PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Phoenix Templar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeremy Stapleton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stapleton has chosen Stick To Your Guns - Against Them All as his entrance music. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Jeremy Stapleton was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Templar
vs
Stapleton

173 cm
25
167 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

194 cm
30
215 lbs
16 - 15 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Phoenix Templar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jeremy Stapleton!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Ben Zyskovitsi and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Templar lands with an uppercut that bounces Stapleton off the cage and back into range.
Templar fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Stapleton steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Templar connects with the punch.
Stapleton throws a shot from downtown. Templar moves away and avoids it.
It looked like Templar wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Templar staying out of range there.
Jeremy Stapleton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stapleton ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Templar moves away.
Stapleton cracks Templar with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

It looks like Phoenix Templar has been cut.
Nice body punch from Templar.
Stapleton gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Stapleton circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Templar to the canvas! Templar doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Stapleton keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jeremy Stapleton!
After winning the bout, Jeremy Stapleton thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.