PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mark Coleman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dieter Von Cunth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Coleman might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Johnny Cash - Solitary Man. Von Cunth comes into a darkened arena with his song building. In Waves- Trivium kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Coleman
vs
Von Cunth

174 cm
44
198 lbs
42 - 35 - 3

185 cm
28
200 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

SP Ultimate Nutrition

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 42 - 35 - 3, fighting out of London, Mark Coleman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dieter Von Cunth!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, James Ackerman and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Von Cunth misses with an uppercut.
Coleman closes the distance and clinches up with Von Cunth, looking for a takedown. Coleman pushes Von Cunth against the cage but Von Cunth circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Dieter Von Cunth seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Von Cunth instigates a clinch.
Von Cunth is pressed up against the cage. Coleman has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Von Cunth down to the mat. Von Cunth avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
We've been informed that Von Cunth has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Nice takedown defense from Von Cunth. No joy for Coleman on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mark Coleman. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Von Cunth tries to clinch up.
Coleman shoots in for a takedown but Von Cunth shows good takedown defense.
Coleman gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Coleman seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Coleman goes for a double leg but Von Cunth avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Von Cunth continues to drive forward.
Coleman drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Von Cunth lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Von Cunth goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Coleman misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A body shot lands from Von Cunth.
Coleman is looking to take this one to the mat.
Coleman is working for takedown but Von Cunth is calmly controlling the position for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Coleman tries to score a body lock takedown but Von Cunth shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Coleman tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Von Cunth lands a knee to the body.
Coleman is breathing heavily.
Von Cunth tries to work over Coleman's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Still in the clinch, Coleman scores with a nice short uppercut.
Von Cunth tries a knee to the head but Coleman blocks it.
Coleman misses with a short punch on the inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Von Cunth.
Coleman fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Von Cunth lands an uppercut.
Von Cunth is pressed up against the cage. Coleman has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Von Cunth down to the mat. Von Cunth avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Coleman misses with a straight left.
Coleman goes for a double leg but Von Cunth avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Von Cunth continues to drive forward.
Von Cunth lands a nice shot to the body.
A short body shot lands from Von Cunth as the two fighters clinch.
Von Cunth scores a nice knee to the body.
Von Cunth working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Coleman letting Von Cunth take a breather here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Von Cunth softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Von Cunth.
Nice body punch from Von Cunth.
Coleman takes a knee to the side of the body.
Von Cunth scores with a nice hook to the head.
Von Cunth blocks an uppercut.
Von Cunth landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Von Cunth has the Thai clinch. He lands a big knee to the head that stumbles Coleman - he's in trouble! Another big knee to the head from Von Cunth, and another! Coleman is out on his feet - the ref jumps in to save him and ends the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Dieter Von Cunth!
Dieter Von Cunth decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.