PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Davy Vosne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Stanson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stanson has chosen Until The End as his entrance music. Davy Vosne is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Vosne
vs
Stanson

183 cm
26
181 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

174 cm
38
178 lbs
23 - 16 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

Tokyo United Fightwear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Davy Vosne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Brian Stanson!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Skip Squint and Darius Henderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Stanson drives through with a takedown into Vosne's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Vosne has momentary wrist control but Stanson slips an elbow through the middle.
Stanson is looking to stand up but Vosne won't let him.
Stanson scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Stanson wants to control from the top but Vosne keeps moving.
Stanson lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Vosne working a defensive guard but Stanson passes into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Stanson lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Stanson wants to stand but Vosne has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Vosne wants to control but Stanson is keeping busy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stanson throwing shots but Vosne is blocking nicely.
Vosne moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Vosne looking for a guillotine here but Stanson defends easily.
Vosne controls Stanson momentarily but Stanson frees himself.
Vosne working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Stanson.
Vosne is trying to control the position but Stanson postures up.
Vosne is really struggling to control Stanson but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Stanson wants to control from the top but Vosne keeps moving.

Vosne had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Stanson defends it easily.
Stanson postures up and lands a big shot to Vosne's brow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Stanson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Vosne works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Vosne working for a triangle but Stanson defends it easily.
Vosne keeping moving, preventing Stanson from controlling successfully.
Stanson postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Stanson throwing strikes but missing.

Vosne is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Stanson is aware though and is defending well.
Stanson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Vosne looking for a sweep. Not yet Vosne, not yet.
Vosne keeping moving, preventing Stanson from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Vosne is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Stanson is aware though and is defending well.
Stanson throwing strikes but missing.
Vosne pulls Stanson in close to prevent any damage.
Stanson content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

Vosne is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Vosne looking to hit a scissor sweep but Stanson is one step ahead there.

Vosne throws his legs up looking for a submission but Stanson uses it to pass to side control.
Vosne parries the strikes from Stanson easily there. Stanson is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Vosne to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vosne gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.

Vosne actively working from the bottom here.

Vosne is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Stanson pulls his head out easily.
Stanson is thwarting Vosne's attempts to control the position.
Stanson is trying to control. Vosne wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Stanson wants to stand up but Vosne is controlling the position.
Stanson working the head and body with strikes.
Stanson wants to control but Vosne is keeping him busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brian Stanson dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Stanson fails to land the takedown.
Stanson on the wrong end of a nice hook.

It looks like Brian Stanson has been cut.
Stanson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Vosne throws a series of strikes that have Stanson backpedaling.
Stanson misses with a takedown attempt - Vosne sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Vosne misses with a body shot.
Brian Stanson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Stanson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Vosne's waist but Vosne gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Stanson off to one side.
Davy Vosne has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brian Stanson.
Some wild striking there from Vosne.
Vosne misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stanson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vosne throws a poor cross that misses

and Stanson counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stanson is looking to take a break and control but Vosne is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Vosne has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Stanson is working away from the top position though.
Vosne is looking to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vosne is looking to control Stanson's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Vosne avoid being mounted?
Stanson thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Vosne manages to get to full guard.
Stanson chips away with some ground and pound.

Vosne is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Stanson defends well.
Stanson trying to control the position from guard on top but Vosne is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Stanson stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Stanson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Vosne.
Vosne misses with a body shot.
Vosne rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Stanson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Vosne connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Stanson momentarily.
Vosne connects with a looping right hand.
Vosne throws a hook but Stanson avoids it easily.
Vosne throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Stanson closes this distance looking for a takedown but Vosne circles away.

Stanson looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Vosne!
Stanson scoring with punches from side control.
Vosne is trying to control Stanson's posture but Stanson avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vosne takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

Stanson tries for a kimura but Vosne is defending well.
Stanson trying to control the action but Vosne is working from the bottom.
Vosne is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Stanson's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.

Vosne actively working from the bottom here.
Vosne wants to control but Stanson is keeping busy.
Vosne avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Stanson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stanson lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

Stanson is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Vosne sees it coming and defends easily.
Vosne gets back to full guard.
Stanson looking to pass the guard.
Vosne looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Stanson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Stanson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Vosne looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Brian Stanson has got the better of the ground game so far.

Vosne had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Stanson defends it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Davy Vosne will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Brian Stanson's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Stanson lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A swing and a miss from Vosne.
Stanson moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

Stanson shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

Stanson seems to be working for a kimura but Vosne defends the submission attempt.
Stanson slips a nice elbow through Vosne's hands, connecting with Vosne's forehead.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stanson not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Vosne is trying to maintain the position but Stanson is very close to passing his half guard.

Stanson is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Vosne has managed to free his arm - good work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vosne is pressing down on Stanson's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

Stanson postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Vosne is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Stanson, into his guard.

Vosne looking to pass the guard.
Vosne pushes down on Stanson's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Stanson pushes Vosne off looking to stand but Vosne dives back in and keeps control.
Vosne lands strikes from half guard.
Stanson won't allow Vosne to pass to mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vosne is keen to just control but Stanson is a slippery customer.
Vosne is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Stanson won't allow Vosne to pass to mount.
Stanson manages to get to full guard.
Vosne wants to control from the top but Stanson keeps moving.
Vosne postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Stanson keeping moving, preventing Vosne from controlling successfully.
Vosne cracks Stanson with a solid left hand.

Stanson is looking to cinch up a triangle. Vosne throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Stanson's body to avoid the submission. Stanson has instead reached around Vosne's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Stanson arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Brian Stanson!
During a confident post fight interview, Brian Stanson thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.