PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Oliver Stone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Samuel Banten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Oliver Stone has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Stone
vs
Banten

194 cm
18
259 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

222 cm
25
223 lbs
0 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good in bed

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Prefers standup

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Oliver Stone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Samuel Banten!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Sosuke Kotani and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stone tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Banten manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Stone fakes the leg kick and cracks Banten in the body.
Banten misses with a combination

and Stone counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Stone not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Stone trying to control the position from guard on top but Banten is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Stone stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Banten swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Banten is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Oliver Stone just wasn't active enough.
A combination from Banten does no damage.
Stone misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Stone misses with a hook
letting Banten counter with a right hand.

Banten tries to sprawl but Stone drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Banten looks gassed!
Stone is looking to take a break and control but Banten is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Stone content to control rather than advance.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Stone works his foot free and advances to mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stone trying to control but Banten is having none of it.

Stone working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Banten holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Stone tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stone can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Banten is looking to escape.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Banten can do anything to dispel that myth.
Stone controlling his opponent.

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.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Oliver Stone just wasn't active enough.
Banten rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Stone moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Stone fails with an attempt to clinch.
Stone swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Oliver Stone dominated that round.
That's time! Stone's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Stone scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Stone not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Stone seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Banten does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Stone slows the pace down in half guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Stone seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Banten for as long as he can get away with.
Banten is breathing heavily.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Oliver Stone.
Stone fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Banten misses with a combination

and Stone counters with a nice double leg into side control. Banten won't be happy with that.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Banten is not content to let Stone control the position.
Stone landing strikes.
Stone advances nicely into full mount.
Stone controlling his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Banten is squirming around, avoiding Stone's attempts to control the action.

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.
Banten taking shots to the head.
Stone looking to control but Banten is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Stone tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Stone looking to control but Banten is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stone sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

Oliver Stone has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.

Stone throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Banten was covering up waiting for the punch and Stone finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Stone lands a couple of decent looking shots.

Stone gets to his feet - Banten follows without any prompting.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Banten avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Stone lands with a nice combination. Banten backs away looking to recover.

Banten is rocked!

Stone is looking for a takedown. Wow, that's a brutal slam - Banten is in big trouble! Stone is landing strikes from the mount and this one is all over! The ref jumps in to save a confused looking Banten. Poor guy.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Slam). Oliver Stone!