PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Stelios Xenos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Riley McCollins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McCollins has chosen The Go Getter as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Xenos
vs
McCollins

187 cm
28
194 lbs
24 - 9 - 0

190 cm
26
199 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 24 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Stelios Xenos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Riley McCollins!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Jeff Smith and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McCollins looks to land a left hand but Xenos moved out of range nicely.
McCollins lands a lovely overhand right.
Xenos walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. McCollins checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
McCollins throws a half hearted mid kick.
Stelios Xenos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Xenos moves out of range of the strikes.
Xenos tries a low kick but McCollins avoids it.
Xenos misses with a kick to the body.
McCollins thows a body shot but no joy.
McCollins looks to land a combination but Xenos avoids it well.
Xenos thuds his shin into the meat of McCollins's side.
Xenos lands a leg kick that knocks McCollins off balance momentarily.
McCollins thuds a left hand into Xenos's body.
Xenos throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
McCollins misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Xenos throws a low kick but McCollins moves out of range easily.
Xenos looks for the body kick but McCollins saw that one coming.
Xenos lets loose with a powerful body kick. McCollins will feel that in the morning.
Xenos works over McCollins's head and body with a nice combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McCollins chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Xenos can pounce on him.
Xenos misses with a low kick as McCollins jumps back.
Nice body punch from Xenos.
Xenos wants to slow McCollins down by chopping away at his legs.
Xenos misses with a head kick.
Xenos throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck McCollins on the side of the head.
Xenos throws the kick towards the body but McCollins avoids it.
Xenos misses with a body kick.
Xenos throws a body kick that misses.
A head kick misses from Xenos.
McCollins is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
McCollins throws a good cross that connects.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Xenos connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Xenos throws a leg kick which misses McCollins's front leg but catches the back leg as McCollins tries to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCollins throws a sloppy head kick and Xenos moves out of range easily.
McCollins takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
McCollins throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Xenos.
McCollins throws a nice looking combination but Xenos bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Xenos throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Xenos with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A big left from Xenos misses.
McCollins throws a head kick but Xenos moves out of range.

A big head kick from Xenos and McCollins is sent sprawling to the canvas!

McCollins is rocked!
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Xenos trying to control but McCollins is working from the bottom.
Xenos throws a big right hand that misses.
McCollins keeping moving, preventing Xenos from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Xenos sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Xenos wants to control from the top but McCollins keeps moving.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Stelios Xenos wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Xenos lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
McCollins lands a body shot.
Xenos chopping away at his opponent's legs.
McCollins connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
McCollins rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Xenos moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
McCollins moves out of range as Xenos strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Xenos connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Xenos tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and McCollins is able to avoid easily.
McCollins tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
McCollins goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Xenos tries a head kick but it misses.
McCollins goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
McCollins misses with a few strikes there.
Xenos turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Xenos scoring well with a low kick there.
McCollins on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
McCollins looks gassed!
Jab by Xenos.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McCollins fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Xenos manages to avoid it.
A head kick misses from Xenos.
Xenos looks to score with a jab to the body but McCollins is just out of range.
McCollins misses the jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stelios Xenos dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

McCollins blocks the body kick.
McCollins's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Xenos on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Xenos tries to score with a low kick but McCollins moves his leg out of the way.
McCollins connects with the punch.

Xenos is rocked!
A punch combination from McCollins misses.
McCollins avoids a kick to the body.
Xenos throws a hook but McCollins blocks it.
McCollins just misses with a punch to the body.
McCollins takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Xenos.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McCollins fails in his attempt to clinch.
Xenos throws a low kick, looking for McCollins's leg but McCollins calmly moves out of range.
Xenos throws a head kick but McCollins moves out of range.
Xenos takes a swing at McCollins's ribcage but misses.
Xenos drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McCollins throws a chopping leg kick but Xenos manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Xenos misses with a low kick.
Xenos blocks a jab.
Xenos tries a low kick but McCollins avoids it.
Riley McCollins is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
McCollins takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
McCollins misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
McCollins moves into range and connects with a jab.
McCollins throws a nice looking combination but Xenos bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Xenos will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
McCollins tries to score with a low kick but Xenos moves his leg out of the way.
Xenos swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McCollins throws a sloppy head kick
and Xenos counters with a nice body kick.
McCollins is breathing heavily.
Xenos swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Xenos misses with an attempted mid kick.
Xenos misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McCollins looks to land a right hand but Xenos moved out of range.

McCollins has taken the fight to the clinch.
McCollins working hard to break the clinch.
Xenos leaning his opponent against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Xenos tries a body shot but McCollins blocks it.
Xenos blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Xenos has had enough of the clinch but McCollins keeps him there for the moment.
McCollins lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Xenos lands an elbow inside that McCollins shrugs off.

Xenos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Xenos scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Xenos takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCollins avoids the head kick by Xenos.
Xenos misses with an attempted mid kick.
Xenos throws a low kick but McCollins moves out of range easily.
Xenos connects with a leg kick. McCollins looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Xenos uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from McCollins.
McCollins connects with a body shot that sends Xenos's belly button to the back.
A nice inside leg kick there by McCollins. That's going to slow Xenos down.
McCollins throws a low kick but Xenos moves out of range easily.
Xenos connects with a crisp jab.
Xenos throws an off balance right hand
and Xenos takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Xenos is looking to clinch.
Xenos fails with an attempt to clinch.
McCollins chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Xenos can pounce on him.
McCollins looks to score with a jab to the body but Xenos is just out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCollins ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Xenos moves away.
Crunch! Xenos slams his shin into McCollins's torso.
Xenos walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. McCollins checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
McCollins throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Xenos connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Xenos tries a head kick but it misses.
McCollins looks to clinch
and Xenos counters with a three punch combo that has McCollins backing up. McCollins nods at Xenos to acknowledge the strikes.
Xenos with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Xenos misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Xenos lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Stelios Xenos is winning the standup battle so far.
Xenos throws a head kick but McCollins moves out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
No joy there for McCollins, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Xenos misses with a kick to the body.
McCollins misses with a wild combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Stelios Xenos will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Xenos staying out of range there.
McCollins lands a nice shot that snaps Xenos's head back.
Xenos throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
McCollins fails with an attempt to clinch.
Xenos stalks McCollins and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into McCollins's face. McCollins staggers backwards, shaken.
McCollins is still on wobbly legs! Can Xenos finish him?
Xenos tries a head kick but it misses.
Some bone on bone action there as McCollins checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
McCollins seems to have recovered his senses.
Good work by McCollins as he checks the leg kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Xenos.
A bone on bone clash there as McCollins blocks the leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Xenos.
McCollins misses with a head kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Xenos throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by McCollins.
McCollins takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Xenos misses with a leg kick
and McCollins cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Xenos misses with a straight right.
Xenos throws a head kick but McCollins moves out of range.
McCollins lands a nice shot that snaps Xenos's head back.
Xenos scores with a hook.
Xenos tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
McCollins chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Xenos looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Sloppy strikes from McCollins. Those never looked like landing.
McCollins throws a series of punches but Xenos moves out of range.
McCollins throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Xenos.
Xenos throws a wild body kick that McCollins sees coming a mile off.
A clash of legs there as Xenos blocks the low kick.
Riley McCollins has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCollins throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Xenos lets loose with a powerful body kick. McCollins will feel that in the morning.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Xenos lands a glancing blow to the side of McCollins's head.
Xenos buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Xenos swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by McCollins.
Xenos lands a front kick.
Crack! A monster head kick from Xenos and McCollins falls like a tree - timbeeeeeeeeeeerrrr! A highlight reel knockout by Xenos!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:35 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Stelios Xenos!
During a confident post fight interview, Stelios Xenos thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.