PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Andrew Stull (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Greg The Phenom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stull's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Numb/Encore by Linkin Park & Jay-Z. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Stull
vs
The Phenom

177 cm
20
155 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

169 cm
20
160 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Andrew Stull!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Greg The Phenom!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Daniel Franklin and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Phenom avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Stull fails in his attempt to clinch.
Stull tries a head kick but it misses.
Stull slips a jab and a cross from The Phenom.
Stull takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
The Phenom scores with a spinning back kick!
Stull is looking to clinch but The Phenom is avoiding it.
The Phenom misses with a jab, cross combination.
Stull misses with a head kick.
Stull takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
The Phenom stuffs the takedown attempt from Stull. Stull gets slowly back to his feet.
Stull throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Stull shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
The Phenom is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Stull with the ground and pound from mount.
The Phenom avoids a series of strikes thrown by Stull.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stull looking to control but The Phenom is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

Stull stands up from mount. Strange move.
The Phenom tries to close the distance and clinch but Stull swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Stull tries to clinch but The Phenom moves away

and The Phenom holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
The Phenom's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The Phenom jumps guard but Stull stands there with The Phenom around his waist. The Phenom gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Stull trying to land knees to the body.
Stull looking to throw knees to the head but The Phenom is blocking nicely.
Stull lands an elbow inside that The Phenom shrugs off.
Stull with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The Phenom tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The Phenom using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Stull has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Stull scores with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Phenom wants to break the clinch but can't.
Stull managing to block the knees to the body from The Phenom.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.

Stull breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The Phenom goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
The Phenom looks gassed!
Stull clinches but The Phenom breaks the clinch

and The Phenom counters with a takedown into side control.
The Phenom tries to stand but Stull is controlling his head.
Stull is trying to get back to half guard.
Stull sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Stull kicks The Phenom off and gets back to his feet.
Stull shoots in looking for a takedown. The Phenom tries to sprawl out of it but Stull keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. The Phenom manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Nice straight punches there by The Phenom. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of The Phenom.
Stull throws a lazy head kick
and The Phenom counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Stull is lucky that one didn't land flush.
The Phenom circles away from the clinch attempt.
No luck for Stull with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andrew Stull. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Stull avoids the head kick by The Phenom.
Stull throws a lazy head kick

and The Phenom holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Stull connects with a knee to the head.
Stull connects with a nasty looking knee right to The Phenom's face.
The Phenom wants to break free but Stull has control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Stull pulls The Phenom into guard.

The Phenom gets to his feet. Stull looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
The Phenom blocks a head kick by Stull.
Stull wants to clinch.
Stull shoots in but The Phenom avoids the takedown attempt easily.
The Phenom misses with a few strikes there.
Stull tries to clinch but The Phenom moves away
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Stull tries a head kick but it misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Stull pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Andrew Stull seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stull clinches but The Phenom breaks the clinch
and The Phenom counters with a low kick, right behind Stull 's knee.
Stull tries to clinch
and Stull takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The fight stays on the outside here - The Phenom looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Greg The Phenom dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Stull feints and as The Phenom raises his hands in defense, Stull changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Stull trying to stand up but can't free himself from The Phenom's guard.
The Phenom keeping moving, preventing Stull from controlling successfully.
Stull wants to get up but he can't break The Phenom's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
The Phenom is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Stull gets to his feet - The Phenom follows without any prompting.

Stull moves into the clinch.
Stull creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Stull misses with a knee strike.
The Phenom tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The Phenom tries a knee to the head but Stull blocks it.
Stull using the Thai plumb to throw knees but The Phenom has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Stull lands an elbow inside.
Stull with a knee to the head.
The Phenom's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Stull lands a nice uppercut.
Stull using the Thai plumb to throw knees but The Phenom has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The Phenom is looking to break free of the clinch but Stull has double underhooks.
Stull using the Thai plumb to throw knees but The Phenom has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Stull misses with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Phenom avoids the elbow strike from Stull, against the ropes.
The Phenom misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Stull.

Stull pulls guard.
Stull pulls The Phenom in to control the position.

Stull uses the ropes to get back to his feet.
The Phenom tries to clinch but Stull moves out of range.
The Phenom takes a head kick and keeps coming.

Stull darts in and clinches The Phenom up against the ropes.
The Phenom takes a knee right on the jaw!
Stull throws an elbow but it misses.
The Phenom throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Stull blocks it with crossed arms.
Stull scores with a knee to the head.

The Phenom's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Stull moves into the clinch.
Stull has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. The Phenom is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stull wants to stall.
The Phenom's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The Phenom tries a knee to the head but Stull blocks it.
Stull lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The Phenom using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Stull has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Stull landing knees to the head.
Stull tries a knee to the head but The Phenom blocks it.
The Phenom landing knees to the head.
The Phenom gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Stull.
Knees to the body from Stull.
Stull unloads a knee to the mid-section. The Phenom lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The Phenom tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The Phenom missing with knees to the body.

Stull jumps into guard, dragging The Phenom to the mat.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Stull working a defensive guard here.

Stull throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Stull working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. The Phenom doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Stull is tightening it up a little... The Phenom has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! The Phenom reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! The Phenom taps out! nice BJJ there by Stull!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Andrew Stull!