PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mitchell Stehling (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mirian Cregov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stehling comes to the cage accompanied by Turmion Kätilöt - Minä MÄÄRÄÄN!. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Stehling
vs
Cregov

191 cm
29
261 lbs
29 - 9 - 0

191 cm
33
237 lbs
23 - 7 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Hell's Balls Recovery (160)
Perkele!

Diamond Nutrition 160q
Zentrope Fighting Universe

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 29 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mitchell Stehling!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 7 - 1, fighting out of London, Mirian Cregov!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stehling loads up on a big right hand but Cregov slips the punch.
Stehling avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Stehling shoots in for a takedown but Cregov shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Stehling blocks the body kick.
Stehling shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Cregov but Cregov pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Stehling scores with a body shot.
Mitchell Stehling seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stehling misses the shot to the body.
Stehling tries to clinch but Cregov moves out of range.
Cregov scores with a spinning back kick!

Stehling clinches up against the cage.
Cregov misses with a short punch on the inside.
Stehling misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A right handed body shot lands from Cregov.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cregov works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Stehling tries to work over Cregov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Cregov pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stehling moves out of range of the leg kick from Cregov.
Stehling keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Cregov throws a sloppy head kick and Stehling moves out of range easily.
Stehling with a nice cross.
Cregov tries to clinch up but Stehling circles away and keeps his distance.
Cregov scores with a kick to the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Cregov.
Stehling is breathing heavily.
Some wild striking there from Cregov.
Stehling avoids the head kick by Cregov.
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!
A looping hook to the body misses from Stehling. Cregov does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cregov digs a good hook to Stehling's body.
Cregov wants to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Cregov.
Cregov throws a leg kick but Stehling moved away.

Cregov clinches up against the cage.
Cregov tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Stehling avoids it.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Stehling.
Cregov stalling.
A head punch on the inside from Stehling fails to land.
Cregov misses with some punches.
Cregov can't find room to land a body shot as Stehling controls the action.
Stehling throws a punch but it's blocked by Cregov.
Cregov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Stehling struggles to land a body shot inside as Cregov controls his hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stehling tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A right hand to the body from Stehling.
Cregov scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Still in the clinch, Stehling scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cregov scores with a shoulder strike.
Stehling stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Cregov scores with a hook to the body.
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!
Stehling tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Stehling lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Stehling has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Cregov regains guard immediately.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Stehling trying to control the position from guard on top but Cregov is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cregov pulls Stehling in to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Stehling accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Cregov is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cregov being controlled here, momentarily.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Cregov cracks a nice hook into Stehling's ribs.
Cregov lands a high kick!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Stehling clobbers Cregov with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Stehling wants to clinch.
Stehling moves out of range as Cregov throws a body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mirian Cregov dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Cregov lands a front kick.
Cregov looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Cregov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Stehling shoots in for a double leg but Cregov sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Cregov thumps Stehling with a low kick.
Cregov throws a half hearted mid kick.
Stehling throws a leg kick
and Cregov counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Stehling on the wrong end of a nice jab.
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!
Cregov fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stehling manages to avoid it.
Cregov is looking to land body kicks.
Stehling doesn't manage to clinch there - Cregov circles away.
Cregov connects with an inside leg kick.
Cregov wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cregov connects with a leg kick. Stehling looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Stehling needs to keep his hands up - Cregov had a free shot at his head there.
Stehling ducks under a wild hook from Cregov.
Stehling misses with a straight right.
Stehling tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cregov swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cregov throws a hook to the side of Stehling's head but Stehling sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Stehling misses the shot to the body.
Mirian Cregov is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Stehling throws a sloppy head kick
and Cregov makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Cregov scores with a crisp jab that stopped Stehling in his tracks.
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!
Cregov throws a looping overhand right but Stehling ducks down to avoid it.
Cregov lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Stehling closes the distance and pushes Cregov back into the cage.
Stehling tries a body shot but Cregov blocks it.
Cregov lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Cregov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cregov swings wildly with an uppercut but Stehling uses good head movement to avoid it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Stehling creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Stehling misses with a punch to the body.
Cregov misses with a body punch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Stehling.
Stehling lands a right hand that snaps the head of Cregov backwards.
Stehling misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A right hook to the body lands for Cregov.
Stehling blocks a body shot from Cregov.
Cregov throws a head punch that misses.
Cregov is pushing Stehling up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Cregov misses with some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cregov lands a left hand that snaps the head of Stehling backwards.
Cregov tries a body shot but Stehling blocks it.
Stehling tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cregov.
Cregov is trying to push Stehling away but Stehling has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Stehling tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Stehling tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cregov's elbow.
Cregov misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cregov stalling the fight.
Mirian Cregov seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Cregov misses with a body punch.
Cregov gets through Stehling's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Stehling tries to work over Cregov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Stehling throws a head punch that misses.

Cregov's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cregov lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Stehling at a distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cregov fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Cregov lands a nice leg kick that just misses Stehling's sensitive parts.
Cregov cracks Stehling with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Stehling showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cregov.
Nice body kick there by Cregov.
Cregov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stehling was well out of range. Poor timing from Cregov.
Stehling is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Cregov tries a head kick but it misses.
Stehling blocks a head kick by Cregov.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Oooooh!!! Cregov has knocked Stehling down with a huge combo! Cregov steps away and waves a wobbly Stehling back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Stehling is rocked!
Cregov ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Oh Stehling is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Cregov throws a right hand that Stehling ducks under and follows up with a left that Stehling also avoids with ease.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mirian Cregov showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action!

Cregov lands with a shot to the body.
Stehling seems to have got his legs back now.
Stehling tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cregov swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cregov looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Stehling gets hit by the mother of all head kicks and drops to the canvas in a crumpled heap! Woooow, the Internet is going to be talking about this one for weeks!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:21 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Mirian Cregov!
Mirian Cregov is the new heavyweight champion!
A relieved looking Mirian Cregov thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.