PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nigel Terry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roberto Sturmpruegel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Terry
vs
Sturmpruegel

185 cm
26
210 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

180 cm
28
210 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

$10

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 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Nigel Terry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Roberto Sturmpruegel!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Daniel Blasius and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Terry tries a low kick but Sturmpruegel avoids it.
Sturmpruegel throws a leg kick but Terry sees it coming and moves out of range.

Sturmpruegel tries to keep at a distance but Terry has taken the fight into the clinch.
Terry lands a good knee to the midsection. Sturmpruegel won't want to take too many of those.
Terry can't break the clinch.
Terry trying to land knees to the body.
Terry tries to land knees in the clinch but Sturmpruegel avoids the damage to the body.
Sturmpruegel taking a breather.
Terry working hard to break the clinch.
A short right from Terry.
Sturmpruegel wants to break the clinch but can't.
Terry lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Terry escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Terry swings for the body but Sturmpruegel moves out of range.
Terry connects with a leg kick. Sturmpruegel looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Sturmpruegel dodges the punch combination from Terry.

Terry closes the distance and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sturmpruegel.
Sturmpruegel looking to stall.
Sturmpruegel lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Terry or not.
Sturmpruegel misses with a hook to the ribs.
Terry using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Sturmpruegel on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Terry tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sturmpruegel avoids it.
A right hook to the body lands for Sturmpruegel.
Sturmpruegel scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sturmpruegel is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Terry is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sturmpruegel is defending well for now.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sturmpruegel wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Terry misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sturmpruegel.
Sturmpruegel is trying to push Terry away but Terry has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Sturmpruegel wants to break the clinch but can't.
Terry missing with knees to the body.
Sturmpruegel working aggressively here.

Sturmpruegel breaks the clinch.
Terry takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Sturmpruegel goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

It looks like Nigel Terry has been cut.
Sturmpruegel attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Terry checks a leg kick.
Terry throws a hook to the side of Sturmpruegel's head but Sturmpruegel sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sturmpruegel looks to land a combination. Terry sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Sturmpruegel throws a solid leg kick but Terry takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Sturmpruegel.
Terry throws a lazy right hand but Sturmpruegel sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sturmpruegel throws out a loose jab but Terry uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sturmpruegel throws a leg kick which misses Terry's front leg but catches the back leg as Terry tries to avoid it.
Sturmpruegel pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Terry ducks under a wild hook from Sturmpruegel.
Sturmpruegel throws a big shot that misses.
Sturmpruegel gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Terry moves in looking to clinch but Sturmpruegel pushes him off.

Terry closes the distance and pushes Sturmpruegel back into the cage.
Sturmpruegel lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sturmpruegel taking a breather.
Sturmpruegel is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
A body shot lands from Terry.
Terry with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sturmpruegel is trying to stall.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sturmpruegel creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Sturmpruegel manages to break the clinch.
Sturmpruegel blocks a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A cross from Sturmpruegel lands.
A bone on bone clash there as Terry blocks the leg kick.
Terry cracks the inside of Sturmpruegel's front leg.
Terry delivers a nice body kick.
Sturmpruegel throws a low kick but it's checked well by Terry.
Terry misses with a series of wild punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A punch combination from Sturmpruegel misses.
Sturmpruegel on the wrong end of a nice hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Roberto Sturmpruegel will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Nigel Terry's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Sturmpruegel misses with a low kick.
Terry dodges the punch combination from Sturmpruegel.
Sturmpruegel with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Terry to score with a decent uppercut.
Terry lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Terry tries to clinch up but Sturmpruegel circles away and keeps his distance.
Terry tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Terry uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sturmpruegel.
Terry looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Sturmpruegel throws a front kick aimed at Terry's knee but Terry avoids it well.
Nigel Terry is winning the standup battle so far.
Terry displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sturmpruegel throws out the jab.
Sturmpruegel tries to score with a low kick but Terry moves his leg out of the way.
Sturmpruegel tests Terry's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Terry ducks right into an uppercut from Sturmpruegel.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Terry avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Terry throws out a leg kick but Sturmpruegel moves out of range and Terry only half commits.
Terry throws a nice outside leg kick.
Sturmpruegel swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sturmpruegel turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A low kick from Sturmpruegel is predictable there
and Terry counters with a solid body kick.
Terry cracks Sturmpruegel with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Terry tries to clinch but Sturmpruegel is having none of it.
Terry throws a head kick that misses.
Terry throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Terry goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A good leg kick by Sturmpruegel.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sturmpruegel fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sturmpruegel motions for Terry to come forward. Sturmpruegel throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Sturmpruegel misses with a leg kick.
Sturmpruegel throws an overhand right that lands on Terry's shoulder, as Terry tries to avoid the shot.
Nice shot lands for Terry.
Terry with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Sturmpruegel moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Sturmpruegel moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A cross from Sturmpruegel lands.
Terry tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Sturmpruegel swings for the body but Terry moves out of range.
Sturmpruegel swings for the body but Terry moves out of range.
Terry takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Terry tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Terry throws a sloppy head kick and Sturmpruegel moves out of range easily.
Terry swings for the body but Sturmpruegel moves out of range.
Terry avoids the body shot from Sturmpruegel.
Sturmpruegel staying out of range there.
Sturmpruegel takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Sturmpruegel throws a hook to the side of Terry's head but Terry sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Terry lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Terry has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Terry swings widly with a right hand
and Sturmpruegel counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Terry fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Sturmpruegel looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Sturmpruegel has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Terry finds it's way round the side to connect with Sturmpruegel's head.
Terry takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sturmpruegel connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Sturmpruegel throws a head kick that misses.
Sturmpruegel blocks the body kick.
Sturmpruegel dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Terry. That did some damage!
Terry pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sturmpruegel scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

Terry is rocked!
Sturmpruegel closes the distance and lands a brutal uppercut that knocks Terry out! We're looking at the replay now - he was out before he hit the floor!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Roberto Sturmpruegel!
A relieved looking Roberto Sturmpruegel thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.