PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Finn Calvero (ranked 2999 p4p, 318 weight class) and Karl Liebknecht (ranked 5532 p4p, 497 weight class). Calvero comes to the cage accompanied by I'm a Gnome. This should be a great matchup!

Calvero
vs
Liebknecht

185 cm
26
180 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

185 cm
19
175 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Finn Calvero!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Karl Liebknecht!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Daniel Franklin and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Liebknecht forces Calvero back against the cage and clinches.
Liebknecht lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Calvero's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Calvero swings widly with a right hand
letting Liebknecht counter with a right hand.
Calvero misses with a two punch combination.
Liebknecht tries to clinch up.
Calvero throws a poor cross that misses
letting Liebknecht counter with a right hand.

It looks like Finn Calvero has been cut.
Calvero misses the jab.
Finn Calvero seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Liebknecht misses with a wild combination.
Liebknecht throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Calvero misses with a hook to the body
and Liebknecht counters with a nice uppercut.
Calvero misses with an uppercut.
Liebknecht ducks under a wild hook from Calvero.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Calvero throws a hook but Liebknecht blocks it.
Liebknecht throws out a counter right but Calvero avoids it with no problem.

Liebknecht pushes Calvero up against the cage in a clinch.
Liebknecht scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Calvero wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Calvero wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Liebknecht has him pressed against the cage.
Calvero is trying to break the clinch but Liebknecht has him pressed against the cage.
Liebknecht lands a left hand that snaps the head of Calvero backwards.
Calvero is trying to break free.
Calvero tries to break the clinch but Liebknecht is controlling the position.
I was talking to Calvero's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Liebknecht is working Calvero over against the cage.
Liebknecht holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Calvero can't break the clinch.
Liebknecht connects with a nasty looking knee right to Calvero's face.
Liebknecht looking to throw knees to the head but Calvero is blocking nicely.
Calvero prevents a body shot from Liebknecht.
Calvero blocking some punches.

Calvero escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Calvero waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Liebknecht.
Liebknecht ducks under a wild hook from Calvero.
Calvero looks to land a left hand but Liebknecht moved out of range nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liebknecht moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Calvero throws a hook but Liebknecht blocks it.
Liebknecht waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Calvero.
Liebknecht catches Calvero with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Liebknecht doesn't manage to clinch there - Calvero circles away.
Calvero gets cracked there but stands up to it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Calvero scores with a decent looking hook.
Calvero throws a nice looking combination but Liebknecht bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Liebknecht unleashes a big counter combination but Calvero bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Calvero ducks under a wild hook from Liebknecht.
Liebknecht keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Liebknecht uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Calvero.
A jab from Calvero misses.
A jab lands there for Liebknecht.
No joy there for Calvero, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Calvero swats away the attempt to clinch by Liebknecht.
Calvero lands with a nice body punch.
Liebknecht stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Liebknecht tries to clinch but Calvero moves out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Calvero misses the target.
Liebknecht looks to land a left hand but Calvero moved out of range nicely.
Liebknecht attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Calvero was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Calvero misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Liebknecht.
A little jabbing left from Liebknecht on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Liebknecht is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Calvero had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Liebknecht with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Calvero to score with a decent uppercut.
Calvero keeps the fight on the outside.
Liebknecht throws a leg kick but Calvero checks it.
A jab from Calvero misses.
Liebknecht misses with an uppercut. Calvero saw that one coming.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liebknecht moves in looking to clinch but Calvero pushes him off.
Liebknecht throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Liebknecht moves into the clinch.

Calvero pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Calvero looks to throw the jab but Liebknecht is out of range.
Liebknecht is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Calvero with a body shot.
Liebknecht throws a jab but it's blocked by Calvero.
Calvero misses with a looping right.
Calvero swats away the attempt to clinch by Liebknecht.
A little feinted left hand from Calvero on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Liebknecht ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Calvero misses with a looping right.
Liebknecht lands with a shot to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Calvero. Those never looked like landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Karl Liebknecht dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Finn Calvero's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Liebknecht moves in looking to clinch but Calvero pushes him off.
Calvero misses with an uppercut. Liebknecht saw that one coming.
Calvero throws an off balance right hand
and Liebknecht counters with a straight right hand.
Liebknecht connects with a looping right hand.
Karl Liebknecht seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Liebknecht ducks under a wild hook from Calvero.
Liebknecht appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
The fighters circling - Calvero throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Calvero is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Liebknecht missing with a left hand there. Calvero was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Calvero ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Calvero throws a right and a left that both miss.
Liebknecht looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Calvero throws out a loose jab but Liebknecht uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice uppercut lands for Calvero. That snapped Liebknecht's head back.
Liebknecht lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Liebknecht works Calvero's body with a nice hook.
Calvero fails to land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liebknecht connects with a good right hand that stumbles Calvero. Calvero circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A slow jab from Liebknecht misses its intended target.
Calvero throwing a counter right hand but Liebknecht manages to avoid it.
Liebknecht drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Liebknecht tries to clinch but Calvero is having none of it.
Calvero lands with a hook. Liebknecht tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

Oooooh!!! Liebknecht has knocked Calvero down with a huge combo! Liebknecht steps away and waves a wobbly Calvero back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Calvero is rocked!
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!

Liebknecht rushes Calvero and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Oh Calvero is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Liebknecht unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Calvero! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Liebknecht is unloading with more strikes now! Calvero drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Karl Liebknecht!
Karl Liebknecht decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.