PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Duncan Trussell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stephen Learmont (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Trussell comes to the cage accompanied by Metronomy - Corinne. Learmont has chosen Deftones - Feiticeira as his entrance music. Stephen Learmont has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Trussell
vs
Learmont

185 cm
20
183 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

184 cm
19
184 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Duncan Trussell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Stephen Learmont!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Albert Achterberg and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Trussell lands a head kick. Learmont smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Trussell scores with a sloppy right hand. Learmont should have avoided that one.
Trussell throws a leg kick but Learmont sees it coming and moves out of range.
Trussell with a jab.
Trussell misses with an uppercut. Learmont saw that one coming.
Duncan Trussell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Trussell needs to keep his hands up - Learmont had a free shot at his head there.
Trussell moves out of range as Learmont strikes.
Trussell scores with a jab. Learmont acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Trussell just misses with a punch to the body.
Trussell tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Learmont was well out of range. Poor timing from Trussell.
Trussell goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
A bone on bone clash there as Trussell blocks the leg kick.
Trussell works the jab nicely.

Learmont is rocked!
Trussell lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Learmont circles away quickly and effectively.
Learmont is still on wobbly legs! Can Trussell finish him?
Learmont steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Trussell.
Trussell throws a head kick but Learmont moves out of range.
Learmont slips under a jab from Trussell.
Trussell throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Trussell misses with a head kick.
A slow jab from Learmont misses its intended target.
A swing and a miss from Trussell.
Trussell throws a jab when Learmont was well out of range.
Trussell throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Trussell throws a shot from downtown. Learmont moves away and avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trussell swinging wildly here.
Trussell is breathing heavily.
Learmont uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Trussell.
Trussell throws a head kick that misses.
Learmont seems to have recovered his senses.
Learmont fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Trussell throws out a loose jab but Learmont uses good head movement to avoid it.
Learmont will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A slow jab from Trussell misses its intended target.
Trussell misses with the combination.
Learmont works Trussell's body with a nice hook.
Learmont cracks Trussell with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Learmont swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Trussell counters with a nice body kick.
Learmont connects with a good right hand that stumbles Trussell. Trussell circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Trussell misses with a body kick.
Trussell moves out of range as Learmont strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Learmont lands the left hand.

Trussell is rocked!
Learmont drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Trussell right on the button. Trussell goes down! Learmont follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Learmont gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Stephen Learmont!
A very excited looking Stephen Learmont rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.