PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Trouble Some (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Greg Stanhope (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Greg Stanhope will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Some
vs
Stanhope

165 cm
26
175 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

178 cm
26
175 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Trouble Some!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Greg Stanhope!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Marco Blurström and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Stanhope.
Some shoots and misses
and Stanhope counters with a nice uppercut.
Nice straight punches there by Stanhope. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Stanhope.

Some gets a takedown into half guard.
Some wants to take a breather but Stanhope is having none of it.
Stanhope is trying to maintain the position but Some is very close to passing his half guard.
Some trying to pass the guard but Stanhope defending well.
Stanhope is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Some stalling.
Some could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Some wants to pass the guard but Stanhope is defending well.
Some is keen to just control but Stanhope is a slippery customer.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Some wants to pass the guard but Stanhope is defending well.
Some is taking a breather. Stanhope says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

That's one minute gone in the round.

We're going to have a standup here because Trouble Some wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Stanhope lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Some with a poor takedown
and Stanhope counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Some misses with a takedown attempt
and Stanhope counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Some is rocked!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Trouble Some. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Stanhope dips to his left and cracks Some with an uppercut!
Oh Some is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Stanhope lands an overhand right.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stanhope flashes Some a smile before throwing a beast of a right hand, straight down the pipe. Some's eyes follow the hand right onto his nose, taking in it's full glory... and then darkness. Some crumples to the floor! He's out cold! Stanhope punches the air and yells at the top of his lungs - yeeeeeeeeeeah!!!! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Greg Stanhope!