PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ulrich Holworth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roland La Starza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). La Starza has chosen Middle as his entrance music. Ulrich Holworth has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Holworth
vs
La Starza

190 cm
19
250 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

183 cm
25
245 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Prefers standup

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ulrich Holworth!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Roland La Starza!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Sandra Marshall and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
La Starza tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Holworth appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Holworth darts in looking for a takedown but La Starza gets double underhooks and turns Holworth into the cage.
The fight stays on the outside here - La Starza looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Holworth half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Holworth shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as La Starza sprawls well. La Starza wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Holworth gets slowly back to his feet.
Roland La Starza seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Holworth tries to keep at a distance but La Starza has taken the fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
La Starza works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
La Starza lands an elbow inside that Holworth shrugs off.

It looks like Ulrich Holworth has been cut.
La Starza lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
La Starza lands a hook to the side of the head.

Ulrich Holworth's cut is getting worse.

That's one minute gone in the round.
La Starza lands an elbow just above Holworth 's eye.
La Starza on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
La Starza lands a nice elbow.

Ulrich Holworth's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Ulrich Holworth's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Roland La Starza!
After winning the bout, Roland La Starza thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.