PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marcus St Stone (ranked 2752 p4p, 1572 weight class) and Kamen Kamenov (ranked 112 p4p, 71 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

St Stone
vs
Kamenov

196 cm
26
282
10 - 16 - 0

205 cm
28
300
10 - 16 - 1

BJJ Brown Belt
Great elbows
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
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 10 - 16 - 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 10 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kamen Kamenov!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Yuuki Gou and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kamenov clinches.
Our sources have told us that St Stone has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Kamenov fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Kamenov managing to block the knees to the body from St Stone.
St Stone avoiding damage.
St Stone is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Kamenov dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
St Stone throws an elbow that misses.
Kamenov pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kamenov is looking for a takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
St Stone struggles to land a body shot inside as Kamenov controls his hands.
Nice elbow from St Stone.

Kamenov pulls guard effortlessly.
St Stone trying to control but Kamenov is working from the bottom.
St Stone stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Kamenov swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kamenov trying to keep a closed guard but St Stone is proving a slippery customer.
St Stone stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Kamenov swivels though and keeps the full guard.
St Stone wants to control from the top but Kamenov keeps moving.
St Stone slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

Kamenov escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. St Stone gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

St Stone thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Kamenov is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst St Stone is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
St Stone trying to control but Kamenov is working from the bottom.
Kamenov trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

St Stone clinches with his opponent.
St Stone lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Kamen Kamenov has been cut.
Kamenov is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables St Stone to keep the fight standing.
Marcus St Stone has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kamen Kamenov.
St Stone trying to land knees to the body.
Kamenov is trying to pull guard but St Stone has him pressed against the cage.
Kamenov is struggling to control the position.
St Stone pressing his opponent against the cage.
St Stone lands a damaging elbow.
St Stone using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kamenov has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
St Stone tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kamenov's elbow.
Kamenov avoids a wild elbow strike from St Stone.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kamenov using the Thai plumb to throw knees but St Stone has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
St Stone lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kamenov blocks an elbow strike from St Stone.
Kamenov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
St Stone throws an elbow but it's blocked.
St Stone comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
St Stone stalling against the cage.
St Stone leaning his opponent against the cage.
St Stone is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Kamenov tries to pull guard but St Stone holds him up against the cage and eventually Kamenov drops back down to his feet.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Stone tries to throw a body punch but Kamenov avoids it by throwing St Stone back against the cage.
St Stone throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
St Stone throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
St Stone with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
St Stone prevents a takedown attempt there.
St Stone throws an elbow but it misses.
St Stone lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, St Stone throws an elbow but misses.
St Stone wants to stall.
St Stone tries a body shot but Kamenov blocks it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Kamenov blocks an elbow strike from St Stone.
St Stone throws an elbow but it misses.
A nice left hand lands by Kamenov.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Marcus St Stone dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kamen Kamenov's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

St Stone pushes Kamenov up against the cage in a clinch.
Kamenov jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as St Stone walks away with a smile on his face. Kamenov gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

St Stone clinches.

Kamenov decides to pull guard.
St Stone trying to control the position from guard on top but Kamenov is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
St Stone is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kamenov can do to turn this around?
Kamenov looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
St Stone looking to pass the guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
St Stone trying to control but Kamenov is working from the bottom.

Kamenov is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kamenov scores with a shot to the side of St Stone's head.
St Stone trying to land knees to the body.
Kamenov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
St Stone prevents the takedown attempt.
Kamenov blocks the elbow strike.

Kamenov pulls St Stone into guard.
Kamenov punching to the body, from the bottom.
St Stone is looking to advance position but Kamenov has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!

Kamenov lands a nice shot to the head.

It looks like Marcus St Stone has been cut.
St Stone really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
St Stone is working hard here to advance position.
Kamenov with a couple of short strikes.

Marcus St Stone's cut is getting worse.

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 2:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Kamen Kamenov!
Our winner, Kamen Kamenov, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.