PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Stacee Jaxee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rickon Stark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jaxee's entrance music is Pour Some Sugar on Me by Stacee Jaxx. A fine choice. Stacee Jaxee has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Jaxee
vs
Stark

171 cm
22
157 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

176 cm
24
166 lbs
3 - 7 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Fury Nutrition Inc.

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 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Stacee Jaxee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Rickon Stark!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Ian Loll and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stark ducks under a wild hook from Jaxee.
Rickon Stark seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stark walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Stark throws a right and a left that Jaxee avoids nicely.

Stark closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Stark working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Stark misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Jaxee is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Stark grinds an elbow into Jaxee's temple.
Stark working the ground and pound but Jaxee is defending the strikes.
Stark working the strikes but Jaxee uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Stark not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Jaxee is trying to maintain the position but Stark is very close to passing his half guard.
Stark winds up and cracks Jaxee with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Stark thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Stark is thwarting Jaxee's attempts to control the position.
Stark throwing shots but Jaxee is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stark lands strikes from half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jaxee blocking the ground and pound attempt from Stark.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Stark lands a nice short elbow.
Jaxee wants to control but Stark is keeping busy.
Stark trying to control the pace.
Jaxee is not content to let Stark control the position.
Stark thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Jaxee's head.
Jaxee is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Stark scores with a couple of nice shots.
Stark working Jaxee over with strikes.
Jaxee wants to get back to full guard.

Jaxee actively working from the bottom here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stark missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Stark is nestled in close to Jaxee, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Stark slips a nice elbow through Jaxee's hands, connecting with Jaxee's forehead.
Jaxee tries to get to full guard but Stark has control of the leg.
Jaxee's coaches at Bruize Brothers have been working on his defensive grappling in preparation for this fight so let's see if he can get out of this tricky position.
Stark lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Jaxee keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Stark not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Stark misses with a head shot. Jaxee uses the momentum to regain guard.
Stark in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Stark has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Jaxee has his feet on Stark's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Stark fails to land the takedown.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Stark closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Jaxee quickly recovers to half guard.
Stark takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Jaxee won't allow Stark to pass to mount.
Stark throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Jaxee controlling the position for now.
Stark content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

Jaxee looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Stark controlling the action here.
Stark trying to control from half guard but Jaxee is working away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jaxee is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Stark is looking to take a break and control but Jaxee is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Stark thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Stark wants to pass the guard but Jaxee is defending well.
Stark lands strikes from half guard.
Jaxee blocking the ground and pound attempt from Stark.
Stark not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Stark thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Jaxee's head.
Stark looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Jaxee moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rickon Stark dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Stark closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Jaxee quickly recovers to half guard.
Jaxee taking some punishment here, with Stark in his half guard.
Stark throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Stark not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Jaxee has hold of Stark's hands but Stark slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Stark prevents Jaxee from improving his position.
Stark missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Stark trying to control the action but Jaxee is working from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Stark seems to be looking for submissions.

Stark is working for a submission of some sort.
Stark has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Stark wants to control but Jaxee is keeping him busy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jaxee is trying to stand up here but Stark is controlling him well.
Stark missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Stark is trying to control the action in half guard but Jaxee is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Well, if Stark is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.

Stark looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Jaxee is trying to maintain the position but Stark is very close to passing his half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Stark throwing shots but Jaxee is blocking nicely.
Stark thows a huge punch but Jaxee dodges it nicely.
Jaxee is looking for a sweep. Stark is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Stark thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Jaxee's head.
Stark landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Jaxee keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Stark thows a huge punch but Jaxee dodges it nicely.
Stark is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Jaxee blocking the ground and pound attempt from Stark.
Stark missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Stark is looking to take a break and control but Jaxee is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Jaxee avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Stark.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
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 moves into full mount! Jaxee won't be happy about that!
The referee warns Jaxee that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Jaxee tries to reverse the position but Stark maintains control.
Jaxee in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Stark lands a couple of good shots and Jaxee has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Stark somehow managing to miss with a strike from the back.
Stark punches the canvas rather than the man.
Stark punishes Jaxee with strikes from the back mount.
Jaxee is trapped and Stark is scoring with shots to the head and body.
Jaxee takes a big shot to the side of the head.
Stark is landing with strikes. Jaxee can't take much more of this.

Jaxee is rocked!
Jaxee breaks Stark's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Oh Jaxee is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jaxee pushing down on Stark's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Stark is holding on to half guard well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jaxee seems to have got his legs back now.
Jaxee is taking a breather. Stark says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Stark moves into full guard.
Jaxee has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Stark managing to control the position.
Jaxee preventing the sweep.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jaxee tries to free his leg and advance position but Stark is retaining full guard.
Stark tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Stark is still trying to improve position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rickon Stark showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Jaxee misses with the combination.
Stark uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jaxee.
Jaxee lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Stark shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Jaxee sprawls well. Jaxee wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Stark gets slowly back to his feet.
Jaxee scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Stark fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nice cross by Jaxee.

Stark 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.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Stark throws a big elbow that misses.
Jaxee is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stark is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Stark is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Jaxee's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Jaxee's back!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stark misses with an elbow to the head.
Jaxee is in bad spot here.
Stark cracks Jaxee with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Jaxee from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.
Stark missing with strikes from the back.
Jaxee is trying to break free.
Jaxee covering up well under a barage of strikes.
Stark landing with strikes.
Jaxee takes a big shot to the side of the head.
Stark is looking to finish with some ground and pound!
Jaxee is really stuck here.
Stark looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
Jaxee staying busy and making it hard for Stark to control.
Stark lands a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stark lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.
Well, with Stark on his back, surely it's only a matter of time before Jaxee is tapping out... Can he escape the position?
Stark trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Stark is looking to finish with some ground and pound!
Stark trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stark missing with strikes.
Stark lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.

Stark looking for the choke from the back.
Stark wants to control but Jaxee is keeping busy.
Jaxee is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
Stark scores with punches and elbows.
Jaxee tries to escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stark lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Stark connects with a couple of big shots that have Jaxee covering up! Oh, this looks bad for Jaxee! Stark fires away with several more unanswered shots and the referee has no choice but to step in! This one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:29 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rickon Stark!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Rickon Stark made sure he mentioned Fury Nutrition Inc., along with how happy he was to win his fight.