PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Dada Buckeye (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stefan Struwe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Stefan Struwe enters the cage!

Buckeye
vs
Struwe

178 cm
19
150 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

173 cm
25
146 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Tends to cut

King of Fists

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dada Buckeye!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Stefan Struwe!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, George Francis and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Struwe lands a head shot.
Buckeye looks to score with a jab to the body but Struwe is just out of range.
A combination from Buckeye does no damage.
Struwe fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Buckeye looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Some wild striking there from Buckeye.
Buckeye cracks Struwe with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Struwe's jab looks to have found its range, popping Buckeye under the eye.
Buckeye throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Buckeye misses with a low kick.
A jab from Buckeye misses.
Buckeye takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Struwe avoids the body shot from Buckeye.
Buckeye takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Buckeye lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Buckeye lands with a shot to the body.
Buckeye scores with a nice strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Buckeye looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Buckeye throws a hook but Struwe blocks it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Struwe! But no joy.
Buckeye fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Struwe lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Good shot there by Struwe.
Struwe fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Buckeye manages to avoid it.
Struwe misses with an uppercut.
As Struwe backs away, Buckeye returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Buckeye lands with a nice body punch.

Struwe fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Buckeye, pushing him back against the cage.
Buckeye's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
I was talking to Buckeye's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Struwe has a couple of punches blocked by Buckeye.
Buckeye is trying to force a seperation but Struwe has the dominant position.
Struwe has Buckeye pressed against the cage, preventing Buckeye from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Struwe blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Struwe lands a left hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A head punch on the inside from Buckeye fails to land.
Buckeye blocks an uppercut.
Buckeye fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buckeye blocking some punches.
Buckeye lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Struwe lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Struwe misses with some punches.
Struwe misses with a punch on the inside.
Struwe lands a shoulder strike.
A short uppercut from Buckeye.
Buckeye misses with a punch to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Buckeye.
Struwe swings wildly with an uppercut but Buckeye uses good head movement to avoid it.
Buckeye blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Struwe lands with a short shot to the head.
Struwe gets through Buckeye's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Buckeye wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Struwe softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Buckeye is rocked!
Struwe misses with some punches.
Oh Buckeye is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Buckeye swings wildly with an uppercut but Struwe uses good head movement to avoid it.
Buckeye blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Buckeye blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Buckeye seems to have got his legs back now.
Struwe lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Struwe working aggressively here.
Struwe throws a punch but it's blocked by Buckeye.
Struwe fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Buckeye.
Buckeye throws a head punch that misses.

Buckeye's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A big left from Buckeye misses.
Struwe looks to score with a jab to the body but Buckeye is just out of range.
Struwe scores with a shot to the body.
Struwe just misses with a punch to the body.
Buckeye lands a jab to Struwe's midsection.
Struwe avoids a punch combination nicely.
Buckeye pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Buckeye will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Struwe avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Struwe tests Buckeye's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Buckeye. Struwe does a little dance to reset his feet.
Buckeye throws a body kick that misses
and Struwe counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice uppercut lands for Buckeye. That snapped Struwe's head back.

It looks like Stefan Struwe has been cut.
Struwe pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Struwe ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Buckeye throws a looping overhand right but Struwe ducks down to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Struwe. Buckeye does a little dance to reset his feet.
Buckeye misses with a low kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Buckeye on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Buckeye connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Struwe momentarily.
Buckeye blocks a jab.
Buckeye misses with a double jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Stefan Struwe will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Stefan Struwe's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Buckeye will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Struwe keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Buckeye's corner calls for a 1-2. Buckeye obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Struwe staying out of range there.
Buckeye will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Buckeye on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Struwe uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Buckeye.
Struwe throws a counter combo.
Buckeye lands a head shot.
Dada Buckeye is winning the standup battle so far.
Buckeye throws an off balance right hand
and Struwe counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Buckeye throws a poor cross that misses
and Struwe counters with a crisp right that sends Buckeye to the canvas! Struwe follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Stefan Struwe!