOM! Truck connects with a massive shot to the dome!

Lister is rocked!
A big strike lands for Truck! That's really hurt Lister and he's turned his back - Truck keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Truck jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Herbert Truck!
An out of breath Herbert Truck thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.