PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tedd Strongham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Herbie Fleck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fleck has chosen Trivium - Down From The Sky as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Strongham
vs
Fleck

182 cm
29
205 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

186 cm
28
216 lbs
18 - 7 - 1

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

Milwaukee's Best 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 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tedd Strongham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 7 - 1, fighting out of New York, Herbie Fleck!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Eddie Farnsworth and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fleck pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Good leg kick by Strongham there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Strongham avoids the body shot from Fleck.
Fleck jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Strongham motions for Fleck to come forward. Strongham throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Fleck throws a series of punches but Strongham avoids them all with ease.
Fleck connects with a jab.

It looks like Tedd Strongham has been cut.
Fleck attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Fleck throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Fleck stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Strongham.
Fleck throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Strongham scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

It looks like Herbie Fleck has been cut.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Fleck throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Fleck takes a kick to the side of the head.
Strongham does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Strongham looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Strongham throws a half hearted mid kick.
Strongham throws a leg kick but Fleck sees it coming and moves out of range.
Strongham moves out of range of the strikes.
Tedd Strongham seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fleck misses the shot to the body.
Strongham scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Strongham pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Strongham walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Fleck checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Strongham throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Strongham throws a head kick but Fleck moves out of range.
Fleck thumps Strongham with a low kick.
Fleck checks the leg kick nicely there.
Fleck darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A nice leg kick lands there from Strongham.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fleck is looking to score with low kicks.
Fleck tries a low kick but Strongham avoids it.
Strongham scoring well with a low kick there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Strongham throws an off balance right hand
and Fleck counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Strongham takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Fleck misses with a shot to the body
and Strongham counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Fleck stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Strongham.
Fleck tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Fleck takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Fleck looks gassed!
Fleck throws a series of punches but Strongham avoids them all with ease.
Fleck goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Fleck tries to land a leg kick but Strongham saw it coming and moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fleck moves out of range of the body kick from Strongham.
Fleck keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.

Fleck moves into the clinch successfully.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Strongham.
Strongham digs a right hand into Fleck's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Fleck's gas tank.
Strongham swings wildly with an uppercut but Fleck uses good head movement to avoid it.
Strongham has Fleck pressed against the cage, preventing Fleck from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Strongham tries to land knees in the clinch but Fleck avoids the damage to the body.
Fleck taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

Strongham breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fleck takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Fleck throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Strongham scoring well with a low kick there.
Strongham ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fleck turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fleck wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A swing and a miss from Fleck.
Strongham avoids the head kick by Fleck.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fleck. Strongham does a little dance to reset his feet.
Strongham scores with a nice head shot.
Fleck tries to close the distance and clinch up but Strongham swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Fleck misses with a hook
and Strongham counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Fleck is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Strongham lands with a thumping leg kick.
Fleck's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Strongham tries to work over Fleck's front leg with a kick but Fleck checks it.
Fleck changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Strongham is looking to chop away at Fleck's legs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tedd Strongham dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Strongham dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Strongham slips under a jab from Fleck.
Fleck checks the leg kick nicely there.
Fleck misses with a leg kick.
Strongham pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Fleck slips a straight right by Strongham.
Fleck throws a low kick, looking for Strongham's leg but Strongham calmly moves out of range.
Strongham throws a body kick that misses.
Strongham misses with a looping right.
Strongham fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A big left from Fleck misses.
Strongham takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Fleck throws a low kick, looking for Strongham's leg but Strongham calmly moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Strongham looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Strongham misses with a kick to the body.
Fleck misses with a straight right.
Fleck throws the left hand but Strongham avoids the punch easily.
A swing and a miss from Fleck.
Fleck tried to score with a low kick but Strongham checks it.
Tedd Strongham is winning the standup battle so far.
Fleck tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Strongham was well out of range. Poor timing from Fleck.
Nice body kick there by Strongham.
Fleck looks to land a combination but Strongham avoids it well.
Fleck waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Strongham.
Fleck connects with a body shot that sends Strongham's belly button to the back.
A lazy left from Strongham finds it's target.
Fleck drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Strongham with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Strongham throws a body punch but Fleck moves out of range.
Strongham scores with a nice right hand.
Strongham lands with an overhand left.

Fleck is rocked!
Strongham with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Fleck is breathing heavily.
Strongham throws a front kick aimed at Fleck's knee but Fleck avoids it well.
Strongham throws a shot to the body.
Strongham drops Fleck with a big left hand! Fleck is injured, injured bad! Strongham jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tedd Strongham!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Tedd Strongham made sure he mentioned Milwaukee's Best 160, along with how happy he was to win his fight.