PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ernie Els (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hippaul Omega Weapon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Els's entrance music is Cassidy - Wake Up. A fine choice. Omega Weapon is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Faith No More - Land of Sunshine. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Els
vs
Omega Weapon

188 cm
33
216 lbs
14 - 5 - 0

170 cm
28
220 lbs
15 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Hellbent
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ernie Els!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hippaul Omega Weapon!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A lazy body kick from Els
and Omega Weapon counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Els keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Els throws a chopping leg kick but Omega Weapon manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Ernie Els seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Els fails in his attempt to clinch.
Els pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Omega Weapon ducks right into an uppercut from Els.
Omega Weapon avoids a kick to the body.
Els misses with an uppercut. Omega Weapon saw that one coming.
Els misses with a straight right.
Omega Weapon throws a shot from downtown. Els moves away and avoids it.
A low kick from Els misses
and Omega Weapon counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Omega Weapon moves out of range of the strikes.
A low kick from Els misses
and Omega Weapon counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Els connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Omega Weapon momentarily.
Omega Weapon moves out of range of the body kick.
Els throws an overhand right that lands on Omega Weapon's shoulder, as Omega Weapon tries to avoid the shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Els.
Els throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Els throws a shot from downtown. Omega Weapon moves away and avoids it.
Els throws a head kick that misses.
Omega Weapon takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Els connects with a looping right hand.
Els throws a shot from downtown. Omega Weapon moves away and avoids it.
Els shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Omega Weapon eats them both and turns towards Els to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Omega Weapon has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Els.
Els motions for Omega Weapon to come forward. Els throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Omega Weapon misses with a straight right.
Els fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A swing and a miss from Els.
Omega Weapon takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Omega Weapon on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Els misses with a looping right.
Els throws a jab when Omega Weapon was well out of range.
Els misses with an attempted mid kick.
Els misses with a right hand
and Omega Weapon counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Els throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Els misses the body punch
and Omega Weapon counters with a nice uppercut.
Els takes a jab right on the kisser.
Omega Weapon keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Els.
Els tries a head kick but it misses.
Els rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Omega Weapon moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Omega Weapon takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Omega Weapon avoids the head kick by Els.
Els lands a nice looking kick to the body. Omega Weapon takes a step back to recover.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Omega Weapon avoids the body shot from Els.
Els connects with a crisp jab.
Els plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Omega Weapon moves away from the strike by Els.
Els lands with an uppercut that bounces Omega Weapon off the cage and back into range.
Els throws a leg kick
and Omega Weapon counters with a stiff right hand.
Omega Weapon takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Omega Weapon throws a right and a left that Els avoids nicely.
Omega Weapon connects with a right hand. Els shakes it off.
Els misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
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!
Els misses with an uppercut
and Omega Weapon cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Els works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Omega Weapon ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Omega Weapon gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Els.
Omega Weapon misses with a body shot.
Els is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Omega Weapon misses with a series of wild punches.
Jab, jab by Els - just one landing.
Els throws a head kick that misses.
Omega Weapon throws a series of punches but Els avoids them all with ease.
Els throws a leg kick which misses Omega Weapon's front leg but catches the back leg as Omega Weapon tries to avoid it.
Els is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Els misses with a kick to the body
and Omega Weapon counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Omega Weapon tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Omega Weapon moves away from the strike by Els.
Omega Weapon 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.
Els bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Omega Weapon's head backwards.
Els throws out a leg kick but Omega Weapon moves out of range and Els only half commits.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ernie Els dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Els digs a good hook to Omega Weapon's body.
Els misses with an uppercut
and Omega Weapon counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Els throws a series of punches but Omega Weapon moves out of range.
A jab from Omega Weapon finds it's way through Els's defenses.
Omega Weapon scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Els looks to throw the jab but Omega Weapon is out of range.
Els takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Els explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Omega Weapon avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Omega Weapon throws a combination. Els tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Omega Weapon ducks under a wild hook from Els.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A low kick from Els misses
letting Omega Weapon counter with a right hand.
Els stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Els throws a head kick that misses
and Omega Weapon makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Els really felt that one!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Els throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Els doesn't manage to clinch there - Omega Weapon circles away.
Els looks to score with a jab to the body but Omega Weapon is just out of range.
Els sizes up Omega Weapon with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Omega Weapon takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Els throws a head kick that misses.
Els misses with a hook.
The fight stays on the outside here - Omega Weapon looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Omega Weapon takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Els throws a sloppy head kick and Omega Weapon moves out of range easily.
Els's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Omega Weapon connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Els scrambles back to his feet.
Els connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Els thows a body shot but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Omega Weapon 's head but he takes it in his stride.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Els throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ernie Els is winning the standup battle so far.
Els just misses with a punch to the body.
Els throws a body punch but Omega Weapon moves out of range.
Els throws a jab when Omega Weapon was well out of range.
Good exchange - Els coming out on top.
Els is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Omega Weapon can do to turn this around?
A looping hook to the body misses from Omega Weapon. Els does a little dance to reset his feet.
Els scores with a jab.
Omega Weapon avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Els wants to clinch.
Omega Weapon defending well as Els loads up on a big left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Omega Weapon misses with an uppercut. Els saw that one coming.
Els throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Omega Weapon lands a jab.
Els swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Els displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Omega Weapon throws out the jab.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Omega Weapon might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Els has got the better of the exchanges.
Omega Weapon lands a nice looking body shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by Els.
Omega Weapon changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Omega Weapon feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Elss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Omega Weapon ducks under a wild hook from Els.
Omega Weapon moves out of range as Els throws a body kick.
Els throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Omega Weapon checks a leg kick nicely.
Els's corner calls for a 1-2. Els obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
A nice combination there by Omega Weapon.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Omega Weapon gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Els throws a jab but it's blocked by Omega Weapon.
Els throws a front kick aimed at Omega Weapon's knee but Omega Weapon avoids it well.
Omega Weapon moves out of range of the strikes.
Omega Weapon fails with an attempt to clinch.
Els dips to his left and cracks Omega Weapon with an uppercut!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Omega Weapon misses with a hook. Els ducked under it nicely.
Omega Weapon gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Els pivots, looking for a leg kick but Omega Weapon is out of range and Els settles back down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ernie Els dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Nice shot lands for Els.
Els connects with a single shot there.

Omega Weapon is rocked!
A head kick by Els - that's a beauty! Omega Weapon is out but he's somehow still standing... he's going... going... gone. Like a drunk walking down the middle of the road, the inevitable face plant follows and the delayed knockout arrives. Even Els can't help but laugh at the bizarre end to this one!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:14 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Ernie Els!
Ernie Els is the new light heavyweight champion!
A relieved looking Ernie Els thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.