PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Police State (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roberto Klinkhammer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think State might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Die for Metal. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

State
vs
Klinkhammer

188 cm
28
219 lbs
12 - 1 - 0

200 cm
33
210 lbs
17 - 12 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Police State!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Roberto Klinkhammer!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Paul Gruel and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Klinkhammer blocks a low kick nicely.
State scoring well with a low kick there.
State slips a jab from Klinkhammer.
State fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
State throws a low kick but Klinkhammer moves out of range easily.
Klinkhammer misses the shot to the body.
That kick from State tenderised Klinkhammer's leg. Klinkhammer is trying to keep his angry face on.
Klinkhammer avoids the body shot from State.
State misses with a straight left.
State misses with a low kick.
State has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Heavy Metal in the buildup to the fight.
Klinkhammer looks to throw the jab but State is out of range.
State avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
State lands a head kick!

It looks like Roberto Klinkhammer has been cut.
State misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Klinkhammer misses with a left hand

and State counters with a nice double leg into guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Klinkhammer is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
State tries to free his leg and advance position but Klinkhammer is retaining full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
State postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
State throwing strikes from guard but Klinkhammer blocks nicely.
State has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Klinkhammer avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Klinkhammer working a defensive guard here.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
State won't allow Klinkhammer to sweep him here.
Klinkhammer is trying to keep State in close.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
State looks to score with a jab to the body but Klinkhammer is just out of range.
State misses with a hook. Klinkhammer ducked under it nicely.
Klinkhammer misses with a straight right.
Good standup being displayed there by Klinkhammer as he connects with a hook.
State walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Klinkhammer checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
State tries a low kick but Klinkhammer avoids it.
State lands a jab to the nose.
State drops his hands momentarily and Klinkhammer takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Klinkhammer looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
State slips under a jab.
State misses with a leg kick
and Klinkhammer counters with a slapping leg kick.
Klinkhammer throws a low kick but State avoids it.
Klinkhammer lands with a cross.
Klinkhammer moves out of range of the body kick.
Klinkhammer is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
State connects with a crisp jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
State throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
State waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Klinkhammer.
State throws out a powerful jab.

Klinkhammer drops State with a beautiful combination! State stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Klinkhammer is looking for the KO!

It looks like Police State has been cut.
Klinkhammer throws a head kick that misses.
State tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
State uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Klinkhammer.
State throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
State misses with a jab, cross combination.
Klinkhammer throws a right and a left that State avoids nicely.
State thows a leg kick but Klinkhammer checks it
enabling Klinkhammer to counter with a crisp jab.
State lets loose with a powerful body kick. Klinkhammer will feel that in the morning.
No joy there for Klinkhammer, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
State throws a body punch but Klinkhammer moves out of range.
A leg kick checked by State.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Klinkhammer ducks under a wild hook from State.

State closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Klinkhammer breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
State takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Klinkhammer looks to land a combination but State avoids it well.
Klinkhammer connects with a right hand. State shakes it off.
Klinkhammer misses the shot to the body.
The fighters circling - Klinkhammer throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Klinkhammer slips a jab and a cross from State.
Klinkhammer misses with a hook.
State waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Klinkhammer.
Klinkhammer pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
State scores with a leg kick.
State misses with a body kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
State dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Klinkhammer. That did some damage!
Klinkhammer throws a shot from downtown. State moves away and avoids it.
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 Police State will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Klinkhammer throws a shot from downtown. State moves away and avoids it.
Klinkhammer has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from State.
A looping hook to the body misses from Klinkhammer. State does a little dance to reset his feet.
State tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Klinkhammer was well out of range. Poor timing from State.
A leg kick checked by State.
State throws a body punch but Klinkhammer moves out of range.
State swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Roberto Klinkhammer seems to be getting the better of the standup.
State misses the shot to the body.
State clobbers Klinkhammer with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
State tries a low kick but Klinkhammer avoids it.
A low kick from Klinkhammer is predictable there

and State counters with a single leg into guard. Klinkhammer didn't expect that.
State throwing strikes but missing.
Klinkhammer not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
State trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Klinkhammer preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Klinkhammer tries to land a sweep but no joy.
State trying to control the position from guard on top but Klinkhammer is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Klinkhammer controls State momentarily but State frees himself.
Klinkhammer working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from State.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Klinkhammer staying out of range there.
State feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Klinkhammer's calf.
Klinkhammer throws a combination but it was largely blocked by State.
Nice straight punches there by State. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of State.
Klinkhammer throws a wild body kick that State sees coming a mile off.
Klinkhammer steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from State. That one must have hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
State takes one to the chin there.
Klinkhammer misses with an uppercut. State saw that one coming.
A jab from Klinkhammer misses.
Klinkhammer is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Klinkhammer throws out a loose jab but State uses good head movement to avoid it.
State avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
State moves out of range as Klinkhammer strikes.
State just misses with a punch to the body.
State throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Klinkhammer misses with a looping right.
Klinkhammer takes one to the chin there.

Klinkhammer is rocked!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
State lands hard precision jab right on the jaw that stiffens Klinkhammer up and sends him tumbling to the mat! The ref grabs State from behind before he can pounce. Some folks in the crowd didn't like that stoppage, but I saw Klinkhammer's eyes roll way back in his head, he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Police State!
Police State retains his light heavyweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Police State thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.