PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Fernardu Palmier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Stubb (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Palmier
vs
Stubb

179 cm
26
180 lbs
14 - 0 - 0

189 cm
26
179 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Highland Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Fernardu Palmier!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Alexander Stubb!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Peter Branson and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stubb misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Palmier counters with a straight right hand.
Stubb throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice body punch from Stubb.
Palmier lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Stubb catches Palmier with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A slow jab from Stubb misses its intended target.
Stubb throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Palmier counters with a stiff right hand.
Stubb bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Palmier's head.
Palmier definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Stubb misses the shot to the body.
Palmier seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Palmier slips a straight right by Stubb.
Stubb throws a right and a left that Palmier avoids nicely.
Stubb scores with a nice right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stubb throws a hook but Palmier blocks it.
Stubb misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stubb just misses with a punch to the body.
Palmier tries to close the distance and clinch but Stubb swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Palmier slips a straight right by Stubb.
As Stubb tries to get set, Palmier tries to push him back and clinch up but Stubb manages to avoid the attempt.
Stubb throws a poor cross that misses
and Palmier counters with a right hand to the body.
Stubb misses with a straight left.
Palmier is looking to counter the offense by Stubb and move into the clinch.
Stubb is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Palmier.
Palmier misses with a straight left.
Stubb looks to land a left hand but Palmier moved out of range nicely.
Palmier uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Stubb.
Stubb throws a body punch but Palmier moves out of range.
Stubb misses with a straight right.
Alexander Stubb seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stubb throws a left and a right that both miss

and Palmier counters by clinching up.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Palmier.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Palmier doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Palmier tries a body shot but Stubb blocks it.
Palmier tries a body shot but Stubb blocks it.
A short right from Palmier.
Palmier misses with a punch to the body.
Stubb presses Palmier against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Palmier tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Stubb's elbow.
Palmier lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stubb is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Palmier is keeping busy.
Stubb blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Palmier scores with a shot to the side of Stubb's head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Palmier blocking some punches.
Palmier tries to stall but Stubb uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Palmier lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Palmier misses with the head strike.
Stubb is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Palmier.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Stubb tries to break the clinch but Palmier is controlling the position.
Palmier lands a body punch in the clinch.
Stubb can't find room to land a body shot as Palmier controls the action.
Palmier can't find room to land a body shot as Stubb controls the action.
Stubb tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Stubb misses with a hook to the ribs.
Stubb misses with the head strike.
Stubb is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Stubb.
Palmier lands with a right to the head.
Palmier has a couple of punches blocked by Stubb.
Palmier misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A nice right hand lands inside from Stubb.
Palmier has Stubb pressed against the cage.
Stubb stalling against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Palmier softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Stubb avoiding damage.
Palmier goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Stubb tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Palmier swings wildly with an uppercut but Stubb uses good head movement to avoid it.
Stubb misses with a punch to the body.
Palmier tries to throw a body punch but Stubb avoids it by throwing Palmier back against the cage.
Palmier misses with a hook to the ribs.
Palmier digs a right hand into Stubb's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Stubb's gas tank.
Palmier tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Stubb's elbow.
Palmier struggles to land a body shot inside as Stubb controls his hands.
Palmier scores with an uppercut up the middle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stubb displaying some good clinch control by pressing Palmier up against the cage.
Stubb tries to stall but Palmier uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Stubb tries to break free but Palmier pushes him back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Fernardu Palmier will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Stubb throws a body punch but Palmier moves out of range.
A big left from Stubb misses.
Palmier slips under a jab from Stubb.
Palmier uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Stubb.
Stubb wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A slow jab from Stubb misses its intended target.
Stubb fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Palmier manages to avoid it.
Palmier blocks a jab.
Palmier seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Stubb misses with an uppercut. Palmier saw that one coming.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stubb fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Stubb lands with a nice body punch.
Stubb tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Palmier was well out of range. Poor timing from Stubb.
Palmier ducks under a wild hook from Stubb.
Palmier is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Stubb.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stubb throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Palmier counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Palmier blocks an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Palmier.
Stubb prevents a body shot from Palmier.
Palmier struggles to land a body shot inside as Stubb controls his hands.
Palmier working aggressively here.
A right hand to the body from Palmier.
Palmier misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Stubb blocks an uppercut.
Stubb misses with a hook from the clinch.
Stubb pushes Palmier back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Palmier has a couple of punches blocked by Stubb.
Stubb tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A nice left hand lands by Palmier.
Palmier misses with a punch to the body.
Palmier misses with a hook from the clinch.
Palmier lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Stubb backwards.
Palmier struggles to land a body shot inside as Stubb controls his hands.
Palmier misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stubb trying to control the position but instead, Palmier has worked for underhooks and has pushed Stubb into the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Stubb.
Palmier misses with a punch on the inside.
Palmier lands a shot to the body.
Palmier lands a right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stubb tries to stall but Palmier uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Stubb lands a nice shot to the body.
A short right from Palmier on the inside.
Stubb works on Palmier's body with a couple of short punches.
Palmier lands a right hand.
A head punch on the inside from Palmier fails to land.
Palmier goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Palmier is leaning against Stubb and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Stubb goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Palmier lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Palmier keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Stubb's efforts to push away.
Palmier doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palmier lands with a right to the head.
Stubb scores with a shot to the side of Palmier's head.
Stubb misses with a body punch.
Stubb leaning his opponent against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Palmier.
Palmier misses with a hook from the clinch.
Palmier misses with a body punch.
Palmier lands a left hand.
Palmier scores with a shoulder strike.
Stubb tries to stall but Palmier uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Palmier misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Palmier blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Palmier prevents Stubb from breaking the clinch.
Palmier scores with a shot to the side of Stubb's head.
Stubb stalls.
Palmier misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stubb pushes Palmier back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Palmier lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Stubb or not.

Stubb pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stubb uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Palmier.
Alexander Stubb seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A swing and a miss from Stubb.
Palmier slips a straight right by Stubb.
Stubb takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Stubb throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Palmier is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Stubb throws a combination that misses

and Palmier moves into the clinch.
Stubb tries to circle away but Palmier has him pinned against the cage.
Stubb lands an uppercut.
Palmier misses with a punch to the body.
Palmier lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Come on Stubb - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Palmier prevents a body shot from Stubb.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fernardu Palmier dominated that second round.
That's time! Palmier's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Stubb lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Palmier circles away quickly and effectively.
The fighters circling - Stubb throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Stubb swings widly with a right hand
and Palmier counters with a straight right hand.
Palmier takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Stubb will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Stubb looks to land a left hand but Palmier moved out of range nicely.
Stubb misses with a left hand
and Palmier counters with a right hand to the body.
Stubb misses with a lunging right hand
and Palmier cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stubb keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Palmier.
Stubb throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Palmier counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Stubb throws a poor cross that misses
and Palmier counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Palmier lands a nice shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stubb rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Palmier counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Palmier.
Palmier can't find room to land a body shot as Stubb controls the action.
A short right from Palmier on the inside.
Stubb is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Palmier is keeping busy.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Stubb is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Palmier has denied him.
Stubb has a couple of punches blocked by Palmier.
Palmier lands with a left to the head.
Fernardu Palmier has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Stubb stalling in the clinch but Palmier improves position.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Palmier.
Stubb takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Palmier tries to work over Stubb's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Palmier misses with a hook from the clinch.
Palmier lands with a left to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Palmier fails to land.
Palmier pushes Stubb back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Palmier lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Stubb is rocked!
Palmier works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Stubb is still on wobbly legs! Can Palmier finish him?
Palmier lands a body shot.
Palmier gets through Stubb's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stubb is looking to control Palmier's arms but Palmier gets an underhook and turns him. Now Stubb has his back to the cage.
Palmier lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Stubb or not.
Palmier throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A short right from Palmier on the inside.
Palmier lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Stubb to his knees! Palmier keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:17 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Fernardu Palmier!
Fernardu Palmier retains his welterweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Fernardu Palmier thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.