PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Rod Stiffington Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Keyser Soze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Stiffington Jr
vs
Soze

162 cm
27
140 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

168 cm
21
145 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Counter fighter
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

Amped Performance

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rod Stiffington Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Keyser Soze!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Lou da Vinci and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Soze 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.
Stiffington Jr fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Soze manages to avoid it.
Stiffington Jr ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Soze tries to score with a low kick but Stiffington Jr moves his leg out of the way.
Soze tried to score with a low kick but Stiffington Jr checks it.
Stiffington Jr half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Soze dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Soze.
Stiffington Jr throws an overhand right that lands on Soze's shoulder, as Soze tries to avoid the shot.
Soze doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Stiffington Jr avoids a kick to the body.
Soze connects with a solid leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stiffington Jr swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Stiffington Jr takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Soze turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Soze.
Soze throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
A swing and a miss from Stiffington Jr.
Stiffington Jr misses with a hook. Soze ducked under it nicely.
Soze throws a sloppy head kick and Stiffington Jr moves out of range easily.
Stiffington Jr attempts a counter takedown but Soze avoids it well and moves away.
Soze scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Stiffington Jr throws a predictable looking body shot
and Soze counters with a good, hard body kick but Stiffington Jr shrugs it off.
A looping hook to the body misses from Stiffington Jr. Soze does a little dance to reset his feet.
Stiffington Jr throws a jab when Soze was well out of range.
Stiffington Jr seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Soze will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Stiffington Jr closes the distance and clinches up with Soze, looking for a takedown. Stiffington Jr pushes Soze against the cage but Soze circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Soze cracks Stiffington Jr with a right hand to the side of the head.
Soze feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Stiffington Jr's calf.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Soze delivers a nice body kick.
Soze misses with a left hand

so Stiffington Jr counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Stiffington Jr connects with a couple of short punches.
Stiffington Jr working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Soze's head.
Stiffington Jr wants to control from the top but Soze keeps moving.
Soze wants to control but Stiffington Jr passes easily into half guard.
Soze wants to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stiffington Jr thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Soze's head.
Stiffington Jr throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Stiffington Jr thows a huge punch but Soze dodges it nicely.
Stiffington Jr not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Soze is not content to let Stiffington Jr control the position.
Stiffington Jr throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Stiffington Jr thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Soze's head.
Soze avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Stiffington Jr.
Stiffington Jr throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Soze keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Stiffington Jr thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Stiffington Jr wants to free his trapped foot but Soze is holding on for dear life with his legs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Soze wants to get back to full guard but Stiffington Jr has passed into side control.
Stiffington Jr trying to control the position but Soze is working away.
Stiffington Jr sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Soze is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Soze tries to bench press Stiffington Jr off him but Stiffington Jr keeps the position.
Soze really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Stiffington Jr. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Stiffington Jr connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Soze some visible discomfort.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Stiffington Jr working the ground and pound.
The strikes coming from Stiffington Jr are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Soze is trying to control Stiffington Jr's posture but Stiffington Jr avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Keyser Soze will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Stiffington Jr checks a low kick from Soze.
We've been informed that Soze has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Stiffington Jr misses the shot to the body.
Soze looks to throw a body kick

and Stiffington Jr decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Soze's guard.
Soze is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Stiffington Jr dives into side control.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Stiffington Jr trying to control the position but Soze is working away.
Stiffington Jr lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Soze down.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sloppy strikes there by Stiffington Jr.
Soze is trying to get back to half guard.
Soze dodges the ground and pound from Stiffington Jr.
Stiffington Jr tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Soze managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Stiffington Jr.
Stiffington Jr has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Stiffington Jr in side control, throwing shots but Soze defends.
Stiffington Jr working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Stiffington Jr throws an elbow but Soze slips to the side and avoids it well.
Stiffington Jr working the ground and pound.
Soze can't do much from the bottom here.
Soze defending against the ground and pound.
Stiffington Jr moves into full mount!
Stiffington Jr misses with a head shot.
Soze in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stiffington Jr misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Stiffington Jr pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Stiffington Jr fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Stiffington Jr lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

Soze is rocked!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stiffington Jr unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Soze wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Stiffington Jr celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rod Stiffington Jr!
Rod Stiffington Jr decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.