PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hubert De La Bath (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexy Stakhanov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

De La Bath
vs
Stakhanov

187 cm
23
215 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

184 cm
25
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hubert De La Bath!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Alexy Stakhanov!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Hirohito Nitta and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De La Bath jabs Stakhanov to the body, keeping him at a distance.
De La Bath moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Stakhanov lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
De La Bath misses with a hook to the body
and Stakhanov counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Hubert De La Bath seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stakhanov throws a nice outside leg kick.
We've been informed that Stakhanov has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Stakhanov walks into a jab.
De La Bath tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Stakhanov manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
De La Bath misses with a hook
and Stakhanov counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
A big left from De La Bath misses.
Stakhanov only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Stakhanov throws a head kick that misses
and De La Bath makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
De La Bath lands a nice hook to Stakhanov's body. Stakhanov takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stakhanov staying out of range there.
De La Bath has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Broken Halo's -Temple of Illumination in the buildup to the fight.
Stakhanov takes one on the button.
De La Bath misses with an uppercut
and Stakhanov counters with a body kick.
De La Bath looks to score with a jab to the body but Stakhanov is just out of range.
Stakhanov raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Stakhanov blocks a jab.

Stakhanov clinches.
Stakhanov utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Stakhanov throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Stakhanov just misses with a elbow thrown towards De La Bath's brow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Stakhanov manages to break the clinch.
A head kick misses from De La Bath.
Stakhanov lands a high kick!

Stakhanov lands a big head kick that sends De La Bath tumbling to the mat! Stakhanov takes a step backwards and waves De La Bath back to his feet - he wants the finish!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stakhanov lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
De La Bath connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Stakhanov is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Stakhanov lands a brutal head kick. De La Bath looks out on his feet and Stakhanov throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). Alexy Stakhanov!
Our winner, Alexy Stakhanov, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.