PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gabe Christianson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leopold Stotch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Stotch's choice of entrance music: boom baby. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Christianson
vs
Stotch

189 cm
41
185 lbs
36 - 12 - 2

191 cm
40
184 lbs
29 - 22 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

MayheM sportswear
Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 36 - 12 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, Gabe Christianson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 22 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Leopold Stotch!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Andrew Berry and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Christianson avoids the body shot from Stotch.
Christianson has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Valhalla Training Grounds in the buildup to the fight.
Leopold Stotch seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stotch takes a jab right on the kisser.
Stotch swings for the body but Christianson moves out of range.
Stotch lands a body shot.
Stotch throws a nice inside leg kick.
Christianson throws a head kick that misses.
Christianson misses with the body kick
and Stotch counters with a thumping low kick.
Stotch cracks Christianson with an open hand slap.
Stotch will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stotch clobbers Christianson with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Christianson misses with a low kick as Stotch jumps back.
Stotch throws out a counter right but Christianson avoids it with no problem.
Stotch buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Stotch tries to clinch but Christianson is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Christianson sizes up Stotch with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Christianson loads up on a big right hand but Stotch slips the punch.
Christianson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Crunch! Christianson slams his shin into Stotch's torso.
Christianson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stotch was well out of range. Poor timing from Christianson.
Christianson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Stotch lands the left hand.
Christianson walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Stotch checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Christianson loads up on a big right hand but Stotch slips the punch.
Christianson blocks a low kick nicely.
Christianson swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Christianson lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Stotch throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Christianson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stotch fails in his attempt to clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Christianson is looking to score with low kicks.
Stotch connects with a leg kick. Christianson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Stotch looks to score with a jab to the body but Christianson is just out of range.
Stotch moves out of range of the strikes.

Stotch clinches up against the cage.
Christianson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Stotch scores with a nice hook to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Christianson fails to land.
Christianson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Stotch lands a hook to the side of the head.
Christianson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Christianson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Stotch lands a right hand.
Stotch blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Stotch looking to throw knees to the head but Christianson is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Christianson.
Christianson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Stotch lands a nice uppercut.
Christianson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Christianson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Christianson stalls.
Stotch blocking some punches.
Stotch blocking some punches.
Stotch doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Christianson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Stotch blocks an uppercut.
A right hook to the body lands for Christianson.
Stotch with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Stotch doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Stotch can't find room to land a body shot as Christianson controls the action.
Christianson is looking to break free of the clinch but Stotch has double underhooks.
Christianson misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Christianson fails to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Christianson blocks the elbow strike.
A shot in the inside from Christianson.
Christianson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Stotch misses with a punch to the body.
Still in the clinch, Christianson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Stotch goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Stotch tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Christianson's elbow.
Stotch misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Christianson.
Christianson lands a right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stotch lands a right hand.
Stotch tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Christianson's elbow.
Stotch misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Stotch's coach down at LOD: Lightning Kicks (MaxID266K) was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Stotch's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Stotch tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Christianson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Stotch blocks an uppercut.
Stotch throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Christianson tries to work over Stotch's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Christianson misses with a body punch.
Christianson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Stotch working aggressively here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Gabe Christianson will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Stotch jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Christianson swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Stotch is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Christianson with a body shot.
Decent striking displayed by Christianson there.
Stotch scores with a sloppy right hand. Christianson should have avoided that one.
Stotch misses with a body shot.
Stotch ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Stotch throws a sloppy head kick
and Christianson counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Stotch thinking.

Christianson darts in and clinches Stotch up against the cage.
Gabe Christianson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Christianson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Christianson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Stotch paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Stotch digs a good body shot into Christianson's ribs.
Christianson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Stotch throws out a counter right but Christianson avoids it with no problem.
Stotch lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stotch on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Christianson takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Christianson throws out a leg kick but Stotch moves out of range and Christianson only half commits.
Christianson misses with a head kick.
Stotch was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Christianson fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Stotch looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Stotch lands a nice hook to Christianson's body. Christianson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Stotch throws a low kick but Christianson moves out of range easily.
It looked like Christianson wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A clash of legs there as Stotch blocks the low kick.
Stotch was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Leopold Stotch seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Christianson throws a shot to the body.
Christianson lands a nice shot that snaps Stotch's head back.
Stotch takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stotch blocks a head kick by Christianson.
Stotch lands a nice hook to Christianson's body. Christianson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stotch slips a straight right by Christianson.
Stotch scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Stotch keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Christianson.
Christianson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Stotch scores with a jab.
Stotch lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A slow jab from Christianson misses its intended target.
Good leg kick by Christianson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Stotch lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stotch lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Stotch takes a swing at Christianson's ribcage but misses.
Stotch lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Stotch.

Christianson is rocked!
Stotch shakes his hands by his side, trying to relax. Christianson takes his eyes off the ball for a moment - Stotch sees the opportunity and cracks him with a massive hook! Christianson bends double and collapses on top of himself - he's out! The crowd are going absolutely nuts! Wow, what a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Leopold Stotch!
Leopold Stotch seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.