PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rocky Balboa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leopold Stotch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Balboa comes to the cage accompanied by Elton John - The Measure of a Man. Leopold Stotch will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Balboa
vs
Stotch

180 cm
19
190 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

191 cm
19
202 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

HeavyWeight Designs

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 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rocky Balboa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Leopold Stotch!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Steve Erwin and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Balboa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Balboa fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Balboa lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Stotch circles away quickly and effectively.
Balboa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stotch.
Balboa misses with a series of wild punches.
Balboa swings away with a body shot that misses
letting Stotch counter with a right hand.

Stotch moves into the clinch successfully.
Stotch tries to circle away but Balboa has him pinned against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Stotch.
A shot in the inside from Stotch.
Balboa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Stotch misses with a hook from the clinch.
Stotch makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Balboa scores with a hook to the body.
Balboa misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Stotch.
Balboa is leaning against Stotch and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stotch blocks a body shot from Balboa.
Stotch lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Balboa'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.

Stotch manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Balboa misses with a jab to the body
and Stotch counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Balboa closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Stotch throws a head kick that Balboa semi-blocks.
Stotch lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Stotch chopping away at his opponent's legs.
No luck for Balboa with that takedown attempt.
Stotch ducks under a wild hook from Balboa.
Stotch lands a lovely overhand right.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Balboa looks to score with a jab to the body but Stotch is just out of range.
Stotch throws a head kick that Balboa semi-blocks.
No luck for Balboa with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rocky Balboa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Stotch closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Balboa jabs at Stotch's body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Stotch.
Balboa is breathing heavily.
Balboa swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Stotch counter with a right hand.
Stotch shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Balboa eats them both and turns towards Stotch to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

Balboa is rocked!
Nice uppercut there from Stotch.
Oh Balboa is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Stotch clinches up with Balboa and pushes him back against the cage.
Balboa seems to have got his legs back now.
Balboa misses with a punch to the body.
A knee to the head by Stotch.
Stotch lands a knee to the head.
Stotch lands with a right to the head.
Stotch scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Rocky Balboa has been cut.
A head punch on the inside from Balboa fails to land.
Stotch lands a hook that snaps the head of Balboa backwards.
Stotch lands a hook to the side of the head.

Stotch breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Stotch lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A shot to the liver by Balboa. Beautiful body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balboa throws a series of punches but Stotch moves out of range.
Balboa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Balboa takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Stotch feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Balboa's calf.
Stotch lands the left hand.
Balboa chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Stotch can pounce on him.

Stotch gets a clinch.
Stotch creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Balboa's defenses.
Stotch scores with a shot to the side of Balboa's head.
Stotch lands a damaging elbow.
A short right from Stotch on the inside.
Stotch lands a damaging elbow.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Stotch pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Stotch tries to clinch up.
Balboa is looking to clinch.
A combination from Balboa does no damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balboa lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Stotch circles away quickly and effectively.
Stotch fakes the leg kick and cracks Balboa in the body.
Balboa is looking to wear down Stotch with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Balboa walks into a stiff left hand from Stotch.
Balboa keeps the fight on the outside.
Stotch scores with a jab. Balboa acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Stotch throws a nice head kick!
Stotch lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

Stotch closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Balboa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Stotch escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Stotch avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Stotch connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Stotch lands a big right hand that sends Balboa crashing to the mat! Stotch stays standing though and waves Balboa back to his feet!
Stotch drops Balboa with a huge uppercut! Balboa drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Stotch is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Leopold Stotch!