PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between CJ Stenner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dominic Vincent (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Stenner might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Ektomorf feat. Danko Jones - The One. Vincent comes into a darkened arena with his song building. We Will Rock You kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Dominic Vincent has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Stenner
vs
Vincent

180 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

195 cm
18
260 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Good elbows
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, CJ Stenner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dominic Vincent!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vincent tries to close the distance and clinch but Stenner swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Vincent walks into a stiff left hand from Stenner.
Vincent tries to close the distance and clinch up but Stenner swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dominic Vincent seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Stenner closes the distance and pushes Vincent back into the cage.
Stenner unloads a knee to the mid-section. Vincent lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Vincent looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Stenner lands a nice knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stenner lands an elbow just above Vincent 's eye.
Stenner using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Stenner lands a nice elbow.
Stenner lands a nice knee to the body.
Vincent looks winded!
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Stenner.
Vincent wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Stenner has him pressed against the cage.
Stenner has Vincent pressed against the cage, preventing Vincent from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Stenner creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Vincent's defenses.
Vincent looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Vincent is trying to break free.
Stenner avoiding damage.
Vincent wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Stenner stalling in the clinch.
Vincent wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stenner stalls.
Stenner lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Stenner holding his opponent close, against the cage.
A short right from Stenner on the inside.
Stenner comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Stenner utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Stenner landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Stenner connects with a knee to the head.
A bit of stalling here from Stenner.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by CJ Stenner.

Stenner has Vincent up against the cage in a clinch.
Vincent is trying to force a seperation but Stenner has the dominant position.
Knees in the clinch landing for Stenner.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Stenner.
Stenner lands a nice elbow.
Stenner lands a knee to the body.
Stenner controlling the action here for a moment.
Stenner putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Vincent in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Stenner stalling the fight.
A knee to the head by Stenner.
Stenner scores with a knee to the head.
Stenner connects with a nasty looking knee right to Vincent's face.
Stenner controlling the action here for a moment.
Stenner unloads a knee to the mid-section. Vincent lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Stenner lands an elbow just above Vincent 's eye.
Stenner pressing his opponent against the cage.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Stenner for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vincent wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Stenner has him pressed against the cage.
Stenner lands a good knee to the midsection. Vincent won't want to take too many of those.
Vincent is looking to break free of the clinch but Stenner has double underhooks.
The referee is keeping an eye on Stenner - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Stenner landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Stenner slows down the pace here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by CJ Stenner.
Stenner tries to clinch up but Vincent circles away and keeps his distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Stenner moves into the clinch.
Stenner content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Stenner wants to stall.
Stenner lands a knee to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Stenner is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Vincent is keeping busy.
Stenner putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Vincent in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Vincent wants to break the clinch but can't.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Stenner is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Stenner landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
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!
Vincent tries to break the clinch but Stenner is controlling the position.
Stenner is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

CJ Stenner dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Stenner fails with the takedown.
Vincent is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Vincent tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Stenner paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Vincent tries to clinch there but Stenner circles away.
Vincent tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Stenner is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Vincent can do to turn this around?
Vincent moves in looking to clinch but Stenner pushes him off.
Stenner swats away the attempt to clinch by Vincent.
Stenner wants to clinch up but Vincent keeps it at a distance.
Stenner tries to close the distance and clinch up but Vincent swats him away and circles back towards the center.
CJ Stenner is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Stenner tries to clinch but Vincent moves out of range.

Stenner takes the fight into the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Stenner obliges.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stenner unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Vincent is looking to break free of the clinch but Stenner has double underhooks.
Stenner lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Stenner content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Stenner crunches a lovely knee into Vincent's ribcage.
Vincent looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Knees to the body from Stenner.
Vincent is breathing heavily.
A frustrated look appears on Vincent's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Stenner with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Stenner is trying to maintain a safe position but Vincent gets an underhook and turns Stenner into the cage.
Vincent wants to get back to striking at distance but Stenner won't allow it.
Vincent is trying to break free.
Vincent wants to break the clinch but can't.
Vincent has had enough of the clinch but Stenner keeps him there for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vincent being controlled against the cage.
Stenner prevents Vincent from breaking the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Vincent tries to break free but Stenner pushes him back against the cage.
Knees to the body from Stenner.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by CJ Stenner.
Vincent moves to clinch but Stenner breaks away
and Stenner counters with a flying knee. Nice.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stenner moves in looking to clinch but Vincent pushes him off.
Stenner tries to close the distance and clinch but Vincent swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Vincent wants to clinch.
Stenner doesn't manage to clinch there - Vincent circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vincent avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Stenner tries to clinch up but Vincent circles away and keeps his distance.
Vincent tries to clinch but Stenner moves out of range.

Stenner gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Stenner unloads a knee to the mid-section. Vincent lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Stenner stalling against the cage.
Stenner lands a good knee to the midsection. Vincent won't want to take too many of those.
Stenner is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Stenner has Vincent pressed against the cage, preventing Vincent from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Vincent wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
CJ Stenner has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Vincent tries to break the clinch but Stenner is controlling the position.
Stenner tries to stall but Vincent uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vincent is trying to break free.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A knee to the head by Stenner.
Stenner comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Vincent takes a knee right on the jaw!
Vincent wants to get back to striking at distance but Stenner won't allow it.
Stenner keeps control of Vincent as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Stenner lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Vincent breaks the clinch.
Stenner keeps the fight on the outside.
Vincent tries to clinch but Stenner is having none of it.
Stenner shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Vincent as he avoids it easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Vincent clinches up with Stenner and pushes him back against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vincent wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Stenner is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Vincent is keeping busy.
Vincent has had enough of the clinch but Stenner keeps him there for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

CJ Stenner dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Stenner is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Vincent tries to clinch but Stenner is having none of it.
Vincent is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Vincent tries to clinch up
and Stenner counters with a nice low kick that buckles Vincent's knee momentarily.
Stenner is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Stenner looks to score with a jab to the body but Vincent is just out of range.

Stenner has managed to clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Stenner.
Stenner scores a nice knee to the body.
Vincent can't break the clinch.
Vincent takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Stenner's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Stenner is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vincent is looking to break free of the clinch but Stenner has double underhooks.
Vincent is trying to break the clinch but Stenner is controlling him.
Stenner effectively controlling the action here.
Vincent has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Vincent tries to break the clinch but Stenner is controlling the position.
Vincent wants to break free but Stenner has control.
Stenner lands a knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Stenner.
Stenner holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Vincent tries to circle away but Stenner has him pinned against the cage.
Stenner with a knee to the head.
Stenner trying to control the position but instead, Vincent has worked for underhooks and has pushed Stenner into the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vincent has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Stenner lands a nice elbow.
Stenner leaning his opponent against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by CJ Stenner.

Stenner moves into the clinch.
Stenner lands a damaging elbow.
Stenner lands a knee to the body.
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!
Stenner controlling the action here for a moment.
Stenner is trying to stall.
Vincent is trying to break the clinch but Stenner is controlling him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Stenner.
Stenner using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Vincent takes an elbow to the forehead.
A bit of stalling here from Stenner.
A frustrated look appears on Vincent's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Stenner unloads a knee to the mid-section. Vincent lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Stenner lands a nice elbow.
Stenner is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Vincent is keeping busy.
Stenner lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Vincent takes an elbow to the forehead.
Stenner tries to stall but Vincent uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Vincent wants to get back to striking at distance but Stenner won't allow it.
Vincent can't break the clinch.
Vincent is trying to break the clinch but Stenner is controlling him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stenner is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Stenner's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by CJ Stenner.
Stenner is looking to clinch but Vincent is avoiding it.
Stenner is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Stenner has closed the distance and engaged Vincent in a clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Stenner.
Dominic Vincent has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
CJ Stenner is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vincent has had enough of the clinch but Stenner keeps him there for the moment.
Stenner unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Stenner stalling against the cage.
Stenner's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

And that's the end of the fight!
CJ Stenner showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Stenner has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... CJ Stenner!
A very excited looking CJ Stenner 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.