PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jon Christ (ranked 499 p4p, 532 weight class) and Joseph Stalinovich (ranked 69 p4p, 75 weight class). Stalinovich is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Hell March. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Christ
vs
Stalinovich

192 cm
24
205
9 - 1 - 0

192 cm
34
210
27 - 15 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
KO power

Good wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed

Shadow Realm Apparel

Conviction
Brooklyn Apothecary

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 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jon Christ!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Joseph Stalinovich!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Glass and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stalinovich throws an overhand right that lands on Christ's shoulder, as Christ tries to avoid the shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Stalinovich. Christ does a little dance to reset his feet.
Christ feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Stalinovich swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Christ counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Stalinovich throws a hook to the side of Christ's head but Christ sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Stalinovich throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Stalinovich looks to throw the jab but Christ is out of range.
A head kick misses from Christ.
Christ takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

It looks like Jon Christ has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Christ throws a lazy right hand but Stalinovich sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Christ throws a jab when Stalinovich was well out of range.
Stalinovich misses with a right hand
and Christ counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stalinovich slips a jab and a cross from Christ.
Stalinovich throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
enabling Christ to counter with a crisp jab.
Christ lands with an overhand left.
Christ throws a lazy right hand but Stalinovich sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Stalinovich tries to clinch but Christ moves out of range.
Stalinovich swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Stalinovich lands the left hand.
Christ misses with a lunging right hand
and Stalinovich counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Stalinovich swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Christ slips a jab from Stalinovich.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stalinovich avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Stalinovich was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Stalinovich is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Christ.
Christ circles away from the clinch attempt.
Stalinovich scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Christ fakes the leg kick and cracks Stalinovich in the body.
Christ keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Stalinovich.
Christ looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Stalinovich throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Stalinovich tries to clinch up but Christ circles away and keeps his distance.

Christ lands a big head kick that sends Stalinovich tumbling to the mat! Christ takes a step backwards and waves Stalinovich back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Stalinovich is rocked!
Christ misses with a jab, cross combination.
Stalinovich swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christ tries a head kick but it misses.

Christ drops Stalinovich with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Stalinovich looks back up at him and smiles so Christ waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Stalinovich is still on wobbly legs! Can Christ finish him?
Christ swats away the attempt to clinch by Stalinovich.
Stalinovich misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Christ.
Stalinovich seems to have recovered his senses.
Christ moves out of range as Stalinovich strikes.

Stalinovich clinches.
Stalinovich lands a hook that snaps the head of Christ backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A shot in the inside from Christ.

Christ breaks from the clinch.
Stalinovich doesn't manage to clinch there - Christ circles away.
Christ throwing a counter right hand but Stalinovich manages to avoid it.

Stalinovich has closed the distance and engaged Christ in a clinch.
Stalinovich tries to pull guard but Christ won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stalinovich scores with a nice hook to the head.
Christ misses with a punch to the body.
Stalinovich is trying to pull guard but Christ has him pressed against the cage.
Christ tries to work over Stalinovich's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Stalinovich misses with a body punch.
Stalinovich scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Stalinovich goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Christ goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Stalinovich misses with a hook to the ribs.
Christ fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Christ is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Stalinovich to keep the fight standing.
Christ is trying to push Stalinovich away but Stalinovich has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Christ misses with a body punch.
Stalinovich jumps guard but Christ stands there with Stalinovich around his waist. Stalinovich gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Jon Christ has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joseph Stalinovich.
Christ tries a body shot but Stalinovich blocks it.

Stalinovich breaks the clinch.
Stalinovich darts in trying to clinch
and Christ makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jon Christ dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jon Christ's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Stalinovich's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Christ connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Stalinovich scrambles back to his feet.
A punch combination from Stalinovich misses.
Christ tried to counter with a leg kick but Stalinovich avoided it.
Some wild striking there from Christ.
Christ fails in his attempt to clinch.
Despite the aggression on Stalinovich's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Stalinovich throws a quick inside leg kick.
Stalinovich misses with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stalinovich walks into a straight right hand from Christ.
A telegraphed right hand from Stalinovich misses the target.
Christ is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Stalinovich is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Christ keeps the fight on the outside.
It looked like Christ wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Christ takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Jon Christ is winning the standup battle so far.
Christ has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Christ there as he acknowledges the shot.
Christ throws a push kick but Stalinovich slaps the foot to one side.
Stalinovich throws a series of punches but Christ moves out of range.
Christ was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Stalinovich slips a straight right by Christ.
Stalinovich throws a head kick but Christ moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Christ looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stalinovich throws a body shot but no joy.
A solid body kick from Stalinovich.
Stalinovich dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Stalinovich falls off balance throwing a combination
and Christ makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Stalinovich scores with a spinning back kick!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Christ tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A little jabbing left from Stalinovich on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Stalinovich misses with the combination.
Christ throws a head kick that misses
and Stalinovich counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stalinovich lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

Jon Christ's cut is getting worse.

Stalinovich pushes Christ up against the cage in a clinch.
Christ misses with some punches.
Stalinovich prevents a body shot from Christ.
Still in the clinch, Stalinovich scores with a nice short uppercut.
Christ fails to pull guard.

Christ jumps guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Stalinovich passes easily into side control. Nice work.

Stalinovich is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Christ has escaped the position, nice work there.

Stalinovich is trying to get an arm triangle but Christ is defending well.
Stalinovich wants to lay and pray for a moment but Christ keeps working.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Stalinovich wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Christ, who protects the arm well.
Stalinovich trying to control the action but Christ is working from the bottom.
Christ is trying to control Stalinovich's posture but Stalinovich avoids it.

Stalinovich tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Christ is looking for a sweep.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Joseph Stalinovich showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jon Christ's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Nice shot lands for Christ.
Stalinovich scores with a hook.
Stalinovich lands with a nice body kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Christ.
Christ misses with a wild body shot.

Stalinovich cracks Christ with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Stalinovich has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Christ to stand back up!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stalinovich throws a predictable looking body shot
and Christ counters with a nice uppercut.
A cross from Stalinovich lands.

Christ is rocked!

Jon Christ's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Stalinovich moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Stalinovich looks to land a left hand but Christ moved out of range nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Christ is keeping his hands low and just asking to be knocked out. Stalinovich Raises his leg and lands a stunning axe kick! Christ is out cold, face down on the mat!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:10 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Joseph Stalinovich!
Our winner, Joseph Stalinovich, 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.