PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kasa Panos (ranked 7236 p4p, 729 weight class) and Jack Stelling (ranked 18810 p4p, 902 weight class). Panos comes to the cage accompanied by For Heavy Metal we will die!. Stelling has chosen London Calling as his entrance music. Jack Stelling is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Panos
vs
Stelling

176 cm
26
174 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

178 cm
32
175 lbs
13 - 61 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Determined

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kasa Panos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 61 - 1, fighting out of London, Jack Stelling !
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stelling takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Stelling throws a combination that misses
and Panos counters with a left and a right that stings Stelling .
Stelling tries a head kick but it misses.
Panos keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Stelling takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Stelling misses with a few strikes there.
Stelling throws a left and a right that both miss
and Panos counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Stelling is rocked!

Panos clinches up with Stelling and pushes him back against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stelling working aggressively here.
Panos scores with a shoulder strike.
Panos lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

Panos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Panos lands a left and a right that send Stelling crashing to the mat, dazed. Panos thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Stelling is still on wobbly legs! Can Panos finish him?
Panos scores with a body shot.
Panos jabs at Stelling 's body.
Stelling swings widly with a right hand

and Panos counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Stelling seems to have recovered his senses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Panos.
Stelling has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Panos after a bit of a struggle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Panos gets through Stelling 's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Panos pushes Stelling back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Panos lands a nice uppercut.
Panos lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Stelling backwards.
Panos blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Stelling tries a body shot but Panos blocks it.
Panos lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short right from Panos.
Panos is leaning against Stelling and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Panos scores with a shot to the side of Stelling 's head.
A nice left hand lands by Panos.
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!
A nice right hand lands inside from Panos.
A hook to the body from Panos.
Stelling is trying to pull guard but Panos turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Panos lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Panos.
Stelling is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Panos gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Kasa Panos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack Stelling .
Panos scores with a shoulder strike.
Panos prevents a body shot from Stelling .
Good body shot from Panos.
Panos gets through Stelling 's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Panos lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Panos digs a right hand underneath Stelling 's ribcage. Stelling let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Panos softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short right from Panos.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Panos creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Stelling wants to break the clinch but can't.
Panos lands a right hand.

Panos drops Stelling onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Stelling is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Panos throws a big uppercut that drops Stelling ! More strikes from Panos and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Stelling lies dazed against the cage as Panos celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kasa Panos!
Kasa Panos decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
Jack Stelling was interviewed post fight and said 'Don't Worries Fans, I Will Come Back And Win For My UK Fans'.