PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gerd Stenner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roy McCoy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stenner's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Escapado - Gezeichnet. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Stenner
vs
McCoy

187 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
193 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gerd Stenner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Roy McCoy!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Eddie Farnsworth and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Stenner gets tackled into the cage by McCoy. McCoy maintains the clinch.
Stenner tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. McCoy just stands there and leans against the cage.
McCoy connects with a nasty looking knee right to Stenner's face.
A knee to the head by McCoy.
McCoy with a knee to the head.
Stenner takes a knee right on the jaw!
Stenner tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. McCoy smiles and moves away.
Stenner moves to clinch but McCoy breaks away

and McCoy moves into the clinch.
Stenner wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Stenner wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but McCoy has him pressed against the cage.

McCoy lands a big knee to the head and Stenner goes down! McCoy is looking to finish!

Stenner is rocked!

It looks like Gerd Stenner has been cut.
Stenner is pushing McCoy's head away, looking to escape. McCoy manages to hold on to the position though.
Oh Stenner is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

McCoy stands up and beckons Stenner to his feet.
Stenner seems to have got his legs back now.
Stenner misses with a double jab

and McCoy counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
McCoy with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
McCoy using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Stenner is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stenner takes a knee to the side of the body.
McCoy stalling in the clinch.
McCoy working Stenner over with knees to the body.
McCoy unloads a knee to the mid-section. Stenner lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
McCoy landing knees to the head.
McCoy lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
McCoy landing knees to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for McCoy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McCoy utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Stenner working aggressively here.
McCoy landing knees to the head.
McCoy lands a knee to the head.
McCoy utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
McCoy putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Stenner in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
McCoy connects with a nasty looking knee right to Stenner's face.
McCoy lands a nice knee to the body.
A knee to the head by McCoy.
McCoy landing knees to the body.
Stenner takes a knee right on the jaw!
Stenner has had enough of the clinch but McCoy keeps him there for the moment.
McCoy scores with a knee to the head.
Stenner is trying to break free.
McCoy lands a knee to the head.
McCoy tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
McCoy lands a knee to the head.
McCoy is stalling here.
McCoy using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
McCoy misses with a knee to the head.
McCoy tries a knee to the head but Stenner blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCoy keeps control of Stenner as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Stenner taking a breather.
Stenner jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as McCoy walks away with a smile on his face. Stenner gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gerd Stenner. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Stenner misses with the combination.

McCoy has taken the fight to the clinch.
McCoy connects with a knee to the head.
Stenner takes a knee right on the jaw!
McCoy landing some nice looking knees to the body.
McCoy trying to land knees to the body.
Stenner tries to throw a body punch but McCoy avoids it by throwing Stenner back against the cage.
Stenner wants to break the clinch but can't.
Stenner wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
McCoy connects with a knee to the head.
McCoy lands a knee to the body.
McCoy putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Stenner in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Stenner lands with a right to the head.
McCoy landing knees to the head.
Stenner takes a knee right on the jaw!
McCoy with a knee to the head.
Stenner is trying to push McCoy away but McCoy has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCoy is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
A short uppercut from Stenner.
Stenner misses with a short punch on the inside.
Stenner jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as McCoy walks away with a smile on his face. Stenner gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Roy McCoy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
McCoy getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

Stenner tries to keep at a distance but McCoy has taken the fight into the clinch.
Stenner fails to pull the fight into his guard.
McCoy connects with a nasty looking knee right to Stenner's face.
McCoy with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
McCoy utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Stenner fails to pull guard.
Stenner takes a knee right on the jaw!
Stenner is looking to break free of the clinch but McCoy has double underhooks.
McCoy with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Stenner tries to break the clinch but McCoy is controlling the position.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as McCoy takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Stenner takes a knee right on the jaw!
McCoy landing knees to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Stenner.
McCoy landing some nice looking knees to the body.
McCoy landing knees to the head.
Stenner tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. McCoy smiles and moves away.
Stenner swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and McCoy holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
McCoy connects with a knee to the head.
McCoy connects with a nasty looking knee right to Stenner's face.
McCoy unloads a knee to the mid-section. Stenner lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
McCoy scores with a knee to the head.
McCoy has Stenner pressed against the cage, preventing Stenner from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
McCoy connects with a knee to the head.
Stenner stalling in the clinch but McCoy improves position.
Stenner is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
McCoy controlling the action here for a moment.
Knees in the clinch landing for McCoy.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stenner has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A knee to the head by McCoy.
McCoy scores a nice knee to the body.
McCoy prevents Stenner from breaking the clinch.
Stenner letting McCoy take a breather here.
McCoy with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roy McCoy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gerd Stenner's cut.
That's time! Stenner's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

McCoy gets a clinch.
McCoy unloads a knee to the mid-section. Stenner lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
McCoy is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
McCoy landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
McCoy connects with a knee to the head.
McCoy scores with a knee to the head.
McCoy connects with a knee to the head.
Stenner takes a knee right on the jaw!
Stenner takes a knee to the side of the body.
McCoy throws a knee to the head but misses.
McCoy with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
McCoy using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Stenner has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
McCoy scores with a knee to the head.
Roy McCoy seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
McCoy lands a knee to the body.
Stenner takes a knee to the side of the body.
Stenner looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
McCoy landing knees to the head.
Stenner swings wildly with an uppercut but McCoy uses good head movement to avoid it.
McCoy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Stenner is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
McCoy landing knees to the body.
McCoy unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. McCoy obliges.
McCoy lands a knee to the head.
McCoy crunches a lovely knee into Stenner's ribcage.
McCoy keeps control of Stenner as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A frustrated look appears on Stenner's face as he tries to break the clinch.
McCoy with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. McCoy obliges.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from McCoy in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
McCoy with a knee to the head.
Stenner lands with a right to the head.
Stenner takes a knee right on the jaw!
McCoy misses with a knee strike.
McCoy lands a good knee to the midsection. Stenner won't want to take too many of those.
McCoy lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Stenner is trying to push McCoy away but McCoy has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Stenner is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Stenner takes a knee right on the jaw!
Stenner wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Stenner tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
McCoy connects with a knee to the head.
McCoy lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Stenner takes a knee to the side of the body.
Stenner throws a punch but it's blocked by McCoy.
McCoy connects with a nasty looking knee right to Stenner's face.
Stenner takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Stenner has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Stenner looking to slow down the pace here.
Come on McCoy - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
McCoy receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
McCoy misses with a knee strike.
Stenner fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Stenner fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gerd Stenner. That's going to take a lot out of him.
McCoy with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Stenner working hard to break the clinch.
McCoy with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Stenner trying to control the position but instead, McCoy has worked for underhooks and has pushed Stenner into the cage.
Stenner tries to break free but McCoy pushes him back against the cage.
McCoy unloads a knee to the mid-section.
McCoy with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
McCoy with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Stenner tries to work over McCoy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
McCoy scores with a knee to the head.
McCoy unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stenner is trying to break the clinch but McCoy has him pressed against the cage.
McCoy connects with a knee to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Stenner.
McCoy with a knee to the head.
Stenner fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
McCoy unloads a knee to the mid-section.
McCoy's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Stenner wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but McCoy has him pressed against the cage.
Stenner working aggressively here.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. McCoy obliges.
Stenner tries to break the clinch but McCoy is controlling the position.
McCoy landing knees to the head.
McCoy lands a knee to the head.
McCoy working Stenner over with knees to the body.
Stenner tries to pull guard but McCoy won't allow it.
McCoy lands a knee to the head.
McCoy misses with a knee strike.
McCoy with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
McCoy lands a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. McCoy obliges.
Stenner doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Stenner wants to stall.
Stenner lands a left hand that snaps the head of McCoy backwards.
McCoy has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
McCoy with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Stenner is trying to stall.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McCoy.
McCoy utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
McCoy takes a shot to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. McCoy obliges.
McCoy utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
McCoy stalling against the cage.
McCoy unloads a knee to the mid-section. Stenner lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Stenner takes a knee to the side of the body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Stenner fails to pull guard.
McCoy lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Stenner fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Stalling in the clinch from McCoy.
Stenner fails to pull guard.
McCoy scores with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roy McCoy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Gerd Stenner's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Stenner tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and McCoy counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Stenner throws a series of punches but McCoy moves out of range.

McCoy closes the distance and clinches.
McCoy lands a knee to the body.
McCoy lands a knee to the head.
McCoy stalling in the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. McCoy obliges.
Knees to the body from McCoy.
Stenner tries to pull guard but McCoy won't allow it.
McCoy lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Stenner takes a knee to the side of the body.
Stenner has had enough of the clinch but McCoy keeps him there for the moment.
Knees to the body from McCoy.
McCoy scores with a knee to the head.
Stenner is trying to break the clinch but McCoy has him pressed against the cage.
A short right from Stenner.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
McCoy lands a knee to the head.
Stenner tries to break free but McCoy pushes him back against the cage.
McCoy crunches a lovely knee into Stenner's ribcage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A knee to the head by McCoy.
McCoy misses with a knee strike.
Stenner is trying to stall.
McCoy using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Stenner fails to land.
McCoy is struggling to control the position.
Stenner tries to pull guard but McCoy won't allow it.
Stenner misses with a body punch.
McCoy lands a knee to the body.
McCoy connects with a nasty looking knee right to Stenner's face.
McCoy is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
McCoy unloads a knee to the mid-section. Stenner lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Stenner wants to break the clinch but can't.
Stenner working hard to break the clinch.
McCoy lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Stenner takes a knee right on the jaw!
McCoy with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Stenner fails to land.
McCoy lands a knee to the body.
Stenner has had enough of the clinch but McCoy keeps him there for the moment.
Stenner is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
McCoy lands a good knee to the midsection. Stenner won't want to take too many of those.
Stenner tries a body shot but McCoy blocks it.
McCoy scores with a knee to the head.
McCoy scores with a knee to the head.
McCoy is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
McCoy scores with a knee to the head.
Stenner takes a knee right on the jaw!
Stenner jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as McCoy walks away with a smile on his face. Stenner gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gerd Stenner. That's going to take a lot out of him.

McCoy clinches up against the cage.
Come on McCoy - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Stenner tries to pull guard but McCoy won't allow it.
McCoy utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
McCoy lands a knee to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Stenner.
McCoy with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
McCoy looking to throw knees to the head but Stenner is blocking nicely.
McCoy tries to land a knee to the head but Stenner blocks with his arms.
Stenner fails to pull guard.
Stenner tries to pull guard but McCoy holds him up against the cage and eventually Stenner drops back down to his feet.
McCoy with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCoy landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Stenner misses with a punch on the inside.
McCoy is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. McCoy obliges.
McCoy with a knee to the head.
McCoy lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Stenner tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
McCoy landing knees to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
McCoy working Stenner over with knees to the body.
McCoy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. McCoy obliges.
Stenner is trying to break the clinch but McCoy has him pressed against the cage.
Stenner is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
McCoy lands a knee to the head.
McCoy lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Stenner misses with a punch on the inside.
McCoy scores with a knee to the head.
McCoy scores a nice knee to the body.
McCoy throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Still in the clinch, Stenner scores with a nice short uppercut.
McCoy crunches a lovely knee into Stenner's ribcage.
McCoy is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Stenner takes a knee right on the jaw!
McCoy landing knees to the head.
McCoy connects with a knee to the head.
McCoy working Stenner over with knees to the body.
McCoy with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Stenner is trying to force a seperation but McCoy has the dominant position.
Stenner is trying to force a seperation but McCoy has the dominant position.
McCoy lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Stenner wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
McCoy landing knees to the body.
Knees to the body from McCoy.
Knees to the body from McCoy.
Gerd Stenner has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Stenner wants to break free but McCoy has control.
McCoy lands a knee to the head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Stenner wants to get back to striking at distance but McCoy won't allow it.
McCoy with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
McCoy with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
McCoy crunches a lovely knee into Stenner's ribcage.
Stenner wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but McCoy has him pressed against the cage.
Stenner misses with a punch on the inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
Roy McCoy comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well McCoy has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 26:30
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 26:30
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Roy McCoy!