PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Neil Patrick Stinson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Louis Sinaloa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sinaloa has chosen Bruce Springsteen - Sinaloa Cowboys as his entrance music. Louis Sinaloa told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Patrick Stinson
vs
Sinaloa

172 cm
20
150 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

168 cm
20
151 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Good gas tank

BioPharm Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Neil Patrick Stinson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Louis Sinaloa!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Aafke Stam and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stinson defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Sinaloa.

Stinson forces Sinaloa back against the cage and clinches.
Sinaloa tries to break the clinch but Stinson is controlling the position.
Stinson lands a shoulder strike.
Stinson stalling in the clinch.
Stinson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Stinson lands a body punch in the clinch.
Stinson holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Sinaloa tries to break the clinch but Stinson is controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Stinson takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Sinaloa tries to break the clinch but Stinson is controlling the position.
Stinson's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Stinson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sinaloa backwards.
Stinson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Stinson displaying some good clinch control by pressing Sinaloa up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Stinson.
Sinaloa avoiding damage as Stinson throws knees to the body.
Sinaloa takes a knee right on the jaw!
A frustrated look appears on Sinaloa's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Stinson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Stinson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stinson displaying some good clinch control by pressing Sinaloa up against the cage.
Stinson scores with a shot to the side of Sinaloa's head.
Sinaloa has had enough of the clinch but Stinson keeps him there for the moment.
Stinson swings wildly with an uppercut but Sinaloa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Stinson is pushing Sinaloa up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

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.
Stinson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Stinson lands a nice uppercut.
Stalling in the clinch from Stinson.
Stinson keeps control of Sinaloa as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Stinson lands with a right to the head.
Sinaloa takes a knee right on the jaw!
Sinaloa wants to break the clinch but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Sinaloa moves away from the strike by Stinson.
Stinson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sinaloa paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Stinson rushes Sinaloa and presses him up against the cage.
Stinson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Stinson tries to throw a body punch but Sinaloa avoids it by throwing Stinson back against the cage.
Stinson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Stinson leaning against his opponent.
A head punch on the inside from Stinson fails to land.
Sinaloa is trying to break the clinch but Stinson has him pressed against the cage.
Stinson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stinson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Stinson just leaning against Sinaloa, taking a breather.
Stinson lands with a short shot to the head.
Sinaloa takes a knee to the side of the body.
Sinaloa wants to break free but Stinson has control.
Sinaloa goes for a takedown attempt but Stinson pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Neil Patrick Stinson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Stinson wants to clinch up but Sinaloa keeps it at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stinson tries to clinch but Sinaloa moves out of range.
Stinson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sinaloa shoots in for a double leg but Stinson sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Stinson delivers a nice body kick.
Sinaloa fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Neil Patrick Stinson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Louis Sinaloa.
Stinson stuffs the takedown attempt from Sinaloa. Sinaloa gets slowly back to his feet.
Stinson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Stinson darts in and clinches Sinaloa up against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Stinson takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sinaloa tries to score a body lock takedown but Stinson shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Sinaloa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Stinson.
Stinson misses with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stinson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Stinson swings wildly with an uppercut but Sinaloa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Stinson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sinaloa can't break the clinch.
Stinson misses with a punch to the body.
Stinson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sinaloa lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Stinson landing knees to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Neil Patrick Stinson dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Sinaloa fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Stinson avoids it really well and circles away.
Stinson tries to clinch up but Sinaloa circles away and keeps his distance.
Stinson lands with an overhand left.
Sinaloa avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sinaloa fails with a takedown attempt.

Sinaloa gets tackled into the cage by Stinson. Stinson maintains the clinch.
Sinaloa managing to block the knees to the body from Stinson.
Stinson slows down the pace here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sinaloa takes a knee right on the jaw!
Sinaloa tries to break the clinch but Stinson is controlling the position.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Sinaloa wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Stinson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sinaloa is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Stinson leaning his opponent against the cage.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Sinaloa's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Stinson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Stinson stalling in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stinson scores with a shot to the side of Sinaloa's head.
Sinaloa avoiding damage as Stinson throws knees to the body.
Stinson just leaning against Sinaloa, taking a breather.
Neil Patrick Stinson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Stinson lands a nice knee to the body.
Stinson taking a breather.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Neil Patrick Stinson.
Stinson scores with a kick to the body.
Sinaloa misses with a takedown attempt - Stinson sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Neil Patrick Stinson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Louis Sinaloa.

Stinson moves into the clinch.
Stinson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sinaloa jumps guard but Stinson turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Stinson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Stinson holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Louis Sinaloa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Neil Patrick Stinson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Nice body punch from Stinson - that landed with a thud.

And that's the end of the fight!
Neil Patrick Stinson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Stinson 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 Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:27
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Neil Patrick Stinson!
Neil Patrick Stinson very nearly forgot to thank KAISER amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.