PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ned Stanley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lockon Stratos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Stanley
vs
Stratos

193 cm
25
194 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

197 cm
21
185 lbs
0 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ned Stanley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lockon Stratos!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stanley throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Stanley tries to clinch up.
Stanley tries to clinch there but Stratos circles away.
Stratos misses with a series of wild punches.
Stratos is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Stratos throws a head kick but Stanley moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Stanley.
That kick from Stratos tenderised Stanley's leg. Stanley is trying to keep his angry face on.
Stanley on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Stratos misses with a head kick.
Stratos throws a chopping leg kick but Stanley manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Lockon Stratos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stanley throws out a loose jab but Stratos uses good head movement to avoid it.
Stanley avoids the head kick by Stratos.
Stanley thows a left - swing and a miss!
Stanley misses the shot to the body.
Stanley scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Stratos plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Stratos wants to clinch up but Stanley keeps it at a distance.

Stratos closes the distance and clinches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stratos misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Stanley.
Stratos unloads a knee to the mid-section. Stanley lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Stratos has Stanley pressed against the cage, preventing Stanley from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stanley softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Stratos looks gassed!
Stanley wants to break free but Stratos has control.
Stanley is trying to break the clinch but Stratos is controlling him.
Stanley lands a nice uppercut.
Stanley working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Stanley on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Stanley wants to break the clinch but can't.
Stratos with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Stratos is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Stanley is defending well for now.
Stratos tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Stanley lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Stratos tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Stanley avoiding damage as Stratos throws knees to the body.
Stanley scores with a shoulder strike.
Stanley softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Stanley wants to break the clinch but can't.
Stratos tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Stanley avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stanley tries to break free but Stratos pushes him back against the cage.

Stanley breaks from the clinch.
Stratos ducks right into an uppercut from Stanley.

Stratos is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stratos walks into a straight right, dropping him to the canvas! Stanley swarms him and finishes the fight with a hail of punches! What a brutal finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:17 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Ned Stanley!
Ned Stanley spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.