PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Chris Huss (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hanz Stokenhizer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stokenhizer has chosen The Lucky Bullets "Cross the Line" as his entrance music. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Huss
vs
Stokenhizer

178 cm
20
135 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

184 cm
41
139 lbs
18 - 32 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chris Huss!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 32 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hanz Stokenhizer!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Huss shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Stokenhizer counters with a three punch combo that has Huss backing up. Huss nods at Stokenhizer to acknowledge the strikes.
Huss looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
A punch combination from Huss misses.
Huss swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Huss moves into the clinch.
Huss trying to stall but Stokenhizer improves his position.
Huss wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Stokenhizer has him pressed against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Stokenhizer.
Huss wants to break free but Stokenhizer has control.

That's one minute gone in the round.

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

Stokenhizer gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Stokenhizer lands an elbow that stopped Huss in his tracks for a moment.

Stokenhizer manages to break the clinch.
Huss definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Stokenhizer avoids a punch combination nicely.

Huss clinches up against the cage.
Stokenhizer lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Chris Huss has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Huss has had enough of the clinch but Stokenhizer keeps him there for the moment.
Huss is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Huss is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Stokenhizer is keeping busy.

Stokenhizer jumps into guard, dragging Huss to the mat.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Stokenhizer trying to control the position here.

Stokenhizer has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Huss off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Stokenhizer ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Huss blocks a head kick by Stokenhizer.

Stokenhizer moves into the clinch successfully.
Huss fails to pull guard.
Stokenhizer lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Stokenhizer with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Stokenhizer with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Stokenhizer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stokenhizer connects with a knee to the head.

Huss is rocked!
Stokenhizer with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Oh Huss is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Stokenhizer lands an elbow that stopped Huss in his tracks for a moment.
Huss really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Stokenhizer breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Huss misses with a combination
and Stokenhizer counters with a huge head kick that drops Huss! The ref dives in to stop the fight and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hanz Stokenhizer!
The defeated Chris Huss had this to say: 'We both fought well but in the end I didn't do enough'.