PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tormund Giantsbane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marty Stephensson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Giantsbane's entrance music is Misty Mountain. A fine choice. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Giantsbane
vs
Stephensson

193 cm
20
264 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

199 cm
20
265 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Milwaukee's Best 160 (85% laundry)

Arcticus
Milwaukee's Best 160 (85% laundry)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tormund Giantsbane!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Marty Stephensson!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Fedor Mirinova and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A clash of legs there as Stephensson blocks the low kick.
Stephensson connects with a looping right hand.
Giantsbane throws a body shot but no joy.
Stephensson scores with a punch to the head.
Giantsbane wants to slow Stephensson down by chopping away at his legs.
Stephensson throws a head kick but Giantsbane moves out of range.
Giantsbane looks to land a body kick but Stephensson moved away.
Giantsbane avoids the head kick by Stephensson.
Stephensson throws a solid leg kick but Giantsbane takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Stephensson.
Stephensson tries a head kick but it misses.

Giantsbane moves into the clinch.
Giantsbane lands a good knee to the midsection. Stephensson won't want to take too many of those.
Stephensson looks winded!
Giantsbane blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Stephensson trying to stall but Giantsbane improves his position.
Giantsbane gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Knees to the body from Giantsbane.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Giantsbane lands a damaging elbow.
Nice body punch from Giantsbane - that landed with a thud.
Giantsbane lands with a short shot to the head.
A short right from Giantsbane.
Stephensson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Giantsbane lands a knee to the body.
Giantsbane lands an elbow inside.
Giantsbane avoiding damage.
Giantsbane working Stephensson over with knees to the body.
Giantsbane gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Giantsbane lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Stephensson backwards.
Giantsbane tries to land knees in the clinch but Stephensson avoids the damage to the body.
Stephensson has a couple of punches blocked by Giantsbane.
Stephensson blocks an elbow strike.
Giantsbane missing with knees to the body.
Giantsbane lands a good knee to the midsection. Stephensson won't want to take too many of those.
Giantsbane looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Giantsbane pushes off an throws an elbow but Stephensson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Stephensson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Giantsbane unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stephensson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Giantsbane misses with a knee to the head.
Giantsbane lands an uppercut.
Giantsbane using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Giantsbane lands with a light punch inside.
Giantsbane landing knees to the head.
Stephensson misses with a body punch.
Giantsbane creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Stephensson's defenses.
Giantsbane scores with a shoulder strike.
Nice elbow from Giantsbane.
Giantsbane comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Giantsbane misses with a knee strike.
Stephensson misses with some punches.
Giantsbane can't find room to land a body shot as Stephensson controls the action.
Stephensson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Giantsbane lands an elbow inside that Stephensson shrugs off.
Giantsbane lands a hook that snaps the head of Stephensson backwards.
Giantsbane misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Stephensson.
Giantsbane lands an elbow inside that Stephensson shrugs off.
Our sources have told us that Giantsbane has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Stephensson working aggressively here.
Giantsbane using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Stephensson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Giantsbane crunches a lovely knee into Stephensson's ribcage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Giantsbane lands a nice shot to the body.
Giantsbane scores a nice knee to the body.
Giantsbane scores a nice knee to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Giantsbane.
Giantsbane lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Giantsbane lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Stephensson backwards.

Stephensson is rocked!
Giantsbane creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Stephensson with a big uppercut! Stephensson tries to clinch up but Giantsbane pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Stephensson to the mat! Stephensson covers up and Giantsbane unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Tormund Giantsbane!
Tormund Giantsbane retains his heavyweight title!
A relieved looking Tormund Giantsbane thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.