PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Oliver Stoned (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ray Mancine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stoned comes to the cage accompanied by Dr. Dre - The Watcher. Ray Mancine will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Stoned
vs
Mancine

177 cm
35
172 lbs
26 - 10 - 0

192 cm
37
187 lbs
28 - 18 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Spartan Nutrition
GREEN!160

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 26 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Oliver Stoned!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ray Mancine!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Russell Pearce and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stoned does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Stoned gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Stoned takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Stoned moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Mancine with a jab.

It looks like Oliver Stoned has been cut.
Stoned misses with a hook. Mancine ducked under it nicely.
Stoned misses with a body punch
and Mancine cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Mancine gets caught napping as Stoned dives in and scores a takedown. Mancine manages to retain guard.
Mancine looking to hit a scissor sweep but Stoned is one step ahead there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mancine bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Stoned's guard.

This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mancine with a flurry of punches that miss.
Mancine is looking to work some ground and pound but Stoned has wrist control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stoned is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Stoned has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.

Stoned is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Mancine has managed to free his arm - good work.
Mancine is looking to improve his position.
Mancine avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Stoned.
Mancine tries to roll over but Stoned keeps him under control.
Mancine is controlling Stoned's trapped leg to prevent Stoned from advancing to side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mancine moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Mancine wants to sweep but no luck.
Mancine controls Stoned momentarily but Stoned frees himself.
Mancine has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Team Beta Male. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Stoned pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Mancine is keeping the position for now.
Stoned trying to control the position from guard on top but Mancine is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Mancine wants to sweep but no luck.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Mancine is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Stoned is aware though and is defending well.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Mancine is on top in guard.

Stoned is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Stoned wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Mancine is now in half guard.
Stoned trying to control but Mancine postures up.
Stoned might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Mancine passes to side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stoned is not content to let Mancine control the position.
Mancine working the ground and pound.
Stoned wants to control but Mancine postures up.
Stoned sneaks back into half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mancine prevents Stoned from improving his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ray Mancine dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Oliver Stoned's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Mancine ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Stoned moves away.
Stoned throws a shot to the body.
Stoned swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mancine tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Stoned defends well and Mancine ends up having to push Stoned into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Mancine misses with an uppercut. Stoned saw that one coming.
Oliver Stoned seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stoned throws a half hearted mid kick.
Stoned takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Stoned throws a low kick but Mancine moves out of range easily.
Mancine ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mancine misses with an uppercut. Stoned saw that one coming.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stoned slips a straight right by Mancine.
It looked like Stoned wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Mancine throws a right and a left that both miss.
It looked like Stoned was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Mancine.
Stoned looks to score with a jab to the body but Mancine is just out of range.
Stoned uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mancine.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mancine has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Stoned.
Mancine rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Stoned moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Mancine shoots in but no luck this time.
A big left from Mancine misses.
A combination from Stoned does no damage.
Stoned misses with a low kick as Mancine jumps back.
Mancine uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Stoned.
Mancine drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Stoned defends it well.
Mancine chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Stoned can pounce on him.
Mancine ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Stoned moves away.
Stoned thumps Mancine with a low kick.
Stoned fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Mancine looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Mancine throws a looping overhand right but Stoned ducks down to avoid it.
Stoned lands a jab to Mancine's midsection.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stoned lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Mancine shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Stoned but Stoned pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Oliver Stoned has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ray Mancine.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mancine lunges at Stoned with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Stoned's hand.
Stoned moves away from the strike by Mancine.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Stoned.
Mancine throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Mancine takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Stoned tries to land a leg kick but Mancine saw it coming and moves away.
Stoned connects with a body shot.
Stoned lands a body shot.
Stoned is looking to wear down Mancine with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Stoned does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stoned tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mancine was well out of range. Poor timing from Stoned.

Stoned shoots in and gets a takedown into Mancine's guard.
Stoned throwing strikes but missing.
Stoned stopping the sweep attempt from Mancine.
Mancine wants to improve his position but instead Stoned has moved into half guard.
Mancine gets full guard.

Mancine looking for a guillotine here but Stoned defends easily.
Stoned scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stoned passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Stoned is working Mancine over with some ground and pound from side control.
Mancine is trying to get back to half guard.
Mancine is still trying to improve position.
Stoned is looking to take a break and control but Mancine is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Oliver Stoned dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Oliver Stoned's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Stoned's corner calls for a 1-2. Stoned obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Mancine throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Mancine uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Stoned.
Mancine just misses with a punch to the body.
A head kick misses from Stoned.
Mancine swings for the body but Stoned moves out of range.
Stoned appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Stoned misses with an uppercut.
Mancine throws a body punch but Stoned moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stoned walks into a jab.
Oliver Stoned is winning the standup battle so far.
Mancine throws a hook but Stoned blocks it.
Stoned slips a straight right by Mancine.
Stoned attempts a counter takedown but Mancine avoids it well and moves away.
Stoned misses with a body kick.
Stoned avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mancine ducks under a wild hook from Stoned.

Stoned closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Mancine did well to prevent Stoned getting side control.
Mancine manages to get to full guard.
Mancine bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Stoned's guard.

Stoned tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Stoned is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Mancine is aware though and is defending well.
Stoned avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Stoned throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Mancine postures up in Stoned's guard and throws a big left but Stoned blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mancine trying to control the position from guard on top but Stoned is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Mancine got a little sloppy there for a moment and Stoned has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Mancine has managed to get both his arms back between Stoned's legs - danger averted.
Mancine keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Stoned's head.
Mancine in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Mancine content to stall in guard here.
Mancine works a leg free and moves into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mancine wants to pass the guard but Stoned is defending well.
Stoned regains full guard. Nicely done.

Stoned is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Mancine defends well.

Stoned working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Mancine has passed into half guard!
Mancine is pressing down on Stoned's thigh, looking to free his foot. Stoned is holding on for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Stoned tries to get to full guard but Mancine has control of the leg.
Stoned trying to control here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Stoned is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Mancine seems to be looking for submissions.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Ray Mancine.
I think Mancine has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 John Kavanagh scores the fight 28:29
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ray Mancine!
Ray Mancine thanked the fans post fight for their support.