PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gerd Stenner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tristan David (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stenner's entrance music is Escapado - Gezeichnet. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Stenner
vs
David

187 cm
21
185 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

191 cm
20
203 lbs
2 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Knockout power

Canuck Beavermeat Nutrition

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 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gerd Stenner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tristan David!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Chad Campbell and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
David misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Nice sprawl there from Stenner as David shoots in.
Stenner cracks David with a right hand to the side of the head.
Stenner looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
David throws a big shot that misses.
Stenner throws a right and a left that both miss.
David slips a jab and a cross from Stenner.
Stenner throws a jab when David was well out of range.
Stenner throws a series of punches but David avoids them all with ease.
Stenner throws a series of punches but David avoids them all with ease.

David drives through with a takedown into Stenner's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Stenner wants to stand and escape but David is having none of it.
David controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
David working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Stenner's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
David slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
David passes Stenner's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with David in particular looking to stall.
David sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Stenner defending well though.
David working the head and body with strikes.
Still in half guard, David seems content to control.
David has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
David landing strikes, looking to finish!
Stenner tries to buck David off but he can't manage it.
David working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
David working Stenner over with strikes here.
David controlling the pace for now.
Stenner is breathing heavily.
David working the ground and pound effectively.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
David sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
David with good strikes from the mount here!
David putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
David controlling from mount.
David landing strikes from the mount.

Stenner is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
David is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Oh Stenner is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
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!
David landing strikes, looking to finish!
David punishing his opponent with strikes.
David sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
It looks like David might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

David moves forwards but Stenner connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Stenner seems to have got his legs back now.
David tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Stenner is able to avoid easily.
David shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Stenner as he jumps to the side.

David shoots in and bounces Stenner off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Tristan David has got the better of the ground game so far.
Stenner wants to stand but David is controlling the position.
David landing some decent shots from guard.
Stenner knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for David on the ground.
David with a flurry of punches that miss.
David pushes down on Stenner's leg and manages to get into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
David controlling the pace.
Stenner is in trouble now - David has advanced to mount!
Stenner trying desperately to get to his feet.
David looking to control and managing it successfully.
David lands a big shot there that rocks Stenner but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
David controlling from the full mount.
David lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
David with a couple of short strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
David with shots to the head and body - Stenner looks very uncomfortable down there.

Stenner is rocked!
Stenner wants to get back to his feet.
Oh Stenner is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
David content just to control the position here.
David with shots to the head and body - Stenner looks very uncomfortable down there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
David landing shots from mount.
David controlling his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
David landing punches.
David landing strikes, looking to finish!
David has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
David is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Stenner can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
David tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
David's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Stenner seems to have got his legs back now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
David dominating with strikes here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
David scoring with strikes but Stenner is staying in there.
David content just to control the position here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tristan David showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

David moves into the clinch successfully.

David breaks from the clinch.
Stenner throws a right hand that David ducks under and follows up with a left that David also avoids with ease.
David throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Stenner.
David doesn't manage to clinch there - Stenner circles away.
Gerd Stenner is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
David misses with a body kick.
David fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
David shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Stenner misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Stenner throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
David doesn't manage to clinch there - Stenner circles away.
David closes the distance and clinches up with Stenner, looking for a takedown. David pushes Stenner against the cage but Stenner circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Gerd Stenner has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tristan David.

David darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Well, if David is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.

That's one minute gone in the round.
David winds up and cracks Stenner with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
David is controlling the pace.
Let's hope that David has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

David is working for a kimura but Stenner is defending it quite comfortably.

David maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Stenner could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but David has cracked it and Stenner is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by David!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:35 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Tristan David!
Tristan David really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Canuck Beavermeat Nutrition logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.