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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Stone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Henry William French (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stone's entrance music is Metallica (Stone Cold Crazy). A fine choice. French has chosen Blaze of Glory as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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215 lbs
20 - 12 - 0 |
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212 lbs
10 - 11 - 1 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, James Stone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Henry William French!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, John Mangel and Bruno Hogan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stone connects with a looping right hand.
French rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Stone counters with a stiff right hand.
French misses with a combination
and Stone counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
French connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Stone momentarily.
Stone throws a series of punches but French moves out of range.
French misses with a looping left.
Stone swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Stone avoids the body shot from French.
French lands with an overhand left.
French works Stone's body with a nice hook.
French swings widly with a right hand
and Stone counters with a lovely straight right hand!
French misses with a body shot.
French misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Stone to counter with a crisp jab.
French wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
French slips a jab from Stone.
Nice straight punches there by French. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of French.
Stone takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
French throws a right hand that misses
letting Stone counter with a right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
French swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Stone counters with a two punch combo.
French throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Stone counters with a one-two to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stone throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
French swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Stone cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jab from French.
Stone lunges at French with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by French's hand.
French misses with a combination
and Stone connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Stone walks into a stiff left hand from French.
French wants to clinch.
French takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Stone takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
French tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Stone counters with a three punch combo that has French backing up. French nods at Stone to acknowledge the strikes.
Stone uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by French.
French scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Stone doesn't seem bothered though.
Stone avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
French looks to land a combination. Stone sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Stone tests French's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stone throws a looping overhand right but French ducks down to avoid it.
Stone misses with a straight left.
Stone moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Stone is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
No joy there for Stone, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
French moves out of range of the strikes.
Stone misses with a two punch combination.
Sloppy strikes from French. Those never looked like landing.
French swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Stone counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
French throws a right hand that misses
and Stone counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Stone slips a jab and a cross from French.
French ducks under a wild hook from Stone.
French misses with a wild combination.
Stone walks into a jab.
French swings widly with a right hand
letting Stone counter with a right hand.
French misses with a jab to the body
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
French throws a poor cross that misses
and Stone counters with a stiff right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
French swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
French throws a lazy uppercut
and Stone counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
French throws a right and a left that Stone avoids nicely.
Stone is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
French throws a combination. Stone tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
French scores with a hook to the body. Stone takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Stone looks to land a left hand but French moved out of range nicely.
Stone displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as French throws out the jab.
French throws a combination that misses
enabling Stone to counter with a crisp jab.
Stone keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Stone dodges the punch combination from French.
French looks to land a right hand but Stone moved out of range.
French throws a left and a right that both miss
and Stone counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
French cracks Stone with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A slow jab from Stone misses its intended target.
A left lands for Stone.
Stone looks to throw the jab but French is out of range.
Stone misses the jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
French ducks right into an uppercut from Stone.
French throws a right hand that Stone ducks under and follows up with a left that Stone also avoids with ease.
Stone keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
French throws a combination that misses
and Stone counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Stone scores with a decent looking hook.
French defending well as Stone loads up on a big left hand.
French scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Stone swinging wildly here.
French just misses with a punch to the body.
French misses the shot to the body.
Stone throws a right hand that misses
and Stone takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Stone dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on French. That did some damage!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stone is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by French.
Stone is working the combinations to good effect here.
Stone throws a right hand that misses
and French counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
French displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Stone throws out the jab.
French throws an off balance right hand
and Stone connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James Stone dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
French cracks a nice hook into Stone's ribs.
Stone lands a really nice looking cross but French seems unphased.
French misses with a combination
letting Stone counter with a right hand.
A big left from Stone misses.
French swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Stone counter with a right hand.
French shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Stone eats them both and turns towards French to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
It looks like James Stone has been cut.
French throws an off balance right hand
and Stone counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Stone looks to throw the jab but French is out of range.
James Stone is winning the standup battle so far.
French throws a combination that misses
and Stone counters with a body kick that stops French in his tracks momentarily.
French throws a right hand that misses
and Stone counters with a low kick, right behind French 's knee.
French fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stone manages to avoid it.
Stone connects with a single shot there.
Stone misses with an uppercut.
Stone avoids a punch combination nicely.
Stone throws a hook but French avoids it easily.
French slips a jab from Stone.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by French there.
French misses with a shot to the body
and Stone counters with a three punch combo that has French backing up. French nods at Stone to acknowledge the strikes.
French lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Stone misses with a few strikes there.
French throws an off balance right hand
and French takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
French loads up on a big right hand but Stone slips the punch.
Stone throws the left hand but French avoids the punch easily.
French throws a left and a right that both miss
and French takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Stone fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Stone throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
French misses with a series of wild punches.
Stone listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Stone avoids a punch combination nicely.
Stone scores with a kick to the body.
Stone throws a lazy right hand but French sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
French falls off balance throwing a combination
and Stone counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
French swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
French throws a hook to the side of Stone's head but Stone sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Stone moves out of range as French strikes.
French scores with a jab to the jaw.
Stone connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed French momentarily.
Stone scores with the left hand. French knows he should have avoided that one.
French throws a left and a right that both miss
and Stone counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
French throws a poor cross that misses
and Stone counters with a stiff right hand.
French connects with a body shot that sends Stone's belly button to the back.
Stone scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
This has been an exciting period of action!
French jabbing away but nothing is landing.
French ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Stone uses good head movement to avoid the hook from French.
Stone slips a straight right by French.
French misses with a left hand
and Stone counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stone ducks under a wild hook from French.
James Stone is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
French throws a combination that misses
and Stone connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
French checks a leg kick nicely.
Stone tries to bum rush French with a series of wild strikes but French uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Stone scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
French changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
French throws a jab but it's blocked by Stone.
French throws a lazy uppercut
and Stone counters with a two punch combo.
Stone throws a jab when French was well out of range.
French misses with a jab to the body
and Stone counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Stone slips a jab and a cross from French.
Henry William French seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stone throws a hook but French blocks it.
French staying out of range there.
Stone dodges the punch combination from French.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Stone ducks under a wild hook from French.
French misses the jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
French scores with a jab to the body.
A swing and a miss from French.
French throws a hook but Stone avoids it easily.
A punch combination from Stone misses.
Stone has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from French finds it's way round the side to connect with Stone's head.
The fighters circling - Stone throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Stone misses with a series of wild punches.
Nice cross by French.
Stone throws a jab but it's blocked by French.
French throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Stone counters with a nice uppercut.
Stone defending well as French loads up on a big left hand.
Stone misses with a straight left.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stone throws out a loose jab but French uses good head movement to avoid it.
Stone jabbing away but nothing is landing.
French smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
French throws an overhand right that lands on Stone's shoulder, as Stone tries to avoid the shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James Stone dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on James Stone's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Stone takes one on the chin but seems OK.
French tries to close the distance and clinch but Stone swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Stone's hands are dropping dangerously low here and French connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Stone scrambles back to his feet.
A big right from Stone misses.
French uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Stone.
Stone misses with a jab, cross combination.
French lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Stone circles away quickly and effectively.
Stone throws a big shot that misses.
French misses with a combination
and Stone counters with a straight right hand.
French tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stone was well out of range. Poor timing from French.
French connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Jab, jab by French - just one landing.
Stone loads up on a big right hand but French slips the punch.
French has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by French.
Stone lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
French lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
French throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Stone to counter with a crisp jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
French keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
French defending well as Stone loads up on a big left hand.
French swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Stone cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
French throws a predictable looking body shot
and Stone counters with an inside leg kick.
French looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
French with a body punch. A glancing blow.
French falls off balance throwing a combination
and Stone counters with a nice uppercut.
French loads up on a big right hand but Stone slips the punch.
Stone takes one to the side of the head.
Stone connects with a single shot there.
French falls off balance throwing a combination
and Stone connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
French slips a jab and a cross from Stone.
A shot to the body from French misses
and Stone counters with a stiff right hand.
French scores with a nice right hand.
French catches Stone with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
French throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Stone stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
French misses the shot to the body.
French comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
French lands a jab-cross combination.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stone throws a hook but French blocks it.
A shot to the body from French misses
and Stone cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
French ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
French misses with an uppercut
and Stone counters with a nice uppercut.
Nice straight punches there by French. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of French.
A shot to the body from French misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Stone tries to move into range but French moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
French misses with a wild body shot.
Stone slips a straight right by French.
French misses with a wild combination.
Stone missing with a left hand there. French was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Stone uses good head movement to avoid the hook from French.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stone blocks a jab.
Stone moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Stone scores with a sloppy right hand. French should have avoided that one.
French on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Stone misses with a two punch combination.
Stone looks to land a right hand but French moved out of range.
French fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stone manages to avoid it.
French rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Stone counters with a stiff right hand.
Stone blocks a jab.
French moves out of range of the strikes.
Stone walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
French throws out a loose jab but Stone uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jab by French.
Stone avoids the body shot from French.
French uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Stone.
Stone keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Stone showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from French.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
French lands with a good body shot.
French misses with a left hand
letting Stone counter with a right hand.
A slow jab from Stone misses its intended target.
French misses with a left hand
and Stone connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
French tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stone was well out of range. Poor timing from French.
James Stone is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
French throws a left and a right that both miss
and Stone counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
French throws a looping overhand right but Stone ducks down to avoid it.
Stone misses with a looping right.
French fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stone manages to avoid it.
French waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Stone.
A big left from Stone misses.
Stone lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but French circles away quickly and effectively.
Henry William French has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stone scores with a nice right hand.
Stone is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by French.
French misses with a double jab
and Stone counters with a straight right hand.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Henry William French.
Well Stone 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 Steve Erwin scores the fight 29:28
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 29:28
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... James Stone!
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hype
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