PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Steve Cranzinski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Elliot Stabler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cranzinski comes to the cage accompanied by Aenima. Stabler comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Grown Men Don't Cry kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Elliot Stabler struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 206.5lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Steve Cranzinski looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Cranzinski
vs
Stabler

185 cm
36
200 lbs
20 - 12 - 0

184 cm
35
226 lbs
15 - 15 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Steve Cranzinski!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Elliot Stabler!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stabler shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Cranzinski pinned against the cage. Cranzinski gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Cranzinski moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

It looks like Elliot Stabler has been cut.
Nice takedown defense from Cranzinski. No joy for Stabler on that attempt.
Stabler tries for a takedown but Cranzinski circles away easily

and Cranzinski counters with a head kick that drops Stabler to the mat! Stabler scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
Steve Cranzinski has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Elliot Stabler.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stabler with a poor takedown
and Cranzinski counters with a nice kick to the body.
Stabler looks winded!
Cranzinski slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

Stabler is rocked!
OH! Stabler has been rocked by a huge right hand and is in deep trouble! Cranzinski smells blood and charges in for the finish! Cranzinski unloads a vicious overhand right and connects to the jaw of Stabler sending him face first to the canvas! Unbelievable!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Steve Cranzinski!
Steve Cranzinski retains his light heavyweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Steve Cranzinski thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.