PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rocky Balboa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and C G Stark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). C G Stark has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Balboa
vs
G Stark

180 cm
25
183 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

180 cm
26
175 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rocky Balboa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, C G Stark!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Chad Campbell and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stark cracks Balboa with a right hand to the side of the head.
Balboa misses with a wild combination.
Balboa doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Balboa on the wrong end of a nice hook.

It looks like Rocky Balboa has been cut.
Balboa swings widly with a right hand

and Stark counters with a nice double leg into guard.

Balboa is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stark loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Stark throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Balboa works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Balboa preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Stark scoring with some ground and pound.
Stark looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Stark lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Stark postures up and lands a big shot to Balboa's brow.
Stark lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Stark stays in close to Balboa's body and controls the position.
Balboa working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Stark.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Balboa has momentary wrist control but Stark slips an elbow through the middle.
Stark throws a strike but Balboa rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Stark has Balboa pulled in close to control his posture.
Balboa chips away with some ground and pound.
Balboa looking to sit in guard and control but Stark gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Stark cracks Balboa with a solid left hand.
Stark working some strikes from top position.
Stark has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Stark connects with a couple of short punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stark passes Balboa's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Stark wants to control but Balboa is keeping him busy.
Stark performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Stark working the head and body with strikes.
Stark winds up and cracks Balboa with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Stark seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Stark throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Balboa wants to improve his position but Stark is controlling well.
Stark working over Balboa with some ground and pound. Balboa looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stark takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Stark trying to control the action but Balboa is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stark drops an elbow to the side of Balboa's head.
Balboa wants to get back to full guard.
Stark wants to pass the guard but Balboa is defending well.
Balboa on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Balboa tries to get out of the position.
Stark winds up and cracks Balboa with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Stark looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Stark takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Stark seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Stark winds up and cracks Balboa with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Oh Balboa is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Stark working Balboa over with strikes.
Balboa is trying to stand up here but Stark is controlling him well.
Stark performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Stark working over Balboa with some ground and pound. Balboa looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Balboa on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Stark connects with a nice short shot to Balboa's temple.
Stark missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Balboa seems to have got his legs back now.
Stark controlling the action here.
Stark is trying to control the action in half guard but Balboa is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Stark looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stark works his way into side control.
Balboa is not content to let Stark control the position.
Stark in side control lands a decent elbow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stark working the body and head with strikes.
Stark scoring with punches and elbows.

Rocky Balboa's cut is getting worse.
Balboa is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Stark controls the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

C G Stark dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rocky Balboa's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Balboa walks straight into a right hand from Stark - that's dropped him! Stark jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Balboa from any more punishment! Balboa complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). C G Stark!