PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Stark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gary Hayes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stark comes to the cage accompanied by Ludacris - Stick'em Up. Hayes has chosen 50cent - I´ll WHIP YA HEAD BOY 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.

Stark
vs
Hayes

191 cm
22
211 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

191 cm
18
210 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Hell's Balls Fightwear

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Thomas Stark!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gary Hayes!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stark tries to clinch but Hayes is having none of it.
Hayes looks to land a left hand but Stark moved out of range nicely.
Stark doesn't manage to clinch there - Hayes circles away.
Hayes misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hayes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hayes fails to land with a series of punches.
Hayes shoots in but no luck this time.
Stark lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Hayes connects with the punch.
Hayes misses with a two punch combination.
Stark stuffs the takedown.
Hayes throws a series of punches but Stark avoids them all with ease.
Stark tries to clinch up.
Hayes misses with a two punch combination.

Stark gets a clinch.
Stark with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Gary Hayes has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hayes can't get the takedown.
Thomas Stark has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gary Hayes.
Hayes looks gassed!
Stark using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hayes has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Stark landing knees to the body.
Come on Stark - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Stark misses with a knee strike.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Stark takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Stark crunches a lovely knee into Hayes's ribcage.
Stark holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Stark crunches a lovely knee into Hayes's ribcage.
Stark tries to land a knee to the head but Hayes blocks with his arms.
Stark crunches a lovely knee into Hayes's ribcage.
A bit of stalling here from Stark.
Stark tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hayes has had enough of the clinch but Stark keeps him there for the moment.
Hayes is working for takedown but Stark is calmly controlling the position for now.
Hayes has had enough of the clinch but Stark keeps him there for the moment.
Stark gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Hayes.
Stark connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hayes's face.
Stark misses with a knee to the head.
Stark tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Stark landing knees to the head.
Stark throws a knee to the head but misses.
Stark lands a knee to the head.
Stark throws a knee to the head but misses.
Stark with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Stark tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hayes drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stark tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Stark landing knees to the head.
Stark misses with a knee to the head.
Stark is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Stark with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Stark with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Stark connects with a knee to the head.
Hayes takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hayes tries for a takedown. No joy.
Hayes has had enough of the clinch but Stark keeps him there for the moment.
Stark prevents a takedown attempt there.
Stark scores with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Stark tries to land knees in the clinch but Hayes avoids the damage to the body.
Stark tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Stark slows down the pace here.
Stark throws a knee to the head but misses.
Stark misses with a knee to the head.
Stark throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hayes wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Stark has him pressed against the cage.
Stark is pressed up against the cage. Hayes has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Stark down to the mat. Stark avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Hayes shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Stark as he avoids it easily.
Hayes looks for the body kick but Stark saw that one coming.
Hayes misses with a body shot.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Hayes.
Hayes looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thomas Stark dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gary Hayes's cut.
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.

Stark tries to clinch but Hayes moves out of range.
Hayes looks for a takedown but Stark sprawls well.
Hayes throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Stark.
Hayes throws a hook but Stark avoids it easily.
Stark wants to clinch.
Stark fails with an attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
No luck for Hayes with that takedown attempt.
Stark staying out of range there.
Stark tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hayes paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Stark doesn't manage to clinch there - Hayes circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hayes fails to land with a series of punches.

Hayes closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Stark to the mat! Stark manages to get full guard.
Hayes connects with a couple of short punches.
Hayes throws a big right hand that misses.
Stark utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hayes throwing strikes from guard but Stark blocks nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Stark has control of Hayes's left arm, preventing Hayes from doing any damage.
Hayes works a leg free and moves into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hayes sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Stark defending well though.
Hayes not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

Hayes is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Hayes prevents Stark from standing back up.
Stark wants to control but Hayes is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Hayes wants to free his trapped foot but Stark is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Hayes throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Hayes throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Stark moves out of range as Hayes strikes.
Hayes keeps the fight on the outside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hayes on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Stark. Stark obviously looking to wear him down.
Stark lets loose with a powerful body kick. Hayes will feel that in the morning.
Hayes just misses with a punch to the body.
Hayes throws a sloppy head kick and Stark moves out of range easily.
Hayes throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
No joy there for Hayes, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hayes throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Stark tries to close the distance and clinch but Hayes swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hayes closes this distance looking for a takedown but Stark circles away.
Thomas Stark has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gary Hayes.
Hayes tries to bum rush Stark with a series of wild strikes but Stark uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Stark closes the distance and clinches.
Stark throws a knee to the head but misses.
Stark tries to land a knee to the head but Hayes blocks with his arms.
Stark unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hayes lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Stark scores with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stark misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hayes.
Hayes wants to break free but Stark has control.
Stark throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hayes blocks it with crossed arms.
Stark prevents Hayes from breaking the clinch.
Hayes drops down looking for an ankle pick but Stark pulls his leg out and moves away.
Stark fails in his attempt to clinch.
Stark tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hayes paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hayes is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Hayes misses with a jab, cross combination.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Stark tries to clinch but Hayes moves out of range.
Stark tries to clinch but Hayes is having none of it.
Hayes throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Stark counters with a head kick.
Thomas Stark is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hayes has a takedown stuffed.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Gary Hayes will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Gary Hayes's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Hayes with a lazy takedown attempt

and Stark counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Stark throws a knee to the head but misses.
Stark throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hayes blocks it with crossed arms.
Stark gets underhooks to prevent Hayes's takedown attempt.
Stark misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hayes.
Hayes goes for a takedown attempt but Stark pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Thomas Stark has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gary Hayes.
Hayes fails to land with a series of punches.
Hayes throws a right and a left that both miss.
Stark gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Stark tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hayes paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hayes misses with a combination
and Stark counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Hayes misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gary Hayes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stark moves in looking to clinch but Hayes pushes him off.
Hayes shoots for a takedown but Stark saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Hayes closes the distance and clinches up with Stark, looking for a takedown. Hayes pushes Stark against the cage but Stark circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

Stark has closed the distance and engaged Hayes in a clinch.
Stark wants to stall.
Hayes wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Stark wants to stall.
Stark tries to land a knee to the head but Hayes blocks with his arms.
Stark throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hayes blocks it with crossed arms.
Hayes is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Stark gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Stark trying to land knees to the body.
Hayes tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Hayes wants to get back to striking at distance but Stark won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Hayes wants to break free but Stark has control.

Hayes jumps guard.
Hayes wants to sweep but no luck.
Hayes is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Hayes is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Hayes is trying to work for a kimura but Stark is defending well.
Stark is controlling Hayes's trapped leg to prevent Hayes from advancing to side control.
Stark is looking to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stark gets back to full guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Stark is on top in guard.

Stark decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Hayes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hayes misses with a body kick.
Hayes fails with a takedown attempt.
Hayes cracks Stark with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stark throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hayes throws a leg kick
and Stark finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Hayes throws a body kick that misses.
No joy there for Hayes, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hayes swats away the attempt to clinch by Stark.
Hayes misses with the combination.
Stark tries to close the distance and clinch but Hayes swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Stark avoids a kick to the body.

Stark rushes Hayes and presses him up against the cage.
Stark with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Stark stops a takedown attempt from Hayes.
Stark lands a knee to the head.
Hayes wants to break the clinch but can't.

And that's the end of the fight!
Thomas Stark showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Stark 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thomas Stark!