PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Marlo Stanfield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Neo Wiggin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stanfield's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Legendary. Marlo Stanfield has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Stanfield
vs
Wiggin

173 cm
31
155 lbs
16 - 7 - 0

175 cm
26
165 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Marlo Stanfield!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Neo Wiggin!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Fedor Mirinova and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice defenses there by Wiggin.
A head kick misses from Wiggin.
Wiggin staying out of range there.
Wiggin lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Stanfield at a distance.
Wiggin misses with a body punch
and Stanfield cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Stanfield takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Wiggin misses with a body shot.
Stanfield misses with a straight left.
Stanfield throws a body punch but Wiggin moves out of range.

Wiggin gets a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wiggin stalls.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Wiggin has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Wiggin throws an elbow that misses.
Wiggin has Stanfield pressed against the cage, preventing Stanfield from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Wiggin lands a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stanfield has had enough of the clinch but Wiggin keeps him there for the moment.
Stanfield wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Stanfield takes an elbow to the forehead.
Stanfield blocks an uppercut.

Stanfield pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Marlo Stanfield is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nice uppercut there from Wiggin.

Wiggin clinches with his opponent.
Wiggin lands a nice uppercut.
Wiggin pushes Stanfield back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wiggin lands a hook that snaps the head of Stanfield backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Wiggin.

Stanfield escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Stanfield lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stanfield looks to throw the jab but Wiggin is out of range.
Wiggin scores with a jab to the head.
Wiggin looks to throw the jab but Stanfield is out of range.
Stanfield swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wiggin lands with a hook. Stanfield tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Stanfield throws a sloppy body shot
and Wiggin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Wiggin lands a jab to the nose.

Wiggin shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Wiggin scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Stanfield is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Montreal Fighter's Gym (5* Sparring), so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Stanfield taking some punishment here, with Wiggin in his half guard.
Wiggin is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Stanfield pushes Wiggin off looking to stand but Wiggin dives back in and keeps control.
Stanfield has hold of Wiggin's hands but Wiggin slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Wiggin connects with a nice short shot to Stanfield's temple.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wiggin drops an elbow to the side of Stanfield's head.
Wiggin wants to free his trapped foot but Stanfield is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Stanfield blocking the ground and pound attempt from Wiggin.
Wiggin not doing much here.
Stanfield tries to kick Wiggin off in order to stand up. Wiggin Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
Wiggin working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Wiggin scoring with punches from side control.
Stanfield is pushing Wiggin's head away, looking to escape. Wiggin manages to hold on to the position though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wiggin scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Stanfield to see if he's OK.
Stanfield on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Wiggin lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Stanfield down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wiggin working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Wiggin taking a break here but Stanfield is having none of it and regains half guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Stanfield regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Wiggin.
Wiggin missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Wiggin working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Stanfield's head.
Wiggin with a flurry of punches that miss.
Wiggin in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Stanfield is looking to stand up but Wiggin isn't so interested in that idea.
Wiggin with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Neo Wiggin dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Wiggin moves into the clinch.
Stanfield wants to break free but Wiggin has control.
Wiggin creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Stanfield's defenses.
Wiggin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Stanfield's elbow.
Wiggin pressing his opponent against the cage.
Wiggin creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Stanfield's defenses.

Stanfield breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wiggin scores with a nice right hand.

Wiggin pushes Stanfield up against the cage in a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stanfield avoids the elbow strike from Wiggin, against the cage.
Stanfield's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Stanfield blocks an elbow strike.
Stanfield avoids the elbow strike from Wiggin, against the cage.
Stanfield wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Wiggin lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Stanfield breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Stanfield connects with a nice looking jab.
Stanfield misses with a combination
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Wiggin buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Wiggin chopping away at his opponent's legs.

Wiggin has Stanfield up against the cage in a clinch.

Stanfield manages to break the clinch.
Wiggin scores with a jab to the head.
Stanfield takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Stanfield digs a good hook to Wiggin's body.

Wiggin instigates a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A left hand lands to the body for Wiggin.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Wiggin.
Wiggin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Stanfield takes a shot to the head.
Stanfield is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Stanfield has had enough of the clinch but Wiggin keeps him there for the moment.
Wiggin misses with a punch on the inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Wiggin.
Stanfield has had enough of the clinch but Wiggin keeps him there for the moment.

Stanfield breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Stanfield loads up on a big right hand but Wiggin slips the punch.
Wiggin is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Stanfield with a body shot.
Stanfield misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wiggin.
An inside leg kick lands from Wiggin.

Wiggin clinches with his opponent.
Wiggin lands an elbow inside that Stanfield shrugs off.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Wiggin.
Wiggin lands an elbow that stopped Stanfield in his tracks for a moment.

Stanfield is rocked!

It looks like Marlo Stanfield has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wiggin is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Oh Stanfield is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Stanfield manages to break the clinch.
Wiggin feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Stanfield's calf.
Stanfield seems to have got his legs back now.
Neo Wiggin seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Wiggin works over Stanfield's head and body with a nice combination.
Wiggin looks to clinch
and Stanfield counters with a stiff right hand.
A big right from Stanfield misses.
Wiggin misses with an uppercut.
Wiggin fails with an attempt to clinch.
Good shot there by Wiggin.
Wiggin scores with a jab.

Wiggin closes the distance and clinches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wiggin lands a body punch.
Stanfield has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Stanfield is trying to break the clinch but Wiggin is controlling him.
Stanfield tries to circle away but Wiggin has him pinned against the cage.
Wiggin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Stanfield's elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wiggin lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Wiggin misses with an elbow strike.
Stanfield tries to break the clinch but Wiggin is controlling the position.
Wiggin pushes off an throws an elbow but Stanfield leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Wiggin lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Wiggin has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Wiggin lands a hook that snaps the head of Stanfield backwards.
Nice elbow from Wiggin.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Wiggin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Wiggin just misses with a elbow thrown towards Stanfield's brow.
Wiggin lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Stanfield backwards.
Wiggin dips a shoulder and cracks Stanfield with a mighty uppercut! Stanfield falls back against the cage and Wiggin unloads with a barrage of strikes! Stanfield is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Wiggin screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Neo Wiggin!
Neo Wiggin decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.