Flair 74 PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Righteous Crusader (ranked 23710 p4p, 23965 weight class) and Major Pain (ranked 637 p4p, 627 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Crusader
vs
Pain

182 cm
30
200
8 - 17 - 1

187 cm
30
216
9 - 21 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

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 8 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Righteous Crusader !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Major Pain!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Robert Twigg and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crusader swings away with a body shot that misses

and Pain holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Pain manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Pain is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Well, if Pain is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Pain stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Crusader to get to his feet.
Crusader tries to clinch but Pain moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A shot to the body from Crusader misses

and Pain counters by moving into the clinch.
Crusader is looking to break free of the clinch but Pain has double underhooks.
Pain is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Pain blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Pain drags the fight down to the ground.

Crusader content to sit in guard, stalling... Great. Oh but he could get punished here because Pain has locked up a guillotine! Pain's face is contorted as he sqeezes tight on the submission attempt - will he finish? Crusader is holding on here and Pain must be using up a lot of energy. Crusader has gone limp! He's out! He's out cold! Pain gets to his feet, tossing aside his stricken foe. Arms raised, he milks the applause from the crowd. Great submission!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Major Pain!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
51%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Braddock (ranked 23801 p4p, 24005 weight class) and Sebastian Burger (ranked 643 p4p, 631 weight class). Sebastian Burger has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Braddock
vs
Burger

180 cm
24
208
4 - 30 - 0

190 cm
30
220
17 - 8 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 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 4 - 30 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, James Braddock!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sebastian Burger!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, George Francis and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Braddock throws a series of punches but Burger moves out of range.
Burger replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Braddock blocks it well.
Burger looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Braddock tries to move into range but Burger moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Burger throws the left hand but Braddock avoids the punch easily.
Braddock lands a head shot.
Braddock has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Cozad MMA Las Vegas in the buildup to the fight.
Braddock throws a combination that misses
and Burger counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Braddock is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Braddock walks into a left hand.
Braddock misses with a shot to the body
and Burger counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Braddock is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Braddock throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Burger let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Burger connects with a body shot that sends Braddock's belly button to the back.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Some wild striking there from Braddock.
Burger moves away from the strike by Braddock.
It seemed like Burger was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Braddock looks to land a combination but Burger avoids it well.
Burger raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Braddock throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Burger throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Braddock misses with a hook.
Braddock misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Burger.
Braddock throws a right hand that Burger ducks under and follows up with a left that Burger also avoids with ease.
Braddock misses with a few strikes there.
Burger swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Braddock.
Braddock throws a right and a left that both miss.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Burger! But no joy.
A head kick from Burger lands but Braddock takes it in his stride.

It looks like James Braddock has been cut.
Braddock misses with a body punch
and Burger counters with a stiff right hand.

Braddock is rocked!
Burger has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Braddock takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Oh Braddock is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
James Braddock seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A low kick lands for Burger.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burger walks into a jab.
Braddock seems to have got his legs back now.
Braddock looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Braddock misses with a jab, cross combination.
Braddock takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Braddock misses with the combination.
A nice side step and Burger releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Burger stuns Braddock with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Burger moves away from the strike by Braddock.
A good leg kick by Burger.
Burger throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Braddock sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Braddock swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Burger counters with a three punch combo that has Braddock backing up. Braddock nods at Burger to acknowledge the strikes.
Burger looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Braddock misses with a shot to the body
and Burger counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Braddock looks to land a combination. Burger sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Burger blocks a jab.
Braddock misses with a hook. Burger ducked under it nicely.
Braddock looks to land a combination but Burger avoids it well.
Braddock scores with a hook to the body. Burger takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Braddock fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Burger looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
No joy there for Braddock, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Burger looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Braddock scores with a sloppy right hand. Burger should have avoided that one.
Burger's corner calls for a 1-2. Burger obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Braddock lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Burger circles away quickly and effectively.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Burger uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Braddock.
Braddock misses with a double jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Braddock misses with a telegraphed body shot
letting Burger counter with a right hand.
Braddock avoids the body shot from Burger.
Burger ducks under a wild hook from Braddock.
Braddock throws a poor cross that misses
and Burger counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Braddock throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Braddock takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Burger dodges the punch combination from Braddock.
Braddock rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Burger cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Braddock misses with a lunging right hand
and Burger counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Burger is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Braddock.
Braddock misses with an uppercut
and Burger counters with an inside leg kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Sebastian Burger will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on James Braddock's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Burger scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Burger swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Braddock.
Sebastian Burger seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Braddock looks to land a combination but Burger avoids it well.
Braddock misses with a double jab.
Burger raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Braddock misses with a body punch
and Burger counters with a head kick from the bowels of hell that crumples Braddock! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Sebastian Burger! Sebastian Burger retains his light heavyweight title!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
61%

Co-main event

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Craig Long Lang (ranked 23891 p4p, 23645 weight class) and Morrison Dickson (ranked 556 p4p, 564 weight class). Lang has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Lang
vs
Dickson

183 cm
24
225
9 - 20 - 0

225 cm
25
283
10 - 22 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 9 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Craig Long Lang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Morrison Dickson!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Chris Downing and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dickson throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Lang is breathing heavily.
Lang takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Lang definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Lang takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Morrison Dickson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dickson lands with a right and another and another! Lang is in big trouble! Dickson lands again and this time it's lights out for Lang! A quality knockout there for Dickson.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Morrison Dickson!
A relieved looking Morrison Dickson thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
100%

Main event

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fortune Thibodeaux (ranked 23492 p4p, 23879 weight class) and Curtis Tate Iii (ranked 596 p4p, 568 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Thibodeaux
vs
Tate Iii

210 cm
32
274
21 - 16 - 1

185 cm
24
215
38 - 9 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Fortune Thibodeaux!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 38 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Curtis Tate Iii!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Wesley Smith and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tate Iii throws a right and a left that Thibodeaux avoids nicely.
Thibodeaux staying out of range there.
Tate Iii throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Thibodeaux is looking to counter with head kicks.
Tate Iii lands a jab to Thibodeaux's midsection.
Tate Iii looks to land a combination but Thibodeaux avoids it well.

Thibodeaux gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Thibodeaux gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Curtis Tate Iii has been cut.
Thibodeaux lands a nice elbow.
Thibodeaux working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Thibodeaux lands an elbow that stopped Tate Iii in his tracks for a moment.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Thibodeaux.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tate Iii takes an elbow to the temple.

That has opened up Curtis Tate Iii's cut even more.
Thibodeaux scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Tate Iii looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Thibodeaux lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Tate Iii is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Thibodeaux lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tate Iii is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Thibodeaux gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Thibodeaux comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Thibodeaux.

The cut above Curtis Tate Iii's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Tate Iii takes an elbow to the forehead.

Curtis Tate Iii's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Curtis Tate Iii's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Fortune Thibodeaux!
Fortune Thibodeaux is the new heavyweight champion!
Our winner, Fortune Thibodeaux, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.