PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John McNamara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leopold Stotch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stotch has chosen boom baby as his entrance music. Leopold Stotch will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

McNamara
vs
Stotch

180 cm
30
200 lbs
16 - 12 - 1

191 cm
28
200 lbs
17 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, John McNamara!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Leopold Stotch!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Bruno Hogan and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stotch wants to clinch up but McNamara keeps it at a distance.
McNamara swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Stotch bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Stotch lands a high kick!
Stotch feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to McNamara's calf.
McNamara throws a looping overhand right but Stotch ducks down to avoid it.
Stotch slips a jab from McNamara.
Stotch lands a front kick.
McNamara takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
McNamara misses with a wild body shot.
Stotch cracks the inside of McNamara's front leg.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice shot lands for Stotch.
McNamara stalks Stotch and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Stotch's face. Stotch staggers backwards, shaken.
McNamara is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
McNamara swings for the body but Stotch moves out of range.
McNamara throws a hook but Stotch blocks it.
McNamara uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Stotch.
Stotch fails with an attempt to clinch.
A jab lands there for McNamara.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McNamara throws a hook but Stotch blocks it.
McNamara misses with a hook

and Stotch moves into the clinch.
Stotch blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Stotch lands a nice elbow.
McNamara is trying to break free.
I was talking to McNamara's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Stotch lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
McNamara takes a shot to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Stotch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Stotch creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
McNamara is looking to break free of the clinch but Stotch has double underhooks.
McNamara is looking to break free of the clinch but Stotch has double underhooks.
Stotch tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and McNamara avoids it.
Stotch told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Stotch comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
McNamara on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Stotch is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. McNamara is defending well for now.
Nice body punch from McNamara - that landed with a thud.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Stotch drops McNamara with a big knee straight up the middle! McNamara is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

McNamara is rocked!

It looks like John McNamara has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McNamara misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stotch.
Oh McNamara is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
McNamara swats away the attempt to clinch by Stotch.
Stotch tries to clinch but McNamara is having none of it.
McNamara seems to have got his legs back now.
Stotch scoring well with a low kick there.
Some wild striking there from McNamara.
Stotch misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
McNamara throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Stotch sees it coming and avoids it easily.
McNamara takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Stotch connects with a solid leg kick.
McNamara just misses with a punch to the body.
Stotch connects with the punch.
Stotch throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Stotch scores with a hook.
Stotch swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stotch cracks the inside of McNamara's front leg.
McNamara looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Stotch dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Stotch throws a nice inside leg kick.
Stotch keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Stotch tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McNamara was well out of range. Poor timing from Stotch.
McNamara takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Stotch lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
McNamara lands a nice looking body shot.
Stotch has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Stotch has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Stotch there as he acknowledges the shot.
Stotch needs to keep his hands up - McNamara had a free shot at his head there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice uppercut lands for McNamara. That snapped Stotch's head back.
Stotch throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
McNamara throws a lazy uppercut
and Stotch counters with a nice uppercut.
McNamara slips a jab and a cross from Stotch.
McNamara ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McNamara swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
McNamara is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Stotch.
McNamara takes a swing at Stotch's ribcage but misses.
Stotch misses with a head kick.
McNamara uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Stotch.
Stotch throws a nice outside leg kick.
McNamara throws a big shot that misses.
McNamara connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Stotch's hands.
McNamara misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stotch.
Nice cross by Stotch.
A looping hook to the body misses from McNamara. Stotch does a little dance to reset his feet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A combination from McNamara does no damage.
A head kick misses from Stotch.
Stotch misses with a body shot.
Jab from Stotch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leopold Stotch dominated that round.
The cut man is working on John McNamara's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Stotch is looking to slow McNamara down with leg kicks.
McNamara misses with a double jab
and Stotch finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
McNamara misses with a body shot

and Stotch counters by moving into the clinch.
McNamara looking to slow down the pace here.
Stotch working some nice short punches in the clinch.
McNamara takes an elbow to the forehead.
Stotch using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Stotch working McNamara over with knees to the body.
Stotch using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short right from Stotch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Stotch lands a body shot in the clinch.
Stotch lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Stotch scores a nice knee to the body.
Stotch scores a nice knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stotch lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Stotch lands a good knee to the midsection. McNamara won't want to take too many of those.
A knee to the head by Stotch.
Stotch lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Stotch lands a right hand that snaps the head of McNamara backwards.
Clinched against the cage, Stotch lands a big elbow that drops McNamara! The ref dives in to save him from more shots - McNamara is complaining that he's OK but he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Leopold Stotch!
Leopold Stotch is the new middleweight champion!
During a confident post fight interview, Leopold Stotch thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.