PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Alex Gurmorow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leopold Stotch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stotch has chosen South Park as his entrance music. The key to victory for Alex Gurmorow has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Gurmorow
vs
Stotch

175 cm
26
144 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

165 cm
20
144 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin

Master Lee's One Stop

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Alex Gurmorow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Leopold Stotch!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Colin Fray and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Stotch closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Stotch working the ground and pound.
Gurmorow prevents Stotch from moving into mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Stotch lands an elbow.
Stotch fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Stotch in side control, throwing shots but Gurmorow defends.
Stotch grinds an elbow into Gurmorow's temple.

Stotch working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gurmorow wants to control but Stotch postures up.
Gurmorow tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Stotch wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Stotch trying to control the position but Gurmorow is working away.
Gurmorow is trying to control Stotch's posture but Stotch avoids it.
Stotch working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Gurmorow tries to improve position but can't.
Stotch throwing shots but missing, from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gurmorow wants to control but Stotch postures up.
Gurmorow tries to buck Stotch off but Stotch is having none of it.
You can see the frustration on Gurmorow's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Stotch has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Stotch scores with a couple of short elbows.
Stotch is looking to take a break and control but Gurmorow is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Gurmorow is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Stotch scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Gurmorow to see if he's OK.
Stotch scores with a couple of short elbows.
Stotch wants to control but Gurmorow is keeping him busy.
Stotch throws an elbow but Gurmorow slips to the side and avoids it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Gurmorow tries to buck Stotch off but Stotch is having none of it.
Stotch wants to control for a moment but Gurmorow uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gurmorow is looking to escape.
Stotch wants to pass to mount but Gurmorow is defending the position.
Stotch seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Gurmorow does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Gurmorow is looking to improve his position.

Stotch is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Gurmorow sees it coming and defends easily.
Gurmorow has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Stotch is working away from the top position though.
Gurmorow on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Gurmorow tries to get out of the position.
Stotch scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Gurmorow tries to roll over but Stotch keeps him under control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stotch is trying to control. Gurmorow wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Gurmorow is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Gurmorow is staying active underneath Stotch, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Leopold Stotch hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Stotch has his takedown stuffed
and Gurmorow counters with a series of strikes. Stotch will be more careful next time no doubt.
Sloppy strikes from Gurmorow. Those never looked like landing.
Good standup being displayed there by Gurmorow as he connects with a hook.
Stotch tries for a takedown but Gurmorow circles away easily
letting Gurmorow counter with a right hand.
Stotch doesn't succeed with the takedown
enabling Gurmorow to counter with a crisp jab.
Alex Gurmorow has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Leopold Stotch.
Stotch will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Gurmorow fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Gurmorow tries to sprawl but Stotch drives through with a takedown into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stotch wants to lay and pray for a moment but Gurmorow keeps working.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gurmorow won't allow Stotch to pass to mount.
Stotch passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Gurmorow!
Stotch avoids the attempt from Gurmorow to control.
Gurmorow is in a horrible position here. Stotch smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Stotch avoids the attempt from Gurmorow to control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Stotch landing strikes, looking to finish!
Stotch with shots to the head and body - Gurmorow looks very uncomfortable down there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leopold Stotch dominated that round.
That's time! Gurmorow's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Gurmorow misses with a jab, cross combination.
Stotch dives in for a single leg takedown but Gurmorow sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Gurmorow lands a hook that snaps the head of Stotch backwards.
Gurmorow misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Stotch wants a takedown.
Stotch prevents Gurmorow from breaking the clinch.
Gurmorow fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gurmorow is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Stotch is keeping busy.
Stotch keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gurmorow's efforts to push away.
Stotch blocks an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gurmorow wants to break free but Stotch has control.
Gurmorow misses with a body punch.
Gurmorow tries to circle away but Stotch has him pinned against the cage.
Gurmorow wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gurmorow is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Gurmorow throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Nice body punch from Gurmorow.
Still in the clinch, Gurmorow scores with a nice short uppercut.
Gurmorow wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Gurmorow pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Leopold Stotch seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Stotch closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Gurmorow to the mat! Gurmorow manages to get full guard.
Stotch trying to control the position from guard on top but Gurmorow is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stotch slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Gurmorow is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Stotch cracks Gurmorow with a solid left hand.
Leopold Stotch has got the better of the ground game so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stotch slips nicely into half guard.

Stotch is looking for submissions but instead, Gurmorow has regained full guard.
Stotch pushing down on Gurmorow's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Stotch scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Stotch tries to pass to full mount but Gurmorow defends it.
Stotch throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Gurmorow is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Stotch scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gurmorow flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Stotch works his foot free and advances to mount.
Stotch is in the full mount, landing strikes.

Gurmorow is rocked!
Gurmorow is bucking up trying to escape but Stotch cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Oh Gurmorow is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Stotch is landing with some decent strikes but Gurmorow is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Stotch drops a big elbow. That's hurt Gurmorow! More shots from Stotch and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Leopold Stotch!
Leopold Stotch made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'Yippy!'.