PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Victor Cain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bryan Stoeckel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Victor Cain has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Cain
vs
Stoeckel

188 cm
25
225 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
21
265 lbs
0 - 6 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Victor Cain!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bryan Stoeckel!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cain fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nice sprawl there from Cain as Stoeckel shoots in.
Stoeckel fails with an attempt to clinch.
Stoeckel doesn't manage to clinch there - Cain circles away.
Stoeckel with a poor takedown

and Cain counters by clinching up.
Cain is struggling to control the position.

Cain gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Cain working Stoeckel over with strikes.
Cain working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cain seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Cain lands strikes from half guard.
Stoeckel taking some punishment here, with Cain in his half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cain lands strikes from half guard.
Stoeckel on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

Cain is looking for a kimura but Stoeckel is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Cain to get the leverage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cain is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice strikes from Cain there.
Cain drops an elbow to the side of Stoeckel's head.
Cain looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Stoeckel with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Cain drops an elbow to the side of Stoeckel's head.

Stoeckel is rocked!
Cain lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked Stoeckel! More strikes land and this one is all over! Cain jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Victor Cain!
A very excited looking Victor Cain made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.