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). Xu's entrance music is Happatai - Yatta. A fine choice. Stone has chosen THROW MONEY as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Rocky Stone has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Ham Xu's chin.

Xu
vs
Stone

179 cm
27
215 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

191 cm
28
221 lbs
17 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Heavy handed

Conviction
Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ham Xu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rocky Stone!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Shigeki Sano and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stone scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Xu doesn't seem bothered though.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Xu.
Xu has a takedown stuffed.
Stone leaves Xu with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ham Xu. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Stone dips to his left and cracks Xu with an uppercut!
Xu dives in and grabs Stone's left leg, looking for a takedown. Stone pushes down on Xu's head and hops out.

Xu pushes Stone up against the cage in a clinch.

Stone pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Xu shoots for a double leg takedown but Stone sprawls well. He's pushed Xu's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Stone scores with a jab.
Xu shoots in for a takedown but Stone shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Stone stuffs the takedown.
Xu ducks right into an uppercut from Stone.
Stone thuds a left hand into Xu's body.
Xu is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Xu shoots in looking for a takedown. Stone tries to sprawl out of it but Xu keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Stone manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Xu on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Xu takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Stone changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Stone jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Stone ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stone jabs at Xu's body.
Stone is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Xu rather than just go for the knockout.
Stone lands with an uppercut that bounces Xu off the cage and back into rage.

Xu is rocked!
Stone is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Stone finds Xu's off switch, with a big overhand right that connects perfectly to the side of the head! Xu flops back against the cage, eyes gazing into the distance. Stone lands an unnecessary shot before the referee has time to step in and end the fight. Brutal stuff but I'm sure Xu will be OK.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Rocky Stone!