PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Jimmy Snuka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thomas Stark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Snuka comes to the ring accompanied by Superfly -- Curtis Mayfield and Ice T . Stark is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Jay Z - Dig a Hole. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Snuka
vs
Stark

192 cm
27
218 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

191 cm
26
220 lbs
12 - 0 - 0

World class boxer
Cardio machine

World class MT
Good gas tank

Malicious Intent Fight Gear
Broken Halo Pride Nutrition

Broken Halo Pride Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jimmy Snuka!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Thomas Stark!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Gwen Towbar and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stark works over Snuka's head and body with a nice combination.
Nice defenses there by Stark.
A decent looking cross lands there for Snuka.
Snuka blocks a low kick nicely.
Stark swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Snuka jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Snuka tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stark was well out of range. Poor timing from Snuka.
Stark ducks under a wild hook from Snuka.
Stark lands a nice hook to Snuka's body. Snuka takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

Stark rushes Snuka and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Stark blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Snuka fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Stark unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short uppercut from Snuka.
Stark lands a body punch.

Snuka breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Snuka stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Stark.
Snuka is breathing heavily.
Stark lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Stark misses with a body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stark scores with a leg kick.
Good leg kick by Stark there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Stark moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Stark throws a nice head kick!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Stark clinches up against the ropes.
Still in the clinch, Stark scores with a nice short uppercut.
Snuka tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Stark putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Snuka in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Stark lands with a light punch inside.
Stark throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Snuka blocks it with crossed arms.
Stark lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Stark is leaning against Snuka and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Stark unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A right handed body shot lands from Stark.
Stark lands a good knee to the midsection. Snuka won't want to take too many of those.
Stark lands a nice shot to the body.

Stark's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Stark lands a really nice looking cross but Snuka seems unphased.

Snuka is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stark throws a right and a left that both miss.
Stark stuns Snuka with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Stark looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Stark lands a right hook to the body.
Nice body kick from Stark.
Snuka pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Snuka takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

Stark clips Snuka with a right and a left that makes him do the chicken dance for a couple of seconds. He touched his left hand down on the canvas so the referee steps between the fighters to give Snuka a standing 8 count before we can continue the bout.
Oh Snuka is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Snuka walks straight into a solid jab from Stark. Oh, it looks like it's stumbled him! Stark follows up with a big combo - a right followed by a left that knocks Snuka out cold! Snuka toppled like a tree, face planting on the canvas. Wow, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Thomas Stark! Thomas Stark retains his light heavyweight title!
Thomas Stark bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.