PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Brand (ranked 1567 p4p, 1378 weight class) and Marcus St Stone (ranked 47 p4p, 40 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Brand
vs
St Stone

198 cm
34
270
20 - 15 - 2

196 cm
31
282
17 - 24 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

BJJ Brown Belt
World class MT
Good gas tank

Vegan Gains

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 15 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Daniel Brand!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 24 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marcus St Stone!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Colin Fotheringham and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

St Stone pushes Brand up against the cage in a clinch.
St Stone throws a knee to the head but misses.
St Stone lands an elbow that stopped Brand in his tracks for a moment.
St Stone stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Knees in the clinch landing for St Stone.
St Stone gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
St Stone using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Brand has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A frustrated look appears on Brand's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Brand is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
St Stone tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Brand's elbow.
Brand wants to break the clinch but can't.
St Stone's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
St Stone throws an elbow but it misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A knee to the head by St Stone.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from St Stone.
St Stone is pushing Brand up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
St Stone continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
St Stone tries a knee to the head but Brand blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice elbow from St Stone.
St Stone creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Brand looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
St Stone tries a body shot but Brand blocks it.
St Stone lands a knee to the body.
St Stone has Brand pushed against the cage.
St Stone looking to throw knees to the head but Brand is blocking nicely.
St Stone lands an elbow just above Brand 's eye.
St Stone lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Daniel Brand has been cut.
St Stone gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
St Stone lands an elbow inside that Brand shrugs off.
St Stone comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Brand wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but St Stone has him pressed against the cage.
St Stone throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Brand blocks it with crossed arms.
St Stone lands an elbow inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
St Stone creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Brand's defenses.
Brand blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Brand takes an elbow to the temple.
St Stone lands an elbow inside that Brand shrugs off.
St Stone misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Brand is trying to break free.
Brand wants to break the clinch but can't.
St Stone lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Daniel Brand's cut is getting worse.
Nice elbow from St Stone.
St Stone lands an elbow inside.
St Stone misses with a knee strike.
St Stone creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Brand's defenses.
St Stone stalling against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
St Stone pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
St Stone trying to land knees to the body.
St Stone has Brand pressed against the cage, preventing Brand from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Stone swings away with an uppercut that misses.
St Stone lands an elbow just above Brand 's eye.

Daniel Brand's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Brand has had enough of the clinch but St Stone keeps him there for the moment.
Brand is trying to force a seperation but St Stone has the dominant position.
St Stone tries a body shot but Brand blocks it.
St Stone with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
St Stone misses with a knee strike.
St Stone throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
St Stone lands an elbow inside.
St Stone lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
St Stone lands an elbow inside.
We've been informed that St Stone has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
St Stone lands an elbow inside.

Jeez, Daniel Brand's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
St Stone keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Brand's efforts to push away.
St Stone scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Brand takes an elbow to the temple.
St Stone will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Brand up against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Brand's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brand takes an elbow to the temple.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Marcus St Stone!
Marcus St Stone spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.