PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Michael Jordan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Stone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Jordan
vs
Stone

178 cm
19
180 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

183 cm
20
183 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Powerful

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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Michael Jordan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ben Stone!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jordan pivots, looking for a leg kick but Stone is out of range and Jordan settles back down.
Jordan connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A lazy left from Jordan finds it's target.

Stone rushes Jordan and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Stone scores with a knee to the head.
Jordan tries to pull guard but Stone holds him up against the cage and eventually Jordan drops back down to his feet.
Stone is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Jordan drops down looking for an ankle pick but Stone pulls his leg out and moves away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Stone looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Stone tries to clinch there but Jordan circles away.

Stone gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Stone tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jordan takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Michael Jordan has been cut.
Jordan tries for a takedown but Stone manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Michael Jordan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A knee to the head by Stone.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jordan is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Stone gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Jordan goes for a takedown attempt but Stone pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Jordan just misses with a punch to the body.
Stone throws a body kick that misses.
Jordan lands a nice leg kick that just misses Stone's sensitive parts.
Jordan misses with a hook

and Stone holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Jordan takes a knee to the side of the body.
Jordan has Stone pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Stone manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Stone obliges.
Jordan is breathing heavily.
Stone with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Stone connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jordan's face.
A knee to the head by Stone.
Stone scores a nice knee to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Stone takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Jordan wants a takedown.
Jordan tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Stone unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stone lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Stone is pressed up against the cage. Jordan has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Stone down to the mat. Stone avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Stone clinches up with Jordan and pushes him back against the cage.
Stone leaning his opponent against the cage.
Stone scores a nice knee to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stone lands a knee to the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Stone takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Stone lands a knee to the body.
Jordan takes a knee right on the jaw!
Jordan is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Stone gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Stone landing knees to the head.
Stone with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Stone with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jordan jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Stone walks away with a smile on his face. Jordan gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Stone throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A low kick from Jordan is predictable there

and Stone counters by moving into the clinch.
Stone lands a knee to the head.
Stone using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jordan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Stone crunches a lovely knee into Jordan's ribcage.
Stone trying to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stone with a knee to the head.
Jordan wants a takedown but no success here.
Jordan jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Stone walks away with a smile on his face. Jordan gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Jordan lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Jordan keeps the fight on the outside.
Jordan lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Stone tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fight stays on the outside here - Stone looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Stone pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jordan throws a hook but Stone avoids it easily.
Stone tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jordan paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Stone checks a leg kick nicely.
A head kick by Jordan misses

and Stone holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Jordan takes a knee to the side of the body.
Jordan avoiding damage as Stone throws knees to the body.
Stone with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Stone pressing his opponent against the cage.
Stone putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Jordan in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Jordan can't get the takedown.
Stone connects with a knee to the head.
Jordan jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Stone walks away with a smile on his face. Jordan gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Stone wants to clinch up but Jordan keeps it at a distance.
Jordan uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Stone moves out of range as Jordan strikes.
Jordan with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Stone slips a straight right by Jordan.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Stone moves in looking to clinch but Jordan pushes him off.
Jordan looks to land a left hand but Stone moved out of range nicely.
Nice defenses there by Stone.
The fight stays on the outside here - Stone looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Stone fails in his attempt to clinch.
Stone gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Jordan.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Stone in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Jordan fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Stone checks it well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jordan misses with a hook. Stone ducked under it nicely.
Jordan throws a low kick, looking for Stone's leg but Stone calmly moves out of range.
Jordan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jordan misses with a straight left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stone blocks a jab.
Jordan throws an overhand right that lands on Stone's shoulder, as Stone tries to avoid the shot.
Jordan misses with a wild body shot.
Jordan throws the kick towards the body but Stone avoids it.
Stone is looking to clinch but Jordan is avoiding it.
Jordan throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Stone holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Ben Stone seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Come on Stone - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Stone continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Jordan tries to work over Stone's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Stone displaying some good clinch control by pressing Jordan up against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Ben Stone.
Stone ducks under a wild hook from Jordan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Jordan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jordan misses with an uppercut
enabling Stone to counter with a crisp jab.
Jordan throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Stone counters with a nice uppercut.
Jordan throws a low kick, looking for Stone's leg but Stone calmly moves out of range.
Stone tries to clinch but Jordan is having none of it.
Stone tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jordan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Stone is looking to clinch but Jordan is avoiding it.
Stone tries to clinch but Jordan moves out of range.
Jordan misses with a low kick.
Stone uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jordan.
Jordan lands a head shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jordan throws a head kick that misses.
Jordan throws the left hand but Stone avoids the punch easily.
Jordan throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Stone holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Stone lands a good knee to the midsection. Jordan won't want to take too many of those.
Stone tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Stone using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Stone lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Jordan tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Stone just stands there and leans against the cage.
Stone is struggling to control the position.
Jordan goes for a takedown in the clinch but Stone prevents it.
Jordan tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Stone smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Michael Jordan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Stone throws a leg kick
and Jordan counters with a solid body kick.

Stone has Jordan up against the cage in a clinch.
Jordan is trying to drag Stone to the mat but Stone just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Stone lands a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stone unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jordan lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Stone connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jordan's face.
Stone is breathing heavily.
Jordan tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Stone smiles and moves away.
Stone is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jordan. Stone does a little dance to reset his feet.
Stone uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jordan.
Jordan with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Jordan tries a low kick but Stone avoids it.
Jordan swats away the attempt to clinch by Stone.
Jordan changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ben Stone showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Michael Jordan's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Stone tries to clinch up.
Jordan avoids the body shot from Stone.
Jordan lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Jordan.
Stone tries to clinch there but Jordan circles away.
Stone misses with a looping right.
Sloppy strikes from Stone. Those never looked like landing.
Jordan fails to land with a series of punches.
Stone takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jordan cracks Stone with a right hand to the side of the head.

Stone forces Jordan back against the cage and clinches.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Stone obliges.
Stone throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jordan blocks it with crossed arms.
Stone using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jordan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jordan being controlled against the cage.
Stone takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jordan has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Stone is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Stone stops a takedown attempt from Jordan.
Stone taking a breather.
Jordan tries for a takedown but Stone manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Michael Jordan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Stone connects with a knee to the head.
Stone landing knees to the head.
Stone prevents the takedown attempt.
Stone lands a knee to the head.
Jordan tries to score a body lock takedown but Stone shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Jordan looking for a takedown.
Knees to the body from Stone.
Stone with a knee to the head.
Stone using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Stone unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Jordan changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Stone fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Stone tries to clinch but Jordan moves out of range.
Jordan throws an off balance right hand

and Stone holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jordan tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Jordan fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Stone gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Jordan.
Stone connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jordan's face.
Stone lands a knee to the head.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Jordan can't get the takedown.
Come on Stone - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Well,Jordan is on his way to losing a decision here. Can he use his experience to pull something off in the closing minutes?
Stone utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Stone lands a nice knee to the body.
Jordan drops down looking for an ankle pick but Stone pulls his leg out and moves away.
Jordan circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stone tries to clinch up.

Stone drives through and clinches with Jordan against the cage.
Jordan wants a takedown but no success here.
Stone with a knee to the head.
Stone working Jordan over with knees to the body.
Stone stalling.
Jordan drops down looking for an ankle pick but Stone pulls his leg out and moves away.
Jordan swats away the attempt to clinch by Stone.
Jordan just misses with a punch to the body.
Stone is looking to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stone is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jordan throws a body punch but Stone moves out of range.
Jordan throws a body punch but Stone moves out of range.
Stone fails in his attempt to clinch.
Stone tries to clinch up.
Stone showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jordan.
Jordan throws a sloppy head kick and Stone moves out of range easily.
Michael Jordan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jordan cracks Stone with an open hand slap.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ben Stone comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Stone winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 for Ben Stone!
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight for Ben Stone!
Judge Suge Night scores the fight for Ben Stone!

Ben Stone wins by unanimous decision!