PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Stone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Christopher Demarcco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stone's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Metallica (Stone Cold Crazy). Christopher Demarcco will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Stone
vs
Demarcco

178 cm
19
215 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

190 cm
19
215 lbs
5 - 2 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Powerful

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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 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, James Stone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Christopher Demarcco!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Bruno Hogan and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Demarcco gets a clinch.
Demarcco tries a knee to the head but Stone blocks it.
Stone softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Demarcco with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like James Stone has been cut.
Stone has Demarcco pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Demarcco manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Stone goes for a takedown in the clinch but Demarcco prevents it.
Demarcco with a knee to the head.
Demarcco lands a knee to the head.
Demarcco lands an elbow inside that Stone shrugs off.
Demarcco lands a damaging elbow.

James Stone's cut is getting worse.
A knee to the head by Demarcco.
Demarcco gets underhooks to prevent Stone's takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for James Stone. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Stone changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Demarcco fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Stone is breathing heavily.
Demarcco takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Demarcco looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Demarcco moves forwards but Stone connects with a nice, crisp jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Demarcco wants to clinch up but Stone keeps it at a distance.
Demarcco tries to clinch up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stone throws a body punch but Demarcco moves out of range.
Stone misses with the combination.

Demarcco clinches with his opponent.
Demarcco is pressed up against the cage. Stone has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Demarcco down to the mat. Demarcco avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Stone closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
An elbow from Stone crashes against the mat.
Sloppy strikes there by Stone.
Stone throwing strikes but Demarcco manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Stone gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Stone tries to get to full guard but Demarcco has control of the leg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stone throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Stone misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Demarcco tries to stand but can't do so whilst Stone controls his leg.
Stone is looking for a sweep. Demarcco is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Stone is working hard here to advance position.
Stone tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Stone fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
A big right from Stone misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stone scores with the left hand. Demarcco knows he should have avoided that one.
Demarcco fails in his attempt to clinch.
Stone darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Demarcco fails with an attempt to clinch.
No luck for Stone with that takedown attempt.
Demarcco takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

It looks like Christopher Demarcco has been cut.
Stone connects with a crisp jab.
Demarcco takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

Demarcco is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stone fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Demarcco tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Stone paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Demarcco moves in looking to clinch but Stone pushes him off.
James Stone seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice body punch from Stone.
Demarcco is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Stone.
Stone shoots in for a double leg but Demarcco sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Stone circles away from the clinch attempt.
Stone swinging wilding here.
Demarcco moves in looking to clinch but Stone pushes him off.
Stone ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stone throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Demarcco takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Stone is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Demarcco gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Stone.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Stone dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Stone closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Stone lands in his opponent's guard.
Stone is looking to work some ground and pound but Demarcco has wrist control.
Stone throwing strikes but missing.
Stone throws a big right hand that misses.
Stone throws a strike but Demarcco rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Stone will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Demarcco is breathing heavily.
Stone throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stone throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Stone trying to strike off his back.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Demarcco doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Stone throws a right hand that Demarcco ducks under and follows up with a left that Demarcco also avoids with ease.
Demarcco fails with an attempt to clinch.
James Stone is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The fight stays on the outside here - Demarcco looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
James Stone is winning the standup battle so far.

Stone scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Stone tries to score with some ground and pound. Demarcco controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Stone throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Stone lands a few punches from side control.
Stone tries to score with some ground and pound. Demarcco controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ground and pound from Stone seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Stone in side control lands a decent elbow.
Stone misses with the ground and pound.
Stone misses with the ground and pound.
Stone looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Demarcco is avoiding damage well.
Demarcco takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Stone working the head with strikes.
Stone 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.
Stone working the body and head with strikes.
Stone scores with a couple of short elbows.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stone looks up at the clock and then as Demarcco takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Stone smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Stone in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Demarcco is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Demarcco managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Stone.
Stone throws an elbow but Demarcco slips to the side and avoids it well.
Demarcco is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Demarcco on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Demarcco really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Stone. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Demarcco defending against the ground and pound.
Stone connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Demarcco some visible discomfort.
Demarcco takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Stone creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Demarcco is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Stone is controlling him well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Demarcco takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Demarcco is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Stone is controlling him well.
Demarcco dodges the ground and pound from Stone.
Demarcco parries the strikes from Stone easily there. Stone is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Demarcco to escape.
Stone connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Demarcco some visible discomfort.
Stone sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Demarcco is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Stone fails to land a wild elbow strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Stone advances to full mount.
Stone throws some wild stikes that Demarcco manages to avoid easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Stone dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Stone's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Demarcco gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Stone throws a jab but it's blocked by Demarcco.
Stone connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Demarcco fails with an attempt to clinch.
Stone throws a series of strikes that have Demarcco backpedaling.
Demarcco is still on wobbly legs! Can Stone finish him?
Stone scores with a jab to the jaw.
Stone throws a right hand that Demarcco ducks under and follows up with a left that Demarcco also avoids with ease.
Demarcco seems to have recovered his senses.
Demarcco takes one to the chin there.
Demarcco tries to close the distance and clinch up but Stone swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Demarcco is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Demarcco takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Stone misses with a series of wild punches.
Stone looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Demarcco rushes Stone and presses him up against the cage.
Stone will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Demarcco up against the cage.
Demarcco gets underhooks to prevent Stone's takedown attempt.
Demarcco tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Stone looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for James Stone. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Stone has had enough of the clinch but Demarcco keeps him there for the moment.
Demarcco creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Stone's defenses.
Stone wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Stone is working for takedown but Demarcco is calmly controlling the position for now.
Stone is working for takedown but Demarcco is calmly controlling the position for now.
Demarcco lands an elbow just above Stone 's eye.
Demarcco blocking some punches.
Demarcco connects with a knee to the head.
Demarcco lands an elbow just above Stone 's eye.
Stone tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Demarcco just stands there and leans against the cage.
A knee to the head by Demarcco.
Demarcco gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Stone.
Stone wants to get back to striking at distance but Demarcco won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Demarcco lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Stone tries to break the clinch but Demarcco is controlling the position.
Demarcco comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Stone wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Demarcco has him pressed against the cage.
Demarcco misses with an elbow over the top.
Demarcco throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Stone can't break the clinch.
Stone changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Demarcco fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Stone throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Stone circles away from the clinch attempt.
Demarcco tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Stone paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Stone moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Stone catches Demarcco with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Stone looks to throw the jab but Demarcco is out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Stone decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Stone not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Demarcco is trying to maintain the position but Stone is very close to passing his half guard.
Stone thows a huge punch but Demarcco dodges it nicely.
Stone tries to pass the half guard into mount. Demarcco knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Stone lands a nice short elbow.
Stone lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Stone working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stone is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Christopher Demarcco has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Demarcco avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Stone.
Stone passes to full mount!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Stone cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Stone lands a nice shot to the head.
Stone blocks Demarcco's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
James Stone is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Demarcco taking shots to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
James Stone showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Stone, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 30:26
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... James Stone!