PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ari Bolden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Illidan Stormrage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bolden comes into the arena with Welcome Home blaring out of the sound system. Illidan Stormrage is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Bolden
vs
Stormrage

170 cm
21
206 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

191 cm
20
218 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Powerful

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ari Bolden!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Illidan Stormrage!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Paulo Santos and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bolden cracks Stormrage with an open hand slap.
Bolden scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Stormrage takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Stormrage avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A combination from Bolden does no damage.

Stormrage shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Bolden manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.

Bolden pushes Stormrage off and gets back to his feet.
Bolden scores with a nice strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stormrage looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Bolden is fending him off so far but Stormrage persists. Nope, Bolden circles away and we're back to standing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A left and a right from Bolden both land. Nice combination.
Stormrage shoots in for a takedown but Bolden shows good takedown defense.
Stormrage shoots in for a takedown but Bolden shows good takedown defense.
Ari Bolden has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Illidan Stormrage.
Stormrage takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Bolden looks to land a right hand but Stormrage moved out of range.
Stormrage avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bolden scores with a jab to the jaw.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Bolden lands a big uppercut and Stormrage crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Stormrage looks OK. Bolden waves Stormrage back to his feet!

Stormrage is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stormrage bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ari Bolden seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bolden scores with a decent looking hook.
Stormrage fails to land the takedown.
Bolden throws a hook to the side of Stormrage's head but Stormrage sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bolden dips to his left and cracks Stormrage with an uppercut!
Stormrage staying out of range there.
Bolden throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bolden looks to land a left hand but Stormrage moved out of range nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bolden stuns Stormrage with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Stormrage ducks under a wild hook from Bolden.
Bolden fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Bolden throws a shot from downtown. Stormrage moves away and avoids it.
Bolden scores with the left hand. Stormrage knows he should have avoided that one.
Stormrage moves out of range of the strikes.
Bolden lands with an overhand left.
Bolden jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bolden tries to bum rush Stormrage with a series of wild strikes but Stormrage uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bolden stuffs the takedown attempt from Stormrage. Stormrage gets slowly back to his feet.
Stormrage looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Bolden is fending him off so far but Stormrage persists. Nope, Bolden circles away and we're back to standing.
Bolden throws a big shot that misses.

Stormrage shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Bolden's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bolden tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Stormrage throws a big right hand that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Stormrage postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Stormrage wants to pass the guard but Bolden is keeping the position.
Bolden on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Bolden tries to get out of the position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Stormrage accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ari Bolden dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Bolden misses with a jab, cross combination.

Bolden lands a big uppercut and Stormrage crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Stormrage looks OK. Bolden waves Stormrage back to his feet!
Stormrage is still on wobbly legs! Can Bolden finish him?
Some wild striking there from Bolden.
Stormrage seems to have recovered his senses.
Bolden waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Stormrage.
Bolden throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Stormrage sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Bolden feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Stormrage sprawling to the canvas! Stormrage rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Bolden finish him?!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stormrage closes this distance looking for a takedown but Bolden circles away.
Bolden cracks Stormrage with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Stormrage tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Bolden pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Stormrage is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ari Bolden!