PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marcus St Stone (ranked 2556 p4p, 2126 weight class) and Fedor Mazepin (ranked 274 p4p, 232 weight class). Mazepin comes into a darkened arena with his song building. boom kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The key to victory for Marcus St Stone has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

St Stone
vs
Mazepin

196 cm
24
282
6 - 11 - 0

190 cm
30
250
11 - 9 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Powerful

Glomco Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marcus St Stone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Fedor Mazepin!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Aafke Stam and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

St Stone gets a clinch.
St Stone lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Fedor Mazepin has been cut.
Mazepin avoids a wild elbow strike from St Stone.

Mazepin has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but St Stone regains guard immediately.
Mazepin postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Mazepin wants to get up but he can't break St Stone's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
St Stone looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
St Stone keeping full guard, as Mazepin tries to pass.
Mazepin is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
St Stone is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

St Stone has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Mazepin can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
St Stone has momentary wrist control but Mazepin slips an elbow through the middle.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!

St Stone looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
St Stone keeping moving, preventing Mazepin from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mazepin stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. St Stone swivels though and keeps the full guard.

St Stone working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Mazepin doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Mazepin manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Mazepin avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Mazepin passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Mazepin trying to control the position but St Stone is working away.

Mazepin tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Mazepin has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
St Stone manages to work his way to half guard, despite Mazepin's best efforts.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

St Stone actively working from the bottom here.

Mazepin is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so St Stone is just riding it out for now. Mazepin eventually gives up the hold.

Mazepin is looking for a kimura here.
St Stone is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

St Stone actively working from the bottom here.
St Stone wants to improve his position but Mazepin is controlling well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Mazepin is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. St Stone doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Mazepin.
Mazepin passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for St Stone!
St Stone is trying to escape the mount.
Mazepin is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. St Stone can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

It looks like Marcus St Stone has been cut.
St Stone is trying desperately to improve position.

Mazepin looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Stone is looking to improve his position but Mazepin isn't that keen on the idea.
Mazepin avoids the attempt from St Stone to control.
St Stone is working to get back to half guard.
St Stone in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

Marcus St Stone's cut is getting worse.

Mazepin looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Mazepin tries to control but St Stone wriggling away.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
St Stone is looking to improve his position but Mazepin isn't that keen on the idea.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fedor Mazepin dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! St Stone's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Mazepin looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for St Stone!

Mazepin looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Mazepin. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
St Stone tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Mazepin presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
St Stone is looking to get to half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
St Stone is working hard here to advance position.
St Stone tries to lock up and control but Mazepin gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

Mazepin with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Mazepin working for a submission but St Stone is keeping him at bay.
St Stone keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Mazepin landing punches.

Marcus St Stone's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
St Stone is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

Mazepin looking to secure an arm triangle but St Stone defends it well.
St Stone regains half guard.
St Stone tries to roll over but Mazepin keeps him under control.

St Stone looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

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

Mazepin is working for a kimura but St Stone is defending it quite comfortably.
St Stone is looking to improve his position.

Mazepin is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
St Stone is looking for a sweep. Mazepin is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mazepin working St Stone over with strikes.

Jeez, Marcus St Stone's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Marcus St Stone's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Fedor Mazepin!
After winning the bout, Fedor Mazepin thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.