PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ham Xu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rocky Stone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Stone's choice of entrance music: THROW MONEY. Ham Xu had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Xu
vs
Stone

179 cm
24
215 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

191 cm
25
221 lbs
13 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Conviction
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Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ham Xu!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rocky Stone!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shirou Masuda and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Xu scores with a body shot.
Stone misses with a two punch combination.
Xu avoids the body shot from Stone.
Stone misses with a looping left.
Xu swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Stone counters with a straight right hand.
Rocky Stone seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stone missing with a left hand there. Xu was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Stone lands with a hook. Xu tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Xu scores with a body shot.
Stone throws an overhand right that lands on Xu's shoulder, as Xu tries to avoid the shot.

Xu looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Stone!
Xu sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Stone is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Xu working the ground and pound effectively.
Xu punishing his opponent with strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Xu looking to control but Stone is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Xu scoring with strikes but Stone is staying in there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Xu lands with some strikes.
Xu throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Xu has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Xu lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

It looks like Rocky Stone has been cut.
Xu tries to control but Stone wriggling away.
Stone tries to reverse the position but Xu maintains control.
Stone wants to control but Xu is having none of it.
Xu unloads with some shots from mount but Stone bucks and avoids them well.
Xu with shots to the head and body - Stone looks very uncomfortable down there.
Xu looking to control but Stone is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Xu with shots to the head and body - Stone looks very uncomfortable down there.
Xu landing strikes from the mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Xu postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Stone looks a forlorn figure.
Xu scores with a couple of good head shots there.

Stone is rocked!

That has opened up Rocky Stone's cut even more.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Xu postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Stone badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Xu around the waist but Xu pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Xu is the winner by TKO! Xu jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ham Xu!
Ham Xu retains his light heavyweight title!