PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gabriel Forest (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stann Stone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stone has chosen BLUNT- "The Iron Maiden" as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Forest
vs
Stone

185 cm
21
210 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

190 cm
23
222 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Powerful

Australian Xtreme - 159 Energy + Stamina!
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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 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Gabriel Forest!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Stann Stone!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, John Mangel and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stone gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Forest misses with a looping right.
Stone throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Forest lands with a shot to the body.
Stone slips under a jab from Forest.
Stone chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Forest throws out a powerful jab.

It looks like Stann Stone has been cut.
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!
Stone connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Forest throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Forest throws a nice looking combination but Stone bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Forest works the jab nicely.

Stone fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Forest, pushing him back against the cage.
Forest wants to get back to striking at distance but Stone won't allow it.
Stone misses with an elbow over the top.
Forest managing to block the knees to the body from Stone.
Forest is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Stone.
Forest stops a takedown attempt from Stone.
Forest is trying to push Stone away but Stone has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Stone lands a damaging elbow.

Stone lands a takedown into guard.
Stone trying to control the position from guard on top but Forest is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Stone's corner is telling him to maintain position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stone with a flurry of punches that miss.
Stone slips nicely into half guard.
Forest is looking to get back to full guard here but Stone has managed to pass to side control instead.
Forest knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Stone on the ground.
Forest tries to improve position but can't.
Stone is looking to take a break and control but Forest is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Forest struggling a bit here.
Stone sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Forest is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Stone wants to control but Forest is keeping him busy.
Forest is looking to reverse the position.
Stone has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Stone looking to control and managing it successfully.
Forest's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Forest tries to hold on but Stone postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stone controlling the position easily from mount.
Stone raining down shots from the mount!
Forest is bucking up trying to escape but Stone cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Stone is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Forest can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Stone sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Stone lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Forest on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Forest tries to get out of the position.
Stone raining down hammerfists from mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stone sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Forest in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Stone landing strikes, looking to finish!
Stone cracks Forest with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Stone looking to control but Forest is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Stone takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Poor strikes thrown by Stone there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Forest tries to hold on but Stone postures up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stone looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Forest covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Stann Stone!