PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Holden Rosenthal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edward Stout (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rosenthal comes to the cage accompanied by Rick Derringer - I Am a Real American. Stout comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Slaughterhouse-Wack MC's kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Holden Rosenthal has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Rosenthal
vs
Stout

185 cm
22
194 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

198 cm
27
188 lbs
14 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Holden Rosenthal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Edward Stout!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yukihiro Shimada and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stout gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Rosenthal.
Rosenthal throws a looping overhand right but Stout ducks down to avoid it.
Stout shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Rosenthal as he avoids it easily.
A cross from Rosenthal lands.

Rosenthal gets the takedown into side control.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Rosenthal just content to control the position.
Rosenthal is working Stout over with some ground and pound from side control.

Rosenthal is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Stout has escaped the position, nice work there.

Rosenthal looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Rosenthal lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Stout down.
Rosenthal working the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rosenthal has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Stout is bucking up trying to escape but Rosenthal cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Rosenthal wants to control the pace but Stout is squirming around nicely.

Rosenthal working for a submission but Stout is keeping him at bay.

Rosenthal is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Stout is surviving well by controlling Rosenthal's body position as best he can.
Rosenthal lands a big elbow.
Rosenthal raining down shots from the mount!
Stout is trying desperately to improve position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stout is bucking up trying to escape but Rosenthal cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Rosenthal controlling the pace for now.

Rosenthal working for a guillotine from mount but Stout is in no mood to give up.
Rosenthal is landing with some decent strikes but Stout is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rosenthal has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Stout's face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rosenthal controlling his opponent.
Stout keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Rosenthal breaks from Stout's wrist control and lands an elbow.

Stout is rocked!
Stout is looking to improve his position but Rosenthal isn't that keen on the idea.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Stout looks gassed!
Rosenthal unloading with bombs!
Stout is still in real trouble! Can Rosenthal finish him?
Rosenthal looking to control and managing it successfully.
Stout seems to have recovered his senses.

Rosenthal working for a guillotine from mount but Stout is in no mood to give up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Rosenthal with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Stout tries to lock up and control but Rosenthal gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Rosenthal lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Rosenthal looking to finish Stout with some ground and pound. This is bad for Stout!
Rosenthal scoring with strikes but Stout is staying in there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rosenthal scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Stout?
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rosenthal controlling from the full mount.

Rosenthal wants to finish this one by submission but Stout is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Rosenthal.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Holden Rosenthal dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Stout misses with a takedown attempt
and Rosenthal counters with a two punch combo.
Stout shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Rosenthal counters with a straight right hand.

Rosenthal changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Stout looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Stout being controlled for a moment.
Rosenthal moves into full mount!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
BOOM! Rosenthal connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Stout is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Rosenthal controlling from the full mount.
Stout is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rosenthal lands a big shot there that rocks Stout but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Rosenthal lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Stout is wriggling around trying to escape.

Rosenthal is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Stout can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Rosenthal looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Rosenthal fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Stout takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
A nice elbow there by Rosenthal.
Rosenthal postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Stout bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Rosenthal and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:03 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Holden Rosenthal!