PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Beli Stan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bryan Fury (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Stan
vs
Fury

180 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

184 cm
18
204 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Beli Stan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bryan Fury!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Wesley Smith and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fury circles away from the clinch attempt.
Fury looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Fury tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Stan thuds his shin into the meat of Fury's side.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Stan shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Stan thows a huge punch but Fury dodges it nicely.
Fury blocking the ground and pound attempt from Stan.
Stan lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Fury blocking the ground and pound attempt from Stan.
Stan scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Stan drops an elbow to the side of Fury's head.
Stan scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stan is nestled in close to Fury, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Fury taking some punishment here, with Stan in his half guard.
Stan scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Stan has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Stan not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Stan throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Stan is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Stan thows a huge punch but Fury dodges it nicely.
Stan takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fury wants to get back to his feet.
Stan not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Stan thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Stan missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Stan lands a nice short elbow.
Stan sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Fury defending well though.
Fury wants to get back to his feet.
Fury on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Stan throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stan thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Fury blocking the ground and pound attempt from Stan.
Fury tries to kick Stan off but Stan keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Stan throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Fury circles away from the clinch attempt.
Fury throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Stan needs to keep his hands up - Fury had a free shot at his head there.
Stan wants to clinch up but Fury keeps it at a distance.
A combination from Fury does no damage.
Fury throws a sloppy head kick and Stan moves out of range easily.
Fury throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Fury tries to keep at a distance but Stan has taken the fight into the clinch.
Fury landing knees to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Fury tries a knee to the head but Stan blocks it.

Fury's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fury moves out of range of the body kick from Stan.
Fury misses with a head kick.
Stan tries to clinch but Fury is having none of it.
Stan loads up on a big right hand but Fury slips the punch.

Fury clinches up against the cage.
Fury looking to throw knees to the head but Stan is blocking nicely.
Fury trying to stall but Stan improves his position.
Fury landing knees to the head.
Stan is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Fury is keeping busy.
Fury with a knee to the head.
Fury connects with a nasty looking knee right to Stan's face.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stan looking to throw knees to the head but Fury is blocking nicely.
Stan has had enough of the clinch but Fury keeps him there for the moment.

Fury manages to break the clinch.
Fury keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Stan wants to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Beli Stan dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Fury tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Stan throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Fury was covering up waiting for the punch and Stan finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Stan postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Stan loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Stan working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Stan missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Fury preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Fury kicks Stan off and gets to his feet.
Fury circles away from the clinch attempt.
Fury has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

Fury gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Fury tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Fury breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Fury moves into the clinch successfully.
Stan is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.

Fury pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bryan Fury is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Stan is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Fury.
Stan throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Fury.
Stan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Stan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Stan has taken the fight to the clinch.
Fury tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A knee to the head by Fury.
Stan trying to land knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Stan fails to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Fury has him pressed against the cage.
Stan lands a shoulder strike.
Fury landing knees to the head.
Stan jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Fury walks away with a smile on his face. Stan gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Stan.
Fury tries to escape but Stan is in control.
Fury regains half guard, as Stan was trying to land strikes.
Stan missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Stan lands strikes from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stan missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Fury on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Stan misses with a head shot. Fury uses the momentum to regain guard.
Stan prevents Fury from getting back to his feet.

Stan stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Fury stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Fury wants it to stay on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Beli Stan. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Fury doesn't manage to clinch there - Stan circles away.
Stan shoots in but no luck this time.
A combination from Fury does no damage.
Fury leaves Stan with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Stan is looking to clinch.
A slapping leg kick lands for Stan.
Stan lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Fury dodges the punch combination from Stan.
Fury swats away the attempt to clinch by Stan.
Stan misses with a few strikes there.
Fury takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Stan misses with a takedown attempt - Fury sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Fury looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Stan fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Beli Stan dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! 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.

Fury is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Stan fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Stan tries a head kick but it misses.

Stan shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Fury is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Stan with shots to the head and body - Fury looks very uncomfortable down there.
Fury'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.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Stan raining down shots from the mount!
Stan unloads with some shots from mount but Fury bucks and avoids them well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fury avoids a series of strikes thrown by Stan.
Stan misses with a head shot.
Stan working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Fury wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Stan.
Stan misses with a head shot.
Fury is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Stan lands a big shot there that rocks Fury but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Fury is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Stan misses with a head shot.
A nice elbow there by Stan.
Stan with good strikes from the mount here!
Stan thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Fury is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Fury is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stan misses with a head shot.
Stan throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Fury because Stan loaded up on that one.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Stan cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Fury really wants to buck Stan off and get back to his feet.
Stan lands a big elbow.
Stan is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Bryan Fury has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fury'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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Stan landing shots from mount.
Stan has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Fury's face.
Fury wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Stan.
Stan thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Fury is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Beli Stan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Stan lands a nice shot to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Beli Stan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Stan, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:26
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Beli Stan!