PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Mael (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kendrick Stagliano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kendrick Stagliano is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Mael
vs
Stagliano

170 cm
25
140 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

173 cm
24
135 lbs
2 - 4 - 1

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Good in bed

BJJ White Belt
World class boxer
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Anthony Mael!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Kendrick Stagliano!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Ryoma Takatsuka and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mael goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Stagliano lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mael circles away quickly and effectively.
Mael throws a wild body kick that Stagliano sees coming a mile off.

Mael closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Mael taking a breather here.
Mael's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

Mael is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Stagliano looks calm but he's in trouble here. Mael gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Stagliano is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Mael lets go of the hold and Stagliano can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Anthony Mael!