PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Heitor Machado (ranked 4422 p4p, 2840 weight class) and Marcus St Stone (ranked 151 p4p, 104 weight class). Heitor Machado has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Machado
vs
St Stone

225 cm
27
300
16 - 14 - 0

196 cm
27
282
11 - 18 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
World class MT
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 16 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Heitor Machado!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marcus St Stone!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Paulo Santos and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Machado pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Machado gets a double leg takedown into St Stone's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
St Stone trying to control the position.
Machado seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

St Stone has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Machado doesn't defend quickly enough and St Stone has managed to lock this one up! Can Machado escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to St Stone on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Marcus St Stone!
A very excited looking Marcus St Stone rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.