PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Richard Stone (ranked 3612 p4p, 422 weight class) and Alfredo Sauce (ranked 3898 p4p, 455 weight class). Richard Stone has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Stone
vs
Sauce

186 cm
25
188 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

185 cm
25
193 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Very confident

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 The Island, Richard Stone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Alfredo Sauce!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, David Hoff and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sauce throws a right hand that misses
and Stone counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Some wild striking there from Stone.
Stone defending well as Sauce loads up on a big left hand.
It looked like Stone wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Stone cracks Sauce with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Sauce defending well as Stone loads up on a big left hand.
Sauce feints a jab promting Stone to slip. Sauce then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Stone slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Sauce slips a straight right by Stone.
Stone definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stone connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Sauce's hands.
Sauce fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A looping hook to the body misses from Stone. Sauce does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sauce swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sauce tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Stone paws at him with a jab and circles away.
An attempted straight right counter from Stone misses the target.
Stone swings for the body but Sauce moves out of range.
Stone rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Stone takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Stone throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Stone swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Stone throws a jab when Sauce was well out of range.
Sauce thows a leg kick but Stone checks it
enabling Stone to counter with a crisp jab.
Sauce looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Sauce throws a lazy uppercut
and Stone counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sauce misses with an uppercut.
Sauce darts in trying to clinch
and Stone cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sauce tries to clinch but Stone moves away
and Stone counters with a stiff right hand.
Sauce sizes up Stone with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Stone takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stone lands a lovely overhand right.
A decent looking cross lands there for Stone.
Nice uppercut lands for Stone. That snapped Sauce's head back.
Sauce misses with a body shot.
Stone on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Stone gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Sauce.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sauce misses with a hook to the body
and Stone counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A big left from Sauce misses.
Sauce misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Stone counters with a stiff right hand.
Sauce misses with a left hand
and Stone counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nice uppercut there from Stone.
Sauce throws a leg kick
and Sauce takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sauce tries to bum rush Stone with a series of wild strikes but Stone uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Stone circles away from the clinch attempt.
A big right from Sauce misses.
Sauce tries to bum rush Stone with a series of wild strikes but Stone uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stone throws a jab but it's blocked by Sauce.
Sauce uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Stone.
Sauce misses with a left hand
letting Stone counter with a right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stone throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Stone ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sauce moves away.
Stone lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Alfredo Sauce seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sauce tries to clinch up.
A swing and a miss from Stone.
Stone throws a jab but it's blocked by Sauce.
Sauce uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Stone.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Richard Stone dominated that round.
That's time! Stone's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Stone throws the left hand but Sauce avoids the punch easily.
Stone ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Sauce misses with a right hand
and Stone counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Stone swings widly with a right hand
and Sauce counters with a nice body shot.
Sauce swings widly with a right hand
letting Stone counter with a right hand.
Sauce works over Stone's head and body with a nice combination.
Sauce pulls out of a head kick attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stone scores with a three punch combo!
Stone takes one to the chin there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sauce lands a nice hook to Stone's body. Stone takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Sauce misses with an uppercut
and Stone connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sauce slips under a jab from Stone.
Stone dodges the punch combination from Sauce.
Stone looks to score with a jab to the body but Sauce is just out of range.
Stone throws a shot from downtown. Sauce moves away and avoids it.
Sauce looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A slow jab from Stone misses its intended target.
Sauce uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Stone.
Stone throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sauce sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sauce is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Stone with a body shot.
Stone is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Sauce.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sauce throws a poor cross that misses
and Stone counters with a stiff right hand.
Sauce misses with a lunging right hand
and Stone counters with a nice uppercut.
Sauce avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sauce doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Sauce connects with the punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stone scores with a one two! Sauce had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Sauce throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Stone lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sauce circles away quickly and effectively.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sauce works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Stone throws a series of punches but Sauce avoids them all with ease.
Stone scores with a jab to the jaw.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Sauce might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Stone has got the better of the exchanges.
Sauce takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Sauce wants to clinch but Stone slips to the side
and Stone counters with a straight right hand.
Stone misses with a straight right.
Nice shot by Stone.
Sauce tries to clinch
and Stone cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sauce throws a combination that misses
letting Stone counter with a right hand.

Sauce is rocked!
Sauce wants to clinch
and Stone connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sauce is still on wobbly legs! Can Stone finish him?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sauce scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Sauce tries to clinch
and Stone counters with a beautiful right hand that knocks Sauce out cold! What a finish! Stone is going crazy, running around the mat, summersaulting off the corner posts and screaming into the cameras. Something tells me he's pretty happy!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Richard Stone!