PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Andrew West (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Stone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). West's entrance music is Roy Jones - Can't be touched. A fine choice. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

West
vs
Stone

180 cm
23
184 lbs
13 - 10 - 0

185 cm
19
177 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Good kicks
Heavy handed

KAISER Nutrition - Q160/$250

Conviction
Museum of Monsters & Madmen

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Andrew West!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jack Stone!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Roger Salmon and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
West uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Stone.
West throws a left and a right that both miss
and Stone counters with a thumping low kick.
Stone pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
West will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A combination from West does no damage.
Stone throws out a leg kick but West moves out of range and Stone only half commits.
West looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
We've been told by West's head coaches at SP ICON sucks donkey dick that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
West throws a head kick that misses.
West swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
West tries to bum rush Stone with a series of wild strikes but Stone uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
West throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Stone.
Stone connects with a looping right hand.
Stone throws an uppercut from half a mile away. West sees it coming and avoids it easily.
West throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
West buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Stone showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from West.
West misses with a series of wild punches.
Stone throws a hook but West blocks it.
Stone goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

It looks like Andrew West has been cut.
Stone takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Stone throws an uppercut from half a mile away. West sees it coming and avoids it easily.
West throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Stone on the side of the head.
West misses with a two punch combination.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Stone! But no joy.
West's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and West duly obliges.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stone walks into a jab.
West throws a sloppy head kick and Stone moves out of range easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Stone gets in close and instigates a clinch.
West tries a body shot but Stone blocks it.
West misses with an elbow over the top.
Stone misses with a punch on the inside.
Stone tries to throw a body punch but West avoids it by throwing Stone back against the cage.
Stone blocks a body shot from West.
Stone fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Stone.
West misses with an elbow over the top.
West wants to get back to striking at distance but Stone won't allow it.
West throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by West.
Stone tried to land a shot to the body but connects with West's elbow.
Stone misses with a punch on the inside.
West misses with a short punch on the inside.
Stone avoids a wild elbow strike from West.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
West wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Stone lands a shoulder strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Stone.

West pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
West fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Stone appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Stone moves out of range of the strikes.
Stone tries a quick counter leg kick but West is wise to it.
West scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
A slow jab from Stone misses its intended target.
Stone throws a hook but West avoids it easily.
West lands the left hand.
West fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
West throws a hook to the side of Stone's head but Stone sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
West displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Stone throws out the jab.
West moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
West shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Stone eats them both and turns towards West to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Danga de danga de dang - West scores with a four punch combination!
Stone connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
West fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Stone checks it well.
Stone looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Stone misses with a straight left.
West swinging wildly here.
Nice shot by Stone.
West misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stone.
Stone avoids the body shot from West.
West is working the combinations to good effect here.
West avoids a kick to the body.
West is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Stone.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
West avoids a kick to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Stone lands an overhand right.
West keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Stone.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by West!
A punch lands to the side of West 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Andrew West is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
West keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
West quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
West rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Stone moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
West throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Stone swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
West thuds his right hand into Stone's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
West misses the jab.
Andrew West seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
West lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Stone circles away quickly and effectively.
Stone listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
West fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
West throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Stone counters with a left to the body.
Andrew West is winning the standup battle so far.
West throws a combination that misses
and Stone cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Andrew West's cut is getting worse.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stone dodges the punch combination from West.
An inside leg kick lands from Stone.
Stone on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Stone tries to bum rush West with a series of wild strikes but West uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Stone throws a nice looking combination but West bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Stone avoids a punch combination nicely.
West tries to bum rush Stone with a series of wild strikes but Stone uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
West lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
West misses with a two punch combination.
West is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Stone can do to turn this around?
Stone lands with a cross.
A big left from Stone misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
West moves out of range as Stone strikes.
West lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
West throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
West throws a head kick that misses
and Stone counters with a stiff right hand.
West misses with a series of wild punches.
West swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Stone counters with a straight right hand.

West is rocked!
Stone throws a sloppy body shot
and West counters with a series of strikes. Stone will be more careful next time no doubt.
West throws the kick towards the body but Stone avoids it.
West tries to move into range but Stone moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Oh West is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Andrew West's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
West throws a nice looking combination but Stone bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
West throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Stone throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
West seems to have got his legs back now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
West misses with a wild combination.
West shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Stone eats them both and turns towards West to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Some wild striking there from West.
West has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Stone finds it's way round the side to connect with West's head.
Stone takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
West will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
West throws a nice looking combination but Stone bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
No joy there for West, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stone slips a jab and a cross from West.
West falls off balance throwing a combination
and Stone counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Stone fails with an attempt to clinch.
Stone avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stone misses with a lunging right hand
and West counters with a left and a right that stings Stone.
Stone checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Stone throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Stone bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Danga de danga de dang - West scores with a four punch combination!
West tries to bum rush Stone with a series of wild strikes but Stone uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
No joy there for West, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
West has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Stone.
West throws a series of punches but Stone moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andrew West dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Andrew West's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

No joy there for West, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A punch combination from West misses.
Stone with a jab.
A bone on bone clash there as Stone blocks the leg kick.
Stone misses with a straight right.
West doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
West throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Stone.
West uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Stone.
West cracks Stone with a right hand to the side of the head.
Stone blocks a head kick by West.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
West is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Stone.
Stone looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
West misses with a combination
and West takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Some wild striking there from West.

That's one minute gone in the round.
West throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Stone.

Stone clinches up against the cage.
West throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Stone avoids the elbow strike from West, against the cage.
Stone has West pressed against the cage, preventing West from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Stone lands a body punch in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Stone fails to land.
Stone tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Stone lands with a short shot to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, West just misses with a elbow thrown towards Stone's brow.
Stone tries to work over West's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

West escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Some wild striking there from West.
Stone looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Jack Stone has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from West.
West lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by West.
West tries to bum rush Stone with a series of wild strikes but Stone uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Stone feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Wests jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stone dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
West throws a low kick but Stone avoids it.
Stone looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Stone ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A slow jab from Stone misses its intended target.
West swinging wildly here.
West throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
West misses with a double jab.
Stone looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
West misses with a two punch combination.
West looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Stone lands with a cross.

Jeez, Andrew West's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
West throws a low kick, looking for Stone's leg but Stone calmly moves out of range.
West lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Stone circles away quickly and effectively.
West slips a jab from Stone.

Stone gets a clinch.
A frustrated look appears on West's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Stone scores with a shot to the side of West's head.
West blocks an uppercut.

West breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Stone throws a body punch but West moves out of range.
Stone misses with a looping right.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
West will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
West throws a combination. Stone tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stone goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
West fails to land with a series of punches.
Stone lands with a good body shot.
Stone checks the leg kick.
West's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Stone connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! West scrambles back to his feet.
Stone has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
West fails to land with a series of punches.
Stone lands with a thumping leg kick.
Stone throws out a loose jab but West uses good head movement to avoid it.
Andrew West is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Stone lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but West circles away quickly and effectively.
West is looking for a counter combo.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Jack Stone.
I think West has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Josh West scores the fight 30:27
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Andrew West!
Andrew West decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.