PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between George Stanley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ultimate Fighter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fighter has chosen MOVE! as his entrance music. Ultimate Fighter struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 136.1lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Ultimate Fighter will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Stanley
vs
Fighter

169 cm
24
135 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

225 cm
22
145 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
Powerful

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 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, George Stanley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ultimate Fighter!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Alan Glass and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fighter has a takedown stuffed.
Fighter fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Stanley leaves Fighter with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
George Stanley has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ultimate Fighter.
Fighter tries to clinch up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Fighter looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Fighter is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Fighter fails with a takedown attempt.
Stanley fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Ultimate Fighter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fighter looks gassed!
Stanley connects with a jab.

It looks like Ultimate Fighter has been cut.

Stanley drops Fighter with a beautiful combination! Fighter stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Stanley is looking for the KO!

Fighter is rocked!
No luck for Fighter with that takedown attempt.
Fighter is still on wobbly legs! Can Stanley finish him?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fighter misses with an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stanley throws a series of punches but Fighter moves out of range.
Fighter seems to have recovered his senses.
Fighter doesn't manage to clinch there - Stanley circles away.
Fighter gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Stanley.
Stanley scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Fighter doesn't seem bothered though.
Fighter takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Stanley lands a hook that stumbles Fighter back into the cage. Stanley follows up with a straight and another hook that land right on the button, dropping Fighter to the canvas! Stanley pounces and lands several unanswered shots - Fighter has had enough and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). George Stanley!