PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rick Stanley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cheez Itz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Itz is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by do you really want to hurt me. Both these fighters are unbeaten, so somebody's 0 has got to go!Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Stanley
vs
Itz

190 cm
24
282 lbs
9 - 0 - 0

193 cm
19
285 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

Syndicate Drugs
Crippler's Corner

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rick Stanley!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cheez Itz!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Gwen Towbar and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Itz misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Stanley tries to clinch there but Itz circles away.
Itz shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Stanley defends it nicely.
Stanley throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Cheez Itz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Itz fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Stanley sprawls well initially but Itz persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Itz throwing shots but Stanley is blocking nicely.
Itz trying to control the action but Stanley is working from the bottom.
Itz not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Itz prevents Stanley from standing back up.
Stanley wants to control but Itz is keeping busy and won't allow it.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Itz lands a nice short elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Itz seems content to control.
Stanley avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Itz.
Itz thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Stanley's head.
Itz uses his free foot to push down on Stanley's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Stanley.
Itz is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Stanley can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Itz breaks from Stanley's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Stanley wants to hold on but Itz pushes him away.
Itz lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Stanley hang on?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stanley is desperately trying to improve his position but Itz has a good base and remains in mount.
Itz throws some wild stikes that Stanley manages to avoid easily.
Itz putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Itz thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Itz in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Itz landing strikes, looking to finish!
Stanley is in a horrible position here. Itz smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Itz looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Itz lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Itz working Stanley over with strikes here.
Itz scoring with strikes but Stanley is staying in there.
Itz pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Stanley is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stanley takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Itz in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Itz postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Stanley looks a forlorn figure.
Itz lands a big elbow.
Itz scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Stanley?
Itz working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Stanley is in a horrible position here. Itz smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Itz landing strikes from the mount.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Itz controlling from the full mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Stanley is looking to clinch but Itz is avoiding it.
Stanley throws a head kick that misses.
Itz fails with the takedown.

Itz bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
An elbow from Itz crashes against the mat.
A lull in the action here as Itz stalls from top position.
Stanley takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Itz cracks Stanley with a big right hand but Stanley just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stanley regains half guard, as Itz was trying to land strikes.
Itz is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Itz wants to free his trapped foot but Stanley is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Itz looks to land a strike but Stanley avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Itz stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Stanley swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Itz has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Itz throws a strike but Stanley rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Stanley preventing the sweep.
Itz manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Stanley wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Itz scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Itz throws some wild stikes that Stanley manages to avoid easily.
Itz is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Stanley can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Itz content just to control the position here.
Cheez Itz has got the better of the ground game so far.
Itz looking to finish Stanley with some ground and pound. This is bad for Stanley!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stanley blocking the ground and pound.
Stanley wants to try and get back to his feet.
Itz punishing his opponent with strikes.
Itz trying to control but Stanley is having none of it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Itz lands a big shot there that rocks Stanley but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cheez Itz showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Itz misses with a takedown attempt - Stanley sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Stanley throws a head kick but Itz moves out of range.
Itz shoots in and drives through. Stanley sprawls well.
Stanley throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Itz's waist but Itz gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Stanley off to one side.
Stanley throws a right and a left that both miss.
Stanley tries to clinch there but Itz circles away.
Itz fails to land the takedown.
Rick Stanley has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cheez Itz.
Itz shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Stanley pinned against the cage. Stanley gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Itz shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Stanley trying to control the position here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Stanley preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Itz wants to pass the guard but Stanley is keeping the position.
Stanley looking to control.
Itz chips away with some ground and pound.
Itz is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Itz stands and throws Stanley's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Itz in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Stanley's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Itz throws a strike aimed at the side of Stanley's head but Stanley avoids it well.
Itz working the ground and pound.
Itz wants to control but Stanley is keeping him busy.
Itz wants to control for a moment but Stanley uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Itz moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Itz has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Itz will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Stanley preventing the sweep.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Itz trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Itz keeping moving, preventing Stanley from controlling successfully.
Stanley takes a decent strike to the side of the head.
Itz lands a decent shot there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Itz pulls Stanley in close to his closed guard and prevents Stanley from doing any damage or advancing position.
Itz trying to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cheez Itz really dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Itz shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Itz scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Stanley won't allow Itz to pass to mount.
Stanley is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Itz scores with a couple of nice shots.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Itz lands a nice short elbow.
Stanley trying to control here.
Itz uses his free foot to push down on Stanley's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Stanley.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Itz thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Itz throwing strikes here but Stanley is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Itz lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Itz sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Itz scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Itz lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Itz in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Itz landing strikes, looking to finish!
A nice elbow there by Itz.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Itz lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Stanley hang on?
Itz softens up his opponent with a couple of shots there and then CRACK! One massive shot lands there and Stanley is out cold! Itz jumps to his feet and celebrates on the cage with the fans, who are, quite frankly, going absolutely mental!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cheez Itz!
Cheez Itz is the new heavyweight champion!