PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aljo Stajerski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zeus Heracles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stajerski's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, ACAB. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Stajerski
vs
Heracles

201 cm
22
274 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

188 cm
21
273 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Aljo Stajerski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Zeus Heracles!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Richard Clark and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Heracles misses with a wild combination.
Stajerski scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Heracles with a hook.
Stajerski closes this distance looking for a takedown but Heracles circles away.
A shot to de liver by Heracles. Beautiful body shot.
Stajerski misses with a straight right.
Heracles chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Stajerski can pounce on him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stajerski fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Stajerski scores with a body shot.
Heracles looks gassed!
Heracles throws a nice looking combination but Stajerski bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Stajerski wants to land a leg kick but Heracles is out of range.
Stajerski with a hook.
Stajerski throws a low kick but Heracles avoids it.
Stajerski takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Stajerski misses with a kick to the body.
Stajerski tries to score with a low kick but Heracles moves his leg out of the way.
Stajerski misses with a takedown attempt - Heracles sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Heracles ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Stajerski moves away.
A telegraphed right hand from Stajerski misses the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stajerski ducks under a wild hook from Heracles.
Stajerski misses with a wild body shot.
Stajerski misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Heracles counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Stajerski with a lazy takedown attempt
and Stajerski takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Aljo Stajerski. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Stajerski shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Heracles's guard.
Heracles keeping full guard, as Stajerski tries to pass.
Heracles looking for a sweep. Not yet Heracles, not yet.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Stajerski accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Stajerski looking to sit in guard and control but Heracles gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Heracles tries to stand but Stajerski is controlling from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stajerski is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Stajerski frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Heracles holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Stajerski tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
The referee warns Heracles that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Heracles avoids a series of strikes thrown by Stajerski.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stajerski throws some wild stikes that Heracles manages to avoid easily.
Stajerski in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

Stajerski goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Heracles is on top in guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Heracles gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Stajerski throws a sloppy body shot
and Heracles counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Heracles misses the shot to the body.
Heracles swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Stajerski.
Aljo Stajerski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Heracles moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Heracles throws a jab but it's blocked by Stajerski.
Heracles moves out of range of the body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heracles slaps away a takedown attempt from Stajerski, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Stajerski misses with a hook to the body
and Heracles counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Stajerski on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Heracles ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Stajerski moves away.
Heracles paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Zeus Heracles is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Stajerski throws a leg kick
and Heracles counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Stajerski swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Heracles counters with a left to the body.
Heracles fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Heracles throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Stajerski on the side of the head.
Heracles digs a good body shot into Stajerski's ribs.
Heracles lands a nice shot that snaps Stajerski's head back.
Stajerski takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Heracles ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Heracles digs a good hook to Stajerski's body.
Stajerski is looking to wear down Heracles with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Stajerski moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Heracles cracks Stajerski with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Heracles stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Heracles looks to score with a jab to the body but Stajerski is just out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zeus Heracles dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Heracles throws and low kick but Stajerski moves out of range easily.
Stajerski tries to score with a low kick but Heracles moves his leg out of the way.
Heracles connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Stajerski throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Heracles fails to land with a series of punches.
Heracles misses with a straight left.
Heracles throws a leg kick that is checked

and Stajerski counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Stajerski throws a strike but Heracles avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Stajerski trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Stajerski distracts Heracles with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Stajerski accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Stajerski is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Heracles is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Heracles has escaped and now he's on top!
Stajerski is trying to hold Heracles in close to prevent damage but Heracles has managed to pass into half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heracles tries to pass to full mount but Stajerski defends it.
Heracles is looking to stand up but he'll have to free his leg first. Instead, Stajerski manages to get to full guard.
Stajerski trying to control the position.
Heracles stopping the sweep attempt from Stajerski.

Heracles postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Stajerski is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Heracles, into his guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Stajerski trying to control but Heracles is working from the bottom.
Stajerski advances position into side control!
Heracles tries to improve position but can't.
Stajerski throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Heracles works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stajerski throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Stajerski misses with a head shot. Heracles uses the momentum to regain guard.
Heracles preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Stajerski trying to control the position from guard on top but Heracles is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Stajerski tries to free his leg and advance position but Heracles is retaining full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Heracles utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Heracles misses with a straight right.
Heracles throws a jab when Stajerski was well out of range.
Heracles throws a jab when Stajerski was well out of range.
Heracles scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Stajerski avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Stajerski fails with the takedown
and Heracles counters with a three punch combo that has Stajerski backing up. Stajerski nods at Heracles to acknowledge the strikes.
Heracles misses with a low kick as Stajerski jumps back.
Heracles looks to land a combination but Stajerski avoids it well.
Stajerski scores with a jab to the jaw.
Zeus Heracles seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Stajerski misses with a body shot.
Heracles misses the jab.
Stajerski swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Heracles takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Aljo Stajerski will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!

Heracles scores with a decent looking hook.
Stajerski ducks under a wild hook from Heracles.
Stajerski paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Nice sprawl there from Heracles as Stajerski shoots in.
Heracles uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Stajerski.
Good work by Heracles as he checks the leg kick.
Heracles works the jab nicely.
Heracles slips under a jab.
Stajerski pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Heracles thuds a left hand into Stajerski's body.
Heracles throws a shot to the body.
Heracles motions for Stajerski to come forward. Heracles throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Heracles throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Heracles jabs at Stajerski's body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Heracles throws a low kick but Stajerski avoids it.
Heracles scores with a hook to the body. Stajerski takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
The crowd cheers as Heracles lands an impressive looking overhand right. Stajerski doesn't seem phased though.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Heracles swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Stajerski counters with a good low kick that Heracles was not able to check.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heracles scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Heracles lands a body shot.
Nice straight punches there by Heracles. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Heracles.
Heracles swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Stajerski takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Heracles with a hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Heracles misses the shot to the body.
Heracles misses with a wild body shot.
Heracles takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Heracles bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Stajerski's head.
Nice uppercut there from Heracles.
Heracles lands a jab to Stajerski's midsection.
Good standup being displayed there by Heracles as he connects with a hook.
Stajerski throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Heracles scores with a nice strike.
Heracles lands with a right hand.
Stajerski throws a body kick that misses.
Stajerski throws and low kick but Heracles moves out of range easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heracles thuds a left hand into Stajerski's body.
Heracles takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Heracles scores with a hook to the body. Stajerski takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Heracles lands a nice shot that snaps Stajerski's head back.

It looks like Aljo Stajerski has been cut.
Heracles jabs Stajerski right on the nose. Stajerski blinks but takes it well.
Heracles throws a body punch but Stajerski moves out of range.
Heracles scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Heracles scores with a nice strike.
Stajerski pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Heracles throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Stajerski throws a sloppy body shot
and Stajerski takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Heracles fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Heracles scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Heracles lands with a nice body punch.
Stajerski takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The fighters circle momentarily. Heracles darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Stajerski throws a leg kick
and Heracles counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Stajerski thinking.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heracles is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Stajerski keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Stajerski takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Good shot there by Heracles.
Heracles tries to work over Stajerski's front leg with a kick but Stajerski checks it.
Stajerski looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Heracles throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A shot to de liver by Heracles. Beautiful body shot.
Heracles jabs at Stajerski's body.
A nice inside leg kick there by Heracles. That's going to slow Stajerski down.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Heracles lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Heracles punishes Stajerski's body with a nice straight punch.
Heracles lands with a right hand.
Heracles lands with a cross.
Heracles lands a slapping body shot.
Heracles misses with the combination.
Heracles lands a really nice looking cross but Stajerski seems unphased.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stajerski doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Heracles has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Heracles throws a leg kick that misses.
Nice cross by Stajerski.
Heracles tests Stajerski's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Stajerski keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Heracles.
Nice jab there from Heracles.
Stajerski misses with a takedown attempt
and Heracles counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Heracles lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Heracles lands with an overhand left.
Heracles getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Heracles connects with a jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Heracles, as that shot connected.
Heracles scores with a body shot.
Heracles lands a jab to the nose.
Heracles fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Zeus Heracles comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Heracles has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 27:30
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 27:29
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zeus Heracles!