PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wolfgang Van Beethoven (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Takeshi Kovacks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Van Beethoven 's entrance music is Beethoven-Symphony 7. A fine choice. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Van Beethoven
vs
Kovacks

213 cm
26
277 lbs
16 - 5 - 0

190 cm
26
280 lbs
12 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

ADCC Champion
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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Brute

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 16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wolfgang Van Beethoven !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Takeshi Kovacks!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Cecil Peabody and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Beethoven misses the jab.
Van Beethoven cracks Kovacks with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Nice shot by Van Beethoven .
Van Beethoven works Kovacks's body with a nice hook.
Kovacks connects with an inside leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kovacks.
Van Beethoven catches Kovacks with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Good leg kick by Kovacks there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Van Beethoven takes a swing at Kovacks's ribcage but misses.
Kovacks closes the distance and clinches up with Van Beethoven , looking for a takedown. Kovacks pushes Van Beethoven against the cage but Van Beethoven circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Kovacks throws a nice inside leg kick.
Kovacks thumps Van Beethoven with a low kick.
Van Beethoven throws a looping overhand right but Kovacks ducks down to avoid it.
Kovacks fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Van Beethoven looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Kovacks defending well as Van Beethoven loads up on a big left hand.
Van Beethoven throws a big shot that misses.
Van Beethoven loads up on a big right hand but Kovacks slips the punch.
Kovacks lands a front kick.
Van Beethoven is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Kovacks.
Kovacks shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Van Beethoven sprawls well. Van Beethoven wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Kovacks gets slowly back to his feet.
Van Beethoven takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Kovacks scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Kovacks scores with a jab to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kovacks swings for the body but Van Beethoven moves out of range.
Kovacks connects with a leg kick. Van Beethoven looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Kovacks lands with a thumping leg kick.
Kovacks turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Kovacks scores with a shot to the body.
Kovacks scores with a decent looking hook.
Kovacks just misses with a punch to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kovacks.
Kovacks dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Beethoven keeps the fight on the outside.
Kovacks is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Van Beethoven rather than just go for the knockout.
Kovacks moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Van Beethoven takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Kovacks works over Van Beethoven 's head and body with a nice combination.

It looks like Wolfgang Van Beethoven has been cut.
Nice body punch from Kovacks.
Kovacks misses with a few strikes there.
Kovacks checks a leg kick.
Kovacks lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Kovacks lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Van Beethoven at a distance.
A good leg kick by Kovacks.

Kovacks decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Kovacks is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Kovacks working Van Beethoven over with strikes.
Kovacks scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Nice strikes from Kovacks there.
Kovacks trying to mount his opponent but Van Beethoven defends it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kovacks lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Van Beethoven pushes Kovacks off looking to stand but Kovacks dives back in and keeps control.
Kovacks is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Kovacks not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Ground and pound from Kovacks.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kovacks throwing shots but Van Beethoven is blocking nicely.
Kovacks throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Kovacks working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Kovacks is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Kovacks drops an elbow to the side of Van Beethoven 's head.

Van Beethoven is rocked!
Kovacks lands a big elbow - Van Beethoven is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Kovacks!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Takeshi Kovacks!
Post fight, an emotional Takeshi Kovacks said 'I will finally prove myself to be a winner!'.