PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Max Barathian (ranked 671 p4p, 71 weight class) and Marlo Stanfield (ranked 668 p4p, 70 weight class). Barathian comes to the cage accompanied by Anderswelt - Schandmaul. The crowd seem to be enjoying Stanfield's choice of entrance music: Legendary. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Barathian
vs
Stanfield

173 cm
28
171 lbs
14 - 6 - 0

173 cm
36
168 lbs
30 - 16 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Max Barathian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Marlo Stanfield!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Alec Ball and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A combination from Stanfield does no damage.
As Stanfield backs away, Barathian returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Barathian is looking to clinch.
Stanfield throws a series of punches but Barathian avoids them all with ease.
Barathian looks to score with a jab to the body but Stanfield is just out of range.
Stanfield throws a hook but Barathian avoids it easily.
Stanfield on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Barathian fails in his attempt to clinch.
Stanfield throws a hook but Barathian avoids it easily.

Barathian gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Barathian pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Barathian lands with a good body shot.
Stanfield swings for the body but Barathian moves out of range.

Barathian closes the distance and pushes Stanfield back into the cage.
Stanfield blocking some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barathian effectively controlling the action here.
Stanfield is trying to force a seperation but Barathian has the dominant position.
Stanfield takes a shot to the head.
Barathian misses with the head strike.
Stanfield has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Stanfield wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Barathian has him pressed against the cage.
Stanfield wants to get back to striking at distance but Barathian won't allow it.

Stanfield manages to break the clinch.
Barathian throws a body shot but no joy.
Barathian lands a front kick.
Barathian uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Stanfield.
Barathian is looking for a counter combo.
A slow jab from Stanfield misses its intended target.
Barathian bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

Barathian moves into the clinch.
Stanfield tries to break free but Barathian pushes him back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barathian misses with a punch to the body.
A short uppercut from Barathian.
Barathian lands a shoulder strike.
A right hook to the body lands for Barathian.

Barathian breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A slow jab from Stanfield misses its intended target.
It looked like Barathian wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Stanfield uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Barathian.
Barathian tries to clinch but Stanfield is having none of it.
Stanfield tests Barathian's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Barathian is looking to clinch.

Barathian moves into range and clinches up with Stanfield.

Stanfield pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Barathian paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

Stanfield gets tackled into the cage by Barathian. Barathian maintains the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Stanfield pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Barathian throws the left hand but Stanfield avoids the punch easily.
Stanfield unleashes a big counter combination but Barathian bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Barathian throws a head kick that misses.
Stanfield comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

Barathian pushes Stanfield up against the cage in a clinch.

Stanfield's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Barathian slips a straight right by Stanfield.
Stanfield keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Stanfield is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Stanfield misses with a series of wild punches.
Stanfield swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Barathian tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Max Barathian seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Barathian moves into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stanfield blocks an uppercut.

Stanfield pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Barathian dodges the punch combination from Stanfield.
Stanfield swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Stanfield on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barathian slips a jab from Stanfield.
Barathian swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Stanfield makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Stanfield lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Barathian circles away quickly and effectively.
Barathian is looking to wear down Stanfield with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Stanfield will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Barathian appears to be looking for a big counter.
Stanfield drops his hands momentarily and Barathian takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Max Barathian dominated that round.
That's time! Barathian's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Barathian lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Barathian looks for the body kick but Stanfield saw that one coming.
Stanfield tries to bum rush Barathian with a series of wild strikes but Barathian uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Barathian swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Barathian avoids a punch combination nicely.
Barathian dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Stanfield keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Stanfield is looking for the big counter here.
Stanfield swinging wildly here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barathian lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Stanfield at a distance.
Barathian is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Stanfield can do to turn this around?
Barathian lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barathian looks to throw the jab but Stanfield is out of range.
Stanfield throws out a counter right but Barathian avoids it with no problem.
Stanfield gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Barathian.
Stanfield swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Barathian staying out of range there.
It looked like Barathian wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Barathian tries a low kick but Stanfield avoids it.
Barathian tries to clinch but Stanfield moves out of range.
Barathian keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Stanfield.

Barathian rushes Stanfield and presses him up against the cage.
Barathian is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Stanfield tries to circle away but Barathian has him pinned against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Barathian.
Barathian scores with a hook to the body.
Stanfield is breathing heavily.

Barathian manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barathian moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Barathian goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Stanfield has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Stanfield there as he acknowledges the shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barathian misses with the combination.
Stanfield throws a jab but it's blocked by Barathian.

Barathian takes the fight into the clinch.
Barathian lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Stanfield backwards.

Stanfield pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Good leg kick by Barathian there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Stanfield slips a straight right by Barathian.
Stanfield looks to land a combination but Barathian avoids it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barathian scores with a jab. Stanfield acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Stanfield takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Stanfield wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Barathian scoring well with a low kick there.
Marlo Stanfield is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Barathian clinches up against the cage.

Stanfield's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Stanfield takes one on the button.
Stanfield misses with a right hand
and Barathian counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Barathian wants to clinch up but Stanfield keeps it at a distance.
Barathian throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Barathian throws a head kick that misses.
Barathian misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barathian fails in his attempt to clinch.
It looks like Barathian has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Stanfield throws a hook but Barathian avoids it easily.
Barathian throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Barathian ducks under a wild hook from Stanfield.
Barathian dodges the punch combination from Stanfield.
Stanfield moves away from the strike by Barathian.
Stanfield throws a lazy right hand but Barathian sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Barathian fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Stanfield.
Stanfield's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Stanfield duly obliges.
Barathian tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stanfield was well out of range. Poor timing from Barathian.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Max Barathian dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Barathian keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Stanfield misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Barathian.
Barathian fires out a quick counter leg kick but Stanfield just manages to avoid it.
Stanfield scores with a jab.
Stanfield throws a body punch but Barathian moves out of range.
Stanfield scores with a one two! Barathian had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Barathian swings for the body but Stanfield moves out of range.
Stanfield fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Barathian manages to avoid it.
Nice defenses there by Barathian.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stanfield swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A cross from Stanfield lands.
Barathian scores with a hook to the body. Stanfield takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Barathian lands with a nice body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barathian moves out of range as Stanfield strikes.
Barathian misses the shot to the body.
Barathian displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Stanfield throws out the jab.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Barathian swings wildly with an uppercut but Stanfield uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barathian lands with a short shot to the head.
Barathian effectively controlling the action here.
A short uppercut from Barathian.
Barathian lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Max Barathian has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Stanfield breaks the clinch.
Barathian lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Stanfield at a distance.
Stanfield on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Stanfield takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stanfield misses with a wild combination.

Barathian has Stanfield up against the cage in a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barathian doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Barathian lands a right hand that snaps the head of Stanfield backwards.
Barathian lands with a left to the head.
A short body shot lands from Barathian as the two fighters clinch.
Stanfield is looking to break free of the clinch but Barathian has double underhooks.
Stanfield is trying to break free.
Barathian working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Stanfield is rocked!
Barathian working aggressively here.
Stanfield is still on wobbly legs! Can Barathian finish him?
Barathian lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Max Barathian is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barathian keeps control of Stanfield as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Barathian misses with some punches.
Stanfield seems to have recovered his senses.
Barathian lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Stanfield tries to break free but Barathian pushes him back against the cage.
Barathian with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Barathian pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Barathian showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Stanfield.
Barathian ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Stanfield throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Stanfield misses with a jab, cross combination.
Barathian uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Stanfield.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stanfield throws a nice looking combination but Barathian bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Stanfield tries to bum rush Barathian with a series of wild strikes but Barathian uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Barathian uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Stanfield.
Barathian plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Barathian. Stanfield shrugs it off though.

Barathian closes the distance and clinches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stanfield wants to get back to striking at distance but Barathian won't allow it.
Stanfield wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Barathian has him pressed against the cage.
Stanfield is trying to break the clinch but Barathian has him pressed against the cage.
Barathian tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Stanfield's elbow.
Barathian has Stanfield pressed against the cage, preventing Stanfield from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Marlo Stanfield has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Stanfield doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Max Barathian showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Barathian has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Max Barathian!
A very excited looking Max Barathian 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.