PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gunter Streicher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ringo Spar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Streicher comes to the cage accompanied by Wait And Bleed. Spar has chosen i Get Knocked Down, But i Get Up Again as his entrance music. Gunter Streicher had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Streicher
vs
Spar

187 cm
33
222 lbs
26 - 10 - 0

180 cm
27
215 lbs
12 - 10 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Powerful

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Revolution Fatigues

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 26 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Gunter Streicher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ringo Spar!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Dillan Fox and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Streicher fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gunter Streicher seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Streicher misses with an attempted mid kick.
Spar missing with a left hand there. Streicher was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Streicher connects with a jab.
Spar fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Streicher throws a shot from downtown. Spar moves away and avoids it.
Streicher defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Spar.
Streicher throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Streicher wants to clinch but Spar slips to the side
and Spar connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Spar blocks a jab.
Streicher lands a head shot.
Streicher throws a chopping leg kick but Spar manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Spar throws a head kick but Streicher moves out of range.
Spar throws out a loose jab but Streicher uses good head movement to avoid it.
A big left from Spar misses.
Streicher misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Streicher darts in and clinches Spar up against the cage.

Streicher escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Good exchange - Streicher coming out on top.
Streicher scores with a jab to the body.

Streicher rushes Spar and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Spar wants a takedown.
Streicher throws an elbow that misses.
Spar is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Streicher gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Gunter Streicher has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ringo Spar.
Streicher gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Spar.
Spar tries to score a body lock takedown but Streicher shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

Streicher is fighting off a takedown attempt but Spar is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Streicher to the mat. Streicher regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Spar is looking to work some ground and pound but Streicher has wrist control.
Streicher looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spar pushing down on Streicher's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Streicher trying to hold on to Spar's head to control him but Spar postures up.
Spar is stalling here. Streicher is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Spar seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Streicher has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Spar manages to get back to half guard.
Spar is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Streicher controlling the action here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spar holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Spar is looking to escape.
Still in half guard, Streicher seems content to control.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Gunter Streicher just wasn't active enough.
A nice leg kick lands there from Streicher.
Spar dodges the punch combination from Streicher.
Streicher scores with a kick to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Spar drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Spar throws an elbow that misses. Streicher uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Spar's guard. Nice move by Streicher!
Streicher stops Spar from standing up.
Streicher wants to get up but he can't break Spar's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Spar wants to sweep here but Streicher controlling him for the moment.
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!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Streicher stands up from guard. Let's bang!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Gunter Streicher will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Spar blocks a head kick by Streicher.
Spar misses with a looping left.
Streicher fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Spar on the side of the head.
Streicher is looking to score with low kicks.
Streicher gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Spar throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Streicher's waist but Streicher gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Spar off to one side.
Streicher is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Spar thows a left - swing and a miss!
Spar scores with a jab to the head.
Spar takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Streicher dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Spar. That did some damage!
Streicher swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Streicher pivots, looking for a leg kick but Spar is out of range and Streicher settles back down.
Streicher smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Streicher thows a body shot but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Spar uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Streicher.
Streicher tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Spar scores with a nice strike.
Spar takes a kick to the side of the head.
A left lands for Spar.
Spar drops his hands momentarily and Streicher takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Spar might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Nice jab there from Streicher.
Spar avoids the head kick by Streicher.
Spar stuns Streicher with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Spar throws a head kick but Streicher moves out of range.
Streicher swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Gunter Streicher is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Spar throws a big shot that misses.
Streicher misses with the combination.
Spar plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Streicher lands a nice leg kick that just misses Spar's sensitive parts.
Streicher throws a sloppy head kick and Spar moves out of range easily.
Streicher throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Spar sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Spar pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Spar walks into a straight right hand from Streicher.
Streicher throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Streicher cracks the inside of Spar's front leg.
Streicher throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Spar lands with a kick to the temple. Streicher shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Spar tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Spar chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Streicher can pounce on him.
Spar gets cracked there but stands up to it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Streicher avoids the head kick by Spar.
Streicher scores with a head kick.
Spar avoids the head kick by Streicher.
Spar on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A combination from Streicher does no damage.
Streicher fails to land with a series of punches.
Streicher closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Streicher fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Spar is out of range.
Streicher misses with a body kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Spar blocks the leg kick.
Spar checks a low kick from Streicher.
Spar avoids the head kick by Streicher.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Streicher with a body punch. A glancing blow.

Spar shoots in and gets a takedown into Streicher's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Spar looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Spar scoring with punches to the head and body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Spar postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Streicher keeping moving, preventing Spar from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Ringo Spar will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Streicher lands a nice hook to Spar's body. Spar takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

Spar lands a high kick to the side of Streicher's head that stuns him and send him tumbling down to the canvas! Spar dives into guard, looking to finish.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Spar is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Spar lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Streicher trying to keep a closed guard but Spar is proving a slippery customer.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Streicher holds on and takes a little breather.
Streicher avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Spar is looking to work some ground and pound but Streicher has wrist control.
Spar throws an elbow that misses. Streicher uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Spar's guard. Nice move by Streicher!
Streicher being controlled here momentarily.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Gunter Streicher just wasn't active enough.
Spar scores with a nice head shot.
Streicher misses with a head kick.

Spar shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Streicher is squirming around, avoiding Spar's attempts to control the action.
Spar fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
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!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Spar cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

Streicher is rocked!
Ringo Spar has got the better of the ground game so far.
Oooooh, big shot lands for Spar! Streicher is hurt baaadly! Spar is firing away with more strikes - Streicher is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ringo Spar!
A relieved looking Ringo Spar thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.