PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jared Stone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Ruthless (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ruthless has chosen Bodybag by Hit The Lights as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Stone
vs
Ruthless

185 cm
22
205 lbs
5 - 7 - 0

200 cm
19
205 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Hellbent, Inc.

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 5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jared Stone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joe Ruthless!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Cecil Peabody and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stone throws a nice looking combination but Ruthless bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Stone takes a swing at Ruthless's ribcage but misses.
Stone scores with a jab. Ruthless acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Ruthless avoids the body shot from Stone.
Stone throws a right and a left that Ruthless avoids nicely.
Ruthless fails with the takedown.
A slow jab from Stone misses its intended target.
Ruthless shoots in for a double leg but Stone sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Stone throws a jab but it's blocked by Ruthless.
Stone throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Ruthless avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Stone misses the shot to the body.
Stone will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stone digs a good body shot into Ruthless's ribs.
Ruthless on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Stone rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ruthless moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Stone swings for the body but Ruthless moves out of range.
Ruthless needs to keep his hands up - Stone had a free shot at his head there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stone lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ruthless circles away quickly and effectively.
Stone rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ruthless moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ruthless fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Jared Stone has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joe Ruthless.
Ruthless takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Stone throws a looping overhand right but Ruthless ducks down to avoid it.
Stone swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A head kick misses from Ruthless.
Danga de danga de dang - Stone scores with a four punch combination!
Nice uppercut lands for Stone. That snapped Ruthless's head back.
Ruthless doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Stone throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Stone misses with a two punch combination.
Stone looks to throw the jab but Ruthless is out of range.
Stone throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Stone takes a swing at Ruthless's ribcage but misses.
Some wild striking there from Stone.
Stone throws an overhand right that lands on Ruthless's shoulder, as Ruthless tries to avoid the shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stone throws a right hand that Ruthless ducks under and follows up with a left that Ruthless also avoids with ease.
Jab from Stone.
Stone misses with a jab, cross combination.
Stone throws a wild body kick that Ruthless sees coming a mile off.
Stone is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ruthless.
Stone swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ruthless on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Stone misses with a hook. Ruthless ducked under it nicely.
Stone lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Ruthless ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Stone misses with a wild combination.
Stone lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ruthless circles away quickly and effectively.
Stone swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ruthless throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Stone.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crunch! Ruthless slams his shin into Stone's torso.
Stone looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ruthless moves out of range of the strikes.
Stone lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ruthless circles away quickly and effectively.
Ruthless keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Stone ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Stone throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Stone looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Stone keeps the fight on the outside.
Ruthless lands with a kick to the temple. Stone shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Jared Stone seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice uppercut lands for Stone. That snapped Ruthless's head back.
A punch combination from Stone misses.
Stone misses with the combination.
Stone is breathing heavily.
Ruthless tries to close the distance and clinch but Stone swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Stone throws a right and a left that Ruthless avoids nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stone throws a nice looking combination but Ruthless bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A punch combination from Ruthless misses.
Ruthless fails with an attempt to clinch.
Stone misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ruthless connects with a high kick.
Ruthless changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Stone tries to avoid it but Ruthless manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Stone to the ground. Stone escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Ruthless tries to clinch up.
Stone throws out a powerful jab.
Ruthless throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Stone throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Stone scores with a sloppy right hand. Ruthless should have avoided that one.
Jared Stone is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Stone fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ruthless manages to avoid it.
Stone throws a nice looking combination but Ruthless bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A head kick from Ruthless lands but Stone takes it in his stride.
Ruthless throws a head kick that misses.
Ruthless slips a jab from Stone.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jared Stone dominated that round.
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 misses with a hook. Ruthless ducked under it nicely.
Ruthless moves in looking to clinch but Stone pushes him off.
Stone misses with a few strikes there.
Ruthless slips a jab and a cross from Stone.
Stone is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ruthless.
Stone lands with an overhand left.
Jared Stone is winning the standup battle so far.
Stone falls off balance throwing a combination
and Ruthless counters with a body kick that stops Stone in his tracks momentarily.
Stone leaves Ruthless with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Stone lands with an uppercut that bounces Ruthless off the cage and back into rage.
Ruthless looks to land a combination but Stone avoids it well.
Ruthless throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Stone throws an overhand right that lands on Ruthless's shoulder, as Ruthless tries to avoid the shot.
Jared Stone is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Stone misses with a hook. Ruthless ducked under it nicely.
Ruthless takes one on the button.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Stone goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruthless misses with a takedown attempt - Stone sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Stone avoids the head kick by Ruthless.
Stone waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Ruthless.
Stone falls off balance throwing a combination
and Ruthless counters with a big head kick but Stone shrugs it off.
Stone misses with a two punch combination.
Stone cracks Ruthless with a good jab.
Stone dodges the punch combination from Ruthless.
Stone misses with a straight right.
A jab from Stone misses.
Stone misses with a combination
and Ruthless counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Ruthless lands a head kick. Stone smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruthless shoots for a takedown but Stone saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Jared Stone has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joe Ruthless.
Ruthless fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ruthless ducks under a wild hook from Stone.
Ruthless looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Stone is fending him off so far but Ruthless persists. Nope, Stone circles away and we're back to standing.
Stone lands with a nice combination. Ruthless backs away looking to recover.
Ruthless tries to clinch there but Stone circles away.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Stone!
Stone looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Stone throws a left and a right that both miss
and Ruthless counters with a flying knee. Nice.
A slow jab from Stone misses its intended target.
Stone circles away from the clinch attempt.
Stone lands with a cross.
Ruthless changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Stone's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Stone duly obliges.
Some wild striking there from Stone.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Stone misses its intended target.
A telegraphed right hand from Stone misses the target.
Stone lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Stone scores with a three punch combo!
Stone throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Ruthless moves into the clinch.
Ruthless throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Stone blocks it with crossed arms.
Stone tries to break free but Ruthless pushes him back against the cage.
Ruthless tries to throw a body punch but Stone avoids it by throwing Ruthless back against the cage.
Ruthless digs a right hand underneath Stone's ribcage. Stone let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Stone is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Stone has had enough of the clinch but Ruthless keeps him there for the moment.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ruthless.
Ruthless is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ruthless tries a knee to the head but Stone blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Ruthless with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ruthless lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ruthless leaning against his opponent.
Ruthless tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Stone wants to get back to striking at distance but Ruthless won't allow it.
Ruthless connects with a nasty looking knee right to Stone's face.
Stone is trying to break the clinch but Ruthless is controlling him.
Ruthless throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Stone blocks it with crossed arms.
Ruthless misses with a knee to the head.

Ruthless breaks the clinch.
Ruthless lands with a kick to the temple. Stone shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Ruthless plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Ruthless tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ruthless has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Ruthless throws a right and a left that both miss.
Stone misses the jab.
Ruthless throws a head kick that half lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Ruthless showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!

Ruthless connects with a high kick.
Ruthless throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Stone scores with a nice head shot.
Ruthless shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Stone pinned against the cage. Stone gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Ruthless throws a head kick that misses.
Stone looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A punch combination from Stone misses.
Ruthless tries to close the distance and clinch up but Stone swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Stone rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ruthless moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ruthless shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Stone defends it nicely.
Stone rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ruthless moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Stone misses with the combination.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruthless tries to clinch there but Stone circles away.
Stone throws a looping overhand right but Ruthless ducks down to avoid it.
Ruthless fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ruthless slips a jab and a cross from Stone.
Stone throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Ruthless counters with a big head kick but Stone shrugs it off.
Stone throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ruthless shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Stone pinned against the cage. Stone gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Jared Stone has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joe Ruthless.
Ruthless throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Stone throws a hook to the side of Ruthless's head but Ruthless sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Stone throws a nice looking combination but Ruthless bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Ruthless slips a jab and a cross from Stone.
Ruthless displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Stone throws out the jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stone misses with a series of wild punches.
Stone falls off balance throwing a combination
and Ruthless counters with a head kick. That will keep Stone thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Stone looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Stone rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ruthless moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Stone misses with a series of wild punches.
Ruthless showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Stone.
Stone takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Ruthless shoots in but Stone avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Stone throws a right and a left that Ruthless avoids nicely.
A big left from Stone misses.
Stone is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Stone throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ruthless.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruthless looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Stone misses with a series of wild punches.
Stone looks to land a right hand but Ruthless moved out of range.
A left and a right from Ruthless both land. Nice combination.
Ruthless shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Ruthless lands a head kick. Stone smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Ruthless lands a head kick. Stone smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

Ruthless looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Nice strikes from Ruthless there.
Stone might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stone wants to stand back up but Ruthless manages to pass into side control.
Ruthless landing a few strikes.
Ruthless trying to control the position but Stone is working away.
Stone is trying to buck Ruthless off.

And that's the end of the fight!
Joe Ruthless comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Ruthless has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 28:29
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 28:29
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joe Ruthless!