PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Marko Kersikov (ranked 286 p4p, 576 weight class) and Charles Eric Cheese (ranked 39 p4p, 76 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Kersikov might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Re-Style - Spring. Cheese has chosen The Midnight NAMBLA as his entrance music. Charles Eric Cheese has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Marko Kersikov's chin.

Kersikov
vs
Cheese

168 cm
32
140
18 - 9 - 1

175 cm
27
135
12 - 5 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Bondi MMA 🏝️
NARCOS

Conviction
Conquer

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 9 - 1, fighting out of New York, Marko Kersikov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Charles Eric Cheese!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cheese throws a leg kick but Kersikov moved away.
Cheese moves out of range of the body kick from Kersikov.
A shot to the body from Cheese misses
and Kersikov counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kersikov misses with a double jab
and Kersikov takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A jab from Kersikov misses.
Cheese takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Cheese throws out a loose jab but Kersikov uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kersikov swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cheese misses with a hook.
Kersikov quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Kersikov throws an overhand right that lands on Cheese's shoulder, as Cheese tries to avoid the shot.
Kersikov loads up on a big right hand but Cheese slips the punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good work by Cheese as he checks the leg kick.
Kersikov displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cheese throws out the jab.
Kersikov is looking to counter with a body kick.
Cheese throws a body punch but Kersikov moves out of range.
Kersikov connects with an inside leg kick.
Cheese misses with a hook
and Kersikov counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Cheese throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
An attempted straight right counter from Kersikov misses the target.
Kersikov throws a leg kick which misses Cheese's front leg but catches the back leg as Cheese tries to avoid it.
Kersikov looks to land a right hand but Cheese moved out of range.
Cheese throws out a counter right but Kersikov avoids it with no problem.
Cheese has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Kersikov finds it's way round the side to connect with Cheese's head.
Kersikov throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A lazy body kick from Kersikov
and Cheese counters with a good low kick that Kersikov was not able to check.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cheese throws a quick inside leg kick.
Kersikov fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Cheese has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Kersikov lands the left hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cheese misses with a right hand
and Kersikov connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Cheese tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kersikov swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cheese uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kersikov.
Jab, jab by Kersikov - just one landing.
Cheese with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Kersikov looks to land a right hand but Cheese moved out of range.
Cheese bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Kersikov's head backwards.
Kersikov on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Cheese. Cheese obviously looking to wear him down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kersikov throws a nice head kick!
Cheese uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kersikov.
Kersikov looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Kersikov throws a hook but Cheese blocks it.
Kersikov lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Cheese circles away quickly and effectively.
Kersikov uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cheese.
Cheese lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Kersikov ducks under a wild hook from Cheese.
Kersikov just misses with a punch to the body.
Cheese is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Kersikov lands with a good body shot.
Cheese 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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kersikov misses with an uppercut
and Cheese makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Kersikov connects with a looping right hand.
Marko Kersikov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kersikov jabs Cheese right on the nose. Cheese blinks but takes it well.
Cheese is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Kersikov motions for Cheese to come forward. Kersikov throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Cheese will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
It looked like Kersikov was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Cheese.
Cheese throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kersikov counters with an inside leg kick.
Cheese checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Cheese misses the body punch
and Kersikov counters with a thumping low kick.
Kersikov throws a leg kick but Cheese sees it coming and checks it nicely.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Marko Kersikov dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Kersikov throws a good cross that connects.
A telegraphed right hand from Kersikov misses the target.
Cheese swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Cheese misses with a lunging right hand
and Kersikov counters with a slapping leg kick.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Cheese might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Kersikov has got the better of the exchanges.
Cheese stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kersikov.
Cheese pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jab from Kersikov.
Cheese checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Kersikov uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cheese.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cheese on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Cheese ducks under a wild hook from Kersikov.
Kersikov misses with an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Both fighters circling a little - Cheese finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Cheese jabs at Kersikov's body.
Kersikov throws a leg kick
and Cheese counters with a straight right hand.
Kersikov tries a low kick but Cheese avoids it.
Cheese's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Cheese getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Cheese uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kersikov.
Cheese with a nice cross.
Cheese throws a big shot that misses.
Cheese throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kersikov looks to score with a jab to the body but Cheese is just out of range.
Kersikov thumps Cheese with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Kersikov.
A telegraphed right hand from Cheese misses the target.
Kersikov tried to counter with a leg kick but Cheese avoided it.
Kersikov lands a right hook to the body.
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!
Kersikov swats away the attempt to clinch by Cheese.
Kersikov throws a head kick but Cheese moves out of range.
Kersikov misses with a lunging right hand
and Cheese counters with a stiff right hand.
Kersikov fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Cheese has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Kersikov avoids the head kick by Cheese.
Marko Kersikov is winning the standup battle so far.
Cheese is looking to score with low kicks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kersikov misses with a straight right.
Cheese moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Kersikov throws a leg kick
and Cheese counters with a nice uppercut.
Kersikov misses with the body kick
and Cheese counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Cheese swings widly with a right hand
and Kersikov cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kersikov misses with an attempted mid kick.
Cheese jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cheese jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.

Kersikov is rocked!
Cheese throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Oh Kersikov is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kersikov misses with a low kick.

Cheese clinches up with Kersikov and pushes him back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cheese.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Cheese.
Cheese lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kersikov backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cheese.
Our sources have told us that Kersikov has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
A short uppercut from Cheese.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cheese throws a big uppercut that drops Kersikov! More strikes from Cheese and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Kersikov lies dazed against the cage as Cheese celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:09 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Charles Eric Cheese!
A very excited looking Charles Eric Cheese made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.