PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alex Asztalos (ranked 191 p4p, 28 weight class) and Stan Judea (ranked 156 p4p, 23 weight class). Asztalos comes to the cage accompanied by Dethroned Emperor by Celtic Frost. Judea is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by I want to be a woman - Monty Python. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Asztalos
vs
Judea

188 cm
33
199 lbs
24 - 11 - 0

189 cm
33
201 lbs
19 - 8 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Alex Asztalos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Stan Judea!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Alec Ball and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Judea blocks a leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Asztalos. That's going to slow Judea down.
Asztalos jabs Judea to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Asztalos lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Judea fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Asztalos manages to avoid it.
Judea throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Asztalos swings widly with a right hand
and Judea counters with a nice uppercut.
An inside leg kick lands from Asztalos.
Asztalos smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Asztalos lands a jab.
Judea slips a jab from Asztalos.
Asztalos misses the jab.
Judea on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Asztalos. Asztalos obviously looking to wear him down.
Judea keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Asztalos.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A jab from Judea misses.
A big left from Asztalos misses.
Judea looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Asztalos has been working on his boxing with his coaches at ~T~ Troid - Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Asztalos on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Judea moves out of range of the body kick.
Asztalos bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A nice leg kick lands there from Judea.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Asztalos fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Judea manages to avoid it.
Asztalos throws the left hand but Judea avoids the punch easily.
Judea now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Asztalos uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Judea.
Asztalos cracks Judea with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Nice shot lands for Judea.
Asztalos just misses with a punch to the body.
Asztalos thumps Judea with a low kick.
Crunch! Judea slams his shin into Asztalos's torso.
Judea moves out of range of the body kick.
Judea moves out of range as Asztalos strikes.
Asztalos slips a straight right by Judea.
Judea gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Asztalos tries to close the distance and clinch up but Judea swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Asztalos swings for the body but Judea moves out of range.
Judea throws a push kick but Asztalos slaps the foot to one side.
Asztalos tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Judea manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Judea throws a sloppy head kick and Asztalos moves out of range easily.
Judea misses with a body shot.
Asztalos moves out of range of the body kick from Judea.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Judea keeps Asztalos at a distance using the push kick.
Judea lands a head kick!
A combination from Judea does no damage.
Judea lands with a nice body punch.
Judea swings for the body but Asztalos moves out of range.
Asztalos throws a jab when Judea was well out of range.
Donk. Judea catches Asztalos right on the button with a cross.
Judea avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Asztalos takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Asztalos throws the left hand but Judea avoids the punch easily.
Asztalos avoids the body shot from Judea.
Asztalos thows a leg kick but Judea checks it
and Judea makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Asztalos misses with a hook. Judea ducked under it nicely.
Judea missing with a left hand there. Asztalos was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Asztalos on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A swing and a miss from Asztalos.
Judea throws a hook but Asztalos avoids it easily.
Asztalos scores with a shot to the body.
Judea moves out of range of the body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Judea throws a head kick but Asztalos moves out of range.
Asztalos connects with a jab.
Asztalos turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Asztalos scoring well with a low kick there.
A big left from Asztalos misses.
Asztalos uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Judea.
Judea swings for the body but Asztalos moves out of range.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Judea lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Asztalos has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Asztalos and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Asztalos moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Asztalos lands a really nice looking cross but Judea seems unphased.
Asztalos misses with a straight left.
Judea is trying to counter with his kicks.
Asztalos misses the jab.
Judea throws a body punch but Asztalos moves out of range.
Judea moves out of range of the body kick from Asztalos.
Asztalos misses with a low kick as Judea jumps back.
Asztalos uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Judea.
Asztalos ducks under a wild hook from Judea.
Judea ducks under a wild hook from Asztalos.
Asztalos scores with a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Judea swings for the body but Asztalos moves out of range.
Judea with a hook.
Judea blocks the body kick.
Judea moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Asztalos throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Judea appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Judea cracks a nice hook into Asztalos's ribs.
Asztalos is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Asztalos scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Asztalos takes a swing at Judea's ribcage but misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Judea! But no joy.
Judea thows a left - swing and a miss!
Asztalos has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Judea.
Judea attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Asztalos wants to clinch up but Judea keeps it at a distance.
Judea throws a shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Asztalos avoids a kick to the body.
Judea uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Asztalos has time to react.
Judea displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Asztalos throws out the jab.
Asztalos throws a low kick, looking for Judea's leg but Judea calmly moves out of range.
Judea uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Asztalos.
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 Alex Asztalos will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Asztalos throws a body punch but Judea moves out of range.
Asztalos with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Asztalos misses with a looping right.
Judea loads up on a big right hand but Asztalos slips the punch.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Judea in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Asztalos lands with a good body shot.
Judea works Asztalos's body with a nice hook.
Asztalos shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Asztalos lands with a hook. Judea tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Asztalos ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Judea moves away.
Asztalos wants to clinch up but Judea keeps it at a distance.
Asztalos throws an off balance right hand
and Judea makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Judea scores with a push kick.
Asztalos lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Judea checks the leg kick nicely there.
Asztalos misses with a leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Asztalos lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Judea at a distance.
Judea avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Asztalos explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Alex Asztalos is winning the standup battle so far.
A bone on bone clash there as Judea blocks the leg kick.
Alex Asztalos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Asztalos has Judea up against the cage in a clinch.
Asztalos swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Asztalos prevents a body shot from Judea.
Asztalos tries to work over Judea's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Asztalos swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right from Judea.
Asztalos lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Judea's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Judea throws a low kick but Asztalos avoids it.
Judea looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Judea misses with an uppercut
and Asztalos makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Asztalos misses with a leg kick.
Judea steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Asztalos will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Asztalos with a nice cross.
Asztalos avoids a kick to the body.
Judea scores with a jab to the body.
Jab, jab by Asztalos - just one landing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Judea slips under a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Judea connects with a high kick.
Judea throws a body kick that misses.
Judea scores with the left hand. Asztalos knows he should have avoided that one.
Judea scores with a nice right hand.
Asztalos thows a left - swing and a miss!
Asztalos dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Judea closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Asztalos throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.

Asztalos moves into the clinch successfully.
Asztalos lands a body shot in the clinch.
Asztalos goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Asztalos tries to throw a body punch but Judea avoids it by throwing Asztalos back against the cage.
Asztalos has a couple of punches blocked by Judea.
Judea fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Judea goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Judea digs a right hand into Asztalos's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Asztalos's gas tank.
Asztalos lands a shoulder strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Asztalos.
Asztalos tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Judea's elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Judea manages to break the clinch.
Judea ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Asztalos takes a swing at Judea's ribcage but misses.
Judea takes a swing at Asztalos's ribcage but misses.
Asztalos lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Judea avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Judea dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Judea checks a leg kick.
Asztalos closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Asztalos misses with a looping right.
Judea throws out a loose jab but Asztalos uses good head movement to avoid it.
Asztalos slips a straight right by Judea.
Asztalos throws out a loose jab but Judea uses good head movement to avoid it.
Asztalos getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Asztalos cracks a nice hook into Judea's ribs.
Judea tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Judea moves out of range of the leg kick from Asztalos.
Asztalos moves out of range of the strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Judea throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Asztalos displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Judea throws out the jab.
Asztalos catches Judea with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Asztalos throws the kick towards the body but Judea avoids it.
Judea circles away from the clinch attempt.
Judea only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Judea throws a half hearted mid kick.
Judea tries a head kick but it misses.
Asztalos scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Judea moves out of range of the body kick.
Judea throws a front kick aimed at Asztalos's knee but Asztalos avoids it well.
Asztalos throws a hook but Judea blocks it.
Judea's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Asztalos blocks a head kick by Judea.
Good work by Asztalos as he checks the leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Asztalos rushes Judea and presses him up against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Judea fails to land.
Asztalos prevents a body shot from Judea.
Judea lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Asztalos misses with a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alex Asztalos dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Asztalos tries to close the distance and clinch up but Judea swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Judea keeps the fight on the outside.
Judea takes one to the side of the head.
Asztalos just misses with a punch to the body.
Asztalos misses with a hook.
Judea throws a head kick but Asztalos moves out of range.
Judea swings away with a body shot that misses
and Asztalos counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Asztalos lands a jab.
Asztalos uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Judea circles away from the clinch attempt.
Asztalos looks for the body kick but Judea saw that one coming.
Asztalos takes a shot right to the bread basket.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Judea stuns Asztalos with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Judea takes a swing at Asztalos's ribcage but misses.
Asztalos fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Judea.
Judea thows a left - swing and a miss!
Judea scores with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Asztalos connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Asztalos will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Judea looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Asztalos misses the jab.
Asztalos misses with a low kick.
A slapping body kick lands there for Judea.
Asztalos swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Judea walks into a left hand.
Asztalos connects with a body shot that sends Judea's belly button to the back.
Judea has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
An inside leg kick from Asztalos misses.
Judea looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Asztalos moves out of range of the strikes.
It looked like Asztalos wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Judea bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Asztalos fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Judea is out of range.
Asztalos takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Asztalos lands a body shot.
Judea moves out of range as Asztalos strikes.
Judea throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Asztalos tried to counter with a leg kick but Judea avoided it.
Asztalos checks a low kick from Judea.
Stan Judea has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Judea uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Asztalos.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Asztalos tries to land a front kick but Judea steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Judea is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Asztalos will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Asztalos swings away with a body shot that misses
and Judea counters with an inside leg kick.
Judea takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Asztalos fails in his attempt to clinch.
Judea slips under a jab from Asztalos.
Asztalos ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Asztalos ducks under a wild hook from Judea.
Judea swings for the body but Asztalos moves out of range.
Judea circles away from the clinch attempt.
Judea let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Asztalos tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Judea was well out of range. Poor timing from Asztalos.
Asztalos uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Judea.
It looked like Asztalos wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Judea moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Asztalos checks the leg kick.

Asztalos clinches up with Judea and pushes him back against the cage.
Asztalos lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Judea backwards.
Judea blocks an uppercut.
Asztalos misses with some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Judea blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Asztalos fails to land.
Judea misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Asztalos.
Asztalos blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Asztalos lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Asztalos.
Judea lands a right hand that snaps the head of Asztalos backwards.
Asztalos throws a head punch that misses.
Judea tries a body shot but Asztalos blocks it.
Alex Asztalos has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Asztalos blocks a body shot from Judea.
Asztalos scores with a nice hook to the head.

Judea breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Asztalos swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Asztalos backing away here, and Judea unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Asztalos on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Judea. Judea obviously looking to wear him down.
Judea takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Judea misses with a wild body shot.
Judea throws a hook to the side of Asztalos's head but Asztalos sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Asztalos tries to close the distance and clinch up but Judea swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Judea throws an overhand right that lands on Asztalos's shoulder, as Asztalos tries to avoid the shot.
Judea takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Judea on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Judea swings and misses with a hook to the body.
An attempted straight right counter from Asztalos misses the target.
Asztalos moves out of range of the leg kick from Judea.
Judea gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Asztalos.
Nice straight punches there by Asztalos. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Asztalos.
Asztalos scores with a hook to the body. Judea takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Nice uppercut there from Asztalos.
Asztalos with a hook.
Asztalos thuds his right hand into Judea's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Judea slips under a jab from Asztalos.
And Judea responds with a good body kick, but Asztalos manages to step out the way in time.
Judea fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Asztalos is out of range.
Good work by Asztalos as he checks the leg kick.
Judea slips a straight right by Asztalos.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Asztalos takes one to the chin there.
Judea looks to land a left hand but Asztalos moved out of range nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alex Asztalos showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Asztalos has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alex Asztalos!
After winning the bout, Alex Asztalos thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
In defeat, Stan Judea stepped up to the mic, saying 'Jay, please weight gain over 206lbs and be tru LHW and then I will accept 3th fight'.