PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mitchell Stehling (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cain Marko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stehling comes to the cage accompanied by Turmion Kätilöt - Minä MÄÄRÄÄN!. Marko has chosen Get Back - Ludacris as his entrance music. Mitchell Stehling is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Stehling
vs
Marko

191 cm
31
261 lbs
38 - 15 - 0

225 cm
33
279 lbs
33 - 15 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Perkele!

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 38 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mitchell Stehling!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 33 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cain Marko!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marko throws a leg kick but Stehling moved away.
Marko tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Marko takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Stehling shoots in but Marko avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Marko throws a hook to the side of Stehling's head but Stehling sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Marko jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Marko thumps Stehling with a low kick.
Marko's jab looks to have found its range, popping Stehling under the eye.
Marko lands the left hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Stehling gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Stehling tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Marko's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Marko lands with a right to the head.
Marko prevents a body shot from Stehling.
Stehling misses with a body punch.
Stehling doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Marko lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Stehling backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marko blocking some punches.

Marko breaks from the clinch.
Stehling moves forwards but Marko connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Cain Marko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Marko keeps the fight on the outside.
Stehling tries to clinch there but Marko circles away.
Stehling tries to clinch up but Marko circles away and keeps his distance.
Stehling cracks a nice hook into Marko's ribs.
Marko lands a lovely overhand right.
Marko cracks Stehling with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Marko's jab looks to have found its range, popping Stehling under the eye.

Stehling is rocked!
Stehling keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Marko's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Stehling connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Marko scrambles back to his feet.

It looks like Cain Marko has been cut.
Marko has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
A looping hook to the body misses from Stehling. Marko does a little dance to reset his feet.
Marko misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stehling.
Marko lands a jab.
A bone on bone clash there as Stehling blocks the leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stehling with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Stehling fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Marko checks it well.
Stehling misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Marko.
Marko is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Stehling misses with an attempted mid kick.
Marko uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Stehling.
Stehling fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Marko swats away the attempt to clinch by Stehling.
A swing and a miss from Marko.
Marko throws a hook to the side of Stehling's head but Stehling sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Good leg kick by Stehling there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Marko moves away from the strike by Stehling.
Stehling takes a kick to the side of the head.
Marko throws a low kick but Stehling moves out of range easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stehling uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Marko.
Stehling misses the shot to the body.
Marko thumps Stehling with a low kick.
Marko misses with a straight right.
Marko throws a head kick that half lands.
Marko misses with a body shot.
Stehling 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.
Cain Marko is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Marko throws a jab when Stehling was well out of range.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Stehling. Marko shrugs it off though.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stehling cracks Marko with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Stehling throws a right hand that Marko ducks under and follows up with a left that Marko also avoids with ease.

Stehling gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Stehling throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Stehling scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Stehling lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stehling doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Marko is trying to break the clinch but Stehling is controlling him.
Stehling tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Marko's elbow.
Stehling tries to work over Marko's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Stehling digs a right hand underneath Marko's ribcage. Marko let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Marko struggles to land a body shot inside as Stehling controls his hands.
Marko tries to throw a body punch but Stehling avoids it by throwing Marko back against the cage.
Stehling blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Stehling scores with a nice hook to the head.
Stehling has Marko pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Marko manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Stehling letting Marko take a breather here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Stehling.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Marko scores with a shoulder strike.
Marko lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Stehling prevents Marko from breaking the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cain Marko dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Cain Marko's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Marko throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A swing and a miss from Stehling.

Stehling instigates a clinch.

Marko's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Marko looks to throw a body kick
and Stehling counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Marko thinking.
Cain Marko seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Stehling checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Marko takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Stehling misses with the combination.
Stehling ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Marko moves away.
Marko is looking to chop away at Stehling's legs.
Stehling walks into a straight right hand from Marko.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Marko with a hook.
Stehling throws a big shot that misses.
Stehling misses the shot to the body.
Marko throws a quick inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stehling shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Marko loads up on a big right hand but Stehling slips the punch.
Stehling is looking to clinch.
Stehling is looking to slow Marko down with leg kicks.
Marko darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Marko misses with a low kick.
Marko thows a body shot but no joy.
Marko ducks right into an uppercut from Stehling.
Stehling looks to land a right hand but Marko moved out of range.
Stehling scores with a head kick. Marko tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Marko scores with a nice strike.
Stehling looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Marko throws a series of punches but Stehling moves out of range.
Marko misses with an uppercut. Stehling saw that one coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marko scores with a sloppy right hand. Stehling should have avoided that one.
Stehling keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Stehling misses the target.
A nice inside leg kick there by Stehling. That's going to slow Marko down.
Stehling uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Marko.
Marko swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Marko swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Stehling.
Marko slips a straight right by Stehling.
Stehling scores with a spinning back kick!
Marko is breathing heavily.
Marko takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Marko blocks a head kick by Stehling.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Stehling, right into the meat.
Marko misses with a few strikes there.
Nice cross by Stehling.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stehling misses with an attempted mid kick.
Stehling fails with the takedown.
Stehling scores with a jab to the head.
Marko attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Good shot there by Stehling.
A jab lands there for Stehling.

Stehling gets a takedown into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stehling passes to side control.
Marko is not content to let Stehling control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stehling just content to control the position.
Stehling in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Stehling misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Marko tries to bench press Stehling off him but Stehling keeps the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Stehling working the ground and pound from side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Stehling lands a decent elbow from side control.

That has opened up Cain Marko's cut even more.
Stehling taking a breather here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mitchell Stehling dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Cain Marko's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Stehling on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Marko misses with a wild body shot.
A big left from Stehling misses.
Marko walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A looping hook to the body misses from Stehling. Marko does a little dance to reset his feet.
Marko misses with a body kick.
Marko swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Stehling tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Marko paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Stehling throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Marko walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Stehling scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Marko takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Marko uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Stehling.
Stehling lands with an overhand left.

The cut above Cain Marko's eye is starting to cause him problems now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stehling connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

Marko is rocked!
Marko throws a hook to the side of Stehling's head but Stehling sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Marko is still on wobbly legs! Can Stehling finish him?
Stehling drops Marko with a naaaaasty hook - Marko is in real trouble here! Stehling dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:16 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mitchell Stehling!
A victorious Mitchell Stehling thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.