PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Marvin Stanley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Baha Beison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Baha Beison is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Stanley
vs
Beison

179 cm
23
169 lbs
9 - 8 - 0

180 cm
23
162 lbs
11 - 2 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Counter fighter
Very quick

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ice Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Marvin Stanley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Baha Beison!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Sergei Dronov and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Stanley throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Beison tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Stanley is in Beison's guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Stanley wants to control from the top but Beison keeps moving.
Stanley stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Beison swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Beison trying to control the position.
Stanley prevents Beison from getting back to his feet.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Baha Beison.
The fighters circling - Beison throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Beison connects with a looping right hand.
Stanley looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Beison scores with a crisp jab that stopped Stanley in his tracks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beison catches Stanley with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

Beison drops Stanley with a nice combination! Beison dives into Stanley's guard, looking to finish!

Stanley is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Beison passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Oh Stanley is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Beison controls the position.
Stanley is looking for a sweep.
Stanley struggling a bit here.
Beison works to advance to full mount. Stanley defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Stanley is trying desperately to improve position.
Stanley is working hard here to advance position.
Stanley wants to hold on but Beison pushes him away.
Stanley seems to have got his legs back now.
Beison tries to stand up but he's trapped just for the moment.
Stanley keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beison wants to control the pace but Stanley is squirming around nicely.
Stanley is working to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Stanley manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Stanley is trying to get back to full guard.

Stanley with the active half guard here but Beison passes nicely into side control.
Stanley struggling a bit here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stanley is looking to reverse the position.
Stanley is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Beison's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Stanley actively working from the bottom here.
Stanley gets full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Stanley escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Beison gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Stanley had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Beison defends it easily.

Stanley working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Beison has passed into half guard!
Stanley is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Stanley is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Beison pulls his head out easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Baha Beison dominated that round.
That's time! Stanley's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Stanley avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Beison swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
No joy there for Beison, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Beison misses with a wild combination.
Beison throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A combination from Beison does no damage.
Beison lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Stanley circles away quickly and effectively.
Stanley walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Beison misses with the combination.
Beison rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Stanley moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beison throws out a loose jab but Stanley uses good head movement to avoid it.
Beison misses with a few strikes there.
Beison throws a lazy right hand but Stanley sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Baha Beison is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Stanley takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Beison throws a nice looking combination but Stanley bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Beison's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Beison duly obliges.
Stanley dodges the punch combination from Beison.

Stanley closes the distance and clinches.
Beison swings wildly with an uppercut but Stanley uses good head movement to avoid it.
Beison pushes Stanley back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Beison pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stanley ducks under a wild hook from Beison.
Stanley needs to keep his hands up - Beison had a free shot at his head there.
Beison feints a jab promting Stanley to slip. Beison then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Stanley slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Beison rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Stanley moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Baha Beison seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Decent striking displayed by Beison there.
Beison might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.

Beison gets caught flat footed, as Stanley shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.

Stanley thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Stanley sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Beison wants to control the position but Stanley says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beison is refusing to be controlled, as Stanley sits in half guard.
Beison tries to roll over but Stanley keeps him under control.
Stanley content to control rather than advance.
Stanley throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Stanley seems to be working for a kimura but Beison defends the submission attempt.
Beison regains full guard. Nicely done.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stanley works a leg free and moves into half guard.

Beison manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Beison fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Stanley darts in looking for a takedown but Beison gets double underhooks and turns Stanley into the cage.

Stanley pulls Beison into guard.

Stanley looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Stanley looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Beison is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Baha Beison showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Sloppy strikes from Beison. Those never looked like landing.
Beison throws a lazy right hand but Stanley sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Beison misses with an uppercut. Stanley saw that one coming.
Beison misses with an uppercut. Stanley saw that one coming.
No joy there for Beison, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Beison misses with a double jab.
Stanley is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Beison misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Beison throws a right and a left that Stanley avoids nicely.
Stanley is looking to clinch but Beison is avoiding it.
Beison misses with a wild combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beison misses with a straight right.
Beison misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Stanley moves out of range of the strikes.
Beison throws a right and a left that both miss.
Beison throws a hook but Stanley avoids it easily.
Stanley looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Beison misses with a series of wild punches.
Stanley uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Beison.
Beison misses with a two punch combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beison looks to land a right hand but Stanley moved out of range.
Beison fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A combination from Beison does no damage.
Beison takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Beison fails to land with a series of punches.
Stanley takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Beison looks to land a right hand but Stanley moved out of range.
Beison misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Stanley walks into a stiff left hand from Beison.
Beison rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Stanley moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Stanley has managed to clinch.
Beison has a couple of punches blocked by Stanley.

Stanley decides to pull guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Stanley looking for a guillotine here but Beison defends easily.
Beison must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Stanley throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Stanley isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Beison stacks Stanley on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Beison!
Stanley is trying to control Beison's posture but Beison avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stanley sneaks back into half guard.
Baha Beison is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Beison wants to stand up but Stanley is controlling the position.

Stanley looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Stanley is trying to control but can't.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Stanley looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Marvin Stanley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Stanley gets back to full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Marvin Stanley.
I think Beison has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 28:30
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Baha Beison!