You can try to stop it in the `pre_comment_on_post` hook
add_action('pre_comment_on_post', 'no_wp_comments');
function no_wp_comments() {
wp_die('No comments');
}
I use this when I use Facebook comments instead of Wordpress comments.
Here is a similar example with an anonymous function:
add_action('pre_comment_on_post', create_function( '','wp_die("No comments");'));
but I prefer the first example, it's easier to modify.