PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hans Stone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyson Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Stone
vs
Jackson

180 cm
25
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

179 cm
18
213 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hans Stone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tyson Jackson!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Tiny Johnson and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stone lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jackson circles away quickly and effectively.
Stone throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jackson.

Jackson clinches with his opponent.
Still in the clinch, Jackson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Jackson trying to stall but Stone improves his position.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Jackson lands a left hand.
Stone working hard to break the clinch.
Jackson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Stone's efforts to push away.
Stone can't break the clinch.
Stone is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stone wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jackson has him pressed against the cage.
Jackson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Stone's elbow.
Jackson lands a shot to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jackson.
Jackson taking a breather.
Jackson misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stone is trying to force a seperation but Jackson has the dominant position.
Stone is trying to break free.
Stone blocks an uppercut.
Stone tries to circle away but Jackson has him pinned against the cage.
Stone looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Jackson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Stone is trying to break the clinch but Jackson has him pressed against the cage.
Stone is trying to break free.
Stone is trying to break the clinch but Jackson is controlling him.

Stone breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A left lands for Jackson.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Stone is defended easily by Jackson.
Stone shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson lands a jab.
Stone is looking to clinch but Jackson is avoiding it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jackson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
As Jackson looks to move away, Stone throws a big counter combo but Jackson just gets out of the way.
Stone closes this distance looking for a takedown but Jackson circles away.
Stone throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Stone fails to land with a series of punches.
Jackson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Stone manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jackson jabs Stone to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Jackson connects with a body shot that sends Stone's belly button to the back.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stone fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Jackson avoids it really well and circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hans Stone. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Stone misses with a jab, cross combination.

Stone looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Stone is breathing heavily.
Stone keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson is trying to stand back up but Stone is controlling him
Stone seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Stone missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Stone sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Stone 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.
Stone takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Stone stops Jackson from getting back to his feet.
Stone lands strikes from half guard.

Stone is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Jackson sees it coming and defends easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stone lands with a punch from half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Stone lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Stone is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Jackson has managed to free his arm - good work.
Stone trying to pass the guard but Jackson defending well.
Stone winds up and cracks Jackson with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Jackson should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Stone landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Hans Stone will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Stone shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Jackson napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Stone lands a decent elbow from side control.

Stone has hold of Jackson's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Jackson tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Stone cranks the arm and Jackson screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Jackson, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Hans Stone!