PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kron Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thomas Stark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie comes to the cage accompanied by The Bravery - time won't let me go. Stark has chosen Cmon Feel The Noise as his entrance music. 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.

Gracie
vs
Stark

190 cm
21
218 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

191 cm
25
217 lbs
10 - 1 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Shango Designs

Bio-Tech Industries

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 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kron Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thomas Stark!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Gwen Towbar and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gracie misses the jab.
Gracie looks to land a body kick but Stark moved away.
Gracie throws a wild body kick that Stark sees coming a mile off.
Gracie misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Stark misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Stark misses with a wild combination.
Stark scoring well with a low kick there.

Stark clinches.
Stark lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Stark looking to throw knees to the head but Gracie is blocking nicely.
Stark misses with a knee to the head.
Gracie avoiding damage as Stark throws knees to the body.

Gracie breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Stark is looking to clinch but Gracie is avoiding it.
Gracie keeps the fight on the outside.
Gracie lands a jab to Stark's midsection.
Good exchange - Gracie coming out on top.
Gracie misses with a looping right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stark throws a head kick that half lands.
Gracie moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Stark looks to score with a jab to the body but Gracie is just out of range.
Thomas Stark seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Stark takes the fight into the clinch.
Gracie tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Stark tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Gracie breaks from the clinch.
Gracie looks to land a left hand but Stark moved out of range nicely.
Gracie blocks the body kick.
Stark swinging wilding here.
Stark looks to land a combination. Gracie sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Stark stuffs the takedown attempt from Gracie. Gracie gets slowly back to his feet.
Gracie misses with an uppercut.
Thomas Stark is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Stark blocks a head kick by Gracie.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stark throws a head kick that Gracie semi-blocks.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gracie throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gracie ducks under a wild hook from Stark.
Gracie looks to throw a body kick
and Stark counters with a leg kick.
Gracie misses with a jab, cross combination.
Stark takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Stark moves out of range of the strikes.
Gracie throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Stark throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

Stark has Gracie up against the cage in a clinch.
Stark lands a hook to the side of the head.
Stark misses with a knee to the head.
Gracie lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Stark tries to land knees in the clinch but Gracie avoids the damage to the body.
Stark blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Stark lands an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stark lands a good knee to the midsection. Gracie won't want to take too many of those.
A nice left hand lands by Stark.
Stark throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gracie blocks it with crossed arms.
Stark softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Stark misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gracie.
Gracie throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Gracie lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Stark backwards.
Gracie lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Stark backwards.
Gracie throws a head punch that misses.
Stark unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gracie lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gracie controlling the action here for a moment.
Stark trying to land knees to the body.
Stark doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Stark lands a body shot.
Stark connects with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is trying to force a seperation but Stark has the dominant position.
Stark tries a knee to the head but Gracie blocks it.
Stark lands a hook that snaps the head of Gracie backwards.
Stark with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Stark lands an uppercut.
Gracie tries to pull guard but Stark holds him up against the cage and eventually Gracie drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kron Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Stark blocks an uppercut.
Stark lands a knee to the body.
Gracie is breathing heavily.
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!
Stark throws a knee to the head but misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Stark.
Gracie misses with some punches.
Gracie takes an elbow to the forehead.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gracie blocks the elbow strike.
Stark throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Gracie tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Stark blocking some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thomas Stark dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Stark is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A jab from Gracie misses.
Stark scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

It looks like Kron Gracie has been cut.

Stark feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Gracie sprawling to the canvas! Gracie rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Stark finish him?!

Gracie is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stark misses with a few strikes there.
Gracie scores with the left hand. Stark knows he should have avoided that one.
Gracie throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gracie throws a jab when Stark was well out of range.
Stark swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gracie fails with the takedown

and Stark counters with a head kick that drops Gracie to the mat! Gracie scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
Stark tries to close the distance and clinch but Gracie swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Stark is looking to clinch but Gracie is avoiding it.

Stark moves into the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Stark.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gracie tries to work over Stark's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Stark tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stark tries to land a knee to the head but Gracie blocks with his arms.
Gracie tries to score a body lock takedown but Stark shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Stark landing knees to the body.
Stark throws an elbow that misses.
Gracie takes an elbow to the temple.
Gracie jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Stark walks away with a smile on his face. Gracie gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kron Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gracie swats away the attempt to clinch by Stark.
Gracie shoots in looking for a takedown. Stark tries to sprawl out of it but Gracie keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Stark manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Thomas Stark is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Stark lands a body shot.
Gracie blocks a head kick by Stark.
Stark lands a nice looking body kick.
Stark throws a series of punches but Gracie moves out of range.
The fighters circle momentarily. Stark darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gracie takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Stark fails with an attempt to clinch.
Stark is looking to clinch.
Gracie with a poor takedown
and Stark cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Stark throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Thomas Stark seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Stark fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gracie is trying hard to land a takedown here. Stark sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Gracie takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Stark has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A head kick from Stark lands but Gracie takes it in his stride.
Stark misses with a wild combination.
Stark displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gracie throws out the jab.

Stark lands a big head kick that sends Gracie tumbling to the mat! Stark takes a step backwards and waves Gracie back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Oh Gracie is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Stark cracks Gracie with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Stark connects with a stiff jab that staggers Gracie - oh and he follows up with a huge uppercut that knocks him out cold! Man, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Thomas Stark!