PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Manuel Fistyrian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eliza Marie II (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fistyrian comes to the cage accompanied by Metallica - Enter sandman. Marie II has chosen You´re the voice - John Farnham as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Fistyrian
vs
Marie II

193 cm
28
267 lbs
15 - 9 - 0

200 cm
27
282 lbs
20 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
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 15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Manuel Fistyrian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Eliza Marie II!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Daniel Blasius and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marie II tries a head kick but it misses.
Marie II throws a right and a left that Fistyrian avoids nicely.
Marie II keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Marie II lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

It looks like Manuel Fistyrian has been cut.
Fistyrian throws a jab but it's blocked by Marie II.
Marie II throws a solid leg kick but Fistyrian takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Marie II.
Marie II looks to land a left hand but Fistyrian moved out of range nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Fistyrian drives through and clinches with Marie II against the cage.
Marie II wants to get back to striking at distance but Fistyrian won't allow it.
Marie II lands a knee to the body.
The referee calls for Fistyrian to work.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Marie II missing with knees to the body.
Marie II takes a knee to the side of the body.
Marie II blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Marie II is looking to break free of the clinch but Fistyrian has double underhooks.
Fistyrian throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Fistyrian trying to land knees to the body.
Marie II misses with a punch to the body.
Marie II scores with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Come on Fistyrian - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Fistyrian tries a knee to the head but Marie II blocks it.
Fistyrian takes a knee to the side of the body.
Fistyrian is breathing heavily.
Marie II trying to land knees to the body.
Marie II looking to throw knees to the head but Fistyrian is blocking nicely.
Marie II misses with a body punch.
Knees to the body from Fistyrian.
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!
Marie II is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Fistyrian throws a knee to the head but misses.
A frustrated look appears on Marie II's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Fistyrian putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Marie II in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Fistyrian.
Fistyrian tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Marie II avoids it.
Fistyrian working Marie II over with knees to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Fistyrian.
A right hook to the body lands for Fistyrian.
Fistyrian lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Eliza Marie II has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fistyrian avoids a wild elbow strike from Marie II.
Fistyrian with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Fistyrian throws a knee to the head but misses.
Fistyrian blocks an elbow strike.
Fistyrian is looking to control Marie II's arms but Marie II gets an underhook and turns him. Now Fistyrian has his back to the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Fistyrian.
Fistyrian stalling the fight.
Fistyrian on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Fistyrian.
Fistyrian crunches a lovely knee into Marie II's ribcage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Fistyrian creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Fistyrian unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Fistyrian scores a nice knee to the body.
Fistyrian working Marie II over with knees to the body.
Marie II is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Fistyrian lands with a right to the head.
Fistyrian creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Marie II's defenses.
Fistyrian lands a knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marie II managing to block the knees to the body from Fistyrian.
Fistyrian connects with a nasty looking knee right to Marie II's face.
Fistyrian landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Fistyrian throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Marie II blocks it with crossed arms.
Still in the clinch, Fistyrian scores with a nice short uppercut.
Fistyrian tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Fistyrian tries to land a knee to the head but Marie II blocks with his arms.
Marie II fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fistyrian on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Fistyrian landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Fistyrian working Marie II over with knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fistyrian throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Marie II blocks it with crossed arms.
Fistyrian is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Fistyrian with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Marie II wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Fistyrian.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fistyrian with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Fistyrian tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fistyrian pushes Marie II back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fistyrian blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fistyrian missing with knees to the body.
Fistyrian working Marie II over with knees to the body.
Fistyrian connects with a knee to the head.
Fistyrian tries to land a knee to the head but Marie II blocks with his arms.
Fistyrian with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That has opened up Eliza Marie II's cut even more.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Fistyrian.
Marie II tries to land knees in the clinch but Fistyrian avoids the damage to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Fistyrian.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fistyrian tries a knee to the head but Marie II blocks it.
Fistyrian with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Marie II managing to block the knees to the body from Fistyrian.
Marie II avoiding damage as Fistyrian throws knees to the body.
Marie II misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Fistyrian.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Manuel Fistyrian dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!

Marie II connects with a leg kick. Fistyrian looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Fistyrian throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Fistyrian lands with a slapping head kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fistyrian fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Marie II has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
That kick from Fistyrian tenderised Marie II's leg. Marie II is trying to keep his angry face on.
Fistyrian scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

The cut above Eliza Marie II's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Fistyrian comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Fistyrian getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

Marie II is rocked!

Eliza Marie II's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Marie II walks straight into a right hand from Fistyrian - that's dropped him! Fistyrian jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Marie II from any more punishment! Marie II complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Manuel Fistyrian!
Manuel Fistyrian decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.