PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brett Felton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lee Stroud (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lee Stroud is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Felton
vs
Stroud

188 cm
21
215 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

190 cm
24
220 lbs
8 - 7 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brett Felton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lee Stroud!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Chad Campbell and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stroud fails with a takedown attempt.

Stroud shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Felton napping and manages to drive through into side control!
The ground and pound from Stroud seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Felton is trying to control Stroud's posture but Stroud avoids it.

Stroud decides to stand up, so the ref orders Felton to his feet.

Stroud looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Felton keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Stroud is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Felton has managed to free his arm - good work.

Stroud is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Felton defends it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Felton is in trouble now - Stroud has advanced to mount!
Stroud misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Stroud throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Felton because Stroud loaded up on that one.

Stroud is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Felton can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Stroud looks gassed!
Felton tries to lock up and control but Stroud gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Felton wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Stroud.
A nice elbow there by Stroud.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Felton tries to lock up and control but Stroud gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Felton looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
Felton can't escape the position.
Stroud misses with punches from the back.
Stroud has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Stroud is working for the choke. He's slipped one arm under the chin. Felton has to defend the other arm for all he's worth... but Stroud has managed to get that arm free too and he's tightening the choke! Felton taps out and looks absolutely disgusted with himself. Stroud doesn't care though - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Lee Stroud!