PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stan Paige (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tom Hagen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Paige comes to the cage accompanied by Drowning Pool - Step Up. Tom Hagen has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Stan Paige's chin.

Paige
vs
Hagen

190 cm
24
215 lbs
12 - 0 - 0

190 cm
24
220 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Knockout power

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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 12 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Stan Paige!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tom Hagen!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Saam Ante and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hagen swats away the attempt to clinch by Paige.
Hagen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Paige.
Hagen ducks under a wild hook from Paige.

Paige gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Paige swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Paige misses with some punches.
Hagen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Paige effectively controlling the action here.

Hagen manages to break the clinch.
Paige chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Hagen scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
A looping hook to the body misses from Hagen. Paige does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hagen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hagen misses with an uppercut.
Stan Paige seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Paige wants to clinch up but Hagen keeps it at a distance.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Paige fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Hagen looks gassed!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hagen tries to keep at a distance but Paige has taken the fight into the clinch.
Hagen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Paige lands with a left to the head.
Paige stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Paige lands with a right to the head.
Paige working aggressively here.
A hook to the body from Paige.
Paige holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Paige scores with a shoulder strike.
Paige lands a nice shot to the body.
Paige avoiding damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Paige pushes Hagen back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hagen looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Paige is leaning against Hagen and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Paige misses with a punch on the inside.
Paige makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Paige just leaning against Hagen, taking a breather.
Paige lands with a left to the head.
Paige working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Paige lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hagen backwards.
Paige effectively controlling the action here.
A head punch on the inside from Paige fails to land.
Paige scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hagen tries a body shot but Paige blocks it.
Hagen stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hagen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Paige lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Hagen letting Paige take a breather here.
Hagen tries a body shot but Paige blocks it.
Paige tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Paige has a couple of punches blocked by Hagen.
Hagen is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Paige lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Hagen is rocked!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hagen.
Hagen is still on wobbly legs! Can Paige finish him?
Paige misses with some punches.
Hagen blocking some punches.
Paige throws a head punch that misses.
Hagen blocking some punches.
Paige swings wildly with an uppercut but Hagen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Paige misses with some punches.
Paige doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hagen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Paige throws a punch but it's blocked by Hagen.
Paige fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Paige doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Paige fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Paige.
A head punch on the inside from Paige fails to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paige misses with a punch on the inside.
Paige throws a head punch that misses.
Paige swings wildly with an uppercut but Hagen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Paige working aggressively here.
Paige misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hagen.
Paige misses with a short punch on the inside.
Paige swings wildly with an uppercut but Hagen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Paige doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Paige misses with some punches.
Paige throws a head punch that misses.
Paige works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Hagen seems to have recovered his senses.
Paige lands an uppercut.
Paige misses with a punch on the inside.
Paige effectively controlling the action here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hagen.
Paige makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Paige lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Hagen to his knees! Paige keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Stan Paige!
After winning the bout, Stan Paige thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.