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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Patryk Szczerbiec (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Stone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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185 lbs
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183 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Lethal high kicks
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BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Patryk Szczerbiec!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ben Stone!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Szczerbiec misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Stone throws a leg kick that misses.
Stone throws a shot from downtown. Szczerbiec moves away and avoids it.
Szczerbiec has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Szczerbiec connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Stone lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Szczerbiec at a distance.
Szczerbiec tries to land a front kick but Stone steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Szczerbiec throws a series of punches but Stone moves out of range.
Szczerbiec avoids the head kick by Stone.
Szczerbiec has Stone up against the cage in a clinch.
Stone is looking to control Szczerbiec's arms but Szczerbiec gets an underhook and turns him. Now Stone has his back to the cage.
Szczerbiec trying to land knees to the body.
A hook to the body from Szczerbiec.
Szczerbiec blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Stone trying to land knees to the body.
Come on Stone - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Szczerbiec 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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stone taking a breather.
Stone has Szczerbiec pressed against the cage.
Szczerbiec avoiding damage as Stone throws knees to the body.
Stone with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Szczerbiec breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A thudding body kick lands there by Szczerbiec!
Patryk Szczerbiec seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Szczerbiec lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Szczerbiec lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
No joy there for Szczerbiec, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Stone on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Szczerbiec rushes Stone and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Stone trying to control the position but instead, Szczerbiec has worked for underhooks and has pushed Stone into the cage.
Szczerbiec missing with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stone looking to stall.
Stone trying to land knees to the body.
Szczerbiec tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Stone avoids it.
Stone throws a knee to the head but misses.
Stone looking to slow down the pace here.
Szczerbiec tries to land a knee to the head but Stone blocks with his arms.
Szczerbiec tries a knee to the head but Stone blocks it.
Szczerbiec tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Stone avoids it.
Szczerbiec manages to break the clinch.
Stone on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Szczerbiec keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Szczerbiec fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Stone has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Szczerbiec tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stone was well out of range. Poor timing from Szczerbiec.
Szczerbiec lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Szczerbiec pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Szczerbiec throws a sloppy head kick and Stone moves out of range easily.
Stone swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Stone connects with a good right hand that stumbles Szczerbiec. Szczerbiec circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Szczerbiec looks for the body kick but Stone saw that one coming.
Szczerbiec closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Szczerbiec lands a head shot.
Szczerbiec misses with a kick to the body.
Szczerbiec throws a head kick but Stone moves out of range.
Stone tries to clinch up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stone misses the shot to the body.
Stone tries to clinch there but Szczerbiec circles away.
Szczerbiec misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Stone with a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Szczerbiec lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Stone at a distance.
Szczerbiec forces Stone back against the cage and clinches.
Stone lands a nice knee to the body.
Stone on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Stone with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Stone throws a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Stone blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Stone stalling.
Stone missing with knees to the body.
Stone managing to block the knees to the body from Szczerbiec.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Patryk Szczerbiec dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Stone throws a head kick but Szczerbiec moves out of range.
A slow jab from Szczerbiec misses its intended target.
Stone looks to land a right hand but Szczerbiec moved out of range.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Stone in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Szczerbiec has taken the fight to the clinch.
Szczerbiec trying to land knees to the body.
Szczerbiec tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Stone avoids it.
Stone tries to land knees in the clinch but Szczerbiec avoids the damage to the body.
Stone stalling.
Stone with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Stone blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Szczerbiec breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Patryk Szczerbiec is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Szczerbiec goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Szczerbiec has taken the fight to the clinch.
Stone throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Szczerbiec blocks it with crossed arms.
Stone unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Szczerbiec wants to get back to striking at distance but Stone won't allow it.
Ben Stone seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Szczerbiec lands an elbow just above Stone 's eye.
Stone misses with a knee to the head.
Stone tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Stone slows down the pace here.
Szczerbiec missing with knees to the body.
Stone tries to stall but Szczerbiec uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Szczerbiec trying to land knees to the body.
Szczerbiec putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Stone in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Szczerbiec.
Stone is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Szczerbiec landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Stone avoiding damage as Szczerbiec throws knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stone on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Szczerbiec using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Stone.
Szczerbiec 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.
Stone avoiding damage as Szczerbiec throws knees to the body.
Stone with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Szczerbiec pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Stone takes one to the chin there.
Nice body kick there by Szczerbiec.
Szczerbiec misses with a body kick.
Stone is looking to slow Szczerbiec down with leg kicks.
Szczerbiec throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Szczerbiec pulls out of a head kick attempt.
An inside leg kick from Szczerbiec misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stone looks to land a left hand but Szczerbiec moved out of range nicely.
Szczerbiec tries a head kick but it misses.
Szczerbiec uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Stone.
A bone on bone clash there as Szczerbiec blocks the leg kick.
Stone doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Szczerbiec lands a nice leg kick that just misses Stone's sensitive parts.
Crunch! Szczerbiec slams his shin into Stone's torso.
Szczerbiec ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Stone moves away.
Stone tries to clinch but Szczerbiec moves out of range.
Szczerbiec lands with a kick to the temple. Stone shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Szczerbiec stalks Stone and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Stone's face. Stone staggers backwards, shaken.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stone throws a shot from downtown. Szczerbiec moves away and avoids it.
Stone throws a hook to the side of Szczerbiec's head but Szczerbiec sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Szczerbiec throws a right and a left that Stone avoids nicely.
Stone tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Szczerbiec was well out of range. Poor timing from Stone.
Szczerbiec misses with a series of wild punches.
Stone takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A chopping leg kick lands by Szczerbiec.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Szczerbiec throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Stone.
Stone throws a hook but Szczerbiec avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Patryk Szczerbiec dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
A head kick misses from Szczerbiec.
Szczerbiec scores with a leg kick.
Szczerbiec throws a front kick aimed at Stone's knee but Stone avoids it well.
Szczerbiec throws a body kick that misses.
Stone cracks Szczerbiec with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Szczerbiec moves into the clinch.
Szczerbiec breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Stone ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Szczerbiec moves away.
Szczerbiec throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Stone gets tackled into the cage by Szczerbiec. Szczerbiec maintains the clinch.
Stone avoids the elbow strike from Szczerbiec, against the cage.
Szczerbiec trying to land knees to the body.
Szczerbiec struggles to land a body shot inside as Stone controls his hands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stone tries a knee to the head but Szczerbiec blocks it.
Szczerbiec using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Stone has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Stone looking to throw knees to the head but Szczerbiec is blocking nicely.
Stone with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Stone prevents a body shot from Szczerbiec.
Szczerbiec pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A left and a right from Szczerbiec both land. Nice combination.
A punch combination from Szczerbiec misses.
Szczerbiec lands with a slapping head kick.
Szczerbiec misses with a wild combination.
Szczerbiec feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Stone's calf.
Stone misses with a straight left.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stone walks forward, straight into a front kick from Szczerbiec.
A right-left combo lands from Szczerbiec.
Szczerbiec throws a right and a left that Stone avoids nicely.
Stone misses with an uppercut. Szczerbiec saw that one coming.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Szczerbiec lets loose with a powerful body kick. Stone will feel that in the morning.
A combination from Stone does no damage.
Szczerbiec lands a leg kick that knocks Stone off balance momentarily.
Szczerbiec misses with a kick to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Stone. Those never looked like landing.
Szczerbiec looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Szczerbiec misses with the combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stone tries to clinch but Szczerbiec moves out of range.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Stone crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Szczerbiec - the referee stops the clock and Stone gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Szczerbiec. Stone manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Szczerbiec throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Szczerbiec works over Stone's head and body with a nice combination.
Stone throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Szczerbiec throws a head kick but Stone moves out of range.
Szczerbiec scores with a jab. Stone acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Szczerbiec swinging wildly here.
A nice inside leg kick there by Szczerbiec. That's going to slow Stone down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Szczerbiec scores with a jab.
Szczerbiec digs a good hook to Stone's body.
Stone misses with an uppercut. Szczerbiec saw that one coming.
Szczerbiec misses with a head kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A kick lands to the mid section there for Szczerbiec.
Szczerbiec throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A combination from Szczerbiec does no damage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Szczerbiec staying out of range there.
Stone moves to clinch but Szczerbiec breaks away
and Szczerbiec counters with a nice low kick that buckles Stone's knee momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Patryk Szczerbiec clearly takes that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Stone takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Szczerbiec is looking to slow Stone down with leg kicks.
Stone works the jab nicely.
Szczerbiec shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Szczerbiec is looking to slow Stone down with leg kicks.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Szczerbiec.
Szczerbiec lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Stone backs up against the cage.
Stone ducks under a wild hook from Szczerbiec.
Szczerbiec slips under a jab from Stone.
Szczerbiec throws a hook to the side of Stone's head but Stone sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Szczerbiec misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Stone.
Szczerbiec fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Szczerbiec misses with a combination
and Stone makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Stone's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Stone looks to score with a jab to the body but Szczerbiec is just out of range.
Szczerbiec throws a half hearted mid kick.
Stone throws a lazy head kick
and Szczerbiec counters with a series of strikes. Stone will be more careful next time no doubt.
Szczerbiec lands a two punch combo.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Stone lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Szczerbiec has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Szczerbiec and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Szczerbiec rushes Stone and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Szczerbiec misses with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Szczerbiec is trying to break the clinch but Stone has him pressed against the cage.
Szczerbiec misses with a hook to the ribs.
Stone avoiding damage as Szczerbiec throws knees to the body.
Stone misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Szczerbiec.
Szczerbiec tries to land a knee to the head but Stone blocks with his arms.
Szczerbiec avoiding damage as Stone throws knees to the body.
Stone with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Szczerbiec tries to land knees in the clinch but Stone avoids the damage to the body.
Stone connects with a knee to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Szczerbiec trying to land knees to the body.
Szczerbiec missing with knees to the body.
Stone using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Stone with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Szczerbiec tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Szczerbiec tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Stone avoids it.
Szczerbiec blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Szczerbiec is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Stone can do to turn this around?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stone tries a knee to the head but Szczerbiec blocks it.
Szczerbiec tries to land a knee to the head but Stone blocks with his arms.
Stone misses with a knee to the head.
Szczerbiec misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Stone tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Stone lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Stone lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Szczerbiec trying to land knees to the body.
Stone on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Stone leaning his opponent against the cage.
Stone trying to land knees to the body.
Szczerbiec missing with knees to the body.
Stone is struggling to control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Szczerbiec misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Stone.
Szczerbiec is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Stone on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Szczerbiec tries to land knees in the clinch but Stone avoids the damage to the body.
Szczerbiec trying to land knees to the body.
Szczerbiec throws a knee to the head but misses.
Szczerbiec 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.
Stone content to slow the pace in the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Szczerbiec throws an elbow but misses.
Szczerbiec pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Stone on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Szczerbiec. Szczerbiec obviously looking to wear him down.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stone throws a looping overhand right but Szczerbiec ducks down to avoid it.
Szczerbiec moves into the clinch successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Patryk Szczerbiec had his way with Ben Stone in that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Szczerbiec dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Stone. That did some damage!
Szczerbiec stuns Stone with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Good work by Stone as he checks the leg kick.
Stone misses with a looping left.
Stone tries a head kick but it misses.
Stone has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Szczerbiec.
Stone is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A jab from Szczerbiec does it's job there.
Szczerbiec misses with a head kick.
Stone tries a head kick but it misses.
Szczerbiec misses with a double jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stone is looking to clinch.
Stone doesn't manage to clinch there - Szczerbiec circles away.
Szczerbiec throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Stone.
Stone throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Szczerbiec finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Szczerbiec avoids the head kick by Stone.
Stone checks the leg kick nicely there.
Szczerbiec misses with a kick to the body.
Szczerbiec scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Stone doesn't seem bothered though.
Szczerbiec throws a wild body kick that Stone sees coming a mile off.
Stone with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Szczerbiec to score with a decent uppercut.
Szczerbiec ducks under a wild hook from Stone.
Ben Stone has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Szczerbiec cracks Stone with an open hand slap.
Stone on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Stone misses the shot to the body.
Stone throws a looping overhand right but Szczerbiec ducks down to avoid it.
A left lands for Szczerbiec.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Szczerbiec scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Szczerbiec misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Szczerbiec misses with a head kick.
Szczerbiec throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Patryk Szczerbiec is winning the standup battle so far.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Szczerbiec misses with an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stone throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Some wild striking there from Szczerbiec.
Stone tries to keep at a distance but Szczerbiec has taken the fight into the clinch.
Szczerbiec tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Stone avoids it.
Patryk Szczerbiec is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Stone tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Stone looking to throw knees to the head but Szczerbiec is blocking nicely.
Stone misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Szczerbiec.
Stone throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Szczerbiec blocks it with crossed arms.
Stone using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Szczerbiec has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stone tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Stone.
Stone blocks a body shot from Szczerbiec.
Stone tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Szczerbiec managing to block the knees to the body from Stone.
Stone stalling against the cage.
Szczerbiec is trying to break the clinch but Stone is controlling him.
Stone on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Szczerbiec crunches a lovely knee into Stone's ribcage.
Stone misses with a knee to the head.
Szczerbiec lands a nice knee to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Patryk Szczerbiec showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Szczerbiec has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight for Patryk Szczerbiec!
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight for Patryk Szczerbiec!
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight for Patryk Szczerbiec!
Patryk Szczerbiec wins by unanimous decision!
Our winner, Patryk Szczerbiec, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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