PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Henrik Stahl (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diego Elvis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stahl comes to the cage accompanied by 'Return to Jericho' by Asian Dub Foundation. The crowd seem to be enjoying Elvis's choice of entrance music: Elvis Presley - In The Ghetto. Henrik Stahl has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Stahl
vs
Elvis

179 cm
22
148 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

166 cm
24
140 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Henrik Stahl!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Diego Elvis!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Aleksandr Martynov and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Elvis pushes Stahl up against the cage in a clinch.

Stahl pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Elvis misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Stahl lands a jab to the nose.
Elvis tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Stahl throws a body punch but Elvis moves out of range.

Elvis gets a takedown into half guard.
Elvis thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Stahl's head.
Elvis winds up and cracks Stahl with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Stahl is trying to control but can't.
Elvis is nestled in close to Stahl, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Elvis thows a huge punch but Stahl dodges it nicely.
Elvis missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Stahl blocking the ground and pound attempt from Elvis.
Elvis thows a huge punch but Stahl dodges it nicely.
Stahl trying to control from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Elvis is looking to take a break and control but Stahl is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Stahl misses with a combination
and Elvis counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Henrik Stahl is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Elvis tries to score with a low kick but Stahl moves his leg out of the way.

Elvis scores a takedown into full mount!
Stahl is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Elvis lands a nice shot to the head.
Elvis is landing with some decent strikes but Stahl is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Stahl is looking to improve his position but Elvis isn't that keen on the idea.
Elvis landing strikes from the mount and Stahl is in trouble!
Stahl wants to hold on but Elvis pushes him away.
Elvis with a couple of short strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Elvis cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Elvis with the ground and pound from mount.
Stahl takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stahl is bucking up trying to escape but Elvis cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

Stahl is rocked!
Elvis is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Oh Stahl is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Elvis landing strikes from the mount.
Elvis tries to control but Stahl wriggling away.
Elvis landing punches.
Elvis putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Elvis with the ground and pound from mount.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Elvis looking to finish Stahl with some ground and pound. This is bad for Stahl!
Elvis postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Stahl bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Elvis and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Diego Elvis!