PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mountain Rivera (ranked 7401 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcus St Stone (ranked 5956 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Rivera
vs
St Stone

197 cm
57
274 lbs
32 - 105 - 0

196 cm
21
282 lbs
4 - 8 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 32 - 105 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mountain Rivera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marcus St Stone!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Robert Twigg and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rivera throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around St Stone's waist but St Stone gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Rivera off to one side.

St Stone closes the distance and pushes Rivera back into the cage.
St Stone lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Mountain Rivera has been cut.
St Stone lands a nice knee to the body.
St Stone lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Rivera backwards.
St Stone landing knees to the body.
Rivera is breathing heavily.
St Stone landing knees to the body.
A body shot lands from St Stone.
St Stone lands an elbow inside that Rivera shrugs off.
St Stone connects with a knee to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rivera takes an elbow to the temple.
St Stone is struggling to control the position.
St Stone unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Rivera! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but St Stone is unloading with more strikes now! Rivera drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marcus St Stone!
After the fight, Marcus St Stone was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.