PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Phil Stone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mariusz Jurczyk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Stone might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to 2001 Space Odissey/Blow me away (Breaking Benjamin) combo. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Stone
vs
Jurczyk

167 cm
24
145 lbs
9 - 4 - 1

175 cm
21
145 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Phil Stone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mariusz Jurczyk!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Nard Betker and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jurczyk shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Stone sprawls well. Stone wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Jurczyk gets slowly back to his feet.
Jurczyk fails with a takedown attempt.
Jurczyk looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Phil Stone has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mariusz Jurczyk.
Stone lands with a kick to the ribs.
Stone lands a jab to Jurczyk's midsection.
Jurczyk looks gassed!
Jurczyk fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Stone avoids it really well and circles away.
Stone lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Stone.

It looks like Mariusz Jurczyk has been cut.

Stone shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Jurczyk napping and manages to drive through into side control!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Stone working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Stone throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Stone scoring with punches from side control.
Stone in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stone misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Stone misses with the ground and pound.
Jurczyk tries to buck Stone off but Stone is having none of it.
Stone is chipping away with strikes.
Stone working the ground and pound.
Jurczyk is working to avoid the ground and pound but Stone connects with a decent elbow.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Jurczyk can't do much from the bottom here.

Stone thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Jurczyk is being controlled here.
Stone has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Stone working the body and head with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jurczyk takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Stone working the body and head with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Stone connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Jurczyk some visible discomfort.
Who's going to make the next move?
Stone scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Jurczyk to see if he's OK.

Stone wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Jurczyk, who protects the arm well.
Stone grinds an elbow into Jurczyk's temple.
Jurczyk is trying to control Stone's posture but Stone avoids it.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Stone is trying to ground and pound but Jurczyk uses the momentary lack of control by Stone to regain half guard.
Jurczyk blocking the ground and pound attempt from Stone.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Stone is looking for a kimura here.
Jurczyk is looking to control Stone's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Jurczyk avoid being mounted?
Stone throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Stone is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
Stone preventing the sweep.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Jurczyk with a poor takedown

so Stone counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Stone advances position into side control!
Jurczyk regains half guard.
Stone is keen to just control but Jurczyk is a slippery customer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jurczyk holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Jurczyk is not content to let Stone control the position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Stone lands a nice short elbow.
Stone missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Stone controlling the pace.
Jurczyk is trying to maintain the position but Stone is very close to passing his half guard.
Jurczyk is trying to get back to full guard.
Stone not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Stone trying to control the action but Jurczyk is working from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Jurczyk gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Stone counters with a single leg into guard. Jurczyk didn't expect that.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Phil Stone dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mariusz Jurczyk's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Stone displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Jurczyk doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Stone counters with a nice double leg into side control. Jurczyk won't be happy with that.
Jurczyk taking punishment in the form of punches.
Stone cracks Jurczyk with a big right hand but Jurczyk just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.

Stone looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Jurczyk manages to work his way to half guard, despite Stone's best efforts.

Stone seems to be working for a kimura but Jurczyk defends the submission attempt.
Jurczyk is looking to improve his position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jurczyk trying to control here.
Jurczyk wants to improve his position but Stone is controlling well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stone lands strikes from half guard.
Jurczyk is looking for a sweep. Stone is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Stone controlling the action here.
Jurczyk avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Stone.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Jurczyk misses with a takedown

and Stone counters by clinching up.
Stone lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Stone pulls guard.
Stone pulls Jurczyk in close to prevent any damage.

Jurczyk avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Jurczyk preventing the sweep.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Stone escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Jurczyk gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Stone working for a triangle but Jurczyk defends it easily.
Stone trying to control the position.
Stone keeping moving, preventing Jurczyk from controlling successfully.
Stone thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Jurczyk chips away with some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jurczyk wants to control from the top but Stone keeps moving.
Stone pulls Jurczyk in to control the position.

Stone is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Jurczyk is aware though and is defending well.
Jurczyk lands a couple of elbows.
Stone is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Jurczyk working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Jurczyk stopping the sweep attempt from Stone.

Jurczyk got a little sloppy there for a moment and Stone has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Jurczyk has managed to get both his arms back between Stone's legs - danger averted.
Stone is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Jurczyk sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Stone's guard.

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.
Jurczyk wants to lay and pray for a moment but Stone keeps working.
Stone gets full guard.
Jurczyk passes Stone's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Stone trying to control from the bottom.
Stone is pressing down on Jurczyk's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Stone wants to sweep but no luck.
Jurczyk passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.
Stone tries to get to full guard but Jurczyk has control of the leg.
Stone won't allow Jurczyk to pass to mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Phil Stone dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Mariusz Jurczyk's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Stone shoots in for a takedown but Jurczyk shows good takedown defense.
Jurczyk with a lazy takedown attempt

and Stone counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Jurczyk!
Stone pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Stone raining down shots from the mount!
Jurczyk is trying to escape the mount.
Stone connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Stone is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Jurczyk is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Jurczyk is working to get back to half guard.
Stone working Jurczyk over with strikes here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Stone looking to finish Jurczyk with some ground and pound. This is bad for Jurczyk!
Jurczyk keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Phil Stone overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Jurczyk is in a horrible position here. Stone smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Stone cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Stone in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Jurczyk wants to hold on but Stone pushes him away.
Stone scoring with strikes but Jurczyk is staying in there.

Stone is working for a guillotine from mount but Jurczyk frees his head quite easily.
Jurczyk regains half guard.
Jurczyk is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Stone scores with a couple of nice shots.
Jurczyk gets back to full guard.
Jurczyk not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stone working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Stone wants to control from the top but Jurczyk keeps moving.
Stone working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Stone distracts Jurczyk with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Jurczyk is trying to keep Stone in close.
Jurczyk is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Stone working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Stone rushes Jurczyk and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Stone.
Stone throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Stone pushes Jurczyk back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Stone pushes Jurczyk back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Stone pushes Jurczyk back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Stone lands an elbow just above Jurczyk 's eye.
Stone putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Jurczyk in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Stone - that landed with a thud.
Stone lands a body punch.
Jurczyk tries to pull guard but Stone holds him up against the cage and eventually Jurczyk drops back down to his feet.
Stone lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Stone landing knees to the head.

Stone gets control of Jurczyk's arms and successfully pulls guard. Stone will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Stone not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Jurczyk accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Stone is trying to control the position but Jurczyk postures up.
Jurczyk looking to sit in guard and control but Stone gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Stone stays in close to Jurczyk's body and controls the position.
Stone cracks Jurczyk with a solid left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stone scoring with punches to the head and body.
Stone is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jurczyk can do to turn this around?
Stone pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Jurczyk is keeping the position for now.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Jurczyk is on top in guard.
Jurczyk preventing the sweep.

Stone looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Mariusz Jurczyk has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jurczyk passes Stone's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Stone is trying to get back to full guard.
Jurczyk is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Phil Stone is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Jurczyk looks to land a strike but Stone avoids it nicely and regains full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Phil 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 Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:27
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:27

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