PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Litill Bjornsson (ranked 31 p4p, 6 weight class) and Harvey Stallion (ranked 566 p4p, 71 weight class). Stallion has chosen Ozzy Osborne - Crazy Horse as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bjornsson
vs
Stallion

174 cm
28
165 lbs
23 - 1 - 0

173 cm
21
166 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

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Solid boxing
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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Arcticus University: London

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Litill Bjornsson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Harvey Stallion!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Steve Montenegro and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stallion fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bjornsson swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Bjornsson keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Stallion slips under a jab from Bjornsson.
Stallion keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Stallion misses with a takedown attempt - Bjornsson sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Bjornsson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bjornsson swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Stallion fails to land the takedown.
Litill Bjornsson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Harvey Stallion.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bjornsson looks to score with a jab to the body but Stallion is just out of range.
Stallion shoots and misses
and Bjornsson counters with a stiff right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bjornsson. Stallion does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bjornsson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Stallion is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Bjornsson misses the shot to the body.
Bjornsson connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Stallion's hands.
Bjornsson comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

Stallion closes the distance and clinches.
Stallion misses with a hook to the ribs.
Stallion throws a punch but it's blocked by Bjornsson.
Bjornsson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Stallion tries a body shot but Bjornsson blocks it.
A right hand to the body from Bjornsson.
Stallion misses with the head strike.
Stallion blocks an uppercut.
Stallion swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bjornsson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bjornsson can't find room to land a body shot as Stallion controls the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Stallion fails to land.
Stallion swings wildly with an uppercut but Bjornsson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Stallion throws a head punch that misses.
Stallion throws a punch but it's blocked by Bjornsson.
Stallion misses with a hook to the ribs.
Stallion lands a shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head punch on the inside from Stallion fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bjornsson.
A short body shot lands from Stallion as the two fighters clinch.
A short uppercut from Bjornsson.
Bjornsson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Stallion backwards.
A shot in the inside from Stallion.
Bjornsson throws a head punch that misses.
Stallion lands with a short shot to the head.
Stallion swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nice body punch from Stallion.
A head punch on the inside from Bjornsson fails to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stallion prevents a body shot from Bjornsson.
Stallion tries a body shot but Bjornsson blocks it.
Stallion presses Bjornsson against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Stallion swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Stallion has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Bjornsson seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Stallion can turn it around.
Stallion tries to work over Bjornsson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Stallion scores with a shot to the side of Bjornsson's head.
Bjornsson fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Stallion throws a head punch that misses.
Bjornsson is working for takedown but Stallion is calmly controlling the position for now.
Stallion misses with a short punch on the inside.
Stallion throws a head punch that misses.
Stallion misses with the head strike.
Bjornsson struggles to land a body shot inside as Stallion controls his hands.
Bjornsson has been working on his balance at London MMA Club, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Stallion.
Bjornsson stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Stallion goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stallion tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Stallion lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bjornsson or not.
Stallion misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bjornsson tries to pull guard but Stallion holds him up against the cage and eventually Bjornsson drops back down to his feet.
Stallion has a couple of punches blocked by Bjornsson.
Bjornsson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Stallion misses with a hook from the clinch.
Stallion tries a body shot but Bjornsson blocks it.
Bjornsson blocking some punches.
Bjornsson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Stallion.
Stallion misses with the head strike.
Stallion keeps control of Bjornsson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Stallion tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Stallion struggles to land a body shot inside as Bjornsson controls his hands.
Stallion fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Stallion clinches with his opponent.
Bjornsson lands with a light punch inside.
Stallion lands a left hand.
Stallion presses Bjornsson against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Stallion swings wildly with an uppercut but Bjornsson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Stallion misses with some punches.
Bjornsson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Stallion fails to land.
Stallion tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bjornsson's elbow.
Harvey Stallion seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Stallion has a couple of punches blocked by Bjornsson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stallion blocks an uppercut.
Stallion tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Stallion swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Stallion misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bjornsson gets through Stallion's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Stallion throws a head punch that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bjornsson blocks a body shot from Stallion.
Stallion misses with a punch on the inside.
Bjornsson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Stallion blocking some punches.
Stallion struggles to land a body shot inside as Bjornsson controls his hands.
Stallion cracks Bjornsson with a nice body shot.
Bjornsson blocks an uppercut.

Bjornsson successfully pulls guard.
Stallion throwing strikes but missing.
Stallion works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Bjornsson trying to control from the bottom.
Stallion is trying to control the action in half guard but Bjornsson is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Bjornsson looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Bjornsson has hold of a guillotine but he's not going to be able to crank on it really with only half guard, so it's no trouble for Stallion. Oh but Bjornsson has got full guard now! Oh boy! This one could be over very soon! Stallion goes limp - he's gone! Bjornsson jumps up and celebrates with the crowd - fantastic submission finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Litill Bjornsson!
Litill Bjornsson retains his lightweight title!
After winning the bout, Litill Bjornsson thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.