PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dave Watson (ranked 2272 p4p, 1942 weight class) and Marcus St Stone (ranked 88 p4p, 77 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Watson
vs
St Stone

205 cm
28
288
13 - 8 - 0

196 cm
26
282
9 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

BJJ Brown Belt
Great elbows
Good gas tank

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 13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dave Watson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marcus St Stone!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Stone fails in his attempt to clinch.
St Stone tries to close the distance and clinch but Watson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
St Stone tries to clinch but Watson is having none of it.
St Stone wants to clinch.
Marcus St Stone seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
St Stone walks into a straight right hand from Watson.

It looks like Marcus St Stone has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
St Stone tries to clinch up but Watson circles away and keeps his distance.
St Stone wants to clinch but Watson slips to the side
and Watson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
St Stone doesn't manage to clinch there - Watson circles away.
Watson looks to land a right hand but St Stone moved out of range.
St Stone tries to close the distance and clinch up but Watson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
An attempted straight right counter from Watson misses the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Watson swats away the attempt to clinch by St Stone.
Watson seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
St Stone fails with an attempt to clinch.
St Stone tries to close the distance and clinch but Watson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Watson throws a shot from downtown. St Stone moves away and avoids it.
St Stone wants to clinch.
St Stone tries to close the distance and clinch up but Watson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
St Stone tries to close the distance and clinch but Watson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Watson swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.

St Stone instigates a clinch.
Watson blocks the elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Stone effectively controlling the action here.
St Stone throws an elbow that misses.
Watson takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Dave Watson has been cut.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, St Stone just misses with a elbow thrown towards Watson's brow.
St Stone throws an elbow but it misses.
St Stone fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
St Stone creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
St Stone throws a knee to the head but misses.
Watson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
St Stone tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nice body punch from St Stone - that landed with a thud.
St Stone misses with an elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, St Stone throws an elbow but misses.
Watson is working for takedown but St Stone is calmly controlling the position for now.
St Stone tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
St Stone pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
St Stone gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
St Stone tries a knee to the head but Watson blocks it.
Watson dodges an elbow strike from St Stone.
St Stone lands a nice elbow.
St Stone missing with knees to the body.
St Stone is trying to maintain a safe position but Watson gets an underhook and turns St Stone into the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Watson dodges an elbow strike from St Stone.
St Stone trying to land knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Stone pushes off an throws an elbow but Watson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, St Stone just misses with a elbow thrown towards Watson's brow.
St Stone tries to work over Watson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
St Stone using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Watson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
St Stone throws an elbow that misses.

Watson lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Watson thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed St Stone's head.
Watson is thwarting St Stone's attempts to control the position.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Watson is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
St Stone wants to control but Watson is keeping busy.
St Stone is looking to improve his position.
Watson not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Marcus St Stone will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!

The fight stays on the outside here - St Stone looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A little feinted left hand from Watson on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
St Stone closes the distance looking to clinch
and Watson counters with a lovely straight right hand!

The cut above Marcus St Stone's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
St Stone wants to clinch up but Watson keeps it at a distance.
Watson swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
St Stone is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
St Stone closes the distance but Watson moves to the side
and Watson scores with a counter punch that sends St Stone to the canvas! Watson smells blood - he's punishing St Stone with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! St Stone has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dave Watson!
A victorious Dave Watson thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.