PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bartkos Michalos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arm Ageddon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ageddon has chosen bring the pain as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Michalos
vs
Ageddon

199 cm
21
260 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

190 cm
25
261 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Versus

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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bartkos Michalos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Arm Ageddon!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Sam Margolis and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Michalos closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Bartkos Michalos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ageddon connects with an inside leg kick.
A jab from Ageddon does it's job there.
Michalos tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Ageddon manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ageddon chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Michalos wants to clinch.
Ageddon lands with a shot to the body.
Michalos shoots in for a takedown but Ageddon shows good takedown defense.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Michalos closes the distance looking to clinch
letting Ageddon counter with a right hand.
Michalos is trying hard to land a takedown here. Ageddon sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Ageddon works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Michalos looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Michalos gets a clinch.
Ageddon pushes Michalos back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Ageddon working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ageddon lands a body punch.
Michalos working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ageddon pushes Michalos back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

Ageddon breaks from the clinch.
Michalos tries to clinch there but Ageddon circles away.
Michalos tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ageddon swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ageddon lands a nice shot to the body.
Ageddon with a hook.
Ageddon scores with a jab to the head.
Good leg kick by Ageddon there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Michalos shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Ageddon lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Ageddon tries to free his leg and advance position but Michalos is retaining full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ageddon postures up.
Michalos has Ageddon pulled in close to control his posture.
Ageddon wants to control from the top but Michalos keeps moving.
Ageddon tries to free his leg and advance position but Michalos is retaining full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Michalos is pulling down on Ageddon's head. It's preventing any offense from Ageddon, at least for the moment.
Ageddon with a flurry of punches that miss.
Michalos looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Michalos pulls Ageddon in to control the position.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Michalos utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

Michalos closes the distance and clinches.
Ageddon scores with a shoulder strike.
Ageddon prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bartkos Michalos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Michalos prevents a body shot from Ageddon.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Michalos doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ageddon stops a takedown attempt from Michalos.
Michalos blocking some punches.

Ageddon pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ageddon lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Ageddon explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Michalos darts in trying to clinch
and Ageddon cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Michalos moves to clinch but Ageddon breaks away
and Ageddon counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Michalos tries to clinch
and Ageddon counters with a stiff right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Michalos shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Ageddon sprawls well. Ageddon wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Michalos gets slowly back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arm Ageddon dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Michalos tries to close the distance and clinch but Ageddon swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Michalos wants to clinch up but Ageddon keeps it at a distance.

Michalos shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Ageddon tries to get to full guard but Michalos has control of the leg.
Ageddon keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Michalos is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Ageddon doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Michalos.
Ageddon is looking to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ageddon regains full guard. Nicely done.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Michalos throws a big right hand that misses.
Ageddon controlling the position.
Ageddon preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Michalos looking to sit in guard and control but Ageddon gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Ageddon pushes down on Michalos's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Michalos tries to roll over but Ageddon keeps him under control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Michalos trying to hold on to Ageddon's head to control him but Ageddon postures up.
Ageddon is trying to control the action in half guard but Michalos is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Michalos is concentrating on defense, preventing Ageddon from advancing position.
Ageddon has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Michalos works his way to full guard. Good work.
Ageddon wants to stand but Michalos has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Ageddon trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Ageddon advances to half guard.
Michalos keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ageddon throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Ageddon missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Ageddon thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Michalos's head.
Ageddon wants to pass to mount but Michalos is defending the position.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

Michalos has closed the distance and engaged Ageddon in a clinch.
Ageddon lands a shot to the body.
Michalos takes a shot to the head.
Michalos misses with an elbow over the top.
Michalos pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ageddon.
Ageddon lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ageddon lands a hook that snaps the head of Michalos backwards.
Ageddon is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Ageddon tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ageddon.
Michalos goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Michalos misses with a hook from the clinch.
Michalos is trying to drag Ageddon to the mat but Ageddon just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Michalos tries to work over Ageddon's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Michalos fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ageddon lands an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Michalos is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Ageddon pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bartkos Michalos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ageddon tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Michalos tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ageddon's elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arm Ageddon showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Michalos shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Michalos darts in trying to clinch
and Ageddon counters with a straight right hand.
Ageddon connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Michalos tries to clinch up.
Ageddon now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
A decent looking cross lands there for Ageddon.
Michalos shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Ageddon counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Ageddon smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Michalos stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ageddon.
Ageddon thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Michalos if he has to take too many more of those.
Ageddon throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ageddon scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Ageddon has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Arm Ageddon seems to be getting the better of the standup.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Michalos darts in trying to clinch
and Ageddon counters with a big right hand! Oh Michalos is in trouble here! Ageddon follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Arm Ageddon!
An out of breath and clearly excited Arm Ageddon thanked Versus for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).