PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Conor Tiernan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brandon Stark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tiernan comes to the cage accompanied by Tartanic - Unavoidable - 09 BAllZ/Ringworm. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Tiernan
vs
Stark

175 cm
22
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

176 cm
24
168 lbs
7 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Conor Tiernan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brandon Stark!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Valeri Chadov and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
That kick from Tiernan tenderised Stark's leg. Stark is trying to keep his angry face on.
Stark slips under a jab from Tiernan.
Stark throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tiernan.
Tiernan tries to counter by clinching up but Stark breaks away and moves out of range.
Tiernan misses with a few strikes there.
Nice straight punches there by Tiernan. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Tiernan.
Nice jab there from Tiernan.
Tiernan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Stark.
Stark scores with a hook.
Tiernan misses with a wild combination.
A clash of legs there as Tiernan blocks the low kick.
Tiernan fakes the leg kick and cracks Stark in the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stark pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Tiernan back to the cage. Stark follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Stark looks to throw the jab but Tiernan is out of range.
Tiernan moves out of range of the body kick.
Tiernan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Stark.
Stark misses with a two punch combination.
Tiernan tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Stark manages to circle out of the way.
Stark misses with the combination.
Brandon Stark seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stark misses with a wild body shot.
Stark throws a big shot that misses.
Tiernan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Stark.
Stark swinging wildly here.
Tiernan tries to counter by clinching up but Stark breaks away and moves out of range.
Stark throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Stark throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Tiernan connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Stark misses with a straight right.
Stark scores with a kick to the midsection.
Stark throws a jab when Tiernan was well out of range.
Stark has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Stark showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tiernan.
Stark tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Stark cracks Tiernan with a good jab.
Good work by Tiernan as he checks the leg kick.
Tiernan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Stark swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Stark throws a body shot but no joy.
A head kick misses from Stark.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stark checks the leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stark wants to slow Tiernan down by chopping away at his legs.
Sloppy strikes from Stark. Those never looked like landing.
Stark pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tiernan lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Jab from Tiernan.
A big left from Tiernan misses.
Stark connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Tiernan shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Stark eats them both and turns towards Tiernan to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

Stark is rocked!
Tiernan drops Stark with a big left hand! Stark is injured, injured bad! Tiernan jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Conor Tiernan!
A very excited looking Conor Tiernan made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.