PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dennis Coles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fonz Stephens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Coles
vs
Stephens

185 cm
18
208 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

186 cm
23
212 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Intelligent

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dennis Coles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Fonz Stephens!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Colin Fray and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Stephens drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.

Coles working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Stephens doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Stephens manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Stephens decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Coles cracks Stephens with a right hand to the side of the head.
Coles scores with a leg kick.
Stephens takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Coles thows a body kick. Stephens tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Stephens misses with a takedown
and Coles counters with an inside leg kick.
Stephens wants to clinch but Coles slips to the side
and Coles counters with a nice body shot.
Stephens looks winded!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Coles uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Stephens has time to react.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Coles feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Stephens sprawling to the canvas! Stephens rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Coles finish him?!

Stephens is rocked!

It looks like Fonz Stephens has been cut.
Coles plants his feet and throws a 3 punch combo. Miss, miss, boom! The third punch, a big right hook, connects right on the temple and drops Stephens to the mat, unconscious! This fight is all over! Stephens just couldn't keep out of the way of the whole flurry of punches!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Dennis Coles!
Dennis Coles was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.