PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Arthur Stark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Koontz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stark comes to the cage accompanied by P.O.D. - Alive. Koontz has chosen DJ Khaled-Im so hood remix as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Arthur Stark has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Stark
vs
Koontz

186 cm
25
192 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

188 cm
19
202 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Arthur Stark!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jason Koontz!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, James Ackerman and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stark tries to close the distance and clinch but Koontz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Koontz cracks the inside of Stark's front leg.
Koontz takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Koontz, right into the meat.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Koontz lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Stark has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Stark and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Stark tries a low kick but Koontz avoids it.
Stark throws a head kick but Koontz moves out of range.
Stark lands a high kick!
Koontz thumps Stark with a low kick.
Koontz does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Koontz throws a low kick but Stark moves out of range easily.
Stark tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Koontz manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Stark throws a wild body kick that Koontz sees coming a mile off.
Koontz tries to land a front kick but Stark steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Stark wants to clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Koontz.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stark moves out of range as Koontz throws a body kick.
Koontz misses with a low kick.
Koontz throws a sloppy head kick and Stark moves out of range easily.
Stark pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Stark fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Koontz is out of range.
Stark throws a series of punches but Koontz moves out of range.

Stark drives through and clinches with Koontz against the cage.
Stark managing to block the knees to the body from Koontz.
Stark using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Koontz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Koontz managing to block the knees to the body from Stark.
Koontz tries to land knees in the clinch but Stark avoids the damage to the body.
Koontz tries a knee to the head but Stark blocks it.
Koontz lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Arthur Stark has been cut.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Stark lands a knee to the head.
Stark tries to land a knee to the head but Koontz blocks with his arms.
Stark avoiding damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koontz scores a nice knee to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Koontz tries to land a knee to the head but Stark blocks with his arms.
Stark trying to land knees to the body.
Stark tries a knee to the head but Koontz blocks it.
Koontz blocks a body shot from Stark.
Stark throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Koontz tries to land a knee to the head but Stark blocks with his arms.
Koontz misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Stark.
Stark wants to stall.
Stark misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Koontz.
Koontz is stalling here.
Koontz landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Koontz misses with a knee strike.
Stark misses with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koontz with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Stark avoiding damage.
Koontz tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Stark avoids it.
Koontz managing to block the knees to the body from Stark.
Stark avoiding damage as Koontz throws knees to the body.
Stark with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Koontz lands a knee to the body.
Stark is breathing heavily.
Koontz lands a good knee to the midsection. Stark won't want to take too many of those.
Koontz looking to throw knees to the head but Stark is blocking nicely.
Koontz lands a knee to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Koontz tries to land a knee to the head but Stark blocks with his arms.
Koontz with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Koontz misses with a knee strike.
Stark looking to throw knees to the head but Koontz is blocking nicely.
Koontz creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koontz tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Koontz is trying to maintain a safe position but Stark gets an underhook and turns Koontz into the cage.
Koontz misses with a knee to the head.
Stark is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Koontz is defending well for now.
Stark lands a damaging elbow.
Stark tries to land knees in the clinch but Koontz avoids the damage to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Koontz.
Stark blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Koontz is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Stark with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Stark effectively controlling the action here.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Stark is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Koontz is defending well for now.
Koontz trying to land knees to the body.
Koontz lands a damaging elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jason Koontz dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Arthur Stark'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.

Koontz connects with a leg kick. Stark looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Koontz throws a low kick, looking for Stark's leg but Stark calmly moves out of range.
Stark goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Koontz avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Stark has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
A low kick from Koontz is predictable there
and Koontz takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Stark looks to land a body kick but Koontz moved away.
Stark thows a left - swing and a miss!
Koontz thows a body shot but no joy.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Stark checks a leg kick.
Koontz dips to his left and cracks Stark with an uppercut!
Stark looks to land a right hand but Koontz moved out of range.
Stark moves out of range as Koontz throws a body kick.
Stark misses with a leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Koontz. That's going to slow Stark down.

Stark has taken the fight to the clinch.
Koontz throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Stark pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Koontz misses with a knee strike.
Stark throws a knee to the head but misses.
Stark trying to control the position but instead, Koontz has worked for underhooks and has pushed Stark into the cage.
Koontz avoiding damage as Stark throws knees to the body.
Jason Koontz seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Koontz tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Stark tries to land knees in the clinch but Koontz avoids the damage to the body.
Stark tries a knee to the head but Koontz blocks it.
Stark tries to land knees in the clinch but Koontz avoids the damage to the body.
Koontz using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Stark has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Koontz managing to block the knees to the body from Stark.
Stark lands a left hand.
Koontz with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koontz misses with a knee strike.
Koontz tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Stark with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Stark tries to land knees in the clinch but Koontz avoids the damage to the body.
Stark tries to land a knee to the head but Koontz blocks with his arms.
Koontz managing to block the knees to the body from Stark.
Stark tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Koontz avoids it.
Stark tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Koontz avoids it.
Koontz misses with a knee strike.
Stark trying to land knees to the body.
Koontz misses with a knee to the head.
Stark scores a nice knee to the body.
Koontz is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stark tries to land knees in the clinch but Koontz avoids the damage to the body.
Stark tries to land knees in the clinch but Koontz avoids the damage to the body.
Stark avoiding damage as Koontz throws knees to the body.
Stark tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Koontz avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stark lands a nice knee to the body.
Koontz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Stark is defending well for now.
Stark cracks Koontz with a nice body shot.
Stark pushes Koontz back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Stark with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Stark effectively controlling the action here.
Stark creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A body shot lands from Stark.
Stark with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Stark trying to land knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stark looking to throw knees to the head but Koontz is blocking nicely.
Stark looking to stall.
Koontz connects with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stark on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Stark on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Koontz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Stark looking to stall.
Koontz throws an elbow but it misses.
Koontz tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Koontz trying to land knees to the body.
Koontz avoiding damage as Stark throws knees to the body.
Stark swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Stark is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Koontz tries to land a knee to the head but Stark blocks with his arms.
Stark missing with knees to the body.
Stark misses with a knee strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arthur Stark dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Arthur Stark's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Good standup being displayed there by Stark as he connects with a hook.
Stark throws a leg kick but Koontz moved away.
Koontz changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Koontz misses with a leg kick
and Stark counters with a good, hard body kick but Koontz shrugs it off.
Stark tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Koontz manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Stark takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Stark throws a right and a left that both miss.
Koontz lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Koontz throws a leg kick that misses.
Koontz avoids a punch combination nicely.
Stark looks for the body kick but Koontz saw that one coming.
Stark throws a head kick that misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Stark misses with a body kick.
Stark moves into range and lands a nice body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stark throws a head kick but Koontz moves out of range.
Koontz feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Stark's calf.
Stark blocks a leg kick.
Jason Koontz seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Stark doesn't manage to clinch there - Koontz circles away.
Koontz darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Stark moves out of range of the leg kick from Koontz.
Koontz throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Koontz takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

Koontz takes the fight into the clinch.
Koontz tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Stark avoids it.
Stark tries to stall but Koontz uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Koontz misses with a knee strike.
Stark is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Koontz is defending well for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koontz with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Stark misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Koontz.
Stark throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Koontz blocks it with crossed arms.
Stark lands a knee to the body.
Stark using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Koontz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Koontz with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Koontz trying to land knees to the body.
Koontz blocks an elbow strike.
Stark trying to land knees to the body.
Koontz throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Stark blocks it with crossed arms.
Stark tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Koontz avoids it.
Stark managing to block the knees to the body from Koontz.
Knees in the clinch landing for Koontz.
Koontz tries to land a knee to the head but Stark blocks with his arms.
Stark throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Koontz blocks it with crossed arms.
Stark is struggling to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koontz tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Stark avoids it.
Koontz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Stark tries a knee to the head but Koontz blocks it.
Stark stalling in the clinch.
Koontz lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Stark is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Stark blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Koontz missing with knees to the body.
Stark landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Koontz trying to land knees to the body.
Stark is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Stark connects with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stark with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Koontz using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Stark has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Stark taking a breather.
Koontz takes a knee to the side of the body.
Koontz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Stark.
Stark trying to land knees to the body.
Koontz takes a knee right on the jaw!
Stark has Koontz pressed against the cage.
Stark tries a knee to the head but Koontz blocks it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Stark looking to stall.
Stark misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Koontz.

And that's the end of the fight!
Arthur 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Arthur Stark!
Arthur Stark very nearly forgot to thank Steel Penn's Laundry 93% amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.