PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Leviticus Stone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Christian Thiele (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Stone
vs
Thiele

188 cm
22
185 lbs
5 - 10 - 0

187 cm
20
202 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 5 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Leviticus Stone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Christian Thiele!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Chris Edwards and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stone tries to bum rush Thiele with a series of wild strikes but Thiele uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Thiele connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A jab lands there for Thiele.

Thiele drops Stone with a left right combo! Thiele follows him down to the ground into side control.

Stone is rocked!

It looks like Leviticus Stone has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stone is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Thiele asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Stone tries to control but Thiele manages to take his back.
Stone trying to control the position but Thiele manages to sink in the hooks.
Thiele gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.
Stone rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Stone trying to hold on to Thiele's head to control him but Thiele postures up.
Stone tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Thiele manages to move to mount!
Stone's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Thiele with a couple of short strikes.
Oooooh, big shot lands for Thiele! Stone is hurt baaadly! Thiele is firing away with more strikes - Stone is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Christian Thiele!