PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eric Von Erikson (ranked 2204 p4p, 318 weight class) and Second Winger (ranked 1736 p4p, 271 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Von Erikson
vs
Winger

190 cm
26
222 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

194 cm
26
215 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

KOMBAT KLOTHING

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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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Eric Von Erikson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Second Winger!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Steven Brown and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Von Erikson throws a nice looking combination but Winger bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A head kick misses from Von Erikson.
Von Erikson takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Von Erikson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Winger scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

Von Erikson darts in and clinches Winger up against the cage.
Von Erikson blocks an uppercut.
Winger misses with a hook from the clinch.
Winger misses with some punches.
Winger lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Winger lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Von Erikson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Von Erikson obliges.
Winger looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Winger lands a shoulder strike.
Von Erikson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Von Erikson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Winger.
Von Erikson lands with a short shot to the head.
Winger misses with a punch on the inside.
The referee calls for Von Erikson to work.
Winger lands with a right to the head.
Von Erikson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Von Erikson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Von Erikson lands a shoulder strike.
Von Erikson wants a takedown but no success here.
Winger blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Winger misses with a body punch.
Von Erikson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Winger has a couple of punches blocked by Von Erikson.
Von Erikson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Winger blocks it with crossed arms.
A nice right hand lands inside from Winger.
Winger misses with a short punch on the inside.
We've been hearing reports that Von Erikson has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Winger on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Von Erikson slows down the pace here.
Winger throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Von Eriksons head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Von Erikson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Winger's brow.
Winger blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Winger blocking some punches.
A short right from Winger on the inside.
Winger blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Von Erikson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Von Erikson blocks an uppercut.
Winger lands a body punch in the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short left from Von Erikson.
Von Erikson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Winger scores with a shot to the side of Von Erikson's head.
Von Erikson is breathing heavily.
Winger lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Winger scores with a shot to the side of Von Erikson's head.
Von Erikson tries to score a body lock takedown but Winger shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Von Erikson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Winger is defending well for now.
Winger throws a punch but it's blocked by Von Erikson.
Winger lands a right hand that snaps the head of Von Erikson backwards.
Winger misses with a hook to the ribs.
Winger lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Von Erikson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Winger blocks it with crossed arms.
Winger misses with the head strike.
Winger lands with a light punch inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Winger.
Von Erikson drops down looking for an ankle pick but Winger pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eric Von Erikson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A big right from Winger misses.
Eric Von Erikson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Von Erikson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Von Erikson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Winger.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Winger misses with an uppercut.
Winger cracks Von Erikson with a right hand to the side of the head.
Nice defenses there by Winger.
It seemed like Winger was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Von Erikson looks to score with a jab to the body but Winger is just out of range.
Von Erikson slips under a jab from Winger.
Von Erikson gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Von Erikson takes one on the button.
Von Erikson drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

Von Erikson is rocked!
Von Erikson fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Winger lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Oh Von Erikson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Winger lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Winger is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Von Erikson had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
An inside leg kick from Von Erikson misses.
Von Erikson seems to have got his legs back now.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Winger takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Winger connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Von Erikson tries to clinch but Winger moves out of range.
Second Winger is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Von Erikson tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Winger counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Von Erikson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Winger jabs at Von Erikson's body.

Winger lands a big right hand that sends Von Erikson crashing to the mat! Winger stays standing though and waves Von Erikson back to his feet!

Winger lands a big uppercut and Von Erikson crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Von Erikson looks OK. Winger waves Von Erikson back to his feet!
Winger lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Von Erikson falls backwards - clearly groggy! Winger dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Second Winger!
A determined Second Winger didn't want to dwell on this fight in his post fight interview. Instead he was more keen to state he wants a title shot. Let's see if he gets it!