PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Russian Experiment II (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Stone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Experiment II comes to the cage accompanied by Terminator 2 - Bad to the Bone. Stone has chosen SWEET JANE as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. 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.

Experiment II
vs
Stone

185 cm
33
186 lbs
25 - 20 - 0

185 cm
23
183 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 25 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Russian Experiment II!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ben Stone!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Experiment II blocks a head kick by Stone.
Stone throws a jab but it's blocked by Experiment II.
Experiment II misses with a left hand
and Stone counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Experiment II throws a right and a left that both miss.
Experiment II on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Stone keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Experiment II.
Jab by Stone.
Stone on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Experiment II thows a body shot but no joy.
Stone moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A big right from Experiment II misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Experiment II lands a glancing blow to the side of Stone's head.
Stone lands a nice hook to Experiment II's body. Experiment II takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Experiment II lands a nice hook to Stone's body. Stone takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Experiment II misses with a wild body shot.
Experiment II displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Stone throws out the jab.
Stone throws out a powerful jab.
Experiment II swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Stone.
Stone waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Experiment II.
Experiment II has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Stone.
Experiment II looks to land a combination but Stone avoids it well.
Stone clobbers Experiment II with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Stone throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A cross from Experiment II lands.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stone looking to land some kicks to the body here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stone explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Experiment II takes a swing at Stone's ribcage but misses.
Stone misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Stone misses with a wild body shot.
Stone throws the left hand but Experiment II avoids the punch easily.
Experiment II moves out of range of the body kick.
Stone takes a swing at Experiment II's ribcage but misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Stone looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Stone defending well as Experiment II loads up on a big left hand.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Experiment II checks a leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Experiment II misses the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stone misses with a kick to the body.
That kick from Stone tenderised Experiment II's leg. Experiment II is trying to keep his angry face on.
Stone lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Experiment II misses with an uppercut. Stone saw that one coming.
Stone displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Stone works Experiment II's body with a nice hook.
An inside leg kick from Stone misses.
Experiment II checks a low kick from Stone.
Experiment II uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Stone.
Experiment II fails to land with a series of punches.
A lazy left from Experiment II finds it's target.
Nice shot lands for Experiment II.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stone throws a nice outside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stone throws a wild body kick that Experiment II sees coming a mile off.
Stone lands a high kick!
Experiment II fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Stone throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Stone is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Experiment II blocks a head kick by Stone.
Stone avoids the body shot from Experiment II.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Stone slips a straight right by Experiment II.
Stone slips under a jab.
Experiment II fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stone manages to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ben Stone dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Stone throws a perfectly timed hook that sends Experiment II crashing down! Experiment II tries to stagger back to his feet but Stone just hammers him until the ref stops the fight! A confused Experiment II asks the ref what just happened. Poor fella.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ben Stone!
Ben Stone really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Conviction logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.