PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jonathan Couturier (ranked 5844 p4p, 24817 weight class) and Stevie Stingray (ranked 571 p4p, 646 weight class). Stevie Stingray told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Couturier
vs
Stingray

187 cm
20
201
2 - 3 - 0

225 cm
19
190
1 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jonathan Couturier!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Stevie Stingray!
The judges for this bout are Chris Dean, Bruno Hogan and Francis DeMontford.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Couturier scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Couturier lands a right hook to the body.
Couturier stuns Stingray with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Stingray takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Couturier scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Jonathan Couturier seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stingray looks winded!
Couturier jabs Stingray to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Couturier bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Stingray's head.

Stingray is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stingray drops his hands momentarily. Couturier doesn't need a second invitation, landing a shot to the temple. Stingray staggers and falls to the mat and the ref dives in to save him from any more punishment. Stingray doesn't seem happy with the stoppage but he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jonathan Couturier!
Our winner, Jonathan Couturier, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.