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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Connor Rostowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kendrick Stagliano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Connor Rostowski has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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139 lbs
8 - 7 - 0 |
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135 lbs
8 - 18 - 1 |
Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
World class boxer
Determined |
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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
8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Connor Rostowski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Kendrick Stagliano!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Shigeki Fujiwara and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rostowski uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Stagliano.
Stagliano moves into the clinch successfully.
Rostowski lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Rostowski presses Stagliano against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Rostowski pulls guard successfully.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Rostowski holds on and takes a little breather.
Rostowski bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Stagliano's guard.
Stagliano told us pre-fight that he has been working on his escapes in training. Let's see if he can call on some of his new skills to get back to his feet.
Rostowski in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Rostowski postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Rostowski throwing strikes from guard but Stagliano blocks nicely.
Rostowski postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rostowski postures up in Stagliano's guard and throws a big left but Stagliano blocks it.
Rostowski throws a big right hand that misses.
Rostowski trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Stagliano is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Rostowski is controlling him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rostowski throwing strikes but missing.
Rostowski looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Rostowski advances position into side control!
Stagliano dodges the ground and pound from Rostowski.
Rostowski misses with the ground and pound.
Rostowski working away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rostowski misses with the ground and pound.
Rostowski working the body and head with strikes.
Rostowski lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Stagliano down.
Rostowski looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Stagliano is avoiding damage well.
Rostowski works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stagliano is trying to escape the position but Rostowski is controlling the position.
Rostowski working the ground and pound.
Stagliano is rocked!
Rostowski misses with the ground and pound.
Stagliano is still in real trouble! Can Rostowski finish him?
Rostowski has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Rostowski has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Rostowski wants to control but Stagliano is keeping him busy.
Rostowski misses with the ground and pound.
Stagliano seems to have recovered his senses.
Stagliano really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Rostowski. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Stagliano managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Rostowski.
Rostowski lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rostowski lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Rostowski throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Rostowski creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Rostowski working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Rostowski scoring with punches from side control.
Rostowski lands a strong strike to the head of Stagliano. That's dazed him! Rostowski looking to finish here. Stagliano is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Rostowski lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Connor Rostowski!
Connor Rostowski decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
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