Rising Storm PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vladimir Veliki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Christoph Stenner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stenner has chosen Escapado - Freiraum as his entrance music. Christoph Stenner has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Veliki
vs
Stenner

202 cm
20
265 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

195 cm
18
263 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Vladimir Veliki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Christoph Stenner!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Steve Montenegro and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stenner changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Veliki tries to avoid it but Stenner manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Veliki to the ground. Veliki escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Stenner is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Veliki enables Stenner to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Veliki manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Veliki on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Veliki tries to get out of the position.
Veliki is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Veliki missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Veliki is trying to control the action in half guard but Stenner is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Veliki thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Veliki is looking to advance position but Stenner won't allow it.
Veliki is nestled in close to Stenner, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Veliki 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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Veliki sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Stenner defending well though.
Veliki works his foot free and advances to mount.
Veliki looking to finish Stenner with some ground and pound. This is bad for Stenner!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Veliki trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Veliki looking to control and managing it successfully.

Veliki goes for an armbar but Stenner turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Stenner.
Veliki preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stenner throws and elbow that misses. Veliki uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Stenner's guard. Nice move by Veliki!
Stenner keeping moving, preventing Veliki from controlling successfully.
Veliki in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Veliki trying to control the position from guard on top but Stenner is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Veliki's corner is telling him to maintain position.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Vladimir Veliki wasn't doing enough on the ground.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Stenner drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Veliki gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Stenner looks gassed!

Veliki breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Veliki stuffs the takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vladimir Veliki dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Veliki decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Veliki not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

Veliki gets to his feet - back to striking we go!

Veliki closes the distance and clinches.

Veliki breaks the clinch.

Veliki clinches up with Stenner and pushes him back against the cage.

Veliki jumps guard and drags Stenner to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Veliki looking to hit a scissor sweep but Stenner is one step ahead there.
Veliki keeping full guard, as Stenner tries to pass.
Veliki looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Stenner is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stenner wanted to stand there but Veliki had control of the position.
Veliki pulls Stenner in close to prevent any damage.
Stenner won't allow Veliki to get back to his feet.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Stenner accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Veliki lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Stenner!

Veliki is working for a guillotine from mount but Stenner frees his head quite easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Veliki controlling his opponent.
Veliki dominating with strikes here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Veliki landing strikes from the mount.
Veliki in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Veliki cracks Stenner with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

It looks like Christoph Stenner has been cut.
Stenner really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Veliki. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Veliki looking to finish Stenner with some ground and pound. This is bad for Stenner!

That has opened up Christoph Stenner's cut even more.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Veliki controlling the position easily from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Veliki seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Stenner for as long as he can get away with.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vladimir Veliki dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Christoph Stenner's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Veliki lands a front kick.
Christoph Stenner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Veliki gets the takedown into side control.

Veliki stands up and we're back to a striking position.

Veliki drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
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!
Veliki sitting in guard here, content to control.
Veliki trying to control the position from guard on top but Stenner is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Veliki gets to his feet. Stenner looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Veliki closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

Veliki looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Veliki stands up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Veliki.
Stenner seems a little lost for a moment, as Veliki dominates the positioning.

Veliki stands up.
Veliki is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Stenner can do to turn this around?

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Veliki closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Stenner quickly recovers to half guard.
Veliki performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Veliki throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Veliki in particular looking to stall.
Stenner blocking the ground and pound attempt from Veliki.

And that's the end of the fight!
Vladimir Veliki showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Veliki 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 Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:25
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 30:25
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vladimir Veliki!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
45%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between robert grossman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tommy Gunnz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

grossman
vs
Gunnz

196 cm
25
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

191 cm
20
255 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, robert grossman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tommy Gunnz!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Russell Pearce and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gunnz wants to clinch up but grossman keeps it at a distance.
Gunnz fails in his attempt to clinch.

Gunnz has closed the distance and engaged grossman in a clinch.
Gunnz throws an elbow but it misses.

Gunnz breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gunnz blocks the body kick.

grossman forces Gunnz back against the cage and clinches.
Gunnz trying to land knees to the body.

Gunnz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gunnz should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
grossman wants to clinch but Gunnz slips to the side

and Gunnz counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for grossman!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gunnz controlling the pace for now.
grossman is in all sorts of trouble here.
Gunnz wants to get back to his feet but grossman is holding on tight.
Gunnz is trying to take his opponent's back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
grossman tries to reverse the position but Gunnz maintains control.
grossman is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.

Gunnz jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… grossman is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by grossman and Gunnz has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
grossman is trying to control Gunnz's posture but Gunnz avoids it.

Gunnz thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
grossman sneaks back into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
grossman won't allow Gunnz to pass to mount.
Gunnz trying to control the action but grossman is working from the bottom.
Gunnz is thwarting grossman's attempts to control the position.
Gunnz seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
grossman throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
grossman wants to control but Gunnz is keeping busy.

Gunnz decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Gunnz looks gassed!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gunnz fails with an attempt to clinch.
grossman throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
grossman tries for a takedown but Gunnz circles away easily

and Gunnz counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Gunnz pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. grossman is keeping the position for now.
Gunnz passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.
grossman blocking the ground and pound attempt from Gunnz.
Gunnz tries to stand and escape but grossman is controlling the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
grossman missing with punches from the bottom.
grossman is doing well to control the position and prevent Gunnz from advancing to side control.
Gunnz wants to get back to his feet.
Gunnz is trying to control the action in half guard but grossman is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

grossman has one foot on Gunnz's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
grossman tries to clinch up.
grossman fails with the takedown

and Gunnz holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tommy Gunnz dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

grossman tries to clinch but Gunnz is having none of it.
grossman throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
robert grossman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from grossman lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Gunnz has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Gunnz and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
robert grossman is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gunnz closes the distance looking to clinch

and grossman counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Gunnz!
grossman lands a big elbow.
Gunnz is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Gunnz is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
grossman content just to control the position here.
Gunnz is breathing heavily.
Gunnz is trying to get back to his feet but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
grossman controlling the position easily from mount.
Gunnz is in a horrible position here. grossman smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Tommy Gunnz has got the better of the ground game so far.
Gunnz is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

grossman is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Gunnz is surviving well by controlling grossman's body position as best he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
grossman tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Gunnz working to try and regain half guard.
grossman controlling from the full mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
grossman with the ground and pound from mount.
Gunnz is squirming around, avoiding grossman's attempts to control the action.
grossman sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
grossman's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Gunnz is working to get back to half guard.

grossman jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Gunnz manages to avoid the submission attempt.
grossman taking a breather here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

robert grossman dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

grossman throws a sloppy head kick and Gunnz moves out of range easily.
grossman throws a head kick that misses.

Gunnz moves into range and clinches up with grossman.
Gunnz missing with knees to the body.
Gunnz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. grossman is defending well for now.
Gunnz is trying to stall.
grossman goes for a takedown in the clinch but Gunnz prevents it.

Gunnz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
grossman throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Gunnz's waist but Gunnz gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing grossman off to one side.
grossman clinches but Gunnz breaks the clinch
and Gunnz counters with a nice body kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
grossman misses with a takedown attempt

and Gunnz moves into the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for robert grossman. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gunnz gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.

Gunnz postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for grossman to stand up.

Gunnz gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Gunnz tries to land knees in the clinch but grossman avoids the damage to the body.
Gunnz trying to land knees to the body.
Gunnz tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and grossman avoids it.
Gunnz trying to land knees to the body.
Gunnz tries to score a body lock takedown but grossman shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Gunnz throws an elbow but it's blocked.

Gunnz is fighting off a takedown attempt but grossman is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Gunnz to the mat. Gunnz regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
grossman working some strikes from top position.
Gunnz looking to control.
grossman controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
grossman throwing strikes from guard but Gunnz blocks nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gunnz wants to sweep here but grossman controlling him for the moment.
grossman is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of robert grossman.
grossman tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
grossman fails with the takedown

and Gunnz counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
grossman avoiding damage as Gunnz throws knees to the body.
Gunnz tries to land knees in the clinch but grossman avoids the damage to the body.
grossman misses with some punches.

grossman breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
grossman scores with a kick to the body.
grossman throws a sloppy head kick

and Gunnz counters with a nice double leg into side control. grossman won't be happy with that.
A bit of a lull in the action here.
Gunnz scoring with punches and elbows.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Who's going to make the next move?
grossman wants to get back to his feet but Gunnz drags him back down.
grossman is looking for a sweep.
grossman is trying to control Gunnz's posture but Gunnz avoids it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
grossman looking for a sweep but Gunnz has passed into full mount! Oh no!

And that's the end of the fight!
Tommy Gunnz comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Gunnz has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Jorge Garcia scores the fight 28:29
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 28:29
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tommy Gunnz!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
58%

Co-main event

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Jones might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Punk rock 101. Paul Smith is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Jones
vs
Smith

178 cm
25
182 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
180 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good takedowns
Brawler
Solid chin

[IFC] Hilton Supplements *NYC*

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Paul Smith!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Joseph Jones and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones throws a left jab followed by a right to the body, Oh Smith colapses and takes a barrage of punches from Jones as he moves to mount! the ref stops the fight and Smith is left battered and dazed whilst Jones and his camp cheer!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Jones!