PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joseph Stalinovich (ranked 345 p4p, 745 weight class) and Charles Tucker (ranked 56 p4p, 107 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Stalinovich might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Hell March. Tucker comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Faith of The Heart kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Charles Tucker has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Stalinovich
vs
Tucker

192 cm
34
210
28 - 15 - 0

187 cm
29
210
20 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Brooklyn Apothecary
Conviction

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 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Joseph Stalinovich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Charles Tucker!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Donald Grub and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tucker throws the left hand but Stalinovich avoids the punch easily.
Stalinovich connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Tucker momentarily.
Stalinovich fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tucker manages to avoid it.
Tucker looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Tucker misses the jab.
Stalinovich throws a big counter combination but Tucker scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Stalinovich has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Tucker.
Nice uppercut there from Tucker.

Stalinovich drives through and clinches with Tucker against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tucker with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Stalinovich has Tucker pressed against the cage, preventing Tucker from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Stalinovich misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Tucker pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Stalinovich tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Tucker stuns Stalinovich with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tucker throws an overhand right that lands on Stalinovich's shoulder, as Stalinovich tries to avoid the shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Stalinovich misses the target.
Stalinovich connects with a right hand. Tucker shakes it off.

It looks like Charles Tucker has been cut.
Stalinovich takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Tucker has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Tucker moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Stalinovich throws a poor cross that misses
and Tucker counters with a right hand to the body.
The fighters circling - Tucker throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Stalinovich has taken the fight to the clinch.
Tucker lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Still in the clinch, Tucker scores with a nice short uppercut.
Tucker swings wildly with an uppercut but Stalinovich uses good head movement to avoid it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tucker creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stalinovich fails to pull guard.
Tucker lands a body shot in the clinch.
Stalinovich lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Stalinovich.
I was talking to Stalinovich's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A short left from Tucker.

Tucker pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice shot by Stalinovich.
Tucker avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tucker only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Tucker takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Tucker throws a body shot but no joy.
Stalinovich swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Charles Tucker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fighters circling - Tucker throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tucker takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Stalinovich misses with an uppercut. Tucker saw that one coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stalinovich has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Tucker.
Tucker misses the jab.
Stalinovich throwing a counter right hand but Tucker manages to avoid it.
Tucker rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Tucker takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Stalinovich misses with a looping left.
Tucker takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Stalinovich stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Tucker.
Tucker lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Stalinovich is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tucker.
Stalinovich takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tucker throws a left and a right that both miss
and Stalinovich counters with a stiff right hand.
Stalinovich takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Tucker takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tucker throws a lazy right hand but Stalinovich sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A counter left hand to the body from Stalinovich misses its target.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Stalinovich.
Stalinovich just misses with a punch to the body.
Good leg kick by Tucker.
Stalinovich misses with a series of wild punches.
Tucker throws out a counter right but Stalinovich avoids it with no problem.
Stalinovich moves out of range of the body kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Charles Tucker will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Charles Tucker's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Tucker bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Tucker misses with a body shot.
Stalinovich swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tucker misses with a right hand
and Stalinovich connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tucker misses with a shot to the body
and Stalinovich counters with a big head kick but Tucker shrugs it off.
Stalinovich scores with a jab.
Tucker chopping away at his opponent's legs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stalinovich gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Tucker.
Stalinovich is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Tucker throws an off balance right hand
and Stalinovich counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stalinovich lands a big head kick that sends Tucker to the canvas! Stalinovich follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joseph Stalinovich!
A very excited looking Joseph Stalinovich 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.