PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between George Starkey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Valio Hristov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Starkey comes to the cage accompanied by Cock Sparrer - England Belongs To Me. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Starkey
vs
Hristov

185 cm
22
163 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

175 cm
28
167 lbs
5 - 15 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, George Starkey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Valio Hristov!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Cecil Peabody and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Starkey connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Starkey misses with a head kick.
A good leg kick by Starkey.
Hristov misses with a two punch combination.
Starkey connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Hristov momentarily.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Hristov.

Starkey throws a head kick that lands with a deafening thwack! The crowd roars as Hristov stumbles backwards and falls to the mat. Starkey follows into mount!

Hristov is rocked!

It looks like Valio Hristov has been cut.
Starkey controlling from the full mount.
Hristov is still in real trouble! Can Starkey finish him?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Starkey scoring with strikes but Hristov is staying in there.
Hristov working to try and regain half guard.
Hristov bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!

Starkey looking for a guillotine here but Hristov defends easily.
Hristov seems to have recovered his senses.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hristov avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Hristov wants to control from the top but Starkey keeps moving.

Starkey looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Starkey controlling Hristov's posture.
Hristov preventing the sweep.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hristov wants to pass the guard but Starkey is keeping the position.
Starkey lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Hristov!
Hristov is trying to escape the mount.
Starkey working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Starkey with shots to the head and body - Hristov looks very uncomfortable down there.
Starkey trying to control but Hristov is having none of it.
Starkey pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Starkey has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Hristov is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Starkey lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Hristov hang on?
Hristov is working to get back to half guard.
Starkey scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Whack. That's a big, big shot from Starkey! Hristov is out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). George Starkey!
George Starkey spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a big arrogant.