PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Joe Stellar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Liam Christopher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Liam Christopher is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Stellar
vs
Christopher

200 cm
22
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
21
190 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Knockout power

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Joe Stellar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Liam Christopher!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Alec Ball and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stellar misses with a head kick.

Christopher scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Christopher not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Christopher throwing shots but Stellar is blocking nicely.
Christopher working Stellar over with strikes.
Christopher is figuring out what he wants to do next.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Christopher working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Christopher lands strikes from half guard.
Christopher has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Stellar tries to kick Christopher off but Christopher keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Christopher throwing shots but Stellar is blocking nicely.
Stellar pushes Christopher off looking to stand but Christopher dives back in and keeps control.
Christopher lands with a punch from half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Christopher looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Stellar with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Stellar is looking to escape.
Christopher thows a huge punch but Stellar dodges it nicely.
Christopher thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Christopher scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Christopher lands a nice short elbow.
Christopher is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

Stellar is rocked!
Christopher takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Oh Stellar is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

Christopher decides to stand and escape the position.
Joe Stellar is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Stellar is breathing heavily.

Christopher drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Christopher connects with a couple of short punches.
Christopher cracks Stellar with a solid left hand.
Stellar knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Christopher on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Christopher sitting in guard here, content to control.
Christopher scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Christopher with a nice head shot there.
Christopher controlling from the top position.
Christopher stands and throws Stellar's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Christopher scores with a couple of short elbows.
Christopher in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Stellar looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Christopher turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Liam Christopher!