PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jason Stackhouse (ranked 745 p4p, 3157 weight class) and Karate Sasuke (ranked 92 p4p, 396 weight class). Stackhouse comes to the cage accompanied by True Blood. Sasuke has chosen My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark as his entrance music. Jason Stackhouse has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Stackhouse
vs
Sasuke

180 cm
30
164
18 - 9 - 2

169 cm
29
155
14 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Carnage
Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 9 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jason Stackhouse !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Karate Sasuke!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, David Schapiro and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stackhouse 's jab looks to have found its range, popping Sasuke under the eye.
Sasuke looks to land a left hand but Stackhouse moved out of range nicely.
Stackhouse bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Sasuke's head.
Jason Stackhouse seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sasuke steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Stackhouse . That one must have hurt.
A jab from Sasuke does it's job there.
Sasuke misses the jab.
Stackhouse throws a looping overhand right but Sasuke ducks down to avoid it.
Sasuke slips under a jab from Stackhouse .
Stackhouse misses with a jab, cross combination.
Stackhouse misses with a lunging right hand
and Sasuke counters with a nice body shot.
Stackhouse misses with an uppercut. Sasuke saw that one coming.
Sasuke scores with a hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stackhouse looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Stackhouse keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sasuke.
As Sasuke backs away, Stackhouse returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Stackhouse connects with an inside leg kick.
Sasuke stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
A swing and a miss from Sasuke.
Stackhouse swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Sasuke throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Stackhouse counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sasuke darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Sasuke avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sasuke moves out of range as Stackhouse strikes.
We've been informed that Sasuke has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Sasuke takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Good leg kick by Stackhouse .
Sasuke connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Sasuke throws an overhand right that lands on Stackhouse 's shoulder, as Stackhouse tries to avoid the shot.
Sasuke pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sasuke lands with a straight right. Stackhouse didn't see that one coming.
Sasuke might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Sasuke drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Stackhouse connects with a nice looking jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stackhouse misses with a looping right.
Stackhouse bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Sasuke's head.
Sasuke throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sasuke checks a low kick from Stackhouse .
Stackhouse ducks under a wild hook from Sasuke.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stackhouse fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Sasuke.
Sasuke blocks a head kick by Stackhouse .
Sasuke looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Stackhouse lands the left hand.
Stackhouse takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Sasuke throws a big shot that misses.
Sasuke jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sasuke takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Stackhouse misses with a straight right.
Sasuke digs a good hook to Stackhouse 's body.
Stackhouse is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Stackhouse tries to land a leg kick but Sasuke saw it coming and moves away.
Sasuke just misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Stackhouse takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

Stackhouse sends Sasuke crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Stackhouse is motioning to the referee to let Sasuke up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

Sasuke is rocked!
Sasuke throws a right and a left that Stackhouse avoids nicely.
Sasuke is still on wobbly legs! Can Stackhouse finish him?
Sasuke slips a straight right by Stackhouse .
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jason Stackhouse dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Stackhouse waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sasuke.
A nice side step and Sasuke releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Sasuke seems to have recovered his senses.
A nice inside leg kick there by Stackhouse . That's going to slow Sasuke down.
A big left from Stackhouse misses.
Sasuke throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Stackhouse .
Sasuke walks into a left hand.
Stackhouse throws a lazy right hand but Sasuke sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sasuke now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Stackhouse changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Jason Stackhouse is winning the standup battle so far.
Sasuke drops his hands momentarily and Stackhouse takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Stackhouse thows a left - swing and a miss!
Stackhouse throws a nice head kick!

Sasuke is rocked!
Stackhouse misses with an uppercut.
Sasuke throws out a counter right but Stackhouse avoids it with no problem.
Sasuke is still on wobbly legs! Can Stackhouse finish him?
Sasuke just misses with a punch to the body.
Stackhouse is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Jab from Stackhouse .
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!
Stackhouse throws an overhand right that lands on Sasuke's shoulder, as Sasuke tries to avoid the shot.
Decent striking displayed by Sasuke there.
Stackhouse steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sasuke.
Sasuke misses with a few strikes there.
Sasuke seems to have recovered his senses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stackhouse connects with the punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sasuke. Stackhouse does a little dance to reset his feet.
Stackhouse is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sasuke.
Sasuke missing with a left hand there. Stackhouse was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Stackhouse is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sasuke can do to turn this around?
Stackhouse throws out a loose jab but Sasuke uses good head movement to avoid it.
Stackhouse takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Stackhouse throws a low kick but Sasuke avoids it.
Stackhouse throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Stackhouse lands with an overhand left.
Nice defenses there by Stackhouse .
Stackhouse throws a shot from downtown. Sasuke moves away and avoids it.
Nice defenses there by Sasuke.
Sasuke ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sasuke swings widly with a right hand
and Stackhouse counters with a straight right hand.
Stackhouse throws a lazy uppercut
and Sasuke counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stackhouse lands a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sasuke lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Stackhouse ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Stackhouse is looking to counter punch.
Stackhouse cracks Sasuke with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Sasuke falls to his knees and Stackhouse doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jason Stackhouse !
Jason Stackhouse managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Carnage , into his post fight interview.
Karate Sasuke spoke after the fight, saying 'Sorry, guys! Next time I'mma win.'.