PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Roberto Sturmpruegel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Battousai The Slasher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The Slasher has chosen Boom Boom Oh Yeah as his entrance music. 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.

Sturmpruegel
vs
The Slasher

180 cm
35
196 lbs
15 - 7 - 0

188 cm
27
200 lbs
20 - 6 - 2

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

****160Q Energy for $150****
The Big Kabosh

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Roberto Sturmpruegel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 6 - 2, fighting out of St Petersburg, Battousai The Slasher!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, William Peck and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Slasher turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Sturmpruegel throws a leg kick
and The Slasher counters with a good, hard body kick but Sturmpruegel shrugs it off.
The Slasher throws a lazy right hand but Sturmpruegel sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Decent striking displayed by Sturmpruegel there.
The Slasher fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
The Slasher moves out of range of the strikes.
Sturmpruegel scores with a hook to the body. The Slasher takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
The Slasher fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Sturmpruegel has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
The Slasher with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Sturmpruegel ducks down and throws a hook to the body but The Slasher moves away.
Sturmpruegel connects with the punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Slasher fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nice shot lands for Sturmpruegel.
The Slasher tries a low kick but Sturmpruegel avoids it.
The Slasher looking to land some kicks to the body here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Slasher tries to move into range but Sturmpruegel moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
The Slasher misses with a looping left.
A jab from Sturmpruegel misses.
Sturmpruegel swings for the body but The Slasher moves out of range.
The Slasher slips under a jab.
A nice leg kick lands there from Sturmpruegel.
Sturmpruegel throws out a loose jab but The Slasher uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sturmpruegel scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Sturmpruegel just misses with a punch to the body.

The Slasher clinches.
Sturmpruegel lands an uppercut.
The Slasher tries to work over Sturmpruegel's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The Slasher keeps control of Sturmpruegel as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sturmpruegel tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sturmpruegel pushes The Slasher back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The Slasher leaning his opponent against the cage.
The Slasher fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The Slasher slowing the pace effectively.
Sturmpruegel swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sturmpruegel is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sturmpruegel.

Sturmpruegel pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sturmpruegel throws a front kick aimed at The Slasher's knee but The Slasher avoids it well.
Sturmpruegel misses with a head kick.
Sturmpruegel scores with a body shot.
A kick lands to the mid section there for The Slasher.
The Slasher checks the leg kick nicely there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Slasher throws a hook to the side of Sturmpruegel's head but Sturmpruegel sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sturmpruegel scores with a leg kick.
The Slasher throws a leg kick that misses.
Jab from Sturmpruegel.
Sturmpruegel misses with a head kick.
Sturmpruegel tries to land a leg kick but The Slasher saw it coming and moves away.
The Slasher blocks a jab.
Sturmpruegel throws a one two combo.

It looks like Battousai The Slasher has been cut.
Sturmpruegel misses with a straight right.
Sturmpruegel lands a nice shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A lazy left from Sturmpruegel finds it's target.
The Slasher turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Sturmpruegel just misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sturmpruegel takes a swing at The Slasher's ribcage but misses.
Sturmpruegel swats away the attempt to clinch by The Slasher.
Sturmpruegel throws a leg kick

and The Slasher counters by clinching up.
Sturmpruegel throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
The Slasher is trying to maintain a safe position but Sturmpruegel gets an underhook and turns The Slasher into the cage.
The Slasher lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The Slasher tries to stall but Sturmpruegel uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Sturmpruegel cracks The Slasher with a nice body shot.
I was talking to Sturmpruegel's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
The Slasher pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sturmpruegel lands an uppercut.
The Slasher leaning against his opponent.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sturmpruegel doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The Slasher creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sturmpruegel's defenses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roberto Sturmpruegel dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Battousai The Slasher's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

The Slasher keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
The Slasher checks a leg kick nicely.
The Slasher throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
The Slasher doesn't manage to clinch there - Sturmpruegel circles away.
The Slasher looks to land a left hand but Sturmpruegel moved out of range nicely.
Sturmpruegel moves into range and connects with a jab.
Roberto Sturmpruegel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The Slasher throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
The Slasher takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

Sturmpruegel lands a big head kick that sends The Slasher tumbling to the mat! Sturmpruegel takes a step backwards and waves The Slasher back to his feet - he wants the finish!

The Slasher is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice leg kick lands there from Sturmpruegel.
The Slasher is still on wobbly legs! Can Sturmpruegel finish him?
Sturmpruegel connects with a body shot.
The Slasher seems to have recovered his senses.
Sturmpruegel lands with a big left! The Slasher is wobbled badly! Sturmpruegel comes in with a flurry of punches and drops The Slasher to the floor. The ref jumps in to save him from unneccessary punishment.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Roberto Sturmpruegel!
After winning the bout, Roberto Sturmpruegel thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.