PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Oliver Stoned (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Scott Banks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stoned comes to the cage accompanied by Dr. Dre - The Watcher. Banks comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Tech N9ne- Slacker kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Oliver Stoned has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Stoned
vs
Banks

177 cm
25
170 lbs
10 - 0 - 0

187 cm
29
181 lbs
12 - 6 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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Brute
Vitality

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Oliver Stoned!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Scott Banks!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Chris Downing and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stoned lands a leg kick that knocks Banks off balance momentarily.
Stoned throws a shot from downtown. Banks moves away and avoids it.

Stoned decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Banks avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Stoned.
Stoned trying to control the pace.
Stoned seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Banks for as long as he can get away with.
Banks wants to control but Stoned is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Stoned trying to pass the guard but Banks defending well.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Banks slips under a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Banks lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Stoned circles away quickly and effectively.
Stoned throws a leg kick but Banks sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Banks fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Stoned lunges at Banks with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Banks's hand.
Banks works Stoned's body with a nice hook.
Banks misses with a jab, cross combination.
Stoned misses with a jab, cross combination.
Banks walks into a jab.
A decent looking cross lands there for Stoned.
Stoned shoots in looking for a takedown. Banks tries to sprawl out of it but Stoned keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Banks manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Stoned looks for a takedown but Banks sprawls well.
Banks lands a nice shot to the body.
Stoned fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Oliver Stoned. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stoned cracks Banks with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Stoned misses with a takedown attempt - Banks sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Stoned misses with a straight right.
Banks cracks Stoned with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

It looks like Oliver Stoned has been cut.

Stoned feints and as Banks raises his hands in defense, Stoned changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.

Stoned drops back looking for a submission - "I'm sorry sir, but I'm gunna break your leg" says Stoned as he cranks on the unfortunate limb! Banks screams and taps out before any major damage is done! Don't mess with Stoned! Nice submission victory there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Oliver Stoned!
Oliver Stoned retains his welterweight title!
An out of breath Oliver Stoned thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.