PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Larusso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Damon Stone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Larusso's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Funky Polak - Nieważne. Stone has chosen One Step Closer by Linkin Park as his entrance music. 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.

Larusso
vs
Stone

184 cm
29
177 lbs
14 - 4 - 0

170 cm
23
180 lbs
6 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Very strong

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite 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 14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Daniel Larusso!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Damon Stone!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stone keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.

Stone scores with a takedown into Larusso's guard.
Larusso scores with a short punch from the bottom.
Stone throwing strikes from guard but Larusso blocks nicely.
Larusso trying to control the position.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Stone throwing strikes but missing.
Larusso working a defensive guard here.

Larusso looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Stone throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Larusso looking for a guillotine here but Stone defends easily.
Stone trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Larusso preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Larusso trying to keep a closed guard but Stone is proving a slippery customer.

Larusso kicks Stone off and gets to his feet.

Stone shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Larusso has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Stone is working away from the top position though.
Stone thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Larusso's head.
Larusso tries to get to full guard but Stone has control of the leg.
Larusso trying to control but Stone postures up.
Stone thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Larusso blocking the ground and pound attempt from Stone.
Stone throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Larusso has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Stone is working away from the top position though.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Stone thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Larusso blocking the ground and pound attempt from Stone.
Stone is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Stone throwing shots but Larusso is blocking nicely.
Larusso on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Larusso tries to get out of the position.
Stone throwing shots but Larusso is blocking nicely.
Stone thows a huge punch but Larusso dodges it nicely.
Stone thows a huge punch but Larusso dodges it nicely.
Ground and pound from Stone.
Larusso is trying to stand up here but Stone is controlling him well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stone working over Larusso with some ground and pound. Larusso looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Stone thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Stone winds up and cracks Larusso with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Larusso trying to hold on to Stone's head to control him but Stone postures up.
Stone thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Larusso's head.
Nice strikes from Stone there.
Stone missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Stone thows a huge punch but Larusso dodges it nicely.
Stone not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Stone missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Stone looks gassed!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Stone working over Larusso with some ground and pound. Larusso looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Larusso is looking for a sweep. Stone is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Stone sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Larusso defending well though.
Stone stops Larusso from getting back to his feet.
Larusso wants to get back to full guard.

Larusso actively working from the bottom here.
Stone thows a huge punch but Larusso dodges it nicely.
Stone lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Larusso moves into full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Stone shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Larusso makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Stone shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

so Larusso counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Larusso wants to control from the top but Stone keeps moving.
Larusso will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Stone looking to hit a scissor sweep but Larusso is one step ahead there.
Larusso wants to control from the top but Stone keeps moving.
Stone is breathing heavily.
Larusso postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Larusso has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Larusso looking to sit in guard and control but Stone gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Larusso is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Larusso is edging up against the ropes. He's using the ropes to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Larusso is trying to push Stone away but Stone has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Larusso looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Larusso wants to break the clinch but can't.
Stone wants a takedown but no success here.
Daniel Larusso has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Damon Stone.
Stone is pressed up against the ropes. Larusso 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.

Larusso shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Larusso showed some decent athleticism there.
Stone wants to improve his position but Larusso is controlling well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Larusso is trying to work for a kimura but Stone is defending well.
Larusso is trying to control the action in half guard but Stone is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Stone is trying to get back to full guard.
Larusso wants to lay and pray for a moment but Stone keeps working.

Larusso is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Stone wants to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stone missing with punches from the bottom.
Larusso is looking to stall here but Stone recovers full guard.
Stone is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

Larusso decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Stone, up you get!
Stone blocks a head kick by Larusso.
Larusso closes the distance looking to clinch

so Stone counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Larusso is trying to control the position but Stone postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Larusso looking for a guillotine here but Stone defends easily.
Stone postures up and lands a big shot to Larusso's brow.
Larusso lands a good elbow from the bottom.
Larusso looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Stone is fighting to break Larusso's control of his arms but Larusso is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

Larusso is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Stone postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Stone throwing strikes from guard but Larusso blocks nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daniel Larusso dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Larusso changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Stone looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Stone pushes Larusso away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Larusso gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Larusso content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.

Larusso working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Stone tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Larusso stands up and beckons Stone to his feet.
Larusso tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Stone paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Larusso looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Stone is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Stone keeping moving, preventing Larusso from controlling successfully.
Larusso controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Stone throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Larusso preventing the sweep.
Stone keeping full guard, as Larusso tries to pass.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Daniel Larusso wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Stone gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Larusso counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Stone!
Stone takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stone really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Larusso landing strikes from the mount and Stone is in trouble!
Larusso raining down hammerfists from mount.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stone can't escape the position.
Larusso looking to control but Stone is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Daniel Larusso overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Larusso lands a heavy elbow.

Larusso is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Stone to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Stone shrugs it off.
Larusso controlling his opponent.
Larusso tries to control but Stone wriggling away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stone taking shots to the head.
Stone really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Stone is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Larusso working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Larusso tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Larusso trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Larusso controlling the pace for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stone is squirming around, avoiding Larusso's attempts to control the action.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Daniel Larusso just wasn't active enough.

Stone shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Stone connects with a couple of short punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Larusso is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

Larusso had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Stone defends it easily.
Larusso wants to stand and escape but Stone is having none of it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Daniel Larusso showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Larusso 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Daniel Larusso!