PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Edward Stark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julien King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Edward Stark has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Stark
vs
King

179 cm
26
197 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

188 cm
18
184 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Determined

Voodoo Nutrition
Mohito Fightwear

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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Edward Stark!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Julien King!
The judges for this bout are Ron Honeybunn, Summer Carpenter and Francis DeMontford.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stark avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
King misses with a leg kick

and Stark counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

King manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Julien King seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
King shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Stark sprawls well. Stark wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. King gets slowly back to his feet.
King tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
King looks for a takedown but Stark sprawls well.
A little feinted left hand from Stark on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Stark definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
King throws a combination that misses

and Stark counters with a nice double leg into guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stark is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stark is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
King seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
King is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Stark postures up and lands a big shot to King's brow.
Stark stands and throws King's legs to the side, diving into side control.

Stark thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Stark working the head with strikes.
King wants to control but Stark postures up.
Stark scores with a couple of short elbows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
King is looking for a sweep.
King gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Stark lands a big shot there that rocks King but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Stark scores with a couple of good head shots there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stark pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
King is trying to escape the mount.
Stark putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

King is rocked!
Stark loads up with a big shot that hurts King! He's pulled Stark in close but Stark has postured up and lands more strikes. Can King survive? More strikes from Stark and King is out! The ref jumps in to save him! Brutal ground and pound!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Edward Stark!
Edward Stark decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.