PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alexei Chatzikomninos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Blake Bender (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Chatzikomninos
vs
Bender

188 cm
26
211 lbs
13 - 7 - 0

184 cm
25
213 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

GREEN!160

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 13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Alexei Chatzikomninos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Blake Bender!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chatzikomninos takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Chatzikomninos ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bender misses with a low kick.
Chatzikomninos shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Bender as he avoids it easily.
Chatzikomninos slips a jab from Bender.
Chatzikomninos moves away from the strike by Bender.
Chatzikomninos circles away from the clinch attempt.
It looked like Chatzikomninos wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Bender is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Bender defending well as Chatzikomninos loads up on a big left hand.
Bender moves out of range as Chatzikomninos strikes.
Bender misses with a low kick as Chatzikomninos jumps back.
Chatzikomninos checks a low kick from Bender.
Bender walks into a straight right hand from Chatzikomninos.

It looks like Blake Bender has been cut.
Bender misses with a looping right.
Chatzikomninos misses with a looping left.
Chatzikomninos throws a shot from downtown. Bender moves away and avoids it.
Chatzikomninos throws a hook but Bender avoids it easily.
Chatzikomninos's jab looks to have found its range, popping Bender under the eye.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chatzikomninos goes for a double leg but Bender avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Bender continues to drive forward.
Chatzikomninos tries to clinch there but Bender circles away.
Bender throws out a counter right but Chatzikomninos avoids it with no problem.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bender throws a body punch but Chatzikomninos moves out of range.
Bender staying out of range there.
A swing and a miss from Bender.
Bender missing with a left hand there. Chatzikomninos was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bender slips a jab from Chatzikomninos.
Bender misses with a head kick.
Bender misses with a right hand
and Chatzikomninos counters with a stiff right hand.
Bender misses with an uppercut.
Bender connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Bender throws the left hand but Chatzikomninos avoids the punch easily.
Chatzikomninos takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Bender keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bender throws a front kick aimed at Chatzikomninos's knee but Chatzikomninos avoids it well.
Bender throws a looping overhand right but Chatzikomninos ducks down to avoid it.
Bender stuffs the takedown attempt from Chatzikomninos. Chatzikomninos gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alexei Chatzikomninos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Chatzikomninos lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bender circles away quickly and effectively.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chatzikomninos fails to land with a series of punches.
Bender doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chatzikomninos shoots and misses
and Bender counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Bender scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Bender throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Chatzikomninos on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Chatzikomninos fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Bender lands with a good body shot.
Bender tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Chatzikomninos was well out of range. Poor timing from Bender.
Chatzikomninos on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Nice defenses there by Chatzikomninos.
Bender scores with the left hand. Chatzikomninos knows he should have avoided that one.
A shot to the liver by Bender. Beautiful body shot.
Blake Bender is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bender keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Bender swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Chatzikomninos tries to clinch up but Bender circles away and keeps his distance.
Chatzikomninos connects with a crisp jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bender throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Chatzikomninos sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bender takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Bender is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Chatzikomninos.

Chatzikomninos moves into the clinch successfully.
A hook to the body from Bender.
Bender doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Chatzikomninos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Chatzikomninos catches Bender with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Chatzikomninos doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Chatzikomninos looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Chatzikomninos connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Bender connects with a leg kick. Chatzikomninos looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Chatzikomninos swings widly with a right hand
and Bender counters with a left and a right that stings Chatzikomninos.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bender throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Nice uppercut lands for Chatzikomninos. That snapped Bender's head back.
Bender is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Chatzikomninos.
A big right from Bender misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bender lands a slapping body shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by Chatzikomninos.
Horrible takedown attempt by Chatzikomninos or perhaps it was just good defense by Bender, which made it look bad.
Bender tests Chatzikomninos's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Chatzikomninos uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bender.

Oooooh!!! Chatzikomninos has knocked Bender down with a huge combo! Chatzikomninos steps away and waves a wobbly Bender back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Bender is rocked!

Bender tries to keep at a distance but Chatzikomninos has taken the fight into the clinch.
Bender is still on wobbly legs! Can Chatzikomninos finish him?

Chatzikomninos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Crack! Chatzikomninos connects with the perfect overhand right and Bender falls face first to the canvas. Timbeeeeeeeer! Beautiful knockout for Chatzikomninos!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Alexei Chatzikomninos!
A relieved looking Alexei Chatzikomninos thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.