PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gordon Freeman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Butch von Herrmann (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). von Herrmann is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Rammstein - Buck Dich. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Freeman
vs
von Herrmann

190 cm
24
220 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

185 cm
32
265 lbs
24 - 22 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Gordon Freeman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 22 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Butch von Herrmann!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Wesley Smith and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Freeman walks into a left hand.
von Herrmann throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
von Herrmann jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gordon Freeman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by von Herrmann.
von Herrmann uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Freeman.
Freeman walks into a stiff left hand from von Herrmann.
von Herrmann takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
von Herrmann throws out a leg kick but Freeman moves out of range and von Herrmann only half commits.

That's one minute gone in the round.

von Herrmann fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Freeman sprawls well initially but von Herrmann persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
von Herrmann thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Freeman's head.
von Herrmann is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
von Herrmann thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Freeman on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Freeman tries to get out of the position.
von Herrmann not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
von Herrmann not landing any meaningful shots this time.
von Herrmann missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
von Herrmann thows a huge punch but Freeman dodges it nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
von Herrmann lands strikes from half guard.
von Herrmann has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
This has been an exciting period of action!
von Herrmann throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
von Herrmann working Freeman over with strikes.
Freeman is breathing heavily.
von Herrmann thows a huge punch but Freeman dodges it nicely.
von Herrmann throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
von Herrmann looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Freeman with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Freeman keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
von Herrmann sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Freeman defending well though.
Freeman blocking the ground and pound attempt from von Herrmann.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. von Herrmann lands a nice short elbow.
von Herrmann throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
von Herrmann not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
von Herrmann missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
von Herrmann throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
von Herrmann missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
von Herrmann not landing any meaningful shots this time.
von Herrmann not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
von Herrmann working the head and body with strikes.
von Herrmann thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
von Herrmann takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
von Herrmann thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Freeman's head.
von Herrmann thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Freeman's head.
von Herrmann works his way into full mount!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
von Herrmann with a couple of short strikes.
von Herrmann pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
von Herrmann lands a heavy shot. That's hurt Freeman! von Herrmann sees the opportunity and turns up the heat - strike after strike land to the defenseless Freeman and the ref dives in to save him! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Butch von Herrmann!
Butch von Herrmann seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.