PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Herbert Fliegknecht (ranked 3737 p4p, 475 weight class) and Raghave Upadhyaya (ranked 4651 p4p, 552 weight class). Upadhyaya has chosen Finessin as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Fliegknecht
vs
Upadhyaya

180 cm
26
213 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

192 cm
21
204 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Herbert Fliegknecht!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Raghave Upadhyaya!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Fliegknecht moves into the clinch.

Fliegknecht has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Upadhyaya uses from the top position.
Upadhyaya trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Fliegknecht is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Upadhyaya throwing strikes but missing.
Upadhyaya wants to pass the guard but Fliegknecht is keeping the position.
Fliegknecht manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Upadhyaya manages to get himself to full guard.

Fliegknecht is stalling in the full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fliegknecht has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fliegknecht's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Fliegknecht has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Upadhyaya is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Fliegknecht presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
Fliegknecht misses with a knee strike.
Fliegknecht definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Fliegknecht slowing the pace effectively.
Fliegknecht tries to pull guard but Upadhyaya won't allow it.
Upadhyaya wants to break the clinch but can't.
Fliegknecht holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Fliegknecht tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Upadhyaya just stands there and leans against the cage.
Fliegknecht tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Herbert Fliegknecht. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fliegknecht fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Fliegknecht jumps guard but Upadhyaya turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Fliegknecht with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Upadhyaya lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Fliegknecht backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fliegknecht content to slow the pace in the clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Fliegknecht keeps control of Upadhyaya as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Fliegknecht tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Fliegknecht jumps guard but Upadhyaya turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Upadhyaya has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Upadhyaya goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Fliegknecht jumps guard but Upadhyaya turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Fliegknecht connects with a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Fliegknecht manages to pull guard.
Upadhyaya stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Fliegknecht swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Upadhyaya trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Fliegknecht keeping moving, preventing Upadhyaya from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Upadhyaya working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fliegknecht trying to keep a closed guard but Upadhyaya is proving a slippery customer.
Fliegknecht might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Fliegknecht pulls Upadhyaya in to control the position.
Upadhyaya trying to control the position from guard on top but Fliegknecht is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Upadhyaya pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Fliegknecht is keeping the position for now.
Fliegknecht pulls Upadhyaya in close to prevent any damage.
Upadhyaya trying to control the position from guard on top but Fliegknecht is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Upadhyaya has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Upadhyaya distracts Fliegknecht with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Upadhyaya tries to free his leg and advance position but Fliegknecht is retaining full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Upadhyaya throws a big elbow that misses.
Fliegknecht on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Fliegknecht tries to get out of the position.
Upadhyaya distracts Fliegknecht with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Upadhyaya stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Fliegknecht swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Upadhyaya being controlled here momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Upadhyaya won't allow Fliegknecht to sweep him here.
Fliegknecht working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Upadhyaya.
Upadhyaya working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Upadhyaya being controlled here momentarily.
Fliegknecht tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Fliegknecht keeping moving, preventing Upadhyaya from controlling successfully.
Upadhyaya is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Fliegknecht preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Upadhyaya trying to control the position from guard on top but Fliegknecht is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Upadhyaya looking to pass the guard.
Upadhyaya in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Herbert Fliegknecht will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Fliegknecht fails in his attempt to clinch.
Fliegknecht displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Upadhyaya.
Fliegknecht tries to counter with a takedown but Upadhyaya is quick to defend against it.

Fliegknecht rushes Upadhyaya and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Fliegknecht is stalling here.
Fliegknecht fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Upadhyaya manages to break the clinch.

Fliegknecht moves into the clinch.

Fliegknecht drops Upadhyaya with a big knee straight up the middle! Upadhyaya is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

It looks like Raghave Upadhyaya has been cut.
Fliegknecht wants to clinch up but Upadhyaya keeps it at a distance.
Fliegknecht explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Upadhyaya throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Fliegknecht appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Fliegknecht throws a head kick but Upadhyaya moves out of range.

Fliegknecht takes the fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fliegknecht stalling against the cage.
Fliegknecht is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Upadhyaya can do to turn this around?
Upadhyaya lands a body shot.
Fliegknecht is stalling here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Upadhyaya just misses with a elbow thrown towards Fliegknecht's brow.
A knee to the head by Fliegknecht.
Fliegknecht fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Upadhyaya wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Fliegknecht tries to pull guard but Upadhyaya holds him up against the cage and eventually Fliegknecht drops back down to his feet.
Fliegknecht stalling against the cage.
Upadhyaya has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Fliegknecht tries to land knees in the clinch but Upadhyaya avoids the damage to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Upadhyaya takes a knee right on the jaw!

Upadhyaya is rocked!
Fliegknecht scores a nice knee to the body.
Upadhyaya is still on wobbly legs! Can Fliegknecht finish him?
Fliegknecht stalling the fight.
Fliegknecht lands a big knee to the head and Upadhyaya goes down! Fliegknecht pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Herbert Fliegknecht!
Herbert Fliegknecht took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Evil Empire Nutrition - 160Q $150 for their support in the buildup to the fight.
Raghave Upadhyaya spoke after the fight, saying 'FUCK'.