PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vincent Van Gogh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stann Stone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Van Gogh might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Carl Orff - O Fortuna. Stone has chosen BLUNT- as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Van Gogh
vs
Stone

185 cm
24
224 lbs
8 - 3 - 1

190 cm
24
222 lbs
12 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Good gas tank

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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 8 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Vincent Van Gogh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Stann Stone!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Damien Edna and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Gogh swings for the body but Stone moves out of range.
Stone throws a body kick that misses.
Van Gogh throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Van Gogh checks the leg kick.
Stone ducks under a wild hook from Van Gogh.
Stone tries a head kick but it misses.
Van Gogh tried to score with a low kick but Stone checks it.
Van Gogh looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Stone throws a head kick that half lands.
Van Gogh throws a leg kick but Stone sees it coming and moves out of range.
Stone checks a leg kick.
Van Gogh throws a body punch but Stone moves out of range.
Van Gogh misses with a body kick.
Van Gogh throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Stone counters with a nice uppercut.
Van Gogh blocks a head kick by Stone.
Stone connects with a leg kick. Van Gogh looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Van Gogh crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Stone - the referee stops the clock and Van Gogh gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Stone. Van Gogh manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stone lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

Van Gogh gets tackled into the cage by Stone. Stone maintains the clinch.
Stone with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Van Gogh misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Stone lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Stone missing with knees to the body.
Stone prevents Van Gogh from breaking the clinch.
Van Gogh struggles to land a body shot inside as Stone controls his hands.
Stone looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Stone misses with an elbow over the top.
Stone looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Van Gogh lands a nice shot to the body.
Van Gogh avoids the elbow strike from Stone, against the cage.
Van Gogh doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stone lands an elbow inside that Van Gogh shrugs off.
A knee to the head by Stone.
Van Gogh takes an elbow to the forehead.
Van Gogh takes an elbow to the forehead.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Stone.
Stone blocking some punches.
Van Gogh misses with a hook to the ribs.
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 pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Van Gogh fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Stone blocks an uppercut.
Van Gogh can't find room to land a body shot as Stone controls the action.
Stone throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Van Gogh blocks it with crossed arms.
Van Gogh on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Stone lands a damaging elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stone pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Stone crunches a lovely knee into Van Gogh's ribcage.
Stone tries to land knees in the clinch but Van Gogh avoids the damage to the body.
Van Gogh is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Stone lands a shot to the body.
Stone pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Van Gogh is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Stone is defending well.
Van Gogh dodges an elbow strike from Stone.
Stone comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Van Gogh wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Stone.
Van Gogh blocks an elbow strike.
Stone trying to land knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Gogh tries to work over Stone's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Stone lands an elbow just above Van Gogh 's eye.
Stone tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Stone goes for a takedown attempt but Van Gogh pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Van Gogh throws a leg kick but Stone moved away.
Vincent Van Gogh is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Van Gogh swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Van Gogh throws a low kick but Stone moves out of range easily.
Stone looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Van Gogh circles away from the clinch attempt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Van Gogh throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Van Gogh misses the shot to the body.
Stone does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Stone scoring well with a low kick there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stann Stone dominated that round.
That's time! Van Gogh's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Stone thumps Van Gogh with a low kick.
Stone scores with a push kick.
Van Gogh connects with a looping right hand.
Stone wants to slow Van Gogh down by chopping away at his legs.
Van Gogh connects with a nice looking jab.
Stann Stone seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A chopping leg kick lands by Stone.
Stone throws a leg kick that misses.
Van Gogh comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Van Gogh tries to land a front kick but Stone steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Van Gogh waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Stone.
Stone scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Van Gogh takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Van Gogh misses with a wild body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Van Gogh throws a leg kick that misses.
Van Gogh throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Van Gogh misses.
Stone tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Stone fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Van Gogh lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Stone fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Van Gogh.
A bone on bone clash there as Stone blocks the leg kick.
Stone dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Van Gogh. That did some damage!
Stone looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Stone moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Van Gogh stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Stone.
Stone lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Van Gogh swings for the body but Stone moves out of range.
Van Gogh fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Stone has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Van Gogh on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Stone pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Stone throws a chopping leg kick but Van Gogh manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

Stone darts in and clinches Van Gogh up against the cage.
Stann Stone seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Van Gogh blocks the elbow strike.
Stone wants a takedown.
Van Gogh swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Van Gogh scores with a nice hook to the head.
Van Gogh blocks an elbow strike.
Stone takes an elbow to the temple.
Van Gogh lands an elbow that stopped Stone in his tracks for a moment.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Stone just misses with a elbow thrown towards Van Gogh's brow.
Stone lands an elbow inside that Van Gogh shrugs off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Stone.
Van Gogh is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Stone creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Van Gogh's defenses.
Stone lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Stone lands an elbow just above Van Gogh 's eye.
Stone can't find room to land a body shot as Van Gogh controls the action.
Van Gogh takes an elbow to the forehead.
Stone lands a nice elbow.
Stone pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Van Gogh goes for a takedown in the clinch but Stone prevents it.
With the fighters up against the cage, Van Gogh throws an elbow but misses.
Van Gogh looking to throw knees to the head but Stone is blocking nicely.
Nice elbow from Stone.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Van Gogh.
Stone creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Stone tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stone lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Stone blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Van Gogh blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Stone pushes off an throws an elbow but Van Gogh leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Stone pushes off an throws an elbow but Van Gogh leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Van Gogh blocks an elbow strike from Stone.
Stone lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Stone tries to land knees in the clinch but Van Gogh avoids the damage to the body.
Stone misses with an elbow over the top.
Van Gogh misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stann Stone showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Van Gogh misses with a wild body shot.
Van Gogh fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stone manages to avoid it.
Van Gogh throws a low kick but it's checked well by Stone.
Van Gogh is looking to wear down Stone with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Stone tries to close the distance and clinch but Van Gogh swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A low kick from Van Gogh misses
and Stone counters with a huge head kick that drops Van Gogh! The ref dives in to stop the fight and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:22 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Stann Stone!
During a confident post fight interview, Stann Stone thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.