PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stephen Christian (ranked 25091 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Understone (ranked 5225 p4p, 0 weight class). Jack Understone has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Christian
vs
Understone

195 cm
19
214 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

189 cm
25
200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Stephen Christian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jack Understone!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Tarja Halkonen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Understone pushes Christian up against the cage in a clinch.

Christian manages to break the clinch.
Jack Understone seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Understone has managed to clinch.

Christian escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Understone throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Christian half committed to a counter leg kick.

Understone closes the distance and pushes Christian back into the cage.

Understone pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Understone rushes Christian and presses him up against the cage.

Christian manages to break the clinch.
Nice body punch from Understone.

Understone has closed the distance and engaged Christian in a clinch.
Christian tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Understone has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Understone is trying to force a seperation but Christian has the dominant position.
Christian is looking for a takedown.

Understone manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Understone pulls Christian in close to his closed guard and prevents Christian from doing any damage or advancing position.

Understone manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Christian has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Understone finds it's way round the side to connect with Christian's head.

It looks like Stephen Christian has been cut.

Understone has Christian up against the cage in a clinch.
Understone has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Christian breaks from the clinch.
Understone lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Christian at a distance.
Understone misses with a series of wild punches.

Christian gets tackled into the cage by Understone. Understone maintains the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Understone looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Understone works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

Christian breaks the clinch.
Jab from Understone.
Christian walks straight into a right hand from Understone - that's dropped him! Understone jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Christian from any more punishment! Christian complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Jack Understone!