PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mitchell Stehling (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Milo Kroton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stehling comes to the cage accompanied by Turmion Kätilöt - Minä MÄÄRÄÄN!. Kroton has chosen Mastodon - Blood and Thunder as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Stehling
vs
Kroton

191 cm
25
265 lbs
18 - 5 - 0

199 cm
25
267 lbs
15 - 4 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Gilop®

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mitchell Stehling!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Milo Kroton!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Arvi Lind and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kroton feints and then cracks Stehling's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Stehling down.
Kroton dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Stehling misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Kroton counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A nice inside leg kick there by Stehling. That's going to slow Kroton down.
Stehling stuns Kroton with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A decent looking body kick lands there for Kroton.
Stehling is breathing heavily.
Kroton swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Kroton lands a jab to Stehling's midsection.
Kroton takes a swing at Stehling's ribcage but misses.
Mitchell Stehling seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kroton lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Kroton throws a low kick but Stehling avoids it.
Stehling takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Kroton connects with a solid leg kick.
Kroton works the jab nicely.
Kroton lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.

Kroton steps into range and cracks Stehling with a monster punch that buckles his knees! Stehling flops backwards and Kroton dives into his guard looking to finish!

Stehling is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Kroton controlling from the top position.
Kroton trying to move into half guard but instead Stehling has managed to sweep!
Kroton looking for a sweep. Not yet Kroton, not yet.
Stehling content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Kroton not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Stehling wants to control from the top but Kroton keeps moving.
Stehling is looking to work some ground and pound but Kroton has wrist control.
Kroton throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Kroton holds on and takes a little breather.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kroton lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Stehling!
Kroton fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Stehling working to try and regain half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stehling is bucking up trying to escape but Kroton cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Kroton lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Oh Stehling is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kroton throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Stehling seems to have got his legs back now.
Kroton lands a big elbow.
Stehling is trying to escape the mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kroton softens up his opponent with a couple of shots there and then CRACK! One massive shot lands there and Stehling is out cold! Kroton jumps to his feet and celebrates on the cage with the fans, who are, quite frankly, going absolutely mental!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Milo Kroton!