PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Calvin Stafford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Knuckle Very Hard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Calvin Stafford has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Stafford
vs
Very Hard

199 cm
24
193 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

188 cm
25
198 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Likes comics

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

King of Clothes

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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Calvin Stafford!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Knuckle Very Hard!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Ryoma Takatsuka and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Very Hard gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Stafford really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Very Hard stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Very Hard lands a left hand.
Stafford has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Very Hard avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Stafford blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Very Hard softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Stafford is trying to break free.
Stafford looking for a takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Very Hard lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Stafford throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Very Hard blocks it with crossed arms.
Stafford fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Calvin Stafford. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Very Hard.
Very Hard pushes Stafford back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Very Hard creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Stafford is rocked!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Very Hard.
Oh Stafford is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Very Hard tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Stafford blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Very Hard swings wildly with an uppercut but Stafford uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Very Hard.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Stafford.
Very Hard misses with some punches.
Stafford wants a takedown.
Stafford seems to have got his legs back now.
Very Hard pushes Stafford against the cage. Very Hard is working some dirty boxing. Very Hard pushes off with a quick right hook! Stafford goes down! Stafford tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Very Hard moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Knuckle Very Hard!
Knuckle Very Hard really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that King of Clothes logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.