PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Domink Stansbury (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joey Tribbiani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stansbury's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Me Against The World. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Stansbury
vs
Tribbiani

164 cm
27
173 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

180 cm
24
175 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Domink Stansbury!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Joey Tribbiani!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, James Atkins and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tribbiani scores with a nice right hand.
Stansbury takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Stansbury avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tribbiani tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Stansbury is able to avoid easily.
Stansbury shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Tribbiani pinned against the cage. Tribbiani gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Tribbiani leaves Stansbury with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

Tribbiani gets a clinch.

Tribbiani breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Stansbury chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Tribbiani can pounce on him.
Tribbiani throws a leg kick which misses Stansbury's front leg but catches the back leg as Stansbury tries to avoid it.

Tribbiani clinches.

Tribbiani breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tribbiani feints a jab promting Stansbury to slip. Tribbiani then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Stansbury slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stansbury tries to clinch but Tribbiani is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice combination there by Tribbiani.

Tribbiani gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Tribbiani wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Tribbiani breaks the clinch.
Stansbury moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Decent striking displayed by Tribbiani there.
Tribbiani lands a nice shot that snaps Stansbury's head back.
Tribbiani jabs Stansbury right on the nose. Stansbury blinks but takes it well.
Nice takedown defense from Tribbiani. No joy for Stansbury on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Domink Stansbury. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tribbiani lands a two punch combo.
Tribbiani throws out a powerful jab.
Tribbiani lands the left hand.
Stansbury tries to clinch up but Tribbiani circles away and keeps his distance.
Stansbury looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Stansbury tries to score a power double leg takedown but Tribbiani sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Stansbury somewhat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tribbiani lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Tribbiani throws a head kick but Stansbury moves out of range.
Joey Tribbiani is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tribbiani scores with a jab to the head.
Stansbury looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Tribbiani has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Tribbiani tries to clinch up.
Tribbiani is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Tribbiani lands the left hand.

Stansbury closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Tribbiani to the mat! Tribbiani manages to get full guard.
Tribbiani wants to stand up but Stansbury is controlling him.
Stansbury wants to control from the top but Tribbiani keeps moving.
Stansbury loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tribbiani is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Stansbury throws a strike but Tribbiani rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Tribbiani really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Stansbury. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Stansbury not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Domink Stansbury.

Tribbiani moves into the clinch successfully.

Tribbiani breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tribbiani misses with a hook. Stansbury ducked under it nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tribbiani tries to clinch up but Stansbury circles away and keeps his distance.
Tribbiani scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

Stansbury shoots in and gets a takedown into Tribbiani's guard.

Tribbiani manages to escape and get back to his feet.
A jab from Tribbiani finds it's way through Stansbury's defenses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice takedown defense from Tribbiani. No joy for Stansbury on that attempt.

Stansbury darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Tribbiani wants to get back to his feet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Stansbury missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Tribbiani looks like he's trying to stand up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joey Tribbiani dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Tribbiani lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Stansbury has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Stansbury and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

Stansbury closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Stansbury trying to mount his opponent but Tribbiani defends it.
Tribbiani keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Stansbury thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Tribbiani's head.
Tribbiani looks like he's trying to stand up.
Stansbury has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Stansbury tries to pass to full mount but Tribbiani defends it.

Stansbury is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Tribbiani has managed to free his arm - good work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stansbury sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Tribbiani defending well though.
Tribbiani looks like he's trying to stand up.
Stansbury misses with a head shot. Tribbiani uses the momentum to regain guard.
Tribbiani is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Stansbury dives into side control.
Stansbury misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tribbiani parries the strikes from Stansbury easily there. Stansbury is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Tribbiani to escape.
Stansbury working the ground and pound but Tribbiani is defending the strikes.
Stansbury working the head with strikes.
Tribbiani is not content to let Stansbury control the position.
Stansbury working the strikes but Tribbiani uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Stansbury lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Stansbury thows a huge punch but Tribbiani dodges it nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stansbury missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Stansbury sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Tribbiani defending well though.
Stansbury throws a strike but Tribbiani avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Stansbury might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stansbury working some strikes from top position.

Tribbiani pushes Stansbury off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Stansbury uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tribbiani.
Tribbiani lands a nice looking kick to the body. Stansbury takes a step back to recover.
Stansbury fails with an attempt to clinch.
Stansbury moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Stansbury shoots in but Tribbiani avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Stansbury misses with a takedown attempt - Tribbiani sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Tribbiani moves into the clinch.

Tribbiani's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tribbiani is looking to clinch.
Tribbiani waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Stansbury.
Tribbiani lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Stansbury backs up against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Stansbury bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Tribbiani is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Tribbiani is breathing heavily.
Stansbury in side control lands a decent elbow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Stansbury has an Americana. Tribbiani didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Stansbury is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Stansbury hooks up with any of them at the after show party.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Domink Stansbury!
A pretty intense looking Domink Stansbury took the opportunity post-fight to ask for a shot at the title.