PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ritchie Stone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Max Barathian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Barathian's choice of entrance music: Carcass - This Mortal Coil. Max Barathian is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Stone
vs
Barathian

180 cm
21
170 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

173 cm
22
170 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Sun-Tzu

THE END 32

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ritchie Stone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Max Barathian!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stone looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Barathian let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Stone misses with a low kick.
Barathian has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Barathian doesn't manage to clinch there - Stone circles away.
Ritchie Stone seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
No joy there for Stone, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Stone misses with a straight right.
Barathian let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Barathian lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

It looks like Ritchie Stone has been cut.
Barathian misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stone.
Sloppy strikes from Stone. Those never looked like landing.
The fighters circling - Stone throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Barathian fails with an attempt to clinch.
No joy there for Stone, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Barathian rushes Stone and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Barathian lands a right hand that snaps the head of Stone backwards.
Stone fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Barathian working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A right hook to the body lands for Stone.
Stone goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Barathian tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Stone tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Barathian's elbow.

Stone breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Barathian is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barathian tries to clinch but Stone is having none of it.
Stone lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
A shot to the liver by Barathian. Beautiful body shot.
Barathian slips a straight right by Stone.

Barathian clinches up with Stone and pushes him back against the ropes.
Stone wants to break free but Barathian has control.
Stone is trying to break free.
Stone wants to get back to striking at distance but Barathian won't allow it.
Stone misses with a hook from the clinch.
Barathian trying to control the position but instead, Stone has worked for underhooks and has pushed Barathian into the ropes.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Barathian.
Barathian lands a shot to the body.

Barathian breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Stone misses with a wild body shot.
Barathian misses with a double jab.
As Barathian looks to move away, Stone throws a big counter combo but Barathian just gets out of the way.
Stone stuns Barathian with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Stone throws a looping overhand right but Barathian ducks down to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stone misses with a double jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barathian cracks a nice hook into Stone's ribs.
Barathian is looking to clinch but Stone is avoiding it.
Stone misses with a combination
and Barathian makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Barathian is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Stone rather than just go for the knockout.
Barathian blocks a head kick by Stone.
As Stone backs off Barathian throws a huge counter combo but Stone manages to avoid it all.
No joy there for Stone, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Stone throws a right hand that Barathian ducks under and follows up with a left that Barathian also avoids with ease.
Stone throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A countering left hand to the body from Barathian misses.
Stone takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Barathian wants to clinch up but Stone keeps it at a distance.
Stone misses with a low kick as Barathian jumps back.
Barathian ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Stone misses with a jab, cross combination.
Barathian tries to close the distance and clinch but Stone swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Stone missing with a left hand there. Barathian was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Stone throws a right hand that Barathian ducks under and follows up with a left that Barathian also avoids with ease.
Despite the aggression on Barathian's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.

Barathian drops Stone with a beautiful combination! Stone stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Barathian is looking for the KO!

Stone is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stone misses with a hook.
Barathian let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Oh Stone is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Barathian rushes Stone and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.

Barathian manages to break the clinch.
Barathian goes for a small jab and connects. Now Barathian goes in closer pressing the issue. Left hook, right straight! Stone stumbles back but Barathian runs in with a huge uppercut knocking Stone to the ground! What a finish! You have to wonder if Stone will ever be the same after a knockout like that.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Max Barathian!
A very excited looking Max Barathian made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.