PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Roger Little (ranked 6110 p4p, 0 weight class) and Friedrich Von Kuschelbär (ranked 2705 p4p, 0 weight class). Little kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Welcome to the Jungle. Von Kuschelbär has chosen Erasure - Always as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Little
vs
Von Kuschelbär

189 cm
37
198 lbs
22 - 22 - 0

183 cm
35
193 lbs
34 - 15 - 2

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter

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 22 - 22 - 0, fighting out of London, Roger Little!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 34 - 15 - 2, fighting out of London, Friedrich Von Kuschelbär!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Paul Tew and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Von Kuschelbär. Little does a little dance to reset his feet.
Little is looking to counter with head kicks.

Von Kuschelbär shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Little napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Von Kuschelbär lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Little down.
Little avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Von Kuschelbär.
Little has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Von Kuschelbär throws a strike aimed at the side of Little's head but Little avoids it well.
Little parries the strikes from Von Kuschelbär easily there. Von Kuschelbär is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Little to escape.
Von Kuschelbär creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Little is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Von Kuschelbär throwing shots but missing, from side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Little takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Little takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
The strikes coming from Von Kuschelbär are missing the target in this wave of attacks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Von Kuschelbär looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Little is avoiding damage well.
Little wants to get back to his feet.
Little takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Von Kuschelbär throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Little works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Von Kuschelbär misses with a head shot. Little uses the momentum to regain guard.
Little keeping moving, preventing Von Kuschelbär from controlling successfully.
Von Kuschelbär trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Von Kuschelbär in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Von Kuschelbär makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Von Kuschelbär trying to control but Little is working from the bottom.
Little wants to stand up but Von Kuschelbär is controlling him.
Little keeping moving, preventing Von Kuschelbär from controlling successfully.
Von Kuschelbär postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Von Kuschelbär with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Little wants to stand and escape but Von Kuschelbär is having none of it.
Von Kuschelbär postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Little has momentary wrist control but Von Kuschelbär slips an elbow through the middle.

Little is rocked!
Von Kuschelbär trying to control but Little is working from the bottom.
Oh Little is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Von Kuschelbär cracks Little with a solid left hand.
Von Kuschelbär scoring with punches to the head and body.
Von Kuschelbär postures up in Little's guard and throws a big left but Little blocks it.
Von Kuschelbär arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Little's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Friedrich Von Kuschelbär!
Friedrich Von Kuschelbär 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.
Roger Little spoke after the fight, saying 'I want to thank Freebok for sponsoring me. Buy there the have cool stuff!!! FREEBOK!!!'.