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). Chooooooooon! I think Stoned might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Dr. Dre - The Watcher. Banks has chosen Tech N9ne- Slacker as his entrance music. Oliver Stoned could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Scott Banks's chin.

Stoned
vs
Banks

177 cm
25
170 lbs
11 - 0 - 0

187 cm
29
181 lbs
12 - 8 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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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 11 - 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 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Scott Banks!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Stewart Dunkirk and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Excellent takedown into side control there by Stoned.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Banks takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Stoned remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Stoned in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
The strikes coming from Stoned are missing the target in this wave of attacks.

Stoned is trying to get an arm triangle but Banks is defending well.
Stoned controlling the position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Banks tries to get back to half guard but can't.
You can see the frustration on Banks's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Banks is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Stoned is controlling him well.
Banks really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Stoned. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Stoned tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Stoned taking a breather here.
Banks is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Stoned has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Stoned lands a decent elbow from side control.
Stoned lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Banks can't do much from the bottom here.
Stoned working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stoned taking a breather here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Stoned sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Banks is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Banks being controlled for a moment.
Banks is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stoned controls the position.
Stoned working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Banks is trying to buck Stoned off.

Stoned tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Stoned advances to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Banks has left one of his arms exposed and Stoned doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Banks screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Oliver Stoned!
Oliver Stoned retains his welterweight title!
A relieved looking Oliver Stoned thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.