PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between KaKayo Latakna (ranked 5784 p4p, 0 weight class) and Javelle Stone (ranked 7008 p4p, 0 weight class). Stone comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Matrimony by:Wale kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Latakna
vs
Stone

188 cm
25
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

192 cm
19
212 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Prefers standup

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

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 Hilo, KaKayo Latakna!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Javelle Stone!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Chris Saunders and Paul Gruel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Latakna takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Stone throws a series of strikes that have Latakna backpedaling.
Stone shoots in and drives through. Latakna sprawls well.

Latakna drives through and clinches with Stone against the cage.
Stone looking to stall.
Stone throws a head punch that misses.
Stone missing with knees to the body.
Latakna displaying some good clinch control by pressing Stone up against the cage.
Latakna lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Stone is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Latakna is keeping busy.
Latakna presses Stone against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Latakna lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Stone backwards.
Latakna lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Latakna blocks the elbow strike.
Latakna lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Latakna stalling against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Latakna lands a nice uppercut.
Latakna slowing the pace effectively.
Stone's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Stone takes a shot to the head.
Latakna lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Latakna working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Latakna lands a right hand.
Stone misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Latakna.
Latakna lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Stone is rocked!
Latakna scores with a shot to the side of Stone's head.
Stone is still on wobbly legs! Can Latakna finish him?
Latakna slowing the pace effectively.
Stone is trying to maintain a safe position but Latakna gets an underhook and turns Stone into the cage.
Latakna lands an uppercut.
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!
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Latakna holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Latakna lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Stone wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Latakna has him pressed against the cage.
Stone tries to land knees in the clinch but Latakna avoids the damage to the body.
Latakna stalls.
Latakna softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Latakna scores with a nice short uppercut.
Latakna lands with a right to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Latakna taking a breather.
Latakna content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Latakna seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Latakna is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by KaKayo Latakna.

Latakna clinches.
Latakna softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Stone tries to land knees in the clinch but Latakna avoids the damage to the body.
Latakna scores with a nice hook to the head.
Stone swings wildly with an uppercut but Latakna uses good head movement to avoid it.
Stone is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Latakna gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Latakna is pushing Stone up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Stone looking to stall.
Latakna digs a right hand into Stone's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Stone's gas tank.
Stone seems to have recovered his senses.
Stone tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Stone tries a knee to the head but Latakna blocks it.
Stone tries a body shot but Latakna blocks it.
Latakna blocks a body shot from Stone.

Stone jumps guard and drags Latakna to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.

Stone had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Latakna defends it easily.

Stone is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Stone looks winded!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

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

Stone is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Latakna is aware though and is defending well.
Latakna has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Latakna has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Stone is proving hard to escape from.
Latakna sitting in guard, not really doing much.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Stone looking for a guillotine here but Latakna defends easily.

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.

Stone throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Latakna avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Stone looking for a guillotine here but Latakna defends easily.

Stone escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Latakna gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

KaKayo Latakna dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Latakna clinches up with Stone and pushes him back against the cage.
Latakna avoiding damage as Stone throws knees to the body.
Stone swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Stone creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Latakna is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Stone can do to turn this around?
Latakna blocks a body shot from Stone.
Stone is trying to break free.
Stone lands a right hand.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Latakna.
Latakna lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Stone misses with a hook to the ribs.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Latakna.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short right from Latakna.
A short uppercut from Latakna.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Latakna.
Still in the clinch, Latakna scores with a nice short uppercut.
Stone tries a body shot but Latakna blocks it.
Latakna gets through Stone's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stone tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Latakna's elbow.
Latakna works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Stone tries to work over Latakna's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Latakna scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Latakna scores with a hook to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Latakna.
Stone with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Stone tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Latakna's elbow.
KaKayo Latakna has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A short right from Latakna.
Latakna throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Stone is breathing heavily.
Latakna blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Latakna is pressed up against the cage. Stone has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Latakna down to the mat. Latakna avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Stone looks up at the clock. Bad move! Latakna lands a right hand from hell, dropping Stone. Latakna pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). KaKayo Latakna!
In his post fight interview, KaKayo Latakna gave a big smile as he said 'Before this fight..... I was gonna tell him he gon get knocked out.... F*** that dude!'.
The defeated Javelle Stone had this to say: 'Revenge is imminent!'.