PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gunnar Hamundarson (ranked 3896 p4p, 3164 weight class) and Marcus St Stone (ranked 145 p4p, 120 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Hamundarson
vs
St Stone

193 cm
24
300
5 - 7 - 0

196 cm
26
282
10 - 17 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Gunnar Hamundarson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marcus St Stone!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Hirohito Nitta and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A solid body kick from Hamundarson.
Hamundarson shoots in for a takedown but St Stone shows good takedown defense.

St Stone takes the fight into the clinch.
Hamundarson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hamundarson stalling in the clinch but St Stone improves position.
St Stone connects with a knee to the head.
St Stone looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hamundarson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

It looks like Marcus St Stone has been cut.
St Stone misses with a hook from the clinch.
St Stone comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hamundarson can't break the clinch.
Hamundarson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Come on St Stone - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Hamundarson tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. St Stone smiles and moves away.
St Stone moves in looking to clinch but Hamundarson pushes him off.

St Stone pushes Hamundarson up against the cage in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hamundarson blocks an elbow strike from St Stone.
St Stone tries to land knees in the clinch but Hamundarson avoids the damage to the body.
Nice elbow from St Stone.
Hamundarson avoids the elbow strike from St Stone, against the cage.
St Stone effectively controlling the action here.

Hamundarson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
St Stone is looking to clinch.

St Stone gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
St Stone with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hamundarson avoids a wild elbow strike from St Stone.
Hamundarson is trying to break the clinch but St Stone is controlling him.
Hamundarson letting St Stone take a breather here.
Hamundarson wants to break free but St Stone has control.
St Stone lands an elbow just above Hamundarson 's eye.

It looks like Gunnar Hamundarson has been cut.
Hamundarson blocks an elbow strike from St Stone.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hamundarson tries to break the clinch but St Stone is controlling the position.
St Stone lands a knee to the head.
Hamundarson jumps guard but St Stone stands there with Hamundarson around his waist. Hamundarson gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gunnar Hamundarson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
St Stone avoiding damage.
With the fighters up against the cage, St Stone throws an elbow but misses.
Hamundarson jumps guard but St Stone turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Hamundarson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
St Stone is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
St Stone stalling the fight.
St Stone throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hamundarson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hamundarson lands with a light punch inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A nice glancing elbow lands by St Stone.
St Stone throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hamundarson blocks it with crossed arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Stone dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Hamundarson misses with a knee strike.
St Stone tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from St Stone.
Hamundarson fails to pull guard.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as St Stone takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
St Stone taking a breather.
St Stone fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
St Stone will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Hamundarson up against the cage.
St Stone pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
St Stone misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Stone misses with an elbow over the top.
Hamundarson avoids a wild elbow strike from St Stone.
With the fighters up against the cage, St Stone throws an elbow but misses.
Hamundarson can't get the takedown.
Hamundarson is working for takedown but St Stone is calmly controlling the position for now.
St Stone keeps control of Hamundarson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Hamundarson turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Hamundarson manages to end up in side control.
St Stone is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Hamundarson off and has taken his back!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

St Stone has managed to slip his arm under Hamundarson's chin. This could be all over... yep, Hamundarson is tapping out! Submission win for St Stone.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Marcus St Stone!
Marcus St Stone bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.