PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dee Stirling (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jared Listen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stirling comes into the arena with All That Remains-The Air That I Breathe blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Stirling
vs
Listen

180 cm
24
200 lbs
12 - 3 - 0

178 cm
24
195 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dee Stirling!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jared Listen!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Albert Achterberg and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stirling throws a hook but Listen avoids it easily.
Stirling misses with an uppercut. Listen saw that one coming.
Listen loads up on a big right hand but Stirling slips the punch.
Listen looks to land a left hand but Stirling moved out of range nicely.
Stirling has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Dark Horse MMA Academy in the buildup to the fight.
Stirling slips a jab from Listen.
Listen lands with an uppercut that bounces Stirling off the cage and back into range.
A punch lands to the side of Listen 's head but he takes it in his stride.

It looks like Jared Listen has been cut.
Stirling is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Stirling is looking to clinch.
Stirling tries to close the distance and clinch up but Listen swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stirling scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Stirling jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Listen swats away the attempt to clinch by Stirling.
Listen walks into a jab.
Stirling walks into a jab.
Listen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Stirling ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Stirling throws a hook but Listen avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Stirling rushes Listen and presses him up against the cage.
Listen takes an elbow to the temple.
Listen keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Stirling's efforts to push away.
Stirling misses with a body punch.
Stirling misses with a punch to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stirling struggles to land a body shot inside as Listen controls his hands.
Stirling swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Listen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Stirling misses with a straight right.
Stirling uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Listen.
Stirling throws a right hand that misses
letting Listen counter with a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stirling lands with a nice combination. Listen backs away looking to recover.
Stirling is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Listen.
Stirling misses with a few strikes there.
Stirling staying out of range there.
Listen ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Stirling throws a big shot that misses.
Stirling will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Stirling has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Stirling breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Stirling tries to clinch up but Listen circles away and keeps his distance.
Stirling throws a hook but Listen avoids it easily.
Nice body punch from Listen.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stirling displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Listen throws out the jab.
Stirling thows a body shot but no joy.
Listen slips a jab from Stirling.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stirling tries to clinch but Listen is having none of it.
Nice uppercut lands for Listen. That snapped Stirling's head back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dee Stirling dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jared Listen'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.

Listen connects with a jab.
Listen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Stirling looks to land a combination but Listen avoids it well.
Stirling tries to clinch up but Listen circles away and keeps his distance.
Stirling will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dee Stirling is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Stirling tries to clinch but Listen moves out of range.
Stirling throws out a loose jab but Listen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Stirling lands a jab to Listen's midsection.
Stirling displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Listen throws out the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Listen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stirling.
Dee Stirling seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Listen lands with a good body shot.
Stirling closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Stirling throws a jab but it's blocked by Listen.
Listen misses with an uppercut.
Stirling lands a really nice looking cross but Listen seems unphased.
Stirling connects with a jab.
Stirling throws a jab when Listen was well out of range.

Stirling closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stirling keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Listen's efforts to push away.
Listen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Stirling fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Stirling has Listen pressed against the cage, preventing Listen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stirling softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Stirling manages to break the clinch.
Stirling tries to clinch but Listen moves away
and Listen counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Listen scores with a punch to the head.
Stirling misses with a jab to the body
and Listen counters with a straight right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Listen ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Dee Stirling is winning the standup battle so far.
Stirling swinging wildly here.
Listen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Listen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Stirling is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Listen.
Listen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Stirling.
Stirling throws a shot from downtown. Listen moves away and avoids it.
Listen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Listen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sloppy strikes from Stirling. Those never looked like landing.
Stirling is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Nice defenses there by Listen.
Stirling lands with an overhand left.
Listen swats away the attempt to clinch by Stirling.
Listen stuns Stirling with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stirling is looking to clinch but Listen is avoiding it.
Listen looks to throw the jab but Stirling is out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Jared Listen will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Jared Listen's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Listen misses with a few strikes there.
Listen lands a jab to Stirling's midsection.
Stirling lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Listen on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Stirling takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Stirling takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Stirling misses with a straight left.
Stirling tries to clinch

and Listen counters with a crisp one two that drops Stirling! Listen thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Stirling to his feet! Stirling is in big trouble!

Stirling is rocked!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Listen throws a hook to the side of Stirling's head but Stirling sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Oh Stirling is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Listen wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Listen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Stirling.
Stirling seems to have got his legs back now.
Stirling wants to clinch up but Listen keeps it at a distance.
Stirling bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Stirling jabs at Listen's body.
Stirling takes one to the side of the head.
Stirling throws out a loose jab but Listen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Listen's corner calls for a 1-2. Listen obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
You can follow us on Twitter at...Ooooooh Stirling got wobbled bad by a big combination! Listen presses forward with punches and knees until Stirling stumbles to the ground! The ref watches Stirling closely before deciding to step in and end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jared Listen!
Jared Listen decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.