PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Athan Stamatis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mitt Thrawn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stamatis comes to the cage accompanied by Lose Yourself. Athan Stamatis has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Stamatis
vs
Thrawn

176 cm
37
184 lbs
57 - 27 - 0

165 cm
21
185 lbs
12 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

Decent wrestler
Good elbows
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 57 - 27 - 0, fighting out of New York, Athan Stamatis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mitt Thrawn!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Columbo Gatti and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stamatis lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Thrawn closes the distance but Stamatis moves to the side
and Stamatis counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Thrawn thinking.
Thrawn tries to clinch but Stamatis moves out of range.
Stamatis is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Thrawn stuffs the takedown.
Stamatis sets himself, and Thrawn steps forward looking for the clinch! Stamatis avoids it this time.
Thrawn cracks a nice hook into Stamatis's ribs.
Stamatis takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Both fighters circling a little - Stamatis finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Thrawn ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Stamatis moves away.
Stamatis scores with a hook to the body. Thrawn takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Stamatis keeps the fight on the outside.
A little feinted left hand from Stamatis on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Thrawn throws a body punch but Stamatis moves out of range.

Stamatis drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Stamatis is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Thrawn has escaped the position, nice work there.

Stamatis working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stamatis taking a breather here.
Thrawn struggling a bit here.
Stamatis working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Stamatis working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Stamatis lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Thrawn is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thrawn is still trying to improve position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Stamatis cracks Thrawn with a big right hand but Thrawn just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Stamatis controlling from side mount.
Thrawn is trying to improve his position.
Stamatis 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.
Thrawn taking a bit of punishment here - Stamatis scoring with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thrawn is looking for a sweep.
Stamatis working the body and head with strikes.
Thrawn wants to control but Stamatis postures up.

Stamatis has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Thrawn is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Stamatis yanks on the arm and Thrawn is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Stamatis.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Athan Stamatis!
Athan Stamatis bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.