PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Titus Borrello (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Stackhouse (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stackhouse has chosen And then they run as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Borrello
vs
Stackhouse

179 cm
26
167 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

191 cm
26
175 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

Good takedowns
Brawler
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Titus Borrello!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jason Stackhouse!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Trevor Gratis and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stackhouse throws a hook but Borrello blocks it.
Borrello shoots in but no luck this time.

Borrello has Stackhouse up against the cage in a clinch.
Stackhouse wants a takedown but no success here.
Borrello stops a takedown attempt from Stackhouse.
Borrello tries to break free but Stackhouse pushes him back against the cage.
Stackhouse swings wildly with an uppercut but Borrello uses good head movement to avoid it.
Borrello stops a takedown attempt from Stackhouse.
Titus Borrello has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jason Stackhouse.
Stackhouse pushes off an throws an elbow but Borrello leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Borrello blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Stackhouse taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Stackhouse is trying to pull guard but Borrello has him pressed against the cage.
Borrello blocking some punches.
Borrello changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Stackhouse fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Stackhouse misses with a looping right.
Stackhouse tries to clinch up but Borrello circles away and keeps his distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Stackhouse closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Borrello quickly recovers to half guard.
Borrello keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Borrello throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Stackhouse working the head and body with strikes.
Stackhouse working Borrello over with strikes.
Nice strikes from Stackhouse there.
Stackhouse has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Stackhouse is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Borrello defends it well.
Stackhouse prevents Borrello from standing back up.
Stackhouse is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Stackhouse missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Borrello throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Stackhouse is trying to control. Borrello wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Borrello misses with some strikes from the bottom.

Stackhouse is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Stackhouse passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Borrello!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Borrello flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Borrello is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Stackhouse lands a big shot there that rocks Borrello but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Borrello squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Borrello flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Stackhouse landing punches.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Stackhouse wants to control the pace but Borrello is squirming around nicely.
Stackhouse with good strikes from the mount here!
Borrello is in all sorts of trouble here.
Borrello swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Stackhouse postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Borrello looks a forlorn figure.
Stackhouse lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Stackhouse tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stackhouse looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Borrello might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Stackhouse unloading with bombs!
Stackhouse content just to control the position here.
Borrello throwing hammer fists to the chest of Stackhouse. What's that going to do exactly?
Borrello sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Borrello strikes from the bottom but Stackhouse passes into mount!
Borrello swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Stackhouse looking to finish Borrello with some ground and pound. This is bad for Borrello!
Borrello is squirming around, avoiding Stackhouse's attempts to control the action.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Borrello is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Stackhouse lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Stackhouse looking to finish Borrello with some ground and pound. This is bad for Borrello!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stackhouse punishing his opponent with strikes.
Stackhouse lands with some strikes.
Stackhouse landing shots from mount.
Stackhouse connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Stackhouse lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Borrello hang on?
Stackhouse looking to control but Borrello is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Stackhouse pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Stackhouse landing strikes from the mount.
Borrello is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Stackhouse lands a nice shot to the head.

Stackhouse working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Borrello looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Stackhouse! Submission of the night perhaps?

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Jason Stackhouse!
A very excited looking Jason Stackhouse 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.