PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alex da Great (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vic Stone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stone has chosen "I Got A Feeling" by Black Eyed Peas as his entrance music. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

da Great
vs
Stone

180 cm
21
170 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

173 cm
23
170 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alex da Great!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Vic Stone!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
da Great moves out of range as Stone strikes.
Nice uppercut there from da Great.
A lazy left from da Great finds it's target.
Stone misses with a looping right.
Stone tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Stone jabbing away but nothing is landing.
da Great works Stone's body with a nice hook.
Stone misses with an uppercut.
Stone looks to land a right hand but da Great moved out of range.
Stone takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Good leg kick by da Great there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Stone looks gassed!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
da Great lunges at Stone with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Stone's hand.
Stone tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Stone takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Good leg kick by da Great there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

da Great moves into the clinch successfully.
da Great unloads a knee to the mid-section.
da Great just leaning against Stone, taking a breather.
da Great landing knees to the body.
Stone takes a knee to the side of the body.
Stone takes a knee to the side of the body.
da Great is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

da Great breaks from the clinch.
da Great keeps Stone at a distance using the push kick.
da Great connects with a looping right hand.
da Great throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by da Great.
da Great dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Stone. That did some damage!
da Great goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
A punch lands to the side of Stone 's head but he takes it in his stride.
da Great lands a jab to the head.
A slapping leg kick lands for da Great.
da Great lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
da Great throws a good cross that connects.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

da Great moves into range and clinches up with Stone.
Stone takes a knee to the side of the body.
Stone takes a knee right on the jaw!
Knees in the clinch landing for da Great.
Stone jumps guard but da Great stands there with Stone around his waist. Stone gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
da Great using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Stone jumps guard but da Great stands there with Stone around his waist. Stone gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
da Great utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
da Great lands a nice knee to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from da Great.
da Great scores a nice knee to the body.
da Great lands a damaging elbow.
da Great landing knees to the head.
da Great is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from da Great.
Stone tries to pull guard but da Great won't allow it.
Alex da Great has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vic Stone.
da Great just leaning against Stone, taking a breather.
Knees in the clinch landing for da Great.
Stone tries to pull guard but da Great holds him up against the cage and eventually Stone drops back down to his feet.
Stone tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. da Great smiles and moves away.
da Great throws a head kick that Stone semi-blocks.
da Great fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Stone.
da Great lands with a kick to the temple. Stone shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
da Great lets loose with a powerful body kick. Stone will feel that in the morning.
da Great lands a nice leg kick that just misses Stone's sensitive parts.
da Great jabs at Stone's body.
da Great connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Vic Stone seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
da Great fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Stone on the side of the head.

da Great drives through and clinches with Stone against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for da Great.
The referee is keeping an eye on da Great - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Stone takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
da Great connects with a nasty looking knee right to Stone's face.
da Great crunches a lovely knee into Stone's ribcage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
da Great unloads a knee to the mid-section. Stone lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
da Great working Stone over with knees to the body.
Stone jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as da Great walks away with a smile on his face. Stone gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
da Great lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A slapping leg kick lands for da Great.

da Great rushes Stone and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Stone's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
da Great is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Stone fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Stone jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as da Great walks away with a smile on his face. Stone gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
da Great lands a jab to the nose.
Stone takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Stone shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A punch combination from Stone misses.
Stone throws the left hand but da Great avoids the punch easily.
da Great with a jab.
Stone has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by da Great.
da Great thumps Stone with a low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
da Great scores with a sloppy right hand. Stone should have avoided that one.
da Great lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from da Great, right into the meat.
da Great avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
da Great is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Stone throws a right hand that da Great ducks under and follows up with a left that da Great also avoids with ease.
Stone is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
da Great goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
da Great lands with a kick to the temple. Stone shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
da Great bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

da Great moves into the clinch.
da Great unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A knee to the head by da Great.
Stone tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. da Great smiles and moves away.
An inside leg kick lands from da Great.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
da Great lands with a kick to the ribs.
da Great lands a head kick!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
da Great scoring well with a low kick there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alex da Great dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

da Great connects with a high kick.
Stone misses with a looping right.
Stone misses with an uppercut. da Great saw that one coming.
da Great lands a front kick.
Stone takes a kick to the side of the head.
da Great dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Stone. That did some damage!
Stone has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from da Great finds it's way round the side to connect with Stone's head.
da Great connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Stone takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Stone takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
da Great throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Good leg kick by da Great there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
da Great thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Stone if he has to take too many more of those.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stone takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Stone takes one on the chin but seems OK.
da Great jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
da Great throws a nice outside leg kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Good leg kick by da Great there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
da Great is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Stone can do to turn this around?
da Great connects with a nice looking jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for da Great.
A nice inside leg kick there by da Great. That's going to slow Stone down.
Jab from da Great.
da Great scores with a kick to the body.
Alex da Great is winning the standup battle so far.
da Great cracks Stone with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
da Great stuns Stone with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Stone has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from da Great.
Decent striking displayed by da Great there.
da Great throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Stone takes a shot right to the bread basket.
da Great throws a head kick that half lands.
da Great scores with a nice head shot.
Jab by da Great.
da Great lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by da Great.
Stone takes a shot right to the bread basket.
da Great thumps Stone with a low kick.
da Great works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Stone on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
da Great moves out of range of the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

da Great closes the distance and clinches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
da Great is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
da Great utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

da Great breaks from the clinch.
da Great lands with a hook. Stone tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
da Great dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Stone. That did some damage!
Good exchange - da Great coming out on top.
Stone throws a shot from downtown. da Great moves away and avoids it.
da Great with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
da Great fakes the leg kick and cracks Stone in the body.
Stone looks to land a left hand but da Great moved out of range nicely.
da Great scores with a jab.
Stone on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by da Great. da Great obviously looking to wear him down.
Stone takes one on the chin but seems OK.
da Great lands with a kick to the temple. Stone shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
da Great connects with a high kick.
da Great lands a nice leg kick that just misses Stone's sensitive parts.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stone pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

da Great closes the distance and pushes Stone back into the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for da Great.

da Great pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
da Great chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A thudding body kick lands there by da Great!
da Great throws a leg kick which misses Stone's front leg but catches the back leg as Stone tries to avoid it.

da Great fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Stone, pushing him back against the cage.

da Great breaks the clinch.
da Great delivers a nice body kick.
da Great lands a jab.
A good leg kick by da Great.
da Great throws a head kick that Stone semi-blocks.
da Great thuds his shin into the meat of Stone's side.

da Great gets a clinch.

da Great breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A decent looking cross lands there for da Great.
da Great lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
da Great bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Stone's head backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
da Great connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A decent looking body kick lands there for da Great.
A slapping leg kick lands for da Great.
Stone takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
da Great connects with a good right hand that stumbles Stone. Stone circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Stone thows a left - swing and a miss!
da Great with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Stone takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
da Great with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
da Great throws a nice inside leg kick.
da Great lands a head kick. Stone smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
da Great lands a head kick. Stone smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Stone might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
da Great connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Stone has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
da Great scores with a kick to the midsection.
da Great throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
da Great lands a lovely overhand right.
da Great scoring well with a low kick there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alex da Great dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!

da Great throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Stone's waist but Stone gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing da Great off to one side.
da Great bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
da Great scores with a punch to the head.
da Great moves away from the strike by Stone.
da Great throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
da Great scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Stone doesn't seem bothered though.
Nice body kick from da Great.
Both fighters circling a little - da Great finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
da Great delivers a nice body kick.
da Great cracks Stone with a good jab.
da Great scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
da Great lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
da Great throws a good cross that connects.
da Great lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

da Great gets in close and instigates a clinch.
da Great is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
da Great landing knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
da Great using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
da Great working Stone over with knees to the body.

da Great breaks from the clinch.
da Great scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
da Great lands a front kick.
A good leg kick by da Great.

da Great rushes Stone and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
da Great lands a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from da Great.
Stone jumps guard but da Great stands there with Stone around his waist. Stone gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Stone being controlled against the cage.
Stone tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. da Great just stands there and leans against the cage.
da Great landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Stone takes a knee right on the jaw!
da Great with a knee to the head.
da Great connects with a knee to the head.
da Great crunches a lovely knee into Stone's ribcage.
da Great landing knees to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from da Great.
da Great lands an elbow just above Stone 's eye.
Stone tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Alex da Great has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vic Stone.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. da Great obliges.
da Great crunches a lovely knee into Stone's ribcage.
Vic Stone has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stone tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Stone jumps guard but da Great stands there with Stone around his waist. Stone gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
da Great working Stone over with knees to the body.
Stone jumps guard but da Great stands there with Stone around his waist. Stone gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Stone tries to pull guard but da Great won't allow it.
da Great is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
da Great lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
da Great landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Stone jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as da Great walks away with a smile on his face. Stone gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
da Great keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Stone.

da Great takes the fight into the clinch.
Stone jumps guard but da Great stands there with Stone around his waist. Stone gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
da Great putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Stone in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
da Great scores with a knee to the head.
da Great connects with a knee to the head.
da Great leaning his opponent against the cage.
da Great working Stone over with knees to the body.
da Great using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stone fails to pull the fight into his guard.
da Great lands a knee to the head.
da Great is pushing Stone up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Knees to the body from da Great.
Alex da Great has scored more points in the clinch so far.

da Great breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
An inside leg kick lands from da Great.
Stone throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and da Great counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
da Great with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

da Great pushes Stone up against the cage in a clinch.
da Great taking a breather.
Stone jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as da Great walks away with a smile on his face. Stone gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

da Great forces Stone back against the cage and clinches.
Stone tries to pull guard but da Great holds him up against the cage and eventually Stone drops back down to his feet.
Knees to the body from da Great.
Stone takes a knee to the side of the body.
da Great lands a good knee to the midsection. Stone won't want to take too many of those.
Stone takes a knee right on the jaw!
Stone tries to pull guard but da Great won't allow it.
Stone tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Knees in the clinch landing for da Great.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
da Great lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Stone jumps guard but da Great stands there with Stone around his waist. Stone gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Stone jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as da Great walks away with a smile on his face. Stone gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Stone crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from da Great - the referee stops the clock and Stone gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says da Great. Stone manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.

da Great closes the distance and clinches.

da Great breaks the clinch.
da Great scores with a punch to the head.
Stone takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A head kick from da Great lands but Stone takes it in his stride.
da Great moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
da Great scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
da Great connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

da Great closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
da Great comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
da Great landing knees to the head.
da Great landing some nice looking knees to the body.
da Great scores a nice knee to the body.
da Great with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Knees in the clinch landing for da Great.
da Great lands a damaging elbow.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alex da Great showed his dominance in that final round.
Well da Great 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:24
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:24
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alex da Great!