PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Brian Stanson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yo Hwan Lim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stanson comes to the cage accompanied by Until The End. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Stanson
vs
Hwan Lim

174 cm
39
178 lbs
24 - 19 - 1

180 cm
41
180 lbs
18 - 16 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Brian Stanson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Yo Hwan Lim!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Skip Squint and Darius Henderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

A momentary lapse in concentration from Stanson enables Lim to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Stanson manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Stanson punching from the bottom.
Lim wants to control from the top but Stanson keeps moving.
Lim has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Stanson is proving hard to escape from.
Lim tries to free his leg and advance position but Stanson is retaining full guard.
Stanson trying to strike off his back.
Stanson is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

Lim postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Stanson is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Lim, into his guard.

Lim is looking for a triangle but Stanson pushes his legs off easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Lim has his foot on Stanson's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Stanson works his way back into a safe position though.

Stanson avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stanson won't allow Lim to sweep him here.
Stanson is working Lim over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Stanson working some strikes from top position.

Lim is looking for a triangle but Stanson pushes his legs off easily.

Lim working for a triangle but Stanson defends it easily.

Lim working for a triangle but Stanson defends it easily.
Lim wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Stanson is now in half guard.
Lim is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stanson lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Stanson working Lim over with strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Stanson seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Lim trying to control here.
Stanson takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Stanson is looking to take a break and control but Lim is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Lim looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Stanson lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Lim is trying to maintain the position but Stanson is very close to passing his half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stanson lands with a punch from half guard.
Stanson looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Lim with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Stanson lands a nice short elbow.
Stanson seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Lim looks like he's trying to stand up.

Lim is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Stanson pulls his head out easily.
Stanson works his foot free and advances to mount.
Stanson in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Lim manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Stanson lands strikes from half guard.
Stanson scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stanson seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Lim regains full guard. Nicely done.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stanson has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Lim is proving hard to escape from.
Stanson postures up.
Stanson landing some decent shots from guard.

Lim has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Stanson can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Stanson avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Stanson tries to free his leg and advance position but Lim is retaining full guard.
Stanson lands a couple of digs.
Lim controls Stanson momentarily but Stanson frees himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brian Stanson dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Stanson thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Lim if he has to take too many more of those.
Stanson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Stanson moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromLim.
Stanson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lim can do to turn this around?

Lim shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Lim showed some decent athleticism there.

Lim is working for a kimura but Stanson is defending it quite comfortably.
Lim wants to free his trapped foot but Stanson is holding on for dear life with his legs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lim is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Brian Stanson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lim trying to work for an americana but Stanson has managed to regain full guard.
Lim looking to sit in guard and control but Stanson gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Lim looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Stanson is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Stanson is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Stanson wants to pass the guard but Lim is keeping the position.
Stanson trying to control the position from guard on top but Lim is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Lim looking for a guillotine here but Stanson defends easily.
Lim looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stanson is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Stanson passes Lim's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Lim gets full guard.

Lim looking for a guillotine here but Stanson defends easily.
Stanson is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Stanson trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Lim throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Stanson scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Stanson connects with a couple of short punches.
Lim is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lim tries to strike from the bottom.
Lim is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Lim keeping moving, preventing Stanson from controlling successfully.
Stanson lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Stanson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Lim swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Stanson got a little sloppy there for a moment and Lim has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Stanson has managed to get both his arms back between Lim's legs - danger averted.
Stanson makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

Lim throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Stanson escapes and throws Lim's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Stanson lands a decent elbow from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stanson lands some shots froms side control.
Stanson cracks Lim with a big right hand but Lim just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Stanson connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Lim some visible discomfort.
Stanson lands a decent elbow from side control.
Lim takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Lim is looking for a sweep.
Stanson lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Lim looking for a sweep but Stanson has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lim is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Lim really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Stanson scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Lim?

Lim is rocked!
Stanson cracks Lim with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Lim is still in real trouble! Can Stanson finish him?
Lim keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Lim in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Stanson lands a big elbow - Lim is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Lim is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Brian Stanson!
A very excited looking Brian Stanson made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.