PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jury Hamilton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Craig Stone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hamilton comes into the arena with Symphony 9 blaring out of the sound system. Stone is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Master of Puppets. 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?

Hamilton
vs
Stone

150 cm
18
152 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jury Hamilton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Craig Stone!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Eliza Hachem and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hamilton fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Stone to the ground. Hamilton is now in Stone's guard.
Hamilton trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Stone working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hamilton.
Hamilton could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Hamilton is looking to work some ground and pound but Stone has wrist control.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Stone can do anything to dispel that myth.
Hamilton keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Stone's head.
Hamilton with a flurry of punches that miss.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hamilton accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hamilton throws a big right hand that misses.
Hamilton is working Stone over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Hamilton throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Hamilton trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Hamilton wants to control from the top but Stone keeps moving.
Hamilton throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Stone works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hamilton loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Stone manages to escape and get back to his feet.

Hamilton looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Stone!
Stone tries to lock up and control but Hamilton gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Hamilton with the ground and pound from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hamilton looking to finish Stone with some ground and pound. This is bad for Stone!
Hamilton trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Hamilton thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Hamilton is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Stone can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stone blocking the ground and pound.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Stone tries to lock up and control but Hamilton gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Hamilton looking to ground and pound but Stone is blocking nicely.
Stone really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hamilton. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Stone wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Hamilton.
Hamilton punching from mount but Stone doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Hamilton lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Hamilton in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Hamilton looking to finish with strikes here!
Stone avoids a series of strikes thrown by Hamilton.
Hamilton is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hamilton lands a heavy elbow.
Hamilton looking to finish with strikes here!
Hamilton lands a big shot there that rocks Stone but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Hamilton unloads with some shots from mount but Stone bucks and avoids them well.
Hamilton misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Stone takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Hamilton prevents Stone from getting the reversal.
Hamilton lands a big elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hamilton in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Hamilton lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Hamilton unloading with bombs!
Stone wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Hamilton.
Hamilton lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hamilton lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Stone hang on?
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hamilton connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Hamilton raining down hammerfists from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jury Hamilton dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Stone fails to land the takedown.
Nice takedown defense from Stone. No joy for Hamilton on that attempt.

Hamilton scores a takedown into full mount!
Poor strikes thrown by Hamilton there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
BOOM! Hamilton connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Stone in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Hamilton postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Stone looks a forlorn figure.
Hamilton has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Stone's face.
Stone is working to get back to half guard.
Stone is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hamilton is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Stone can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Hamilton looking to finish with strikes here!
Hamilton with shots to the head and body - Stone looks very uncomfortable down there.
Hamilton in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Hamilton controlling the position easily from mount.
Hamilton is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Stone can do to turn this around?
Hamilton working Stone over with strikes here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hamilton lands a heavy elbow.
Hamilton has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Hamilton has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Stone's face.
Hamilton scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Stone is bucking up trying to escape but Hamilton cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Stone wants to control but Hamilton is having none of it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hamilton with good strikes from the mount here!
Stone is bucking up trying to escape but Hamilton cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Hamilton with good strikes from the mount here!
Hamilton landing shots from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stone in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Jury Hamilton overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Stone is in a horrible position here. Hamilton smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
BOOM! Hamilton connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Hamilton is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Stone can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Hamilton with good strikes from the mount here!
Hamilton raining down hammerfists from mount.
Hamilton in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Hamilton lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Stone hang on?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hamilton lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Hamilton is landing with some decent strikes but Stone is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Hamilton scoring with strikes but Stone is staying in there.
Hamilton lands a nice shot to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The referee warns Stone that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Hamilton with good strikes from the mount here!
Hamilton landing shots from mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hamilton scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Hamilton looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jury Hamilton dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Stone misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Stone looks for a takedown but Hamilton sprawls well.
Hamilton shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Stone sprawls well. Stone wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Hamilton gets slowly back to his feet.

Hamilton gets the takedown into side control.
Hamilton throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
The strikes coming from Hamilton are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Hamilton scores with punches from side control.
Stone takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Hamilton throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Hamilton in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hamilton connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Stone some visible discomfort.
Hamilton working the body and head with strikes.
Hamilton misses with the ground and pound.
Hamilton lands a decent elbow from side control.
Hamilton misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Stone takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Stone dodges the ground and pound from Hamilton.
Hamilton trying to control the position but Stone is working away.
Stone tries to buck Hamilton off but Hamilton is having none of it.
Craig Stone has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jury Hamilton is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hamilton moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.

Hamilton decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Stone defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Hamilton.
Hamilton leaves Stone with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Jury Hamilton has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Craig Stone.
Horrible takedown by Hamilton or perhaps it was just good defense by Stone which made him look bad.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stone displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Hamilton.
Hamilton fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hamilton slaps away a takedown attempt from Stone, before circling back to the center of the mat.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Stone enables Hamilton to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Stone manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Stone keeping moving, preventing Hamilton from controlling successfully.
Hamilton controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Hamilton trying to control the position from guard on top but Stone is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hamilton controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Jury Hamilton just wasn't active enough.

Hamilton shoots in and bounces Stone off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Hamilton wants to control from the top but Stone keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hamilton controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Hamilton's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
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.

We're going to have a standup here because Jury Hamilton wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Hamilton.
Stone is trying to escape the position but Hamilton is controlling the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jury Hamilton showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hamilton 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 Winston Howard scores the fight for Jury Hamilton!
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight for Jury Hamilton!
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight for Jury Hamilton!

Jury Hamilton wins by unanimous decision!