PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Brent Stoner (ranked 5785 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antoni Gniewko (ranked 3765 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.

Stoner
vs
Gniewko

150 cm
25
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

182 cm
20
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Brent Stoner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Antoni Gniewko!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Sandra Marshall and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stoner uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gniewko.
Gniewko scores with the left hand. Stoner knows he should have avoided that one.
Gniewko throws the left hand but Stoner avoids the punch easily.

Stoner closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Stoner manages to break the clinch.
Stoner tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gniewko scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

It looks like Brent Stoner has been cut.
Gniewko fails with an attempt to clinch.

Gniewko moves into the clinch successfully.

Stoner jumps guard.
Stoner is adopting a defensive guard.
Gniewko trying to control the position from guard on top but Stoner is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gniewko advances position into side control!
Gniewko lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Stoner can't do much from the bottom here.
Stoner is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Gniewko tries to score with some ground and pound. Stoner controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Stoner is looking to reverse the position.
Stoner wants to control but Gniewko postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Stoner is not content to let Gniewko control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Gniewko decides to take the fight back to the feet.

Stoner has taken the fight to the clinch.

Stoner manages to pull guard.
Gniewko wants to stand but Stoner has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Stoner utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Stoner is adopting a defensive guard.
Stoner is looking to sweep but instead, Gniewko has passed into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gniewko is looking to stall here but Stoner recovers full guard.
Gniewko pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Stoner is keeping the position for now.
Stoner pulls Gniewko in close to prevent any damage.
Stoner continues to stall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Gniewko stops Stoner from standing up.
Gniewko wants to pass the guard but Stoner is keeping the position.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Gniewko throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Stoner counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Stoner closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Stoner not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Gniewko looks winded!
Stoner tries to pass the half guard into mount. Gniewko knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Stoner throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Antoni Gniewko will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Brent Stoner's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Nice uppercut there from Gniewko.
Gniewko tries to clinch but Stoner moves out of range.
Gniewko swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Stoner.
Stoner takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Gniewko works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Gniewko swinging wildly here.
Gniewko lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Stoner circles away quickly and effectively.
Gniewko looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Stoner is fending him off so far but Gniewko persists. Nope, Stoner circles away and we're back to standing.

Stoner scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Gniewko is looking to get back to is feet but Stoner passes into side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Stoner tries for a kimura but Gniewko is defending well.

Stoner looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Gniewko is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Stoner thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Stoner tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Stoner controls the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Stoner with the ground and pound but Gniewko regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Stoner is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Brent Stoner overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Gniewko is striking from the bottom but he's now found himself mounted! Oh dear - not enough focus on defense there.
Stoner throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Stoner looking to control and managing it successfully.
Stoner throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stoner throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Stoner controlling the position easily from mount.
Stoner wants to take his opponent's back but he's not managed it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Stoner sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Stoner controlling the pace for now.

Stoner is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Gniewko can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Stoner looking to ground and pound but Gniewko is blocking nicely.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Stoner takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brent Stoner dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Brent Stoner's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Gniewko misses with a combination

and Stoner counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Stoner is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Gniewko to keep the fight standing.
Stoner stalling against the cage.
Gniewko blocks an elbow strike from Stoner.
Stoner is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Gniewko is defending well.
Stoner is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Gniewko to keep the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brent Stoner. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gniewko tries to break free but Stoner pushes him back against the cage.
Gniewko wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Stoner slowing the pace effectively.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gniewko tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Stoner.
Gniewko is pressed up against the cage. Stoner has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Gniewko down to the mat. Gniewko avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Gniewko throws a big shot that misses.
Stoner misses with a head kick.

Gniewko gets caught flat footed, as Stoner shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Gniewko wants to get back to his feet but Stoner is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Stoner showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Stoner trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Gniewko manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!

Gniewko takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stoner is pulling down on Gniewko's head. It's preventing any offense from Gniewko, at least for the moment.
Gniewko stops Stoner from standing up.

Stoner is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Gniewko is aware though and is defending well.

Stoner has his foot on Gniewko's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Gniewko works his way back into a safe position though.
Stoner looking to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gniewko preventing the sweep.
Stoner has Gniewko pulled in close to control his posture.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gniewko trying to control the position from guard on top but Stoner is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Stoner is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Stoner looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Stoner is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Gniewko.

Stoner shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Stoner keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Stoner'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.

And that's the end of the fight!
Brent Stoner showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Stoner has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Michael Johnstone scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sandra Marshall scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brent Stoner!