PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hunter Stone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sabu Fatu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Stone
vs
Fatu

199 cm
18
199 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

194 cm
20
212 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Boomerang! Nutrition and Development Center

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hunter Stone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sabu Fatu!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Matheus Silva and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stone tries to clinch but Fatu is having none of it.
Fatu drops Stone with a left and a right! Oh, Stone is hurt - Fatu dives into side control looking to finish!

Stone is rocked!

It looks like Hunter Stone has been cut.
Fatu controls the position.
Stone is looking to reverse the position.
Fatu is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Stone will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Stone is breathing heavily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fatu working the ground and pound but Stone is defending the strikes.
Fatu happy to just control the position for now.
Fatu wants to lay and pray for a moment but Stone keeps working.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Despite being in the dominant position, Sabu Fatu just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Fatu lands a jab-cross combination.
Fatu lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Fatu cracks Stone with a big right hand and Stone goes down!
Oh Stone is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Stone working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Fatu.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fatu controlling from the top position.
Stone seems to have got his legs back now.
Stone tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Stone keeping moving, preventing Fatu from controlling successfully.
Fatu might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Stone kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Fatu throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Stone works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stone keeping moving, preventing Fatu from controlling successfully.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Fatu scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Fatu scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Fatu throws a series of punches but Stone moves out of range.
Stone avoids a punch combination nicely.
Stone fails with the takedown.
Stone slips a jab and a cross from Fatu.
Fatu tries to score with a low kick but Stone moves his leg out of the way.
Fatu connects with a nice looking jab.
No joy there for Fatu, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
No joy there for Fatu, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Fatu looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Horrible takedown by Stone or perhaps it was just good defense by Fatu which made him look bad.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Stone checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Fatu connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Stone momentarily.
Fatu lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Fatu lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Stone backs up against the cage.
Sabu Fatu is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fatu throws a nice looking combination but Stone bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sabu Fatu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fatu misses with a jab, cross combination.
Fatu cracks Stone with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Fatu throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Stone.
Stone throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Fatu's waist but Fatu gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Stone off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hunter Stone. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Danga de danga de dang - Fatu scores with a four punch combination!
Fatu misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Fatu is working the combinations to good effect here.
Stone tries to close the distance and clinch up but Fatu swats him away and circles back towards the center.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A combination from Fatu does no damage.
Stone shoots in but no luck this time.
Fatu scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Fatu wants to clinch up but Stone keeps it at a distance.
Fatu sends Stone crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Fatu is motioning to the referee to let Stone up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sabu Fatu dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hunter Stone's cut.
That's time! Stone's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

A big right followed by a crushing left from Fatu knocks Stone out cold! Ouch - that one's going to be featured in highlight reels for years to come!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Sabu Fatu!