PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Andrew Stack (ranked 4446 p4p, 3131 weight class) and Hassan Abdulmanapovich (ranked 503 p4p, 392 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Stack
vs
Abdulmanapovich

190 cm
21
185
1 - 1 - 0

183 cm
25
192
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Intelligent

Chester

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Andrew Stack!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Hassan Abdulmanapovich!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Jorge Garcia and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stack just misses with a punch to the body.
Abdulmanapovich is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Stack shoots for a double leg takedown but Abdulmanapovich sprawls well. He's pushed Stack's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Abdulmanapovich changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Abdulmanapovich darts in looking for a takedown but Stack gets double underhooks and turns Abdulmanapovich into the cage.
Stack looks to score with a jab to the body but Abdulmanapovich is just out of range.
Abdulmanapovich drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Abdulmanapovich looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Stack is fending him off so far but Abdulmanapovich persists. Nope, Stack circles away and we're back to standing.
Abdulmanapovich fails to land the takedown.
Andrew Stack has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hassan Abdulmanapovich.
Stack misses with a left hand

and Abdulmanapovich counters by moving into the clinch.
Stack changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Abdulmanapovich fights it off and pushes away nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stack defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Abdulmanapovich.
Abdulmanapovich tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Stack swivels and escapes.
Stack throws a lazy right hand but Abdulmanapovich sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Abdulmanapovich changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Stack throws a hook but Abdulmanapovich blocks it.
Abdulmanapovich with the counter takedown but Stack avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stack throws a body punch but Abdulmanapovich moves out of range.
Abdulmanapovich bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Stack swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Abdulmanapovich tries to counter by closing the distance.
Abdulmanapovich slips under a jab.
Stack misses with a looping right.
Stack looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Abdulmanapovich uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Stack.
Abdulmanapovich uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Stack.
Abdulmanapovich wants to counter with a clinch but Stack pushes him away.

Stack drives through with a takedown into guard.
Stack trying to control but Abdulmanapovich is working from the bottom.
Abdulmanapovich pulls Stack in close to prevent any damage.
Abdulmanapovich can't keep his opponent in guard - Stack advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stack seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Abdulmanapovich does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Stack is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Stack tries to pass to full mount but Abdulmanapovich defends it.
Stack controlling the pace.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Stack looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Stack is trying to control. Abdulmanapovich wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Stack keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Stack avoids a punch combination nicely.
Stack throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Abdulmanapovich ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Stack is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Abdulmanapovich gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Stack is trying to pull guard but Abdulmanapovich turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Stack wants to break the clinch but can't.
Stack has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Abdulmanapovich after a bit of a struggle.

Stack has hold of one of Abdulmanapovich's legs. Abdulmanapovich is fighting the takedown attempt but Stack gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andrew Stack 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.

Abdulmanapovich scores with a one two! Stack had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Hassan Abdulmanapovich is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Abdulmanapovich darts in looking for a takedown but Stack gets double underhooks and turns Abdulmanapovich into the cage.
Stack jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Abdulmanapovich lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Stack circles away quickly and effectively.
Stack misses with a hook.
Abdulmanapovich looks for a takedown but Stack sprawls well.
Stack fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Stack sets himself, and Abdulmanapovich steps forward looking for the clinch! Stack avoids it this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stack throws a looping overhand right but Abdulmanapovich ducks down to avoid it.
Stack misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Abdulmanapovich.
Abdulmanapovich ducks under a wild hook from Stack.
And Abdulmanapovich tries to counter it with a takedown but Stack pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Stack throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Abdulmanapovich tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abdulmanapovich defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Stack.
Abdulmanapovich looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Stack misses the shot to the body.
Abdulmanapovich tries to counter with a clinch but Stack shakes him off and moves away.
Abdulmanapovich bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Stack. Abdulmanapovich does a little dance to reset his feet.
Abdulmanapovich is trying hard to land a takedown here. Stack sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Andrew Stack has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hassan Abdulmanapovich.
Abdulmanapovich slips a straight right by Stack.
Stack throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Abdulmanapovich sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Stack avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Horrible takedown attempt by Stack or perhaps it was just good defense by Abdulmanapovich, which made it look bad.
Stack throws the left hand but Abdulmanapovich avoids the punch easily.
Nice shot lands for Stack.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stack thows a left - swing and a miss!
Abdulmanapovich lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Stack throws a jab when Abdulmanapovich was well out of range.
Abdulmanapovich feints the counter takedown.
Stack misses with a straight right.
Abdulmanapovich wants to counter the offense by Stack and move into the clinch position.
Andrew Stack seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Abdulmanapovich dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice takedown defense from Abdulmanapovich. No joy for Stack on that attempt.
Abdulmanapovich is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Stack throws a lazy right hand but Abdulmanapovich sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice sprawl there from Abdulmanapovich as Stack shoots in.
Stack misses with an uppercut. Abdulmanapovich saw that one coming.
Abdulmanapovich uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Stack.

Stack drives through with a takedown into guard.
Abdulmanapovich looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abdulmanapovich keeping moving, preventing Stack from controlling successfully.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Abdulmanapovich holds on and takes a little breather.
Stack trying to control the position from guard on top but Abdulmanapovich is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Stack is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Abdulmanapovich can do to turn this around?
Stack not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters, thinking about a standup.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Stack being controlled here momentarily.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Abdulmanapovich defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Stack.
Stack jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Stack misses with an uppercut. Abdulmanapovich saw that one coming.
Abdulmanapovich darts in looking for a takedown but Stack gets double underhooks and turns Abdulmanapovich into the cage.
Stack fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Abdulmanapovich manages to avoid it.
Andrew Stack is winning the standup battle so far.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Abdulmanapovich steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Stack.
Abdulmanapovich moves out of range as Stack strikes.
Abdulmanapovich shoots in looking for a takedown. Stack tries to sprawl out of it but Abdulmanapovich keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Stack manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andrew Stack dominated that second 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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Abdulmanapovich keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Abdulmanapovich wants to counter the offense by Stack and move into the clinch position.
Stack misses with an uppercut. Abdulmanapovich saw that one coming.
Abdulmanapovich drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Stack defends it well.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Abdulmanapovich enables Stack to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Abdulmanapovich manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Stack controls from within his opponent's guard.
Stack seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Abdulmanapovich for as long as he can get away with.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Abdulmanapovich holds on and takes a little breather.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abdulmanapovich utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Stack throwing strikes from guard but Abdulmanapovich blocks nicely.
Abdulmanapovich keeping moving, preventing Stack from controlling successfully.
Abdulmanapovich pulls Stack in to control the position.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Stack tries to clinch up but Abdulmanapovich circles away and keeps his distance.
Stack swings for the body but Abdulmanapovich moves out of range.
Stack is trying hard to land a takedown here. Abdulmanapovich sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Abdulmanapovich is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Stack misses with a straight right.
Stack shoots in but Abdulmanapovich avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Abdulmanapovich is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Stack throws a hook but Abdulmanapovich avoids it easily.
Stack works Abdulmanapovich's body with a nice hook.
Good standup being displayed there by Stack as he connects with a hook.
A big right from Stack misses.
Abdulmanapovich moves out of range of the strikes.
Stack misses with a body shot.
Stack shoots in and drives through. Abdulmanapovich sprawls well.
Abdulmanapovich is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andrew Stack. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Abdulmanapovich defending well as Stack loads up on a big left hand.
Horrible takedown attempt by Abdulmanapovich or perhaps it was just good defense by Stack, which made it look bad.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stack misses with a hook to the body

and Abdulmanapovich counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Abdulmanapovich.
Stack tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Abdulmanapovich smiles and moves away.
Stack shoots for a takedown but Abdulmanapovich saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Abdulmanapovich tries to counter by closing the distance.
Stack misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Abdulmanapovich.
Stack doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Abdulmanapovich counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Stack looking for a takedown.
Stack jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Abdulmanapovich walks away with a smile on his face. Stack gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Abdulmanapovich fails with a takedown attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stack looks to land a left hand but Abdulmanapovich moved out of range nicely.
Stack shoots in but no luck this time.
Stack throws a hook but Abdulmanapovich blocks it.
Stack scores with a nice head shot.
Stack ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Abdulmanapovich moves away.
Abdulmanapovich is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Stack changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Abdulmanapovich tries to avoid it but Stack manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Abdulmanapovich to the ground. Abdulmanapovich escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
And Abdulmanapovich tries to counter it with a takedown but Stack pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Stack pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Abdulmanapovich drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Stack defends it well.
Abdulmanapovich throws a shot to the body.
Abdulmanapovich shoots in but Stack avoids the takedown attempt easily.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Abdulmanapovich defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Stack.
Abdulmanapovich changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Hassan Abdulmanapovich has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Abdulmanapovich defending well as Stack loads up on a big left hand.
And Abdulmanapovich tries to counter it with a takedown but Stack pushes his down on his head and steps out.

And that's the end of the fight!
Andrew Stack showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Stack, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Andrew Stack!
Andrew Stack tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.