PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy Stone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Debo Blaze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stone comes to the cage accompanied by UFC Undisputed 3 Theme Song. Blaze has chosen great balls of fire! as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Stone
vs
Blaze

192 cm
25
217 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

190 cm
19
211 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jimmy Stone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Debo Blaze!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Micheangelo Fripello and Jeff Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blaze takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Stone throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Blaze circles away from the clinch attempt
and Blaze counters with a head kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Blaze throws a head kick that misses.
Stone wants to clinch up but Blaze keeps it at a distance.
Blaze misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Stone closes the distance and clinches.
Stone scores with a shoulder strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Stone.
Stone tries to land knees in the clinch but Blaze avoids the damage to the body.
Stone misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Blaze.
A nice left hand lands by Stone.

It looks like Debo Blaze has been cut.
Blaze trying to land knees to the body.
Stone lands a nice elbow.
Stone lands with a left to the head.
Stone lands a nice uppercut.
Stone blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Stone is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Blaze is defending well for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blaze with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Blaze tries to land a knee to the head but Stone blocks with his arms.
Stone's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Stone pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Blaze blocks an elbow strike.
Stone lands a shoulder strike.
Stone stalling against the cage.
Blaze blocks an elbow strike.
Stone throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Blaze is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Stone is keeping busy.
Stone missing with knees to the body.
Blaze has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Stone pushes Blaze back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stone throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Blaze tries to land knees in the clinch but Stone avoids the damage to the body.
Stone pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Stone just misses with a elbow thrown towards Blaze's brow.
Blaze throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Stone blocks it with crossed arms.
Blaze wants to get back to striking at distance but Stone won't allow it.
Stone throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Blaze blocks the elbow strike.
Stone managing to block the knees to the body from Blaze.
Blaze misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Stone.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stone lands an uppercut.
Stone pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Stone pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Blaze being controlled against the cage.
Blaze is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Blaze throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stone trying to land knees to the body.
Blaze tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Stone avoids it.
Stone lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Blaze looks gassed!
Stone misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Blaze.
Blaze with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Stone managing to block the knees to the body from Blaze.
Stone blocks an elbow strike from Blaze.
Blaze blocks an elbow strike.
Stone throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Blaze blocks it with crossed arms.

Blaze's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Stone closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Stone misses with an elbow over the top.
Stone is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Stone misses with an elbow strike.
Stone stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stone misses with an elbow over the top.
Stone throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Stone lands a body punch in the clinch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Stone tries a knee to the head but Blaze blocks it.
With the fighters up against the cage, Stone throws an elbow but misses.
Stone throws an elbow that misses.
Blaze throws a knee to the head but misses.
A left hand lands to the body for Stone.
Knees to the body from Stone.
Stone throws an elbow that misses.
Stone misses with an elbow over the top.
Blaze blocks an elbow strike from Stone.
Stone throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Stone throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Blaze avoids a wild elbow strike from Stone.
Stone pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Stone is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Stone tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Blaze avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jimmy Stone dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Debo Blaze's cut.
That's time! Stone's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Stone tries to clinch there but Blaze circles away.
Stone tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Blaze makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Stone tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Blaze manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Blaze misses with a head kick.
Blaze swats away the attempt to clinch by Stone.

Stone moves into the clinch.
Blaze wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Stone scores with a knee to the head.

That has opened up Debo Blaze's cut even more.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Stone just misses with a elbow thrown towards Blaze's brow.
Stone on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Blaze is breathing heavily.
Blaze blocks an elbow strike from Stone.
Stone gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Stone is struggling to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stone throws an elbow that misses.
Stone pushes off an throws an elbow but Blaze leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Jimmy Stone has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Blaze misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Stone.
Blaze tries to land a knee to the head but Stone blocks with his arms.
Blaze misses with an elbow strike.
Stone lands a left hand that snaps the head of Blaze backwards.
A right hook to the body lands for Stone.
Stone lands with a short shot to the head.

The cut above Debo Blaze's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Stone pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Stone misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Blaze.
Stone tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Blaze avoids it.
Blaze avoids the elbow strike from Stone, against the cage.
Blaze blocks an elbow strike.
Blaze being controlled against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Stone throws an elbow but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stone lands a hook to the side of the head.
Stone throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Blaze is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Stone is defending well for now.
Blaze tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Stone lands a nice uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Blaze blocks the elbow strike.
Stone misses with an elbow strike.
Blaze tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Stone has Blaze pressed against the cage.
Stone lands with a short shot to the head.
Stone makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Debo Blaze's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Blaze looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Stone creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Blaze blocks the elbow strike.
Stone with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Stone lands with a short shot to the head.
Stone throws an elbow that misses.
Still in the clinch, Stone scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blaze misses with a knee to the head.
Stone missing with knees to the body.
Stone using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Blaze has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Stone throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Blaze avoids the elbow strike from Stone, against the cage.
Stone throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Blaze avoiding damage as Stone throws knees to the body.
Stone throws an elbow that misses.
Nice body punch from Stone - that landed with a thud.
Stone controlling the action here for a moment.
Stone throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A nice left hand lands by Stone.
Blaze looking to throw knees to the head but Stone is blocking nicely.
Stone using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Blaze has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stone misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Blaze.
Blaze avoids a wild elbow strike from Stone.
Stone throws an elbow that misses.
Stone blocks the elbow strike.
Blaze blocks the elbow strike.
Stone takes a knee right on the jaw!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Blaze is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Blaze misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Stone.
Stone misses with an elbow over the top.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Blaze blocks the elbow strike.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stone creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Blaze trying to land knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Stone just misses with a elbow thrown towards Blaze's brow.
Stone has Blaze pushed against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jimmy Stone dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Debo Blaze's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Stone has managed to clinch.
Stone stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Stone throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Blaze blocks it with crossed arms.
Blaze pushes off an throws an elbow but Stone leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Stone throws an elbow but misses.
Blaze blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Blaze blocks the elbow strike.
Stone content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Blaze has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Stone just misses with a elbow thrown towards Blaze's brow.
Blaze is trying to push Stone away but Stone has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Blaze wants to break free but Stone has control.
Blaze takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Stone throws an elbow but it misses.
Stone creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Stone creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Blaze's defenses.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Debo Blaze's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Jimmy Stone!
After the fight, Jimmy Stone was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.