PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between William Riker (ranked 70 p4p, 169 weight class) and Herbert Kreischer (ranked 7 p4p, 8 weight class). Riker's entrance music is In The Summertime. A fine choice. Kreischer has chosen Bert Learns To Hip-Hop Dance To Post Malone as his entrance music. On his way into the cage it seems that William Riker has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily William Riker seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Riker
vs
Kreischer

190 cm
33
265
23 - 13 - 0

186 cm
27
244
18 - 7 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Very quick

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, William Riker!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Herbert Kreischer!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Donald Grub and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kreischer is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Riker.

Riker fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Kreischer, pushing him back against the cage.
Kreischer misses with a punch on the inside.
Kreischer stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Riker lands a body punch in the clinch.
Kreischer using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Riker has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Riker tries to work over Kreischer's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kreischer working aggressively here.
Kreischer blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kreischer tries to throw a body punch but Riker avoids it by throwing Kreischer back against the cage.
Kreischer tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Riker's elbow.
Kreischer tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Riker avoids it.
Kreischer throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Riker blocks it with crossed arms.
Kreischer lands a body punch in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Riker takes a knee to the side of the body.
Riker is breathing heavily.
Kreischer gets through Riker's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kreischer lands a left hand that snaps the head of Riker backwards.
Kreischer softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Riker.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Kreischer obliges.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Kreischer.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Riker.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kreischer.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Kreischer obliges.
Kreischer with a knee to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Kreischer.
Kreischer doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kreischer lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kreischer presses Riker against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Kreischer lands with a right to the head.
Riker tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Kreischer smiles and moves away.
Kreischer scores with a hook.
Kreischer throws a jab when Riker was well out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Riker misses the target.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Kreischer cracks Riker with an uppercut from hell and Riker crumples to the canvas, he's out! Oh no, he's recovered and he's grabbed one of Kreischer's legs and pulled him into guard. The ref thought about stopping it there but he's let it go - good reffing!

It looks like William Riker has been cut.
Kreischer lands a couple of digs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kreischer postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Riker is rocked!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Kreischer accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Oh Riker is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Riker is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Riker seems to have got his legs back now.
Kreischer postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Kreischer is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Kreischer postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Kreischer trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Riker keeping full guard, as Kreischer tries to pass.
Kreischer working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Kreischer throwing strikes but missing.
Kreischer keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Riker's head.
Riker preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Kreischer postures up in Riker's guard and throws a big left but Riker blocks it.
Kreischer lands a couple of digs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kreischer postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Riker preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Kreischer chips away with some ground and pound.
Kreischer postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Kreischer landing with the ground and pound.
Kreischer landing with the ground and pound.
Kreischer throwing strikes but missing.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Kreischer working his ground and pound in the gym.
Kreischer with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Kreischer content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Kreischer throwing strikes from guard but Riker blocks nicely.
Kreischer is looking to work some ground and pound but Riker has wrist control.
Kreischer makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kreischer postures up.
We've been hearing good reports from Riker's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Kreischer working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Riker's head.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Kreischer's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Kreischer lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Riker lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Riker wants to pass the guard but Kreischer is keeping the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kreischer looking for a sweep. Not yet Kreischer, not yet.
Kreischer has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Riker has passed into side control.
Kreischer tries to buck Riker off but Riker is having none of it.
Riker trying to control the action but Kreischer is working from the bottom.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Herbert Kreischer dominated that round.
The cut man is working on William Riker's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Nice defenses there by Riker.
Riker tries to counter with a takedown but Kreischer is quick to defend against it.
Riker steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kreischer.
Riker seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Kreischer scores with a nice strike.
Riker lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Riker takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

Riker clinches.
Riker can't find room to land a body shot as Kreischer controls the action.
Kreischer lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Riker backwards.
Kreischer lands an uppercut.
Riker misses with a body punch.

Riker jumps guard and drags Kreischer to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Kreischer scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Kreischer throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Riker works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Riker looking for a guillotine here but Kreischer defends easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kreischer throwing strikes from guard but Riker blocks nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kreischer working some strikes from top position.
Kreischer landing some decent shots from guard.
Kreischer preventing the sweep.
Riker has momentary wrist control but Kreischer slips an elbow through the middle.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Riker looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Kreischer lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Kreischer loads up on a big left hand. Riker felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Kreischer looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Riker can't hide his disappointment, as Kreischer celebrates the victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Herbert Kreischer!
Herbert Kreischer is the new super heavyweight champion!
Herbert Kreischer seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.