PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Robb Stark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Butsy Grabber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stark comes to the cage accompanied by Down With The Sickness. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Stark
vs
Grabber

183 cm
24
196 lbs
8 - 7 - 0

185 cm
26
198 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Experienced

Dangerous GnP
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Robb Stark!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Butsy Grabber!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, George Francis and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stark fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Grabber displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Stark.
Grabber lands a nice hook to Stark's body. Stark takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Stark walks into a left hand.
Grabber lands a two punch combo.

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

Stark is rocked!

It looks like Robb Stark has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Grabber thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Oh Stark is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Grabber with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Stark seems to have got his legs back now.
Grabber has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Grabber's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Stark looking to hit a scissor sweep but Grabber is one step ahead there.
Stark is breathing heavily.

Stark throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Grabber trying to control but Stark is working from the bottom.
Grabber distracts Stark with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stark keeping moving, preventing Grabber from controlling successfully.
Grabber works over Stark with some ground and pound from guard.
Grabber trying to control the position from guard on top but Stark is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Stark is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Grabber cracks Stark with a solid left hand.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Grabber's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

Grabber drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Grabber jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Grabber landing some decent shots from guard.
Grabber postures up and lands a big shot to Stark's brow.

Stark looking for a guillotine here but Grabber defends easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grabber distracts Stark with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Grabber working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Stark's head.
Grabber is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Grabber is posturing up here but Stark has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! Grabber tries to roll out but it's too tight and Grabber has to tap! Slick submission there by Stark!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Robb Stark!