PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Harry Kane (ranked 3459 p4p, 2995 weight class) and Marcus St Stone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kane
vs
St Stone

195 cm
37
245
13 - 8 - 0

196 cm
40
283
28 - 40 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Brown Belt
Great elbows
Good gas tank

The Huntington New Age Wellness Community

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Harry Kane!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 40 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marcus St Stone!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Robert Douchet and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kane ducks down and throws a hook to the body but St Stone moves away.
Kane lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
St Stone doesn't manage to clinch there - Kane circles away.
St Stone showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kane.

St Stone tries to keep at a distance but Kane has taken the fight into the clinch.
Kane lands a right hand that snaps the head of St Stone backwards.
A short uppercut from Kane.

It looks like Marcus St Stone has been cut.

Kane breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

St Stone clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kane tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A hook to the body from Kane.
Kane blocks the elbow strike.
Kane blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
St Stone looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Kane has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Kane breaks the clinch.
Kane avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Stone tries to clinch but Kane is having none of it.
Kane went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.

St Stone drives through and clinches with Kane against the cage.

Kane manages to break the clinch.
St Stone fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kane swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
St Stone bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kane connects with a body shot that sends St Stone's belly button to the back.
St Stone looks to clinch
and Kane counters with a nice uppercut.
St Stone tries to clinch but Kane moves out of range.
Kane avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Kane drops St Stone with a right and a left! Kane comes rushing in but St Stone regains his composure and manages to keep Kane in guard.

St Stone is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kane's corner is telling him to maintain position.
St Stone is still in real trouble! Can Kane finish him?
Kane slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
You can see the frustration on St Stone's face as Kane controls the position.

Kane thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
St Stone seems to have recovered his senses.
Kane wants to control but St Stone is keeping him busy.
Kane tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kane is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but St Stone is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Kane looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Kane looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
St Stone wants to control but Kane postures up.
St Stone looks to move to half guard but instead Kane has passed into mount! Damn!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Stone is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Kane misses with a head shot.
Kane looking to ground and pound but St Stone is blocking nicely.

Kane is working for a guillotine from mount but St Stone frees his head quite easily.
Kane misses with a head shot.
St Stone is trying desperately to improve position.

Kane is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but St Stone is surviving well by controlling Kane's body position as best he can.
St Stone tries to improve his position but instead Kane has taken his back!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Stone tries to escape the position.
Kane has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
St Stone is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

Kane is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. St Stone is defending well though. Kane let's go of the attempt for now.

Kane has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
St Stone tries to break free.
We've been hearing good reports from Kane's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.

Kane looking for the choke but no joy.
You can see the frustration on St Stone's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.

Kane is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but St Stone has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Harry Kane dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Marcus St Stone's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

St Stone displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kane throws out the jab.
St Stone fails in his attempt to clinch.
St Stone moves to clinch but Kane breaks away
and Kane counters with a lovely straight right hand!
St Stone wants to clinch but Kane slips to the side
and Kane counters with a slapping leg kick.
St Stone tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kane paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - St Stone looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
St Stone fails with an attempt to clinch.
St Stone tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kane swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kane throws a big counter combination but St Stone scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kane rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but St Stone moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
St Stone fails in his attempt to clinch.
St Stone tries to clinch but Kane moves away
and Kane counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Kane moves into the clinch successfully.
St Stone throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Stone has a couple of punches blocked by Kane.
St Stone pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kane is trying to break the clinch but St Stone is controlling him.
With the fighters up against the cage, St Stone throws an elbow but misses.
Kane misses with a punch on the inside.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Kane here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
St Stone controlling the action here for a moment.
Kane blocks an uppercut.
Kane blocks an elbow strike from St Stone.
St Stone throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kane is looking to break free of the clinch but St Stone has double underhooks.
St Stone gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Harry Kane has been cut.

Kane breaks from the clinch.
Kane throws a hook to the side of St Stone's head but St Stone sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
St Stone tries to close the distance and clinch but Kane swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kane circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kane appears to be looking for a big counter.
St Stone tries to close the distance and clinch but Kane swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
St Stone fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kane appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Stone wants to clinch.
St Stone wants to clinch.
St Stone fails in his attempt to clinch.
St Stone wants to clinch up but Kane keeps it at a distance.
Marcus St Stone seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kane circles away from the clinch attempt.
St Stone tries to clinch there but Kane circles away.
Kane swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
St Stone tries to close the distance and clinch but Kane swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
St Stone wants to clinch up but Kane keeps it at a distance.
Kane seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
St Stone closes the distance but Kane moves to the side
and St Stone takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That has opened up Marcus St Stone's cut even more.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kane lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
St Stone tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
St Stone tries to clinch but Kane moves out of range.
Harry Kane is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
St Stone tries to clinch there but Kane circles away.
St Stone tries to clinch but Kane moves out of range.

St Stone closes the distance and pushes Kane back into the cage.
Kane misses with a hook from the clinch.
St Stone tries a knee to the head but Kane blocks it.

Kane pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
St Stone wants to clinch but Kane slips to the side
and Kane counters with a nice uppercut.
St Stone fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kane connects with a body shot.
St Stone checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
St Stone tries to clinch but Kane is having none of it.

Kane waves his right hand out in front of him, looking to distract St Stone. Oh, he's unloaded a beast of a left hand - it worked! He's dropped St Stone to the canvas! Can he finish him!?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kane throwing strikes from guard but St Stone blocks nicely.
Kane forces his way into half guard.
St Stone is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Kane is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Kane thows a huge punch but St Stone dodges it nicely.

Kane is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Kane is looking for a kimura here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kane controlling the action here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Harry Kane dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

St Stone doesn't manage to clinch there - Kane circles away.
Some wild striking there from Kane.
Kane avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kane was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
St Stone moves to clinch but Kane breaks away
and Kane counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kane keeps the fight on the outside.

Kane moves into the clinch successfully.

Kane breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kane is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that St Stone can do to turn this around?
A leg kick checked by St Stone.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

St Stone drives through and clinches with Kane against the cage.
Kane misses with some punches.
Kane tries to throw a body punch but St Stone avoids it by throwing Kane back against the cage.
St Stone is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
St Stone misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kane.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Stone looking to throw knees to the head but Kane is blocking nicely.
St Stone gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Kane breaks the clinch.
A bone on bone clash there as St Stone blocks the leg kick.

St Stone clinches up with Kane and pushes him back against the cage.
St Stone misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kane is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kane working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Kane misses with a body punch.
A left hand lands to the body for Kane.
Kane is looking to break free of the clinch but St Stone has double underhooks.

Kane works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kane in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Kane is stalling in the full guard.
Kane trying to control but St Stone is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

St Stone working for a triangle but Kane defends it easily.

St Stone has his foot on Kane's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Kane works his way back into a safe position though.
Kane forces his way into half guard.
St Stone wants to get back to full guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Kane is looking for a kimura but St Stone is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Kane to get the leverage.

St Stone actively working from the bottom here.
St Stone really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Kane. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Kane is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, St Stone has managed to free his arm - good work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kane seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Harry Kane is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kane passes to full mount!
St Stone really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

St Stone defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Kane.

Kane wants to finish this one by submission but St Stone is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Kane.

Kane working for a submission but St Stone is keeping him at bay.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Stone is working to get back to half guard.
St Stone is still trying to improve position.
Kane misses with a head shot.
St Stone is looking to improve his position but Kane isn't that keen on the idea.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Marcus St Stone has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
St Stone holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Kane tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.

And that's the end of the fight!
Harry Kane showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Kane, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:26
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Harry Kane!
An out of breath Harry Kane thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.