PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Pat Small (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Stanson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stanson is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Until The End. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Small
vs
Stanson

182 cm
30
178 lbs
22 - 5 - 0

174 cm
30
178 lbs
15 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Good gas tank

Project Mayhem

Fury Nutrition Inc.
Project Mayhem

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 22 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Pat Small!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Brian Stanson!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Topper Green and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Small's jab looks to have found its range, popping Stanson under the eye.

It looks like Brian Stanson has been cut.
Some bone on bone action there as Stanson checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Stanson moves away from the strike by Small.
Small punishes Stanson's body with a nice straight punch.
Small throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Stanson.
Small looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Small stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Stanson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Small moves away.
Decent striking displayed by Small there.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Stanson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Small tries to keep at a distance but Stanson has taken the fight into the clinch.
Stanson lands a body shot in the clinch.
A short left from Small.
Small misses with a hook from the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Small as Stanson tries to tie him up.
Small tries to throw a body punch but Stanson avoids it by throwing Small back against the cage.
Stanson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Small lands a body punch in the clinch.
Small misses with a hook to the ribs.
Small lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Stanson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Come on Stanson - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Stanson is trying to stall.
Stanson takes a shot to the head.
Small pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Stanson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Small's brow.
Stanson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Small has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Small takes an elbow to the forehead.
Stanson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Small.
Stanson lands an elbow that stopped Small in his tracks for a moment.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stanson lands an elbow that stopped Small in his tracks for a moment.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Stanson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Small's brow.
Stanson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Small is looking to break free of the clinch but Stanson has double underhooks.

Small breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Stanson moves into the clinch.
Stanson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Small lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Stanson backwards.
Small can't break the clinch.
Stanson keeps control of Small as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Small lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Small tries to break free but Stanson pushes him back against the cage.
Small lands a shoulder strike.
A shot in the inside from Stanson.
Stanson trying to control the position but instead, Small has worked for underhooks and has pushed Stanson into the cage.

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

Stanson closes the distance and clinches.
Small is trying to break the clinch but Stanson has him pressed against the cage.
Small is trying to break the clinch but Stanson has him pressed against the cage.
Small can't break the clinch.
Stanson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Small looking to stall.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for Stanson to work.
Stanson misses with an elbow strike.
Small lands a hook that snaps the head of Stanson backwards.
Small dodges an elbow strike from Stanson.
Small wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Small is trying to push Stanson away but Stanson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Stanson lands an elbow that stopped Small in his tracks for a moment.
A short right from Stanson on the inside.
Stanson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Small's defenses.
Stanson looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Small has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Stanson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Small is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Small is trying to force a seperation but Stanson has the dominant position.
A frustrated look appears on Small's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Small is looking to break free of the clinch but Stanson has double underhooks.
Small can't find room to land a body shot as Stanson controls the action.
Stanson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Small's efforts to push away.
Small tries to circle away but Stanson has him pinned against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Small wants to get back to striking at distance but Stanson won't allow it.
Stanson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Small or not.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Small creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Small wants to break free but Stanson has control.
Stanson can't find room to land a body shot as Small controls the action.
Stanson has Small pressed against the cage, preventing Small from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Small can't break the clinch.
Small has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Small wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Stanson is trying to stall.
Stanson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Small swings wildly with an uppercut but Stanson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Stanson taking a breather.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Stanson lands an elbow that stopped Small in his tracks for a moment.
Small is stalling here.
Small avoids a wild elbow strike from Stanson.
Small tries to break the clinch but Stanson is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pat Small dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Brian Stanson's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Small darts in and clinches Stanson up against the cage.
Stanson stalling.
Small wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Small looking to stall.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Stanson misses with a knee to the head.
Stanson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Small's defenses.
Small wants to break free but Stanson has control.
Small tries to break free but Stanson pushes him back against the cage.
Stanson lands an elbow inside that Small shrugs off.
Stanson missing with knees to the body.
Stanson lands an elbow just above Small 's eye.
Small blocks an elbow strike.
Small dodges an elbow strike from Stanson.
Stanson stalling in the clinch but Small improves position.
Pat Small has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Stanson gets through Small's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Stanson lands a nice elbow.
Stanson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Stanson.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Small takes an elbow to the forehead.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Stanson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Small's brow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stanson lands with a short shot to the head.
Stanson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Small's defenses.
Small blocks the elbow strike.
Stanson throws an elbow but it misses.
Small lands a left hand that snaps the head of Stanson backwards.
Small avoiding damage as Stanson throws knees to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Small tries to stall but Stanson uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Stanson scores a nice knee to the body.

Small breaks from the clinch.
Stanson takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Stanson walks into a straight right hand from Small.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sloppy strikes from Stanson. Those never looked like landing.
Stanson misses with a hook.
Small avoids a punch combination nicely.
Stanson throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Small on the side of the head.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Stanson in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Small lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Small slips a jab and a cross from Stanson.
Stanson throws an overhand right that lands on Small's shoulder, as Small tries to avoid the shot.
Small chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Stanson can pounce on him.
Stanson throws an overhand right that lands on Small's shoulder, as Small tries to avoid the shot.
Small connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Stanson loads up on a big right hand but Small slips the punch.
Small lands with a straight right. Stanson didn't see that one coming.
Stanson finds himself stumbling back on wobbly legs after being clipped by a right hand. He's up against the cage, ducking and weaving under Small's strikes but an uppercut finds it's way through and Stanson falls! - He's completely out of it and the ref jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pat Small!
A very excited looking Pat Small 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.