PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marco Polo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steven Stifler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Polo
vs
Stifler

195 cm
31
300 lbs
16 - 13 - 0

225 cm
32
300 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Beaver Jooce!
Cage Star

VIRAL COMBAT

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Marco Polo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Steven Stifler!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, George Francis and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stifler swinging wildly here.
Polo blocks the body kick.
Stifler throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Polo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Stifler.
Stifler misses with a straight right.
Polo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Stifler tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Stifler swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Stifler takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Stifler just misses with a punch to the body.
Polo throws a big shot that misses.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Stifler.
Polo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Stifler.
Polo seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Stifler ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Polo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Stifler looks to land a body kick but Polo moved away.
Stifler steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Polo.
Stifler rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Polo moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Stifler. Polo does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Polo cracks Stifler with an open hand slap.
Stifler moves out of range of the strikes.
Polo misses with a body shot.
Stifler uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Polo.
Stifler avoids the body shot from Polo.
Stifler connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Polo scores with a crisp jab that stopped Stifler in his tracks.
Polo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Stifler.
Some wild striking there from Polo.
Stifler throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Stifler slips a jab from Polo.
Steven Stifler is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Polo throws an overhand right that lands on Stifler's shoulder, as Stifler tries to avoid the shot.
Stifler lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stifler throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A combination from Stifler does no damage.
Polo misses with a body shot.
Stifler ducks under a wild hook from Polo.
Polo stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Polo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Stifler jabs Polo right on the nose. Polo blinks but takes it well.
Stifler with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Polo to score with a decent uppercut.
Stifler misses with a series of wild punches.
Steven Stifler seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A slow jab from Polo misses its intended target.
Polo misses with an uppercut.
Polo throws a hook to the side of Stifler's head but Stifler sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Stifler takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Polo with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Stifler to score with a decent uppercut.
Nice straight punches there by Stifler. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Stifler.
Stifler has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Decent striking displayed by Stifler there.
Polo throws a body punch but Stifler moves out of range.
Polo misses with a wild body shot.
Polo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Stifler lands an overhand right.
Polo takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stifler throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Stifler fails to land with a series of punches.
Stifler thows a left - swing and a miss!
Stifler lands a glancing blow to the side of Polo's head.
Stifler misses with a jab, cross combination.
Stifler misses with a body shot.
Stifler takes a swing at Polo's ribcage but misses.
Stifler fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Polo manages to avoid it.
Stifler connects with a looping right hand.
Stifler has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Polo misses the shot to the body.
Polo thows a body shot but no joy.
Polo takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Stifler tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Stifler tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Stifler thows a body shot but no joy.
Polo misses with an uppercut
and Stifler counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Polo connects with a single shot there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stifler misses with a straight left.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Polo slips a jab from Stifler.
Stifler has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Polo finds it's way round the side to connect with Stifler's head.
Stifler throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Polo counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Stifler takes a swing at Polo's ribcage but misses.
Stifler slips a jab from Polo.
Stifler throws a big shot that misses.
A jab lands there for Polo.
Stifler rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Polo moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Polo connects with a looping right hand.
Polo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Polo looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Stifler ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Polo moves away.
Stifler misses with an attempted mid kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Stifler moves away from the strike by Polo.
A jab from Stifler misses.
Polo looks to score with a jab to the body but Stifler is just out of range.

Oooh a lovely combination from Polo sends Stifler down but not out. Polo dives into side control looking to finish.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marco Polo dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Polo swings for the body but Stifler moves out of range.

It looks like Steven Stifler has been cut.
Steven Stifler is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Polo fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Stifler misses with a low kick.
Stifler looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Polo comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Stifler doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Stifler finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Polo throws a predictable looking body shot
and Stifler counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Polo throws a hook to the side of Stifler's head but Stifler sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Stifler throws a lazy uppercut
and Polo counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Polo just misses with a punch to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Polo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Polo slips a straight right by Stifler.
Stifler with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Polo to score with a decent uppercut.
Stifler misses with a wild body shot.
Polo misses with a body shot.
A big left from Polo misses.
Polo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stifler.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Polo misses with a wild body shot.
Polo bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Stifler's head.
Polo gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Stifler misses with a wild body shot.
Polo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stifler was well out of range. Poor timing from Polo.
Stifler pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Stifler works the jab nicely.
Polo checks a low kick from Stifler.
Stifler throws a half hearted mid kick.
Stifler misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Stifler slips under a jab from Polo.
Stifler misses the shot to the body.
Polo catches Stifler with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
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!
Stifler takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Polo blocks a low kick nicely.
A punch combination from Stifler misses.
Marco Polo is winning the standup battle so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stifler works the jab nicely.
Stifler on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Polo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Polo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Polo misses with a hook. Stifler ducked under it nicely.
Stifler swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Polo throws a body punch but Stifler moves out of range.
Stifler sizes up Polo with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

Polo shoots in and gets a takedown into Stifler's guard.
Stifler keeping moving, preventing Polo from controlling successfully.
Polo passes into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stifler wants to stand back up but Polo manages to pass into side control.
Polo wants to lay and pray for a moment but Stifler keeps working.
Stifler avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Polo.
Polo tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Stifler pushes Polo away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Polo gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Polo is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Polo sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Stifler is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Polo working the body and head with strikes.
Polo 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.
Stifler is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Polo has just dragged him back down to the mat.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The strikes coming from Polo are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Polo wants to lay and pray for a moment but Stifler keeps working.
Polo throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marco Polo dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Steven Stifler's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

A looping hook to the body misses from Stifler. Polo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Polo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stifler manages to avoid it.
Stifler walks into a left hand.
A punch combination from Stifler misses.
A combination from Stifler does no damage.
Stifler digs a good hook to Polo's body.
Stifler throws a head kick but Polo moves out of range.
Stifler throws a body punch but Polo moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Polo misses the target.
Stifler on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Stifler keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Stifler slips under a jab.
Polo scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Polo scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A big left from Polo misses.
Stifler misses with a wild body shot.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Polo.
Polo throws a nice looking combination but Stifler bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stifler throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Stifler scores with the left hand. Polo knows he should have avoided that one.
Stifler misses the shot to the body.
A jab from Polo misses.
Stifler steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Polo.
Polo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Polo connects with a looping right hand.
Stifler lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Stifler looks to land a right hand but Polo moved out of range.
Polo lands with a nice body punch.
Stifler takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Polo on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Polo jabs Stifler to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Stifler fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Stifler takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A jab lands there for Stifler.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Polo throws the left hand but Stifler avoids the punch easily.
Polo on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Polo lands a jab to Stifler's midsection.
Polo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stifler.
Polo with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Polo lands with a right hand.
Polo lands an overhand right.
Polo scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Polo listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Polo lands a slapping body shot.
Polo throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Stifler swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A big right from Polo misses.
Polo misses with a jab, cross combination.
Polo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Steven Stifler has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Polo's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Stifler connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Polo scrambles back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stifler throws a big shot that misses.
Polo jabs Stifler to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Polo throws a jab but it's blocked by Stifler.
Polo throws a right and a left that Stifler avoids nicely.
Polo fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Stifler misses with a body shot.
Polo swings for the body but Stifler moves out of range.
Polo moves out of range of the leg kick from Stifler.
Stifler lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Polo looks to score with a jab to the body but Stifler is just out of range.
Polo digs a good hook to Stifler's body.
Stifler attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Jab by Polo.
A big left from Polo misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Polo looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Stifler lands a glancing blow to the side of Polo's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Polo throws a hook but Stifler blocks it.
Stifler misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Stifler connects with a jab.
Stifler has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Polo thows a body shot but no joy.
A clash of legs there as Polo blocks the low kick.
Polo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Stifler.
Polo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Stifler can do to turn this around?
Polo moves forwards but Stifler connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Marco Polo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Polo jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Polo works Stifler's body with a nice hook.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Polo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Polo misses with a hook.
Polo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Stifler throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marco Polo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Polo has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marco Polo!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Marco Polo waved his t-shirt featuring Cage Star 's logo in front of the cameras.