PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Claudio Escorre (ranked 1118 p4p, 2390 weight class) and Marcus St Stone (ranked 48 p4p, 97 weight class). Escorre kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Chico Science & Nação Zumbi - Da Lama Ao Caos. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Escorre
vs
St Stone

150 cm
25
300
15 - 6 - 0

196 cm
27
282
11 - 17 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Brown Belt
Great elbows
Good gas tank

MKFC

Glomco Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Claudio Escorre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marcus St Stone!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Paulo Santos and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Escorre drives through and clinches with St Stone against the cage.
St Stone stalling against the cage.
St Stone misses with an elbow over the top.

Escorre's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Escorre throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Escorre closes the distance and clinches.
St Stone misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Escorre.
St Stone prevents a body shot from Escorre.
St Stone tries to stall but Escorre uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Escorre is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Escorre throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Escorre digs a right hand underneath St Stone's ribcage. St Stone let out a lung full of air as it connected.

Escorre's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Marcus St Stone seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Escorre avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
St Stone is looking to clinch but Escorre is avoiding it.
The fight stays on the outside here - St Stone looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Escorre misses with a jab, cross combination.
St Stone is looking to clinch but Escorre is avoiding it.
Escorre fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Escorre throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
St Stone tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Escorre manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
St Stone is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
St Stone fails with an attempt to clinch.
Escorre bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

It looks like Marcus St Stone has been cut.
Escorre swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Escorre gets tackled into the cage by St Stone. St Stone maintains the clinch.
Escorre lands a hook to the side of the head.

Escorre breaks the clinch.
St Stone moves to clinch but Escorre breaks away
and Escorre counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps St Stone thinking.
St Stone tries to close the distance and clinch up but Escorre swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
St Stone fails with an attempt to clinch.
Escorre looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Escorre fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Escorre looks to score with a jab to the body but St Stone is just out of range.
St Stone fails in his attempt to clinch.
A little feinted left hand from Escorre on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
St Stone doesn't manage to clinch there - Escorre circles away.
St Stone avoids a punch combination nicely.

St Stone pushes Escorre up against the cage in a clinch.
Escorre lands a hook that snaps the head of St Stone backwards.
Escorre misses with a punch to the body.
St Stone misses with a knee strike.
Escorre content to slow the pace in the clinch.
St Stone lands an elbow just above Escorre 's eye.
Escorre is stalling here.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Escorre seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Stone throws an elbow that misses.
St Stone tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Escorre avoids it.
Nice body punch from Escorre.
St Stone throws an elbow but it's blocked.
St Stone is looking to control Escorre's arms but Escorre gets an underhook and turns him. Now St Stone has his back to the cage.
St Stone is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Escorre is defending well for now.
Escorre is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
St Stone is looking to control Escorre's arms but Escorre gets an underhook and turns him. Now St Stone has his back to the cage.
Escorre lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
St Stone tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Escorre avoids it.
St Stone is trying to maintain a safe position but Escorre gets an underhook and turns St Stone into the cage.
Escorre softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Escorre breaks the clinch.
St Stone tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Escorre looks to land a combination but St Stone avoids it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Escorre.

Escorre closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Escorre breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
St Stone fails in his attempt to clinch.
St Stone doesn't manage to clinch there - Escorre circles away.

St Stone clinches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Escorre leaning his opponent against the cage.
St Stone throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Escorre blocks it with crossed arms.
A nice left hand lands by Escorre.
Escorre avoiding damage as St Stone throws knees to the body.
St Stone is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Escorre is defending well for now.

Escorre pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
St Stone wants to clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Claudio Escorre dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Marcus St Stone's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Escorre misses with a wild combination.
St Stone is looking to clinch but Escorre is avoiding it.
Escorre misses with a straight right.
Escorre throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Escorre swats away the attempt to clinch by St Stone.
St Stone closes the distance looking to clinch
and Escorre counters with a lovely straight right hand!
St Stone tries to clinch there but Escorre circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

St Stone closes the distance and clinches.
Escorre goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A right hand to the body from Escorre.

Escorre escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
St Stone avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Stone fails in his attempt to clinch.
St Stone moves in looking to clinch but Escorre pushes him off.
Claudio Escorre is winning the standup battle so far.
St Stone tries to clinch up.
Escorre misses with a two punch combination.
Escorre swings and misses with a hook to the body.
St Stone tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Escorre manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
St Stone tries to clinch but Escorre moves out of range.
Escorre went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Escorre misses with an uppercut.
St Stone moves away from the strike by Escorre.
St Stone keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

St Stone has closed the distance and engaged Escorre in a clinch.
Escorre stalling against the cage.
Escorre tries a body shot but St Stone blocks it.
St Stone throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Escorre lands a shoulder strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Escorre is leaning against St Stone and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Escorre is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
St Stone throws a knee to the head but misses.
St Stone lands an elbow inside that Escorre shrugs off.

Escorre manages to break the clinch.
Escorre throws a body punch but St Stone moves out of range.
St Stone tries to clinch but Escorre moves away
and Escorre counters with a stiff right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Come on Escorre - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
St Stone trying to stall but Escorre improves his position.
Escorre is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that St Stone can do to turn this around?
St Stone throws an elbow but it misses.
St Stone stalling in the clinch but Escorre improves position.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
St Stone tries to land knees in the clinch but Escorre avoids the damage to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
St Stone lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Claudio Escorre has been cut.
Escorre misses with a hook to the ribs.
Escorre has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
St Stone with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Escorre avoiding damage.
Escorre fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Escorre works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Escorre lands an uppercut.
Escorre avoids a wild elbow strike from St Stone.

Escorre breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
St Stone tries to close the distance and clinch but Escorre swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Escorre circles away from the clinch attempt.
St Stone throws a wild hook but Escorre just manages to duck under it and - ooooh! St Stone gets nailed by a brutal uppercut which crumples him back against the cage! The referee jumps in - Escorre raises his hands in celebration and walks away!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Claudio Escorre!
Our winner, Claudio Escorre, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.