PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kenny Dowling (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chen Stormstoud (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Dowling
vs
Stormstoud

180 cm
18
178 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
150 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Tends to cut

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kenny Dowling!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Chen Stormstoud!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Josh West and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stormstoud throws a head kick that misses.
Stormstoud is looking to clinch but Dowling is avoiding it.
Stormstoud misses with a double jab.
Stormstoud throws a head kick that misses.
Some wild striking there from Stormstoud.

Stormstoud tries to sprawl but Dowling drives through with a takedown into half guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Dowling works his way into full mount!
Dowling scoring with strikes but Stormstoud is staying in there.
Dowling with shots to the head and body - Stormstoud looks very uncomfortable down there.
Stormstoud is squirming around, avoiding Dowling's attempts to control the action.
Stormstoud is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Dowling lands a big shot there that rocks Stormstoud but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dowling looking to control but Stormstoud is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Stormstoud is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stormstoud is squirming around, avoiding Dowling's attempts to control the action.
Dowling lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Stormstoud hang on?
Dowling scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Stormstoud is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Stormstoud is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Dowling lands with some strikes.

Stormstoud is rocked!
Dowling scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Stormstoud is still in real trouble! Can Dowling finish him?
Stormstoud looks winded!
Dowling fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dowling loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Stormstoud scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Dowling land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Dowling stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kenny Dowling!
A very excited looking Kenny Dowling rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
Chen Stormstoud spoke after the fight, saying 'Lok'tar Ogar'.