PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Martin Stone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Queensberry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stone kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genuis that is God Save the Queen. 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.

Stone
vs
Queensberry

190 cm
22
216 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

188 cm
18
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

NCC: Nemesis Cage Clothing

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Martin Stone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jack Queensberry!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, William Gold and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Queensberry misses with a series of wild punches.
Stone avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A combination from Stone does no damage.
Queensberry tries to clinch up but Stone circles away and keeps his distance.
Stone throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Stone looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Stone keeps the fight on the outside.
Queensberry moves in looking to clinch but Stone pushes him off.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Queensberry.
Stone fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Queensberry manages to avoid it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Queensberry looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nice takedown defense from Queensberry. No joy for Stone on that attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Queensberry rushes Stone and presses him up against the cage.
Stone looking for a takedown.

Queensberry breaks the clinch.
Stone tries to clinch there but Queensberry circles away.

Stone scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Stone is breathing heavily.
Queensberry pushes Stone off looking to stand but Stone dives back in and keeps control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stone is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Queensberry trying to control here.
Queensberry wants to get back to full guard.
Queensberry is looking to escape.
Queensberry wants to get back to full guard but Stone has mounted him!

Stone working for a guillotine from mount but Queensberry is in no mood to give up.
Queensberry really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Queensberry is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Stone working the ground and pound effectively.
A nice elbow there by Stone.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Stone prevents Queensberry from getting the reversal.
BOOM! Stone connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Stone tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Stone wants to control the pace but Queensberry is squirming around nicely.
Queensberry is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Stone takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Queensberry tries to hold on but Stone postures up.
Queensberry is looking to get to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Queensberry tries to lock up and control but Stone gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Queensberry tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Queensberry is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Queensberry is looking to improve his position but Stone isn't that keen on the idea.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Stone working Queensberry over with strikes here.
Stone trying to control but Queensberry is having none of it.
Queensberry tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Stone tries to control but Queensberry wriggling away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Queensberry tries to lock up and control but Stone gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Queensberry really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Stone postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Queensberry looks a forlorn figure.
Queensberry keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Stone working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Stone controlling from mount.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Queensberry tries to lock up and control but Stone gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Stone looking to control but Queensberry is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Martin Stone dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Queensberry tries to clinch but Stone is having none of it.
Martin Stone seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stone connects with the punch.
Horrible takedown by Queensberry or perhaps it was just good defense by Stone which made him look bad.
Stone swinging wilding here.
Queensberry is looking to clinch.
Queensberry with a poor takedown

and Stone counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Stone connects with a couple of short punches.
Queensberry is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Stone won't allow Queensberry to sweep him here.
Stone is pushing down on Queensberry's leg trying to pass to half guard. Queensberry is fighting to maintain full guard but Stone has managed to sneak the leg through.
Queensberry moves into full guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Stone wants to control from the top but Queensberry keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stone stopping the sweep attempt from Queensberry.

Stone gets to his feet - Queensberry follows without any prompting.

Stone gets caught flat footed, as Queensberry shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Queensberry trying to control the position from guard on top but Stone is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Stone not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Queensberry would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Stone pulls Queensberry in close to his closed guard and prevents Queensberry from doing any damage or advancing position.
Stone wants to get back to his feet but Queensberry is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Stone keeping moving, preventing Queensberry from controlling successfully.
Stone looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Queensberry has his takedown stuffed

and Stone counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Martin Stone has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack Queensberry.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stone lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Stone throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Queensberry keeping moving, preventing Stone from controlling successfully.
Queensberry manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Stone tries to hold on but Queensberry postures up.
Stone is wriggling around trying to escape.
Queensberry with good strikes from the mount here!
Queensberry with the ground and pound from mount.
Queensberry landing strikes, looking to finish!
Martin Stone overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Queensberry lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Stone is looking to improve his position but Queensberry isn't that keen on the idea.
Stone tries to hold on but Queensberry postures up.
Stone is in a horrible position here. Queensberry smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Stone can't escape the position.
Queensberry trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Queensberry looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Martin Stone dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Queensberry lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Queensberry lands a two punch combo.
Queensberry wants to clinch up but Stone keeps it at a distance.
Stone with a poor takedown

and Queensberry counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Stone!
Stone is wriggling around trying to escape.
Queensberry landing strikes from the mount and Stone is in trouble!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Queensberry lands a big elbow.
Queensberry has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Stone's face.
Queensberry with shots to the head and body - Stone looks very uncomfortable down there.
Stone really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Queensberry working the ground and pound effectively.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Stone tries to hold on but Queensberry postures up.
Queensberry raining down shots from the mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Queensberry working for a guillotine from mount but Stone is in no mood to give up.
Queensberry tries to control but Stone wriggling away.
Stone is wriggling around trying to escape.
Queensberry tries to control but Stone wriggling away.
Stone tries to lock up and control but Queensberry gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Queensberry lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Stone hang on?
Queensberry lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Stone is working to get back to half guard.
Queensberry with a couple of short strikes.
Stone is desperately trying to improve his position but Queensberry has a good base and remains in mount.
Queensberry punishing his opponent with strikes.
Stone is wriggling around trying to escape.
Stone is bucking up trying to escape but Queensberry cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Queensberry is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Stone is trying desperately to improve position.
Queensberry fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Stone is desperately trying to improve his position but Queensberry has a good base and remains in mount.
Queensberry tries to control but Stone wriggling away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Queensberry lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Stone hang on?
Queensberry putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Stone is bucking up trying to escape but Queensberry cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Stone is trying to escape the mount.
Queensberry looking to control but Stone is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Stone on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Stone tries to get out of the position.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Queensberry cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Stone is bucking up trying to escape but Queensberry cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Stone is working to get back to half guard.
Stone tries to hold on but Queensberry pushes him away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Queensberry with the ground and pound from mount.
Stone takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Queensberry trying to control but Stone is having none of it.
Queensberry postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Stone looks a forlorn figure.
Queensberry lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Stone tries to hold on but Queensberry pushes him away.
Stone is working to get back to half guard.
Queensberry fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

And that's the end of the fight!
Jack Queensberry comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Stone 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight for Jack Queensberry!
Judge William Gold scores the fight for Jack Queensberry!
Judge James Glass scores the fight for Jack Queensberry!

Jack Queensberry wins by unanimous decision!