PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ben Dover (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stanton Christy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dover
vs
Christy

185 cm
20
200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
209 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Self confident

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Tri Light Clothing

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ben Dover!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Stanton Christy!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dover throws a head kick but Christy moves out of range.
Dover throws a head kick but Christy moves out of range.
Dover is trying hard to land a takedown here. Christy sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

Dover has Christy up against the ropes in a clinch.

Dover breaks the clinch.
Dover needs to keep his hands up - Christy had a free shot at his head there.
Dover tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Christy swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Christy looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Christy with a nice head shot there.
Dover knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Christy on the ground.
Christy looking to pass the guard.
Dover wants to stand and escape but Christy is having none of it.
Christy sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Dover's guard.
Christy should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Christy not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Dover wants to get back to his feet.

Dover looking for submissions off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Christy is nestled in close to Dover, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Christy has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Christy thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

Christy is looking for a kimura here.

Christy is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Dover has managed to free his arm - good work.
Dover won't allow Christy to pass to mount.

Christy stands up and beckons Dover to join him on the feet.
Dover tries to clinch but Christy moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dover with a lazy takedown attempt

and Christy counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Dover is breathing heavily.
Christy wants to control from the top but Dover keeps moving.
Christy postures up and lands a big shot to Dover's brow.
Dover throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Dover tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Christy throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Dover works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Christy stays in close to Dover's body and controls the position.

Christy is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Dover working a defensive guard but Christy manages to pass into side control anyway.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Christy is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christy lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Dover down.
Dover is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Christy is controlling him well.

Christy decides to take the fight back to the feet.

Christy drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Christy passes Dover's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Dover is looking to escape.
Dover is looking to control Christy's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Dover avoid being mounted?

Christy is working for a kimura but Dover is defending it quite comfortably.
Christy winds up and cracks Dover with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Christy frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Christy looking to control and managing it successfully.
Christy punishing his opponent with strikes.

Christy stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.
Christy misses with a wild combination.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Dover gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Christy sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Dover's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stanton Christy dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Christy tries to clinch up but Dover circles away and keeps his distance.

Dover closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Christy quickly recovers to half guard.

Christy looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Christy wants to improve his position but Dover is controlling well.
Dover seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Christy is positioning himself well to prevent Dover advancing to mount.
Christy works his way to full guard. Good work.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Christy is pulling down on Dover's head to control his posture.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Stanton Christy wasn't active enough on the ground.
Dover doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Dover takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Christy scores with a takedown into Dover's guard.
Stanton Christy has got the better of the ground game so far.

Christy drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Dover dives on top into guard.
Christy managing to control the position.

Christy has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Dover should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Christy has tightened it up now! Dover should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:04 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Stanton Christy!