PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stan Judea (ranked 465 p4p, 71 weight class) and Frank Stein (ranked 216 p4p, 34 weight class). Judea comes to the cage accompanied by I want to be a woman - Monty Python. The crowd seem to be enjoying Stein's choice of entrance music: Red - Falling Sky. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Judea
vs
Stein

189 cm
37
213 lbs
28 - 13 - 2

195 cm
26
222 lbs
15 - 9 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

THE END 32

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 13 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Stan Judea!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 9 - 1, fighting out of New York, Frank Stein!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Ren Mimura and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Judea misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Judea lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Stein misses with an uppercut
and Judea counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Stein moves out of range of the strikes.
Stein tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Judea manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Stein throws a hook to the side of Judea's head but Judea sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Stein fails with an attempt to clinch.
Stein ducks under a wild hook from Judea.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Stein! But no joy.
A good leg kick by Judea.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Judea throws a leg kick but Stein moved away.
Judea misses with a combination
and Stein counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Judea tries a low kick but Stein avoids it.
Judea throws a low kick but it's checked well by Stein.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stein checks a leg kick.
Stein misses with a head kick.
Stein swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Judea scores with a push kick.
Judea misses with the body kick
and Stein counters with a right hand to the body.
Judea takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Good standup being displayed there by Judea as he connects with a hook.
Stein lands a jab to the nose.
Judea lands a nice looking body shot.
Stein keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Judea.
Judea jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Stein's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Judea connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Stein scrambles back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Judea throws a nice head kick!
Stein steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Judea.
Judea misses with a low kick.
Stein tries a quick counter leg kick but Judea is wise to it.
Judea lands a jab to Stein's midsection.
Stein looks to score with a jab to the body but Judea is just out of range.
Judea tries a low kick but Stein avoids it.
Judea dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Stein throws a lazy right hand but Judea sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Judea misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Stein doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Judea misses with the body kick
letting Stein counter with a right hand.
Stein throws a body shot but no joy.
Stein scores with a crisp jab that stopped Judea in his tracks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Judea throws a head kick that misses.
Stein now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Judea.
Jab, jab by Judea - just one landing.
Stein slips under a jab from Judea.
Stan Judea seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stein tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Judea manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Judea misses with a hook. Stein ducked under it nicely.
Judea checks a leg kick.
Judea was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Judea misses the shot to the body.
Stein avoids the body shot from Judea.
Stein moves forwards but Judea connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Judea getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Judea avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stein takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Stein swings for the body but Judea moves out of range.
Nice straight punches there by Stein. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Stein.
Judea ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Stein moves away.
Judea looks to land a right hand but Stein moved out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Judea throws a leg kick
and Stein counters with a straight right hand.
Stein stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Judea.
Judea scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Judea checks a low kick from Stein.
Judea scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Stein doesn't seem bothered though.
A head kick by Judea misses
and Stein counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Judea fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Stein on the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stan Judea dominated that round.
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.

A slow jab from Judea misses its intended target.
Stein thumps Judea with a low kick.
Stan Judea is winning the standup battle so far.
Judea tries to land a leg kick but Stein saw it coming and moves away.
Stein replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Judea blocks it well.
Stein fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Judea.
Judea fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stein manages to avoid it.
Judea lands a nice looking body kick.
Judea is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Stein can do to turn this around?
Stein takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Judea with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A thudding body kick lands there by Judea!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Judea blocks a jab.
Stein uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Judea.
Judea sets himself, and Stein steps forward looking for the clinch! Judea avoids it this time.
Judea with a hook.
Judea fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Stein on the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stein tries to clinch up.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Judea avoids the elbow strike from Stein, against the cage.
Judea blocking some punches.
Stein lands a body punch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Judea blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Stein comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Judea throws a head punch that misses.
A right hook to the body lands for Judea.
Stein lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Judea throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Steins head.
Stein gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Stan Judea has been cut.
Stein swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Stein cracks Judea with a nice body shot.
Judea working aggressively here.
Stein misses with a body punch.
Stein throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stein is leaning against Judea and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stein lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Stein lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Stein gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Stein lands a damaging elbow.
Stein tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Judea's elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Judea.
Frank Stein seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Judea misses with a hook to the ribs.
Stein lands with a short shot to the head.
Stein lands an elbow inside that Judea shrugs off.
Stein lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Stein is working Judea over against the cage.
Stein scores with a shot to the side of Judea's head.
Stein misses with an elbow over the top.
Stein creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Judea's defenses.
Judea tries to circle away but Stein has him pinned against the cage.
Stein lands an elbow that stopped Judea in his tracks for a moment.
A right handed body shot lands from Stein.
Stein goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Good body shot from Stein.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stein is working Judea over against the cage.
Stein throws an elbow that misses.
Stein softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Stein lands an uppercut.
Judea takes an elbow to the temple.
Stein lands a damaging elbow.
Stein lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Stein.
Stein tries to throw a body punch but Judea avoids it by throwing Stein back against the cage.
Stein lands an elbow inside that Judea shrugs off.
Judea doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Stein tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Judea's elbow.
Stein throws an elbow but it misses.
Stein lands an elbow just above Judea 's eye.
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!
A nice right hand lands inside from Stein.
A nice right hand lands inside from Stein.
Stein blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Stein tries to work over Judea's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Judea digs a right hand underneath Stein's ribcage. Stein let out a lung full of air as it connected.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stein lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Judea misses with a punch on the inside.
Stein blocks a body shot from Judea.
Judea blocks the elbow strike.
Stein misses with the head strike.
Still in the clinch, Stein scores with a nice short uppercut.
Stein digs a right hand into Judea's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Judea's gas tank.
Stein doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Stein lands an uppercut.
Stein lands an elbow inside that Judea shrugs off.
Stein works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Stein.
Stein lands an elbow that stopped Judea in his tracks for a moment.
Stein scores with an uppercut up the middle.
With the fighters up against the cage, Stein throws an elbow but misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Stein pushes off an throws an elbow but Judea leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Stein throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Stein works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Judea avoids a wild elbow strike from Stein.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frank Stein showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Stan Judea's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Stein scores with a jab to the body.
Judea misses with a jab, cross combination.
Judea pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Stein lands with a good body shot.
Stein is looking to clinch.

Stein gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Stein lands a body punch in the clinch.
Stein prevents a body shot from Judea.
Stein pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Judea tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Stein's elbow.
Judea tries to throw a body punch but Stein avoids it by throwing Judea back against the cage.
Stein tries to work over Judea's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Stein gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nice elbow from Stein.
Stein scores with a nice hook to the head.
Judea swings wildly with an uppercut but Stein uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Judea dodges an elbow strike from Stein.
Stein gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Judea tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Stein lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Stein misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Stein makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Stein gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Judea misses with a short punch on the inside.
Stein tries to work over Judea's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A right hook to the body lands for Stein.
Judea swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Judea misses with a punch to the body.
Judea blocks a body shot from Stein.
Judea lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Stein scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Judea prevents a body shot from Stein.
Judea misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Stein lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Judea lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Stein looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nice elbow from Stein.
A short right from Stein on the inside.
Stein is working Judea over against the cage.
A short left from Stein.
A nice right hand lands inside from Stein.

Stein drops Judea onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Judea is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

Judea is rocked!
Nice elbow from Stein.
Oh Judea is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Judea misses with some punches.
Stein stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Stein lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Judea's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Good body shot from Stein.
Stein creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Judea's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Judea drops to his knees and Stein pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Frank Stein!
A very excited looking Frank Stein made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.