PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Zack Mathiew (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brim Stone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Mathiew
vs
Stone

175 cm
18
145 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

165 cm
22
145 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Zack Mathiew!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brim Stone!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Alan Glass and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Stone has closed the distance and engaged Mathiew in a clinch.
Mathiew throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Stone blocks it with crossed arms.
Stone with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Knees to the body from Stone.
Stone crunches a lovely knee into Mathiew's ribcage.
Stone lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Zack Mathiew has been cut.
Stone with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Mathiew throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Stone blocks it with crossed arms.
Stone comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Stone lands a nice knee to the body.
Stone unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mathiew lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Stone unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mathiew lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Stone lands an elbow that stopped Mathiew in his tracks for a moment.
Mathiew misses with a knee to the head.
Mathiew is breathing heavily.
Stone throws a knee to the head but misses.
Stone lands a knee to the body.
Stone lands a knee to the head.
Stone unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mathiew lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
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!
Mathiew takes a knee right on the jaw!
Stone lands a knee to the body.
Stone lands a knee to the body.
Stone landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Stone throws a knee to the head but misses.
Mathiew with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mathiew looking to throw knees to the head but Stone is blocking nicely.
Mathiew with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Stone missing with knees to the body.
Stone throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mathiew blocks it with crossed arms.
Mathiew tries a knee to the head but Stone blocks it.
Mathiew throws a knee to the head but misses.
Stone using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mathiew has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mathiew tries a knee to the head but Stone blocks it.
Mathiew throws a knee to the head but misses.
Mathiew tries a knee to the head but Stone blocks it.
Mathiew using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Stone has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mathiew with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mathiew tries a knee to the head but Stone blocks it.
Stone misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mathiew.
Mathiew throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Stone blocks it with crossed arms.
Mathiew using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Stone has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stone misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mathiew.
Mathiew tries a knee to the head but Stone blocks it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Stone.
Stone landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Stone misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mathiew.
Mathiew looking to throw knees to the head but Stone is blocking nicely.
Stone lands a nice knee to the body.
Stone lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Stone connects with a knee to the head.
Mathiew tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Stone gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Stone.
Mathiew tries to land a knee to the head but Stone blocks with his arms.
Mathiew tries to land a knee to the head but Stone blocks with his arms.
Stone tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Stone misses with a knee to the head.
Mathiew tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Stone landing knees to the head.
Stone with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Stone landing knees to the body.
Stone using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Stone landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Mathiew tries a knee to the head but Stone blocks it.
Stone unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mathiew lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Mathiew with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Stone tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Mathiew misses with a knee strike.
Mathiew misses with a knee strike.
Stone trying to land knees to the body.
Mathiew using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Stone has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mathiew throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Stone blocks it with crossed arms.
Mathiew with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mathiew looking to throw knees to the head but Stone is blocking nicely.
Mathiew tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Mathiew throws a knee to the head but misses.
Stone lands a knee to the body.
Mathiew tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Stone lands a knee to the body.
Mathiew tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Stone.
Mathiew tries to land a knee to the head but Stone blocks with his arms.
Stone unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mathiew lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Mathiew takes an elbow to the temple.
Mathiew on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Stone comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Stone lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Stone connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mathiew's face.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stone using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mathiew has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mathiew misses with a knee to the head.
Stone lands a knee to the body.
Stone connects with a knee to the head.

Zack Mathiew's cut is getting worse.
Stone with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Stone using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mathiew has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Stone landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Stone unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mathiew lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Stone crunches a lovely knee into Mathiew's ribcage.
Mathiew misses with a knee strike.
Mathiew managing to block the knees to the body from Stone.
Mathiew looking to throw knees to the head but Stone is blocking nicely.
Mathiew tries to land a knee to the head but Stone blocks with his arms.
Mathiew misses with a knee strike.
Stone with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Stone crunches a lovely knee into Mathiew's ribcage.
Mathiew using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Stone has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mathiew misses with a knee strike.
Mathiew using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Stone has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Stone with a knee to the head.
Mathiew misses with a knee to the head.
Mathiew with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Mathiew misses with a knee to the head.
Mathiew tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mathiew misses with a knee strike.
Mathiew tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Stone trying to land knees to the body.
Mathiew misses with a knee to the head.
Mathiew throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Stone blocks it with crossed arms.
Stone using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mathiew has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stone tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Stone landing knees to the head.
Stone unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mathiew lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Stone unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mathiew lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Mathiew takes a knee right on the jaw!
Stone lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Stone.
Stone with a knee to the head.
Stone misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mathiew.
A knee to the head by Stone.
Stone throws a knee to the head but misses.
Mathiew tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Stone landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Mathiew throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Stone blocks it with crossed arms.
Mathiew avoiding damage as Stone throws knees to the body.
Stone tries to land a knee to the head but Mathiew blocks with his arms.
Mathiew tries a knee to the head but Stone blocks it.
Stone misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mathiew.
Mathiew throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Stone blocks it with crossed arms.
Mathiew throws a knee to the head but misses.
Mathiew misses with a knee to the head.
Stone gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Knees to the body from Stone.
A knee to the head by Stone.
Stone lands a knee to the head.
Stone crunches a lovely knee into Mathiew's ribcage.
Stone lands a knee to the head.
Stone trying to land knees to the body.
Mathiew tries to land a knee to the head but Stone blocks with his arms.
Mathiew tries a knee to the head but Stone blocks it.
Mathiew tries a knee to the head but Stone blocks it.
Mathiew tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Stone connects with a knee to the head.
Mathiew misses with a knee strike.
Stone lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Stone unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mathiew lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Knees in the clinch landing for Stone.
A knee to the head by Stone.
Mathiew with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stone with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Mathiew using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Stone has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mathiew tries a knee to the head but Stone blocks it.
Stone trying to land knees to the body.
Mathiew connects with a knee to the head.
Mathiew connects with a knee to the head.
Mathiew throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Stone blocks it with crossed arms.
Stone lands an elbow just above Mathiew 's eye.
Stone with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Zack Mathiew's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Stone crunches a lovely knee into Mathiew's ribcage.
Mathiew takes an elbow to the temple.
Mathiew using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Stone has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Stone tries a knee to the head but Mathiew blocks it.
Stone tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Stone with a knee to the head.
Mathiew tries to land a knee to the head but Stone blocks with his arms.
Stone with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Mathiew tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Stone with a knee to the head.
Mathiew with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mathiew misses with a knee strike.
Mathiew looking to throw knees to the head but Stone is blocking nicely.
Mathiew throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Stone blocks it with crossed arms.
Stone unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mathiew lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Stone crunches a lovely knee into Mathiew's ribcage.
Stone trying to land knees to the body.
Stone scores a nice knee to the body.
Mathiew tries a knee to the head but Stone blocks it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mathiew tries to land a knee to the head but Stone blocks with his arms.
Stone lands a knee to the head.

Jeez, Zack Mathiew's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Mathiew misses with a knee to the head.
Stone crunches a lovely knee into Mathiew's ribcage.
Mathiew takes a knee right on the jaw!
Stone unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mathiew lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Mathiew looking to throw knees to the head but Stone is blocking nicely.
Stone lands a knee to the body.
Stone lands an elbow inside.
Mathiew tries a knee to the head but Stone blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brim Stone dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Zack Mathiew's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Mathiew fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mathiew swats away the attempt to clinch by Stone.
Mathiew tries to clinch up.
Stone is looking to clinch but Mathiew is avoiding it.
Mathiew keeps the fight on the outside.
Zack Mathiew is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Stone fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mathiew moves in looking to clinch but Stone pushes him off.
Mathiew tries to clinch up.

Mathiew tries to keep at a distance but Stone has taken the fight into the clinch.
Mathiew with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Stone misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mathiew.
Mathiew with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mathiew tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Stone scores a nice knee to the body.
Stone lands a nice knee to the body.
Stone lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Mathiew misses with a knee to the head.
Mathiew with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Stone with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Stone.
Mathiew tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Mathiew misses with a knee to the head.
Mathiew throws a knee to the head but misses.
Stone lands an elbow inside that Mathiew shrugs off.
Mathiew tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mathiew connects with a nasty looking knee right to Stone's face.
Mathiew misses with a knee strike.
Stone unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mathiew lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Stone with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Stone looking to throw knees to the head but Mathiew is blocking nicely.
Stone landing knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stone unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mathiew lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Brim Stone seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Stone landing knees to the body.
Stone with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Mathiew lands a knee to the head.
Stone landing knees to the body.
Stone with a knee to the head.
Mathiew tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Stone lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Knees in the clinch landing for Stone.
Stone landing knees to the body.
Stone lands a knee to the body.
Stone with a knee to the head.
Mathiew tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Stone using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mathiew has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mathiew looking to throw knees to the head but Stone is blocking nicely.
Stone crunches a lovely knee into Mathiew's ribcage.
Mathiew avoiding damage as Stone throws knees to the body.
Stone tries to land knees in the clinch but Mathiew avoids the damage to the body.
Stone tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Stone tries to land knees in the clinch but Mathiew avoids the damage to the body.
Stone with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Mathiew throws a knee to the head but misses.
Mathiew tries a knee to the head but Stone blocks it.
Stone throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mathiew blocks it with crossed arms.
Stone landing knees to the head.
Mathiew tries to land a knee to the head but Stone blocks with his arms.
Stone crunches a lovely knee into Mathiew's ribcage.
Stone throws an elbow but it misses.
Mathiew looking to throw knees to the head but Stone is blocking nicely.
Mathiew misses with a knee strike.
Mathiew with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Stone lands an elbow just above Mathiew 's eye.
Mathiew misses with a knee strike.
Stone missing with knees to the body.
Stone has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Mathiew with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Stone landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Stone lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Stone tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stone lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Mathiew misses with a knee to the head.
Mathiew on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mathiew tries a knee to the head but Stone blocks it.
Stone lands a knee to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Stone landing knees to the body.
Mathiew looking to throw knees to the head but Stone is blocking nicely.
Knees to the body from Stone.
Stone lands a knee to the head.
Mathiew looking to throw knees to the head but Stone is blocking nicely.
Stone landing knees to the head.
Mathiew with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Stone unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mathiew lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Mathiew tries a knee to the head but Stone blocks it.
Mathiew looking to throw knees to the head but Stone is blocking nicely.
Stone missing with knees to the body.
Mathiew using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Stone has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Stone using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Mathiew tries to land a knee to the head but Stone blocks with his arms.
Knees in the clinch landing for Stone.
Stone lands a knee to the body.
Mathiew with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Knees to the body from Stone.
Mathiew tries a knee to the head but Stone blocks it.
Stone lands a nice knee to the body.
Mathiew throws a knee to the head but misses.
Stone unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mathiew lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Mathiew takes a knee right on the jaw!
Mathiew tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mathiew using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Stone has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mathiew tries to land a knee to the head but Stone blocks with his arms.
Stone misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mathiew.
Stone with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Stone unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mathiew lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Stone scores with a knee to the head.
Mathiew misses with a knee strike.
Mathiew managing to block the knees to the body from Stone.
Mathiew tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Mathiew throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Stone blocks it with crossed arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stone scores with a knee to the head.
Mathiew connects with a knee to the head.
Mathiew looking to throw knees to the head but Stone is blocking nicely.
Stone with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Stone misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mathiew.
Stone landing knees to the body.
Stone using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Stone scores a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Stone.
Knees to the body from Stone.
Stone unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mathiew lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Mathiew takes an elbow to the temple.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Brim Stone!