PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marcus St Stone (ranked 1170 p4p, 2025 weight class) and Mitsugu Takeishi (ranked 36 p4p, 76 weight class). Takeishi has chosen Kabuki Gomen-Jyo as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

St Stone
vs
Takeishi

196 cm
33
282
22 - 28 - 0

185 cm
40
381
29 - 14 - 0

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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 22 - 28 - 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 29 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mitsugu Takeishi!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, William Gold and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Stone tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Takeishi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A little jabbing left from Takeishi on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Marcus St Stone seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
St Stone moves in looking to clinch but Takeishi pushes him off.
St Stone definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Takeishi lands a jab to the nose.

It looks like Marcus St Stone has been cut.
St Stone tries to clinch but Takeishi moves away
letting Takeishi counter with a right hand.
Takeishi throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent St Stone stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
St Stone wants to clinch
enabling Takeishi to counter with a crisp jab.
Takeishi throws a looping overhand right but St Stone ducks down to avoid it.
St Stone fails with an attempt to clinch.
St Stone moves in looking to clinch but Takeishi pushes him off.
St Stone tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Takeishi manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Takeishi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
St Stone doesn't manage to clinch there - Takeishi circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Takeishi keeps the fight on the outside.
St Stone gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Takeishi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but St Stone moves away.
St Stone wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
St Stone is looking to clinch but Takeishi is avoiding it.
Takeishi misses with a body shot.
St Stone ducks under a wild hook from Takeishi.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Takeishi swats away the attempt to clinch by St Stone.
Takeishi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Takeishi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
St Stone tries to clinch
and Takeishi counters with a nice body shot.
St Stone tries to clinch up but Takeishi circles away and keeps his distance.
Takeishi looks like he wants to counter punch here.

St Stone drives through and clinches with Takeishi against the cage.
Takeishi scores with a shot to the side of St Stone's head.
Takeishi avoids the elbow strike from St Stone, against the cage.

Takeishi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
St Stone tries to clinch there but Takeishi circles away.
Takeishi throws a body shot but no joy.
St Stone tries to close the distance and clinch up but Takeishi swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Takeishi let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Takeishi has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Takeishi throws a jab when St Stone was well out of range.
Takeishi lands a jab to the head.
St Stone fails with an attempt to clinch.
St Stone is looking to clinch but Takeishi is avoiding it.
St Stone tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Stone is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Takeishi paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Takeishi scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Good shot there by Takeishi.

St Stone gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Takeishi pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Takeishi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but St Stone moves away.
St Stone doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
St Stone is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
St Stone closes the distance looking to clinch
and Takeishi counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Takeishi jabbing away but nothing is landing.
St Stone fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takeishi throws the left hand but St Stone avoids the punch easily.
St Stone tries to clinch there but Takeishi circles away.
St Stone moves to clinch but Takeishi breaks away
and Takeishi counters with a straight right hand.
St Stone tries to clinch but Takeishi moves out of range.
St Stone tries to close the distance and clinch up but Takeishi swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Takeishi doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
St Stone tries to clinch up.
Takeishi looks like he wants to counter punch here.
St Stone darts in trying to clinch
and Takeishi counters with a nice body shot.
St Stone tries to close the distance and clinch but Takeishi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Takeishi is clearly trying to counter these attacks from St Stone with a body shot.
St Stone doesn't manage to clinch there - Takeishi circles away.
Takeishi smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Takeishi circles away from the clinch attempt.
Takeishi circles away from the clinch attempt.
St Stone tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Takeishi swats away the attempt to clinch by St Stone.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

St Stone gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
St Stone tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Takeishi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
St Stone is looking to clinch.
Takeishi misses with a body shot.
St Stone fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - St Stone looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Takeishi now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
St Stone fails in his attempt to clinch.
Takeishi is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! St Stone had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Takeishi misses with an uppercut.
St Stone tries to clinch there but Takeishi circles away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
St Stone tries to clinch but Takeishi moves out of range.
Takeishi thuds a left hand into St Stone's body.
St Stone on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
St Stone tries to close the distance and clinch but Takeishi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
St Stone tries to clinch there but Takeishi circles away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Mitsugu Takeishi dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Marcus St Stone's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Takeishi throws out a powerful jab.
Takeishi throws a hook to the side of St Stone's head but St Stone sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
St Stone tries to clinch there but Takeishi circles away.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Takeishi.
St Stone tries to close the distance and clinch but Takeishi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
St Stone tries to clinch but Takeishi is having none of it.
St Stone fails with an attempt to clinch.
Takeishi now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
St Stone tries to clinch up but Takeishi circles away and keeps his distance.
Nice uppercut lands for Takeishi. That snapped St Stone's head back.
St Stone fails with an attempt to clinch.

St Stone moves into the clinch.
Takeishi has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Takeishi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Takeishi misses with a straight right.
Takeishi swats away the attempt to clinch by St Stone.
Takeishi looks like he wants to counter punch here.
St Stone tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Takeishi manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
St Stone fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Stone tries to close the distance and clinch but Takeishi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
St Stone tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Takeishi swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
St Stone doesn't manage to clinch there - Takeishi circles away.
Takeishi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
St Stone is looking to clinch.
St Stone is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Takeishi circles away from the clinch attempt.
St Stone tries to clinch there but Takeishi circles away.
St Stone tries to clinch but Takeishi is having none of it.
Takeishi throws a jab but it's blocked by St Stone.
St Stone appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.

St Stone gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Still in the clinch, Takeishi scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Takeishi.

Marcus St Stone's cut is getting worse.
Takeishi has had enough of the clinch but St Stone keeps him there for the moment.
Takeishi creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends St Stone's eyes rolling into the back of his head! St Stone drops to his knees and Takeishi pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mitsugu Takeishi!
Mitsugu Takeishi decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.