PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Heath Stone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sir Drax (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sir Drax is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Stone
vs
Drax

183 cm
21
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
21
178 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Heath Stone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sir Drax!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Steve Smith and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stone will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Drax tries to bum rush Stone with a series of wild strikes but Stone uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Stone closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Stone prevents Drax from improving his position.
Drax is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Stone scores with a couple of nice shots.
Stone sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Drax is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Drax makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Drax.
Stone controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Stone wants to pass the guard but Drax is keeping the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drax is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Stone postures up in Drax's guard and throws a big left but Drax blocks it.

Stone has gone for a leg lock! Drax slips out almost immediately though and dives into Stone's guard.
Stone avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Drax pushes down on Stone's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Stone tries to get to full guard but Drax has control of the leg.
Drax thows a huge punch but Stone dodges it nicely.
Stone trying to control here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Stone is trying is best to control the position here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Drax is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Stone defends it well.
Drax wants to stand up but Stone is controlling the position.

Stone is defending against the submission attempts here by Drax.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Stone pushes Drax up against the cage in a clinch.
Stone can't get the takedown.
Drax looking to throw knees to the head but Stone is blocking nicely.
Drax tries a knee to the head but Stone blocks it.
The referee calls for Stone to work.
Drax lands a shoulder strike.
Drax connects with a nasty looking knee right to Stone's face.
Stone is breathing heavily.

Stone jumps into guard, dragging Drax to the mat.
Drax forces his way into half guard.
Stone moves into full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drax pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Stone is keeping the position for now.
Drax throwing strikes but missing.
Drax pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Stone is keeping the position for now.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Stone is on top in guard.
Drax keeping moving, preventing Stone from controlling successfully.
Stone tries to free his leg and advance position but Drax is retaining full guard.
Drax tries to land a sweep but no joy.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Drax is on top in guard.
Stone keeping moving, preventing Drax from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Drax is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Drax trying to control but Stone is working from the bottom.
Stone utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Drax trying to control the position from guard on top but Stone is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Drax accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Drax is looking to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Heath Stone will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Drax throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Stone drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Drax trying to keep a closed guard but Stone is proving a slippery customer.
Drax is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Stone slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Drax keeping full guard, as Stone tries to pass.

Drax has his foot on Stone's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Stone works his way back into a safe position though.
Drax is trying to keep Stone in close.
Stone won't allow Drax to sweep him here.
Drax is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Drax manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Stone manages to get himself to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Stone can't keep his opponent in guard - Drax advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drax wants to control but Stone is keeping him busy.
Drax looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

Drax is looking for a kimura here.
Stone moves into full guard.
Stone is controlling Drax's posture.

Stone pushes Drax off and gets back to his feet.
Drax tries to clinch

and Stone counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Stone is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Stone is looking to take a break and control but Drax is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Stone seems to be looking for submissions.
Stone controlling the action here.
Stone looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Drax with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Stone slows the pace down in half guard.

Stone stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Drax to get to his feet.
Stone throws a nice looking combination but Drax bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Drax looks to clinch

and Stone counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Drax is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Drax looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Stone pushes past his half guard into mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stone sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Drax keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Heath Stone overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Drax tries to lock up and control but Stone gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Drax is desperately trying to improve his position but Stone has a good base and remains in mount.
Stone is landing with some decent strikes but Drax is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Stone is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Drax is wriggling around trying to escape.
Drax manages to regain half guard. Good work.

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.
Drax gets full guard.

Drax is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Stone showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Stone has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Stone passes Drax's left leg - he's now in half guard.

Stone 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.

Stone stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Drax to get to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Drax throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Drax misses with a few strikes there.
Drax tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Stone counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Drax!
Drax keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Stone takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Stone raining down shots from the mount!
Stone content just to control the position here.
Drax tries to improve his position but instead Stone has taken his back!
Drax takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A lull in the action here.
A bit of a pause in the action here. Stone controlling the positon.

That's one minute gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Drax's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Drax breaks Stone's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Stone throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Drax preventing the sweep.
Drax working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Stone controls Drax momentarily but Drax frees himself.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Drax keeps the fight on the outside.
Drax has his takedown stuffed

and Stone counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Drax!
Drax tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Drax wants to control but Stone is having none of it.
Stone tries to control but Drax wriggling away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stone controlling from the full mount.
Drax slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Drax moves into full guard.

Stone has gone for a leg lock! Drax slips out almost immediately though and dives into Stone's guard.
Stone trying to control the position.
Drax stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Stone swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Stone throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Drax slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Drax tries to stand but Stone is controlling his head.

Drax looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Stone tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Drax misses with the ground and pound.

Drax decides to stand back up.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Stone.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drax is looking for a sweep.

Stone working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Drax gets back to half guard.
Sir Drax has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Drax is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Stone jumps into side control!
Drax is looking to regain half guard here but Stone keeps moving and retains side control.
Stone laying and praying for a moment but Drax takes advantage and regains half guard.
It looks like Stone is going to stand back up.

Stone is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Drax defends it well.

And that's the end of the fight!
Heath Stone showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Stone 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Heath Stone!