PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stefan King (ranked 6838 p4p, 6357 weight class) and Tom Cone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stefan King had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

King
vs
Cone

200 cm
17
283
0 - 1 - 0

190 cm
20
240
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Money Inc. (160Q with Proof ) 150$
Altitude Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Stefan King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tom Cone!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Gwen Towbar and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice defenses there by King.
King dodges the punch combination from Cone.
Cone swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
King keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

It looks like Tom Cone has been cut.
Cone misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cone misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
It looked like King wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
King showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cone.
Cone lands a nice shot to the body.

King gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Cone to score an easy takedown into full guard.
King is wriggling around but Cone manages to pass to half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Cone lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
King is trying to stand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Cone working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
King is trying to stand.
Cone working the head and body with strikes.
King pushes Cone off but Cone dives into side control.
Cone is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Cone working the head and body with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King is looking for a sweep.
Cone landing a few strikes.
Cone just content to control the position.
Cone working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Cone working the ground and pound from side control.
King on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
King is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Cone is controlling him well.
King tries to get back to half guard but can't.
King is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Cone has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Cone decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Cone lands a right hook to the body.
King pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Cone is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in King's half guard.
Cone working King over with strikes.
King wants to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cone winds up and cracks King with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Cone is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Cone is figuring out what he wants to do next.
King wants to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cone looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks King with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Nice strikes from Cone there.
King scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Cone manages to mount him!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cone lands with some vicious ground and pound - can King hang on?
King can't escape the position.
Cone cracks King with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Cone sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Let's hope that Cone has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tom Cone dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tom Cone's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Cone darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Cone blocks the strikes from King.
Cone performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cone stops King from getting back to his feet.
Cone working King over with strikes.

Cone stands up from half guard.
Cone has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A left lands for King.
Cone lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but King circles away quickly and effectively.
King changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Cone throws out a loose jab but King uses good head movement to avoid it.
King misses with a hook. Cone ducked under it nicely.
Cone appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
King shoots in for a takedown but Cone shows good takedown defense.
Cone lands a straight punch to the body, keeping King at a distance.
King lands a lovely overhand right.
Cone takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
King shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Cone sprawls well. Cone wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. King gets slowly back to his feet.
No joy there for Cone, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Cone keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stefan King. That's going to take a lot out of him.
King showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cone.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
King scores with a jab.

Cone is rocked!
Tom Cone seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Cone walks into a picture perfect straight right hand from King! He's gone down face first to the canvas, unconscious before he even hit the floor! Ohhhh. My. Goodness! That boys and girls was a beautiful knockout! Give that man a biscuit!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Stefan King!
A relieved looking Stefan King thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.