PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marcus St Stone (ranked 3247 p4p, 21537 weight class) and Test Five (ranked 114 p4p, 171 weight class). Test Five has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

St Stone
vs
Five

196 cm
25
282
7 - 14 - 0

205 cm
35
290
13 - 8 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Great elbows
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

Glomco Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 14 - 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 13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Test Five!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Kenichi Hosakawa.

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

St Stone moves into the clinch.
St Stone wants to stall.
St Stone content to slow the pace in the clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Five misses with a hook to the ribs.
St Stone tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Five tried to land a shot to the body but connects with St Stone's elbow.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
St Stone throws a knee to the head but misses.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
St Stone has Five pushed against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Five tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Five blocks an elbow strike from St Stone.
St Stone is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A nice glancing elbow lands by St Stone.

It looks like Test Five has been cut.
St Stone blocks an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Five looking to stall.
St Stone lands a nice elbow.
St Stone slowing the pace effectively.
St Stone with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
St Stone taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
St Stone trying to control the position but instead, Five has worked for underhooks and has pushed St Stone into the cage.
Five tries to throw a body punch but St Stone avoids it by throwing Five back against the cage.
Five throws a punch but it's blocked by St Stone.
St Stone pushes off an throws an elbow but Five leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
St Stone letting Five take a breather here.
St Stone manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
St Stone lands an elbow just above Five 's eye.
Five working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Five dodges an elbow strike from St Stone.
St Stone is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Five is defending well for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Stone misses with a body punch.
Five swings wildly with an uppercut but St Stone uses good head movement to avoid it.
Five takes an elbow to the forehead.

That has opened up Test Five's cut even more.
Five blocks an elbow strike.
St Stone creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Five's defenses.
St Stone lands an elbow just above Five 's eye.

The cut above Test Five's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A right handed body shot lands from St Stone.
Five looks winded!
St Stone lands a nice elbow.

Test Five's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Five tries to work over St Stone's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
St Stone taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Five.
Nice body punch from St Stone - that landed with a thud.
St Stone slowing the pace effectively.
St Stone lands an elbow that stopped Five in his tracks for a moment.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Marcus St Stone!
Marcus St Stone decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.