PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marcus St Stone (ranked 23913 p4p, 282 weight class) and Dorian Bates (ranked 6741 p4p, 247 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

St Stone
vs
Bates

196 cm
18
282 lbs
2 - 5 - 0

205 cm
25
280 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Experienced

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marcus St Stone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Dorian Bates!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Skip Squint and Darius Henderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Stone tries to clinch up but Bates circles away and keeps his distance.
St Stone is looking to clinch but Bates is avoiding it.
The fight stays on the outside here - St Stone looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bates lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Bates.
Bates digs a good body shot into St Stone's ribs.
Bates keeps the fight on the outside.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
St Stone tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Bates manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
St Stone looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A jab from Bates finds it's way through St Stone's defenses.
Bates takes a swing at St Stone's ribcage but misses.
St Stone wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Bates throws a low kick but St Stone avoids it.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Bates.
St Stone gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Bates swats away the attempt to clinch by St Stone.
Bates throws a head kick that misses.
Bates looking to land some kicks to the body here.
St Stone wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bates lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Bates swats away the attempt to clinch by St Stone.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bates. St Stone does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bates circles away from the clinch attempt.
A lazy left from Bates finds it's target.
St Stone walks into a stiff left hand from Bates.
St Stone fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bates lunges at St Stone with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by St Stone's hand.
Bates cracks St Stone with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
St Stone tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bates swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bates fails to land with a series of punches.
St Stone doesn't manage to clinch there - Bates circles away.
Bates has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
St Stone takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
St Stone keeps control of Bates as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
St Stone throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Bates looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bates wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bates is trying to break the clinch but St Stone is controlling him.
St Stone keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bates's efforts to push away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Stone lands a hook to the side of the head.
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!
Bates is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
St Stone keeps control of Bates as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
St Stone misses with a short punch on the inside.
St Stone with an attempt at a knee that misses.
St Stone has Bates pressed against the cage, preventing Bates from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
St Stone trying to land knees to the body.
St Stone throws an elbow that misses.
Bates working hard to break the clinch.
Bates has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
St Stone is trying to stall.
St Stone is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bates is keeping busy.
St Stone gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Dorian Bates has been cut.
Bates wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bates wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bates is looking to break free of the clinch but St Stone has double underhooks.
Bates blocks the elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bates wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
St Stone wants to stall.
Bates tries to break the clinch but St Stone is controlling the position.
A head punch on the inside from St Stone fails to land.
St Stone creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bates's defenses.
St Stone keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bates's efforts to push away.
Bates tries to break the clinch but St Stone is controlling the position.
St Stone misses with a body punch.
St Stone misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bates has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
St Stone is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Bates is looking to break free of the clinch but St Stone has double underhooks.
Bates is trying to break the clinch but St Stone is controlling him.
Bates wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bates looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bates is trying to break the clinch but St Stone is controlling him.
St Stone prevents Bates from breaking the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
St Stone creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bates's defenses.
Bates tries to break the clinch but St Stone is controlling the position.
We've been informed that Bates has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Bates is looking to break free of the clinch but St Stone has double underhooks.
Bates wants to break the clinch but can't.
St Stone misses with a knee strike.
Bates takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bates looks winded!
Bates wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bates blocks the elbow strike.
Bates takes an elbow to the forehead.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Bates tries to break the clinch but St Stone is controlling the position.
Bates has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
St Stone lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bates wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but St Stone has him pressed against the cage.
Bates wants to break free but St Stone has control.
Bates wants to break the clinch but can't.
St Stone misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bates.
A nice glancing elbow lands by St Stone.

That has opened up Dorian Bates's cut even more.
St Stone misses with some punches.
Bates is trying to force a seperation but St Stone has the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Dorian Bates will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Dorian Bates's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

St Stone wants to clinch but Bates slips to the side
and Bates counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
St Stone fails in his attempt to clinch.
St Stone looks to clinch
and Bates counters with a stiff right hand.
St Stone fails in his attempt to clinch.
St Stone is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bates lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Bates.
Sloppy strikes from Bates. Those never looked like landing.
Bates looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Nice uppercut lands for Bates. That snapped St Stone's head back.
St Stone moves out of range as Bates strikes.
St Stone appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
St Stone tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bates paws at him with a jab and circles away.
St Stone is looking to clinch.
St Stone tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bates swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bates ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
St Stone is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
St Stone tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bates swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Stone tries to clinch up but Bates circles away and keeps his distance.
Bates looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
St Stone tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Bates manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
St Stone fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bates ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
St Stone is looking to clinch.
St Stone tries to clinch there but Bates circles away.
Bates catches St Stone with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Bates feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits St Stones jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Bates, as that shot connected.
Bates throws a series of punches but St Stone moves out of range.
St Stone tries to clinch up but Bates circles away and keeps his distance.
Bates stuns St Stone with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
St Stone darts in trying to clinch
and Bates counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
St Stone tries to clinch up.
St Stone tries to clinch but Bates moves out of range.
St Stone tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Bates manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bates tries to circle away but St Stone has him pinned against the cage.
St Stone throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
St Stone lands an elbow just above Bates 's eye.
Bates has had enough of the clinch but St Stone keeps him there for the moment.
St Stone misses with a punch on the inside.
St Stone tries to work over Bates's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bates wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bates blocks an elbow strike.
St Stone lands an elbow that stopped Bates in his tracks for a moment.
Bates is trying to force a seperation but St Stone has the dominant position.
Bates has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
St Stone lands a damaging elbow.
St Stone throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bates blocks it with crossed arms.
Bates is trying to break the clinch but St Stone has him pressed against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
St Stone comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

The cut above Dorian Bates's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Bates is breathing heavily.
Bates is trying to force a seperation but St Stone has the dominant position.
St Stone tries a knee to the head but Bates blocks it.
St Stone keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bates's efforts to push away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Stone keeps control of Bates as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
St Stone throws a punch but it's blocked by Bates.
St Stone is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A short uppercut from St Stone.
St Stone is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
St Stone prevents Bates from breaking the clinch.
St Stone looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bates is looking to break free of the clinch but St Stone has double underhooks.
Bates blocks the elbow strike.
Bates wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but St Stone has him pressed against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Bates's face as he tries to break the clinch.
St Stone keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bates's efforts to push away.
St Stone struggles to land a body shot inside as Bates controls his hands.
St Stone lands an elbow inside.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Bates as St Stone tries to tie him up.
Bates is trying to break the clinch but St Stone has him pressed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Stone wants to stall.
Bates is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

St Stone lands a vicious elbow to the side of Bates's head that scrambles his senses and sends him wobbling down to the canvas! St Stone tries to finish him with strikes but Bates still seems able to defend himself so St Stone steps back and lets Bates get back to his feet - he wants no part of the ground game.

Bates is rocked!

Dorian Bates's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Marcus St Stone!
Marcus St Stone decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.