PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jon Stone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Mitrione (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the ring it seems that Jon Stone has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Jon Stone seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Stone
vs
Mitrione

180 cm
25
203 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

187 cm
23
209 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very confident

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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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jon Stone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Matt Mitrione!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Daniel Franklin and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stone circles away from the clinch attempt
and Stone counters with an outside leg kick.
Mitrione fails with an attempt to clinch.

Stone moves into the clinch successfully.
Mitrione throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Mitrione tries a knee to the head but Stone blocks it.
Mitrione gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Stone takes an elbow to the temple.

Stone escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mitrione doesn't manage to clinch there - Stone circles away.
Mitrione is looking to clinch.

Stone clinches up with Mitrione and pushes him back against the ropes.
Stone landing knees to the body.
Mitrione tries to land a knee to the head but Stone blocks with his arms.

Stone breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mitrione tries to clinch but Stone moves away
and Stone counters with a right hand to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Stone moves into range and clinches up with Mitrione.
Stone tries to land a knee to the head but Mitrione blocks with his arms.
Stone avoids a wild elbow strike from Mitrione.
Mitrione throws a punch but it's blocked by Stone.
Stone trying to land knees to the body.
Mitrione gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Mitrione throws a knee to the head but misses.
Mitrione misses with a punch on the inside.
Mitrione throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Stone blocks it with crossed arms.
Stone working hard to break the clinch.
Stone scores a nice knee to the body.
Stone unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Mitrione looks gassed!
Stone blocks the elbow strike.
Stone slows down the pace here.

Stone escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Stone closes the distance and pushes Mitrione back into the ropes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mitrione pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Knees in the clinch landing for Stone.
Stone scores with a knee to the head.
Stone lands a knee to the body.
Stone is struggling to control the position.
Stone connects with a knee to the head.
Stone lands a knee to the head.
Stone working Mitrione over with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Stone.

Stone pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Stone scores with a decent looking hook.
A solid leg kick lands there for Stone.
Mitrione misses with a body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stone works Mitrione's body with a nice hook.

Stone takes the fight into the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Mitrione just misses with a elbow thrown towards Stone's brow.
Mitrione letting Stone take a breather here.
Stone gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Stone lands a nice knee to the body.
Stone blocks an elbow strike.
Stone trying to land knees to the body.
Stone is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mitrione is defending well for now.
Mitrione tries to land a knee to the head but Stone blocks with his arms.

Stone escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Stone closes the distance and clinches.
Mitrione blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Stone pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mitrione fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mitrione tries to clinch but fails miserably
letting Stone counter with a right hand.
Sloppy strikes from Mitrione. Those never looked like landing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Stone rushes Mitrione and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Mitrione throws an elbow but it misses.
Mitrione pushes off an throws an elbow but Stone leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Mitrione tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Stone.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Stone obliges.
Stone leaning against his opponent.

Stone breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mitrione wants to clinch
and Stone makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Stone fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Mitrione looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Stone fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Mitrione, pushing him back against the ropes.
Mitrione misses with a knee to the head.

Stone manages to break the clinch.
Mitrione tries to clinch but Stone is having none of it.

Stone clinches.
Mitrione connects with a nasty looking knee right to Stone's face.
Mitrione gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Stone avoids the elbow strike from Mitrione, against the ropes.
Mitrione with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Stone unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mitrione lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

Stone's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Matt Mitrione is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Mitrione takes a knee to the side of the body.
Mitrione is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mitrione being controlled against the ropes.
Stone working Mitrione over with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stone lands an elbow inside.
Stone is pushing Mitrione up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Mitrione looking to throw knees to the head but Stone is blocking nicely.

Stone breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Stone drives through and clinches with Mitrione against the ropes.
Stone utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Stone content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Mitrione working aggressively here.
Stone is stalling here.
Stone scores a nice knee to the body.
Mitrione throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mitrione looks to throw an elbow but misses.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Mitrione throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Stone blocks it with crossed arms.
Stone connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mitrione's face.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stone slows down the pace here.
Stone is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mitrione can do to turn this around?
Mitrione misses with a knee to the head.
Stone lands a good knee to the midsection. Mitrione won't want to take too many of those.
Stone putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mitrione in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

Stone breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Stone clinches with his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Stone breaks the clinch.

Stone darts in and clinches Mitrione up against the ropes.
Stone wants to stall.
Stone missing with knees to the body.

Stone breaks from the clinch.
Mitrione wants to clinch
and Stone counters with a nice body shot.

Stone fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Mitrione, pushing him back against the ropes.
Mitrione misses with an elbow strike.
Mitrione managing to block the knees to the body from Stone.
Stone unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Stone scores a nice knee to the body.
Stone scores a nice knee to the body.
Stone wants to stall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Stone breaks the clinch.
Mitrione darts in trying to clinch

and Stone holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Stone breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Stone feints and then cracks Mitrione's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Mitrione down.
Mitrione is looking to clinch but Stone is avoiding it.
Stone moves away from the strike by Mitrione.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Stone rushes Mitrione and presses him up against the ropes.
Stone blocks an elbow strike.
Stone manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Mitrione using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Stone has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jon Stone dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Stone clinches.
Mitrione tries a knee to the head but Stone blocks it.
Stone throws a knee to the head but misses.
Mitrione misses with a knee strike.
Stone tries to stall but Mitrione uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Stone putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mitrione in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Stone trying to land knees to the body.

Stone manages to break the clinch.
Mitrione tries to clinch up

and Stone counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Stone breaks from the clinch.
Mitrione tries to clinch but Stone moves out of range.
Stone keeps the fight on the outside.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Mitrione wants to clinch up but Stone keeps it at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stone pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Mitrione tries to clinch but Stone moves out of range.
Mitrione tries to clinch
and Stone counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Mitrione moves to clinch but Stone breaks away
and Stone counters with a lovely shot to the body.

Stone gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Stone lands an elbow inside.
Mitrione misses with an elbow strike.
Stone working Mitrione over with knees to the body.
Stone is pushing Mitrione up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Stone obliges.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stone scores with a knee to the head.
Jon Stone has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Stone.
Stone trying to stall but Mitrione improves his position.
Stone lands an elbow inside.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Mitrione as Stone tries to tie him up.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Mitrione just misses with a elbow thrown towards Stone's brow.
Mitrione avoiding damage as Stone throws knees to the body.
Stone avoids a wild elbow strike from Mitrione.
Stone lands a damaging elbow.
Mitrione blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Stone looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Stone is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mitrione is defending well for now.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Stone throws an elbow but misses.
Mitrione managing to block the knees to the body from Stone.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stone blocks the elbow strike.
Mitrione pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Mitrione tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Stone landing knees to the body.
Mitrione managing to block the knees to the body from Stone.
Mitrione takes an elbow to the forehead.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Stone missing with knees to the body.

Stone escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jon Stone is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Mitrione closes the distance but Stone moves to the side
and Stone counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Mitrione closes the distance but Stone moves to the side

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

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stone lands a knee to the body.

Stone escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Stone moves into the clinch.
Mitrione misses with an elbow strike.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Stone takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Stone breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Matt Mitrione has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mitrione misses with a two punch combination.
Mitrione looks to clinch
and Stone connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mitrione tries a head kick but it misses.

Stone closes the distance and clinches.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jon Stone showed his dominance in that final round.
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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jon Stone!