PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between CJ Stenner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josh Edwards (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stenner comes to the cage accompanied by Ektomorf feat. Danko Jones - The One. Edwards has chosen Feiticeira as his entrance music. Josh Edwards has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Stenner
vs
Edwards

180 cm
20
170 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

182 cm
26
182 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 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 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Josh Edwards!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, John Roberts and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Edwards displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Stenner.

Stenner has taken the fight to the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Edwards tries to circle away but Stenner has him pinned against the cage.
Edwards is looking to break free of the clinch but Stenner has double underhooks.
Stenner is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Edwards is keeping busy.
Stenner lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Josh Edwards has been cut.
Edwards wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Stenner scores a nice knee to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Edwards's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Stenner looking to throw knees to the head but Edwards is blocking nicely.
Edwards is trying to break the clinch but Stenner has him pressed against the cage.
Edwards is trying to break the clinch but Stenner is controlling him.
Edwards wants to get back to striking at distance but Stenner won't allow it.
Edwards wants to break free but Stenner has control.
Stenner stalling in the clinch but Edwards improves position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stenner lands an elbow that stopped Edwards in his tracks for a moment.
Stenner lands an elbow just above Edwards 's eye.
Stenner throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Edwards takes a knee to the side of the body.
Edwards is trying to break the clinch but Stenner is controlling him.
Stenner keeps control of Edwards as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Stenner content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Stenner unloads a knee to the mid-section. Edwards lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Edwards looks winded!
Edwards wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Edwards wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stenner taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Edwards wants to break free but Stenner has control.
Stenner keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Edwards's efforts to push away.
Edwards wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stenner keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Edwards's efforts to push away.
Stenner lands a good knee to the midsection. Edwards won't want to take too many of those.
Edwards wants to break free but Stenner has control.
Stenner stalls.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Stenner.
Stenner with a knee to the head.

That has opened up Josh Edwards's cut even more.
Knees to the body from Stenner.
Stenner using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Stenner.
Stenner gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by CJ Stenner.
Stenner tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Edwards counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Stenner!
Edwards tries to score with some ground and pound. Stenner controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Edwards prevents Stenner from escaping the position.
Edwards in side control lands a decent elbow.
Edwards wants to lay and pray for a moment but Stenner keeps working.

Stenner bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Stenner closes the distance and clinches.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Edwards wants to break the clinch but can't.
Edwards wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Stenner has him pressed against the cage.
Stenner scores a nice knee to the body.
Stenner unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Stenner looking to stall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

CJ Stenner dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Josh Edwards's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Stenner fails with an attempt to clinch.
Stenner tries to clinch there but Edwards circles away.
Stenner is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Stenner misses with a jab, cross combination.

Stenner moves into the clinch.
Edwards has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Edwards tries to break free but Stenner pushes him back against the cage.
Edwards wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Stenner has him pressed against the cage.
Stenner is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Edwards is defending well for now.
Edwards is trying to push Stenner away but Stenner has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Edwards blocks the elbow strike.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Edwards takes an elbow to the forehead.
Stenner with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Edwards breaks from the clinch.
Edwards fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Stenner checks it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stenner takes a jab right on the kisser.
Edwards swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Stenner wants to clinch up but Edwards keeps it at a distance.

Stenner has taken the fight to the clinch.
Edwards wants to get back to striking at distance but Stenner won't allow it.
Edwards is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Edwards is trying to force a seperation but Stenner has the dominant position.
Stenner landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Edwards is breathing heavily.
Stenner unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Stenner landing knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A knee to the head by Stenner.
Stenner lands a nice elbow.
Edwards wants to break free but Stenner has control.
Stenner using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Come on Stenner - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stenner lands a nice elbow.
Stenner with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Stenner dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Stenner lands an elbow inside.
Stenner stalling in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by CJ Stenner.

Stenner takes the fight into the clinch.
Stenner controlling the action here for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stenner creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Edwards's defenses.
Stenner displaying some good clinch control by pressing Edwards up against the cage.
Stenner seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Stenner missing with knees to the body.
Stenner lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

The cut above Josh Edwards's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Stenner has Edwards pressed against the cage, preventing Edwards from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stenner keeps control of Edwards as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A frustrated look appears on Edwards's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Stenner.
Edwards wants to break free but Stenner has control.
Edwards is trying to break free.
The referee calls for Stenner to work.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Edwards as Stenner tries to tie him up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by CJ Stenner.
Edwards scores with a hook to the body. Stenner takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Edwards stuffs the takedown attempt from Stenner. Stenner gets slowly back to his feet.
Stenner throws a head kick that half lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

CJ Stenner dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Josh Edwards's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Stenner moves in looking to clinch but Edwards pushes him off.
CJ Stenner is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Edwards swats away the attempt to clinch by Stenner.
Edwards swats away the attempt to clinch by Stenner.
A combination from Edwards does no damage.
Stenner wants to clinch.
Stenner doesn't manage to clinch there - Edwards circles away.
Edwards throws a right and a left that Stenner avoids nicely.
Stenner is looking to clinch.
Edwards rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Stenner moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Stenner lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Stenner scores with a jab to the jaw.

Josh Edwards's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Edwards swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Stenner has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Stenner doesn't manage to clinch there - Edwards circles away.
Stenner fails with the takedown.
Josh Edwards is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Stenner doesn't manage to clinch there - Edwards circles away.
Stenner shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Edwards as he avoids it easily.
Stenner tries to clinch up.
Stenner tries to clinch there but Edwards circles away.
Stenner tries to close the distance and clinch but Edwards swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Stenner wants to clinch.
Stenner tries a head kick but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Edwards defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Stenner.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for CJ Stenner. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Stenner wants to clinch but Edwards slips to the side
and Edwards counters with a stiff right hand.
CJ Stenner is winning the standup battle so far.
Sloppy strikes from Edwards. Those never looked like landing.
Edwards showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Stenner.
Edwards scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Edwards throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Stenner.
Stenner tries to close the distance and clinch but Edwards swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Stenner tries to clinch but Edwards is having none of it.
Edwards swats away the attempt to clinch by Stenner.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stenner is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Stenner lands a high kick!

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Josh Edwards's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:07 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). CJ Stenner!
During a confident post fight interview, CJ Stenner thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.