PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Marlo Stanfield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kazuo Hashimoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stanfield comes to the cage accompanied by Call To Greatness. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Stanfield
vs
Hashimoto

163 cm
23
130 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

169 cm
27
138 lbs
10 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Marlo Stanfield!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kazuo Hashimoto!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice defenses there by Stanfield.
Hashimoto throws a poor cross that misses
and Stanfield cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hashimoto wants to clinch.
Stanfield jabs at Hashimoto's body.
Stanfield gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

It looks like Marlo Stanfield has been cut.
Stanfield moves away from the strike by Hashimoto.
Hashimoto throws a nice outside leg kick.
Stanfield lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Stanfield ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hashimoto moves away.
Hashimoto missing with a left hand there. Stanfield was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Stanfield keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Stanfield chopping away at his opponent's legs.
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!
Hashimoto misses the jab.
Stanfield scores with a punch to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hashimoto throws the left hand but Stanfield avoids the punch easily.
Hashimoto throws a lazy uppercut
and Stanfield connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Hashimoto misses with a two punch combination.
Hashimoto loads up on a big right hand but Stanfield slips the punch.
Hashimoto swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Stanfield pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Stanfield works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Hashimoto misses with a body punch
and Stanfield counters with a stiff right hand.
Hashimoto misses with an uppercut
and Stanfield counters with a stiff right hand.
Stanfield throws a quick inside leg kick.
Hashimoto jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hashimoto throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hashimoto tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Stanfield connects with a solid leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A big right from Hashimoto misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A leg kick checked by Hashimoto.
Hashimoto throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Stanfield steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hashimoto.
Hashimoto misses with a body shot.
Stanfield lands a really nice looking cross but Hashimoto seems unphased.
Hashimoto throws a right hand that misses
and Stanfield counters with a slapping leg kick.
Stanfield dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hashimoto. That did some damage!
Hashimoto ducks right into an uppercut from Stanfield.
Stanfield thows a body shot but no joy.
Hashimoto might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Hashimoto misses with a left hand

and Stanfield moves into the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Hashimoto.
Hashimoto misses with some punches.
Hashimoto misses with a short punch on the inside.
Stanfield lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hashimoto or not.
Hashimoto being controlled against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Hashimoto fails to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hashimoto blocks a body shot from Stanfield.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Stanfield.
Hashimoto doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Stanfield.
Stanfield lands a body punch.
Hashimoto avoiding damage as Stanfield throws knees to the body.
Hashimoto goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Stanfield lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Stanfield misses with some punches.
Stanfield lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Stanfield is trying to stall.
Stanfield misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hashimoto working aggressively here.
Stanfield lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hashimoto backwards.
Stanfield blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Stanfield doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Stanfield takes a shot to the head.
Good body shot from Stanfield.
Stanfield prevents a body shot from Hashimoto.
Hashimoto misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Stanfield.
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!
Stanfield struggles to land a body shot inside as Hashimoto controls his hands.
Stanfield lands an elbow that stopped Hashimoto in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Kazuo Hashimoto has been cut.
Stanfield lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hashimoto backwards.
Stanfield lands with a left to the head.
Hashimoto misses with some punches.
Stanfield lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hashimoto or not.

Stanfield manages to break the clinch.
Decent striking displayed by Hashimoto there.
Hashimoto blocks a jab.
Hashimoto rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Stanfield counters with a thumping low kick.
Hashimoto on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Stanfield. Stanfield obviously looking to wear him down.
Donk. Hashimoto catches Stanfield right on the button with a cross.
Hashimoto avoids the head kick by Stanfield.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hashimoto misses with a body shot.
Hashimoto throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Stanfield throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marlo Stanfield dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Stanfield's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Stanfield misses with a straight left.
Hashimoto scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Stanfield uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hashimoto.
Hashimoto misses with a wild body shot.
Stanfield lands a lovely overhand right.
Stanfield defending well as Hashimoto loads up on a big left hand.
Hashimoto ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Stanfield moves away.
Stanfield swings for the body but Hashimoto moves out of range.
Hashimoto looks to score with a jab to the body but Stanfield is just out of range.
Hashimoto throws a body punch but Stanfield moves out of range.
Hashimoto motions for Stanfield to come forward. Hashimoto throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hashimoto throws an off balance right hand
enabling Stanfield to counter with a crisp jab.
Stanfield keeps the fight on the outside.
Stanfield fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hashimoto has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Kazuo Hashimoto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stanfield connects with a crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hashimoto on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Stanfield. Stanfield obviously looking to wear him down.
Stanfield lands a jab to the head.

Hashimoto is rocked!
Stanfield checks the leg kick nicely there.
Hashimoto is still on wobbly legs! Can Stanfield finish him?
A decent looking body kick lands there for Stanfield.
Hashimoto is breathing heavily.
Stanfield throws a nice outside leg kick.
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!
I'm just looking down at my notes here and I see that.... oh! Stanfield has cracked Hashimoto with a big right, followed by a left! He's out on his feet! Stanfield lands another huge swinging hook and Hashimoto tumbles to the canvas! The ref dives in to save Hashimoto, before Stanfield can land any more shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Marlo Stanfield!
Marlo Stanfield retains his bantamweight title!
A very excited looking Marlo Stanfield made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.