PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Maui Wowie (ranked 723 p4p, 107 weight class) and Aksel Stenger (ranked 880 p4p, 132 weight class). Wowie comes to the cage accompanied by Dont bogart that joint. The crowd seem to be enjoying Stenger's choice of entrance music: Hit2face - Ain't it nice to get hit to the face?. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Wowie
vs
Stenger

185 cm
29
195 lbs
19 - 9 - 0

186 cm
26
196 lbs
17 - 8 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Arcticus University: London
IniTech Nutrition

IniTech Nutrition
Aspire Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Maui Wowie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Aksel Stenger!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Ian Loll and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wowie misses with a head kick.
A big left from Stenger misses.
As Stenger looks to move away, Wowie throws a big counter combo but Stenger just gets out of the way.
A jab from Stenger does it's job there.
Wowie tries to close the distance and clinch but Stenger swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wowie shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Wowie throws a sloppy head kick and Stenger moves out of range easily.

Wowie moves into range and clinches up with Stenger.

Stenger breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A clash of legs there as Wowie blocks the low kick.
Stenger misses with an attempted mid kick.
Stenger showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Wowie.
Wowie takes a kick to the side of the head.
Stenger feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Wowie's calf.
Stenger getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wowie misses with the combination.
Maui Wowie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
No joy there for Wowie, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wowie avoids the head kick by Stenger.
Stenger throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Wowie on the side of the head.
Stenger pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Wowie shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Stenger eats them both and turns towards Wowie to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Wowie fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Wowie uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Stenger.
Wowie tries to close the distance and clinch up but Stenger swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Stenger throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Wowie wants to clinch.
Wowie lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Wowie throws a body shot but no joy.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wowie throws a body shot but no joy.
Stenger takes one on the chin but seems OK.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stenger takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Stenger misses with a looping right.
Stenger takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Wowie throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
No joy there for Wowie, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Stenger looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Stenger clobbers Wowie with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Stenger misses with a head kick.
Stenger wants to slow Wowie down by chopping away at his legs.
Wowie is looking for a counter combo.
Wowie showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Stenger.
Stenger misses with a looping right.
As Stenger looks to move away, Wowie throws a big counter combo but Stenger just gets out of the way.

Wowie drops Stenger with a beautiful combination! Stenger stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Wowie is looking for the KO!
Stenger pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Stenger gets hit by the mother of all head kicks and drops to the canvas in a crumpled heap! Woooow, the Internet is going to be talking about this one for weeks!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Maui Wowie!
After winning the bout, Maui Wowie thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.