PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Marlo Stanfield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ange Guerlain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Stanfield
vs
Guerlain

178 cm
19
169 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

158 cm
25
140 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Marlo Stanfield!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ange Guerlain!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Anni Minnemäki and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stanfield getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

Guerlain drives through and clinches with Stanfield against the cage.
Guerlain misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A right hook to the body lands for Guerlain.
Stanfield lands with a right to the head.

Stanfield breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A punch combination from Guerlain misses.
A left and a right from Guerlain both land. Nice combination.
A combination from Guerlain does no damage.
Guerlain is looking to clinch but Stanfield is avoiding it.
Stanfield scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stanfield throws a hook to the side of Guerlain's head but Guerlain sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Stanfield swats away the attempt to clinch by Guerlain.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
I was talking to Stanfield's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Stanfield blocking some punches.
Stanfield blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guerlain is leaning against Stanfield and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

Stanfield escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Guerlain moves in looking to clinch but Stanfield pushes him off.
Stanfield was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Guerlain throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Stanfield.
Guerlain takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Stanfield uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Guerlain has time to react.
Stanfield connects with a right hand. Guerlain shakes it off.
Stanfield looks to land a combination but Guerlain avoids it well.
Guerlain looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Stanfield with a nice cross.
Stanfield lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Guerlain circles away quickly and effectively.
Guerlain ducks under a wild hook from Stanfield.
Stanfield is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Guerlain throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Stanfield.
Some wild striking there from Guerlain.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Guerlain fails with an attempt to clinch.
Stanfield getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Stanfield throws a series of punches but Guerlain moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stanfield looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Stanfield misses with a straight right.
Guerlain swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Guerlain slips under a jab from Stanfield.
Stanfield thows a left - swing and a miss!
Guerlain doesn't manage to clinch there - Stanfield circles away.
Guerlain swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Stanfield keeps the fight on the outside.
Guerlain misses with the combination.
Guerlain misses with a combination
and Stanfield counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Stanfield darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Stanfield throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Stanfield is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Stanfield scores with a punch to the head.
Guerlain lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Stanfield circles away quickly and effectively.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stanfield connects with a single shot there.
Jab, jab by Stanfield - just one landing.
Guerlain throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Stanfield showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Guerlain.
Guerlain fails to land with a series of punches.
Guerlain misses with a double jab
and Stanfield cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Stanfield circles away from the clinch attempt.
Stanfield was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Guerlain slips under a jab.
Stanfield circles away from the clinch attempt.
Guerlain looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Stanfield lands a jab.
Guerlain tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Stanfield counters with a head kick that drops Guerlain to the mat! Guerlain scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!

Guerlain is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Guerlain walks straight into a right hand from Stanfield - that's dropped him! Stanfield jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Guerlain from any more punishment! Guerlain complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Marlo Stanfield!