PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dakota Stark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pencil Neck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Neck has chosen Nightwish: Walking in the air as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Stark
vs
Neck

225 cm
22
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

182 cm
19
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Very confident

Attliction

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dakota Stark!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pencil Neck!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Anni Minnemäki and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Neck swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Neck tries to clinch but Stark is having none of it.

Neck moves into range and clinches up with Stark.

Neck breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Stark throws a left and a right that both miss

and Neck counters by moving into the clinch.

Neck manages to break the clinch.
Neck staying out of range there.
Neck looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Stark is fending him off so far but Neck persists. Nope, Stark circles away and we're back to standing.
Stark will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Stark really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Stark avoids the head kick by Neck.
Stark listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Stark looks to throw a body kick

and Neck counters with a takedown into side control.

Neck decides to stand back up. Neck steps back and let's Stark get back to his feet.
Stark throws a poor cross that misses

and Neck decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Stark's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Neck trying to control the position from guard on top but Stark is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Neck wants to stand but Stark is controlling his posture from full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Neck wants to control from the top but Stark keeps moving.

Neck stands and steps away. Stark gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

Neck gets a takedown into half guard.
Stark is breathing heavily.

Neck wants to work for an arm triangle but Stark is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Stark scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Neck manages to mount him!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stark wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Neck.
Neck sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!

Neck jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Stark is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Stark and Neck has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Stark is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Neck asserts his dominance and retains side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Neck stands up.

Neck closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Stark is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Neck asserts his dominance and retains side control.

Stark bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Stark rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Neck moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Neck crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Stark - the referee stops the clock and Neck gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Stark. Neck manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
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 misses with the combination.

Neck darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

Neck is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Neck is looking for a kimura here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Neck throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pencil Neck dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Neck throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Stark throws a combination that misses

and Neck counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Stark's guard now.
Neck stands and throws Stark's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Neck throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Neck working the strikes but Stark uses the opportunity to regain half guard.

Neck decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Dakota Stark seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice body kick from Neck.
Dakota Stark is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Horrible takedown by Neck or perhaps it was just good defense by Stark which made him look bad.

Neck darts in and clinches Stark up against the cage.
Stark is trying to break the clinch but Neck has him pressed against the cage.

Neck breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Neck throws a head kick that misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
No joy there for Neck, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Neck feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Stark wants to stand and escape but Neck is having none of it.

Stark pushes Neck off and scrambles back to his feet.
Neck takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Stark lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
A big right followed by a crushing left from Stark knocks Neck out cold! Ouch - that one's going to be featured in highlight reels for years to come!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Dakota Stark!