PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between James Cole (ranked 292 p4p, 38 weight class) and Jason Stackhouse (ranked 691 p4p, 86 weight class). Stackhouse has chosen True Blood as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Cole
vs
Stackhouse

178 cm
27
170 lbs
10 - 3 - 1

180 cm
25
164 lbs
12 - 4 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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Sydney Fight Gear (London Rebirth)

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 10 - 3 - 1, fighting out of New York, James Cole!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jason Stackhouse !
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Daniel Bishop and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stackhouse rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Cole counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Stackhouse has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Stackhouse throws a right hand that misses
and Stackhouse takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Cole slips a jab from Stackhouse .
Stackhouse 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.
Stackhouse misses with a right hand
and Cole counters with a left to the body.
Stackhouse will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Cole looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Stackhouse misses with a looping left.
Cole will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Stackhouse throws an off balance right hand
and Cole counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Cole throws an overhand right that lands on Stackhouse 's shoulder, as Stackhouse tries to avoid the shot.
Cole throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Stackhouse .
As Cole backs off Stackhouse throws a huge counter combo but Cole manages to avoid it all.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Stackhouse misses the target.
Stackhouse scores with a sloppy right hand. Cole should have avoided that one.
Stackhouse throws a lazy uppercut
and Cole cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Stackhouse paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Stackhouse throws a shot from downtown. Cole moves away and avoids it.
Stackhouse throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Cole to counter with a crisp jab.
Stackhouse throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cole works the jab nicely.
Cole throws a jab but it's blocked by Stackhouse .
Stackhouse getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Jason Stackhouse seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stackhouse throws a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stackhouse swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cole misses with a hook.
Stackhouse doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Stackhouse throws a series of strikes that have Cole backpedaling.
A looping hook to the body misses from Stackhouse . Cole does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cole lands a glancing blow to the side of Stackhouse 's head.
A combination from Stackhouse does no damage.
Cole throws a nice looking combination but Stackhouse bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Stackhouse misses with a hook
and Cole counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Stackhouse waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cole.
An attempted straight right counter from Cole misses the target.
Stackhouse throws an overhand right that lands on Cole's shoulder, as Cole tries to avoid the shot.
Stackhouse misses with a two punch combination.
Cole needs to keep his hands up - Stackhouse had a free shot at his head there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stackhouse misses the body punch
and Cole counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Stackhouse misses with an uppercut.
Stackhouse lands a head shot.
Cole lands the left hand.
Stackhouse misses with a left hand
and Cole counters with a straight right hand.
Nice shot lands for Cole.
Stackhouse misses with a few strikes there.
It looked like Cole wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A big right from Cole misses.
Stackhouse thows a left - swing and a miss!
A little feinted left hand from Cole on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Cole ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Stackhouse moves away.
Cole is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Stackhouse looks to land a combination but Cole avoids it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cole moves away from the strike by Stackhouse .
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stackhouse lands a lovely overhand right.
Stackhouse scores with a nice strike.
Cole takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Stackhouse connects with a looping right hand.

Cole is rocked!
Stackhouse throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Oh Cole is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A jab from Stackhouse misses.
Cole throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Stackhouse sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cole looks to land a right hand but Stackhouse moved out of range.
Cole walks straight into a right hand from Stackhouse - that's dropped him! Stackhouse jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Cole from any more punishment! Cole complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Jason Stackhouse !
Jason Stackhouse tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.