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). Stone has chosen THROW MONEY as his entrance music. Rocky Stone will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Xu
vs
Stone

179 cm
25
215 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

191 cm
26
221 lbs
13 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Conviction
Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ham Xu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rocky Stone!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Xu swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Xu tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stone was well out of range. Poor timing from Xu.
Xu fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Stone misses with a wild body shot.
Stone uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Xu.
Xu has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Stone misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Xu.
Xu misses with a body shot
and Xu takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Xu doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Xu takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Stone tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Xu was well out of range. Poor timing from Stone.

Stone gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Xu to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Stone working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Xu.
Xu might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Xu wants to pass the guard but Stone is keeping the position.
Stone looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Stone working a defensive guard here.
Stone managing to control the position.
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.
Stone utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Xu accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Xu missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Stone fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Xu manages to avoid it.
Stone throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Xu throws a lazy right hand but Stone sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Stone misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rocky Stone is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Xu closes this distance looking for a takedown but Stone circles away.
Xu swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Stone counters with a nice uppercut.
Xu looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Stone is fending him off so far but Xu persists. Nope, Stone circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ham Xu. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Xu bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Stone's head backwards.
Stone misses with a hook.
Xu moves away from the strike by Stone.
Stone scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Xu shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Stone counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Xu takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Xu scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Xu tries for a takedown but Stone sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Xu bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Stone cracks Xu with a right hand to the side of the head.
Xu shoots and misses
and Stone counters with a crisp right that sends Xu to the canvas! Stone follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rocky Stone!