PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tony Trinckelton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thomas Stillwell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Trinckelton
vs
Stillwell

190 cm
19
213 lbs
3 - 1 - 1

190 cm
26
215 lbs
4 - 0 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 1, fighting out of London, Tony Trinckelton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 1, fighting out of London, Thomas Stillwell!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Daniel Bishop and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Trinckelton lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Stillwell looks to land a right hand but Trinckelton moved out of range.
Trinckelton connects with a looping right hand.
Trinckelton takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Stillwell lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Stillwell swats away the attempt to clinch by Trinckelton.
Thomas Stillwell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Trinckelton rushes Stillwell and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Stillwell tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Trinckelton just stands there and leans against the cage.
Trinckelton lands a hook to the side of the head.
Trinckelton cracks Stillwell with a nice body shot.
Nice body punch from Trinckelton - that landed with a thud.
Stillwell tries to circle away but Trinckelton has him pinned against the cage.
Stillwell swings wildly with an uppercut but Trinckelton uses good head movement to avoid it.
Trinckelton landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Stillwell looks gassed!
Trinckelton with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Trinckelton lands a good knee to the midsection. Stillwell won't want to take too many of those.
Trinckelton scores with a hook to the body.
Trinckelton lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Stillwell.

Trinckelton pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Trinckelton sizes up Stillwell with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Trinckelton.
Stillwell takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Trinckelton scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

Trinckelton has managed to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Stillwell is fighting off a takedown attempt but Trinckelton is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Stillwell to the mat. Stillwell regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Trinckelton wants to get up but he can't break Stillwell's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

Trinckelton gets to his feet - Stillwell follows without any prompting.
Tony Trinckelton is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Trinckelton swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Trinckelton throws a head kick but Stillwell moves out of range.
Trinckelton swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Trinckelton drops his hands momentarily and Stillwell takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Stillwell throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Trinckelton sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Stillwell throws a left and a right that both miss

and Trinckelton moves into the clinch.
Trinckelton digs a right hand into Stillwell's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Stillwell's gas tank.
A shot in the inside from Trinckelton.
Stillwell is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Stillwell throws a punch but it's blocked by Trinckelton.
Trinckelton blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Trinckelton lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Stillwell backwards.
Trinckelton misses with a knee to the head.
Trinckelton wants a takedown.
A short uppercut from Trinckelton.
A head punch on the inside from Stillwell fails to land.
Trinckelton has Stillwell pressed against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Trinckelton fails to land.
A short right from Stillwell on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Trinckelton breaks the clinch.
Stillwell lands the left hand.
Stillwell loads up on a big right hand but Trinckelton slips the punch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Trinckelton looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Stillwell swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Stillwell throws a jab when Trinckelton was well out of range.
A jab from Trinckelton misses.
Trinckelton lands a head kick. Stillwell smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Stillwell getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Stillwell cracks Trinckelton with a good jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A combination from Stillwell does no damage.
Stillwell has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Stillwell there as he acknowledges the shot.
Trinckelton lands with a kick to the temple. Stillwell shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Stillwell misses with a head kick.
Trinckelton on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Trinckelton wants to clinch up but Stillwell keeps it at a distance.
Trinckelton on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stillwell misses with an uppercut.
Stillwell throws a shot to the body.
Stillwell lands with a hook. Trinckelton tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Stillwell fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Trinckelton avoids it really well and circles away.
Stillwell needs to keep his hands up - Trinckelton had a free shot at his head there.
Trinckelton throws a series of strikes that have Stillwell backpedaling.
Stillwell misses with a head kick.
Trinckelton fails with an attempt to clinch.
Trinckelton throws a hook to the side of Stillwell's head but Stillwell sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Stillwell with a poor takedown
and Trinckelton counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Tony Trinckelton has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Thomas Stillwell.
Stillwell keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Trinckelton.
A punch combination from Stillwell misses.
Trinckelton throws a good cross that connects.
Stillwell misses the body punch
and Trinckelton counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Trinckelton throws a nice head kick!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trinckelton moves into range and connects with a jab.
Trinckelton is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Stillwell throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Stillwell ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Trinckelton looks to land a left hand but Stillwell moved out of range nicely.
Stillwell swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Stillwell blocks a head kick by Trinckelton.
Trinckelton digs a good hook to Stillwell's body.
Stillwell looks to throw the jab but Trinckelton is out of range.
Stillwell fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Trinckelton on the side of the head.
Stillwell misses with a looping right.
Stillwell thows a left - swing and a miss!
Stillwell fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Trinckelton on the side of the head.
Stillwell connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Trinckelton throws a big shot that misses.
Trinckelton blocks a head kick by Stillwell.

Trinckelton moves into the clinch.
Trinckelton slowing the pace effectively.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tony Trinckelton 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.

Stillwell misses with a straight right.
Trinckelton throws a series of punches but Stillwell avoids them all with ease.
Stillwell waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Trinckelton.
Stillwell tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Stillwell swinging wildly here.
Stillwell is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Trinckelton.
Stillwell goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Stillwell will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Trinckelton tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Trinckelton is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Nice body kick there by Trinckelton.
Stillwell takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Stillwell moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Trinckelton avoids the head kick by Stillwell.
Stillwell showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Trinckelton.
A shot to the liver by Trinckelton. Beautiful body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Trinckelton - that will leave a mark!
A head kick misses from Trinckelton.
Stillwell throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Trinckelton sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Trinckelton closes the distance and clinches.
Stillwell letting Trinckelton take a breather here.
Trinckelton lands with a left to the head.

Stillwell pulls guard effortlessly.

Trinckelton decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Stillwell, up you get!
Trinckelton closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Trinckelton ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Stillwell ducks under a wild hook from Trinckelton.
Trinckelton tries to close the distance and clinch up but Stillwell swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Stillwell throws a lazy body kick

and Trinckelton counters by clinching up.
Stillwell working aggressively here.

Stillwell pulls guard effortlessly.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Stillwell is on top in guard.
Stillwell trying to control but Trinckelton is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stillwell thows a big elbow that misses.
Stillwell wants to control from the top but Trinckelton keeps moving.

Trinckelton kicks Stillwell off and gets to his feet.
Trinckelton slips a straight right by Stillwell.
Tony Trinckelton is winning the standup battle so far.
Trinckelton throws out a powerful jab.
Jab by Stillwell.
A punch combination from Stillwell misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Stillwell. Trinckelton does a little dance to reset his feet.
Stillwell showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Trinckelton.
Trinckelton throws a right and a left that Stillwell avoids nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trinckelton throws a looping overhand right but Stillwell ducks down to avoid it.
Stillwell throws a right hand that Trinckelton ducks under and follows up with a left that Trinckelton also avoids with ease.

Trinckelton forces Stillwell back against the cage and clinches.
Trinckelton works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Trinckelton scores with a shot to the side of Stillwell's head.
A short right from Trinckelton on the inside.
Nice body punch from Trinckelton.
Trinckelton lands a body shot in the clinch.
Tony Trinckelton has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Stillwell changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Trinckelton fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Trinckelton connects with a right hand. Stillwell shakes it off.
Trinckelton lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Stillwell circles away quickly and effectively.
Stillwell thows a left - swing and a miss!
Stillwell shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Trinckelton as he avoids it easily.

Trinckelton closes the distance and pushes Stillwell back into the cage.

Trinckelton pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Trinckelton throws a hook but Stillwell blocks it.
Stillwell connects with a body shot.
Stillwell uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Trinckelton.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trinckelton tries to clinch up.
Stillwell connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Stillwell scores with a crisp jab that stopped Trinckelton in his tracks.
Stillwell waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Trinckelton.
Stillwell swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Trinckelton counters with a right hand to the body.
Stillwell misses the shot to the body.
Stillwell rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Trinckelton moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Trinckelton looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Left hook, right uppercut from Stillwell.
Stillwell falls off balance throwing a combination
and Trinckelton counters with a left and a right that stings Stillwell.
Trinckelton misses with a combination
letting Stillwell counter with a right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Stillwell misses with a hook.
Stillwell throws the left hand but Trinckelton avoids the punch easily.
Stillwell throws a jab but it's blocked by Trinckelton.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tony Trinckelton dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Stillwell swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Trinckelton counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Trinckelton keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Stillwell.
Stillwell falls off balance throwing a combination
and Trinckelton counters with an outside leg kick.

Trinckelton moves into the clinch successfully.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Trinckelton.
Trinckelton lands with a left to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Trinckelton.
Trinckelton pushes Stillwell back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Good body shot from Trinckelton.
Trinckelton tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Trinckelton escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Trinckelton lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Trinckelton throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Stillwell stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Trinckelton swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nice body punch from Stillwell.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Left hook, right uppercut from Stillwell.
Stillwell lands with a nice combination. Trinckelton backs away looking to recover.

Trinckelton closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Trinckelton.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trinckelton works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Trinckelton drops down looking for an ankle pick but Stillwell pulls his leg out and moves away.
Stillwell throws a left and a right that both miss
and Stillwell takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Trinckelton has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Trinckelton there as he acknowledges the shot.
Trinckelton lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Stillwell cracks Trinckelton with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A swing and a miss from Stillwell.
Trinckelton throws a head kick but Stillwell moves out of range.
Stillwell throws a jab when Trinckelton was well out of range.
Trinckelton misses with a few strikes there.
Stillwell shoots in for a takedown but Trinckelton shows good takedown defense.
Stillwell throws a hook but Trinckelton blocks it.
Stillwell takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Trinckelton blocks a jab.
Stillwell takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Trinckelton slips a jab from Stillwell.
Stillwell takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Trinckelton lands with a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stillwell scores with a nice head shot.
Trinckelton throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Stillwell misses with a few strikes there.
Trinckelton connects with a looping right hand.
Stillwell avoids the body shot from Trinckelton.
Trinckelton swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Stillwell throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nice body punch from Stillwell.
Stillwell misses with a double jab.
A head kick misses from Trinckelton.
Trinckelton misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Stillwell looks to throw the jab but Trinckelton is out of range.
Trinckelton fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Stillwell is out of range.
Tony Trinckelton is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Stillwell throws a hook but Trinckelton avoids it easily.
Trinckelton throws a good cross that connects.
Stillwell has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Trinckelton scores with a nice strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stillwell shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Trinckelton sprawls well. Trinckelton wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Stillwell gets slowly back to his feet.
Stillwell takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Stillwell throws a combination. Trinckelton tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Trinckelton connects with a high kick.
Stillwell pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Stillwell loads up on a big right hand but Trinckelton slips the punch.
Trinckelton works the jab nicely.
Tony Trinckelton is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Trinckelton lands with an uppercut that bounces Stillwell off the cage and back into rage.
Stillwell throws an overhand right that lands on Trinckelton's shoulder, as Trinckelton tries to avoid the shot.
Trinckelton misses with a head kick.
Stillwell takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Stillwell connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Stillwell throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Trinckelton connects with a good right hand that stumbles Stillwell. Stillwell circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Stillwell throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stillwell throws a hook but Trinckelton blocks it.
Trinckelton swinging wildly here.
Trinckelton lands with a straight right. Stillwell didn't see that one coming.
Trinckelton throws a head kick that Stillwell semi-blocks.
Stillwell swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Trinckelton fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Stillwell on the side of the head.
A slow jab from Stillwell misses its intended target.

Trinckelton clinches up against the cage.
Trinckelton gets underhooks to prevent Stillwell's takedown attempt.
Tony Trinckelton has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Thomas Stillwell.
Trinckelton blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Trinckelton landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Trinckelton pushes Stillwell back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Trinckelton is working Stillwell over against the cage.
Trinckelton works on Stillwell's body with a couple of short punches.
Trinckelton scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Thomas Stillwell has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Trinckelton.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Stillwell.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tony Trinckelton showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Trinckelton has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tony Trinckelton!