PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kurt Angel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eddard Stark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Eddard Stark is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Angel
vs
Stark

176 cm
24
207 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

195 cm
23
220 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kurt Angel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Eddard Stark!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stark scores with a sloppy right hand. Angel should have avoided that one.
Angel misses with a takedown attempt - Stark sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Angel moves into range and clinches up with Stark.
Stark looking to stall.

Stark's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Angel wants to clinch up but Stark keeps it at a distance.
Stark looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
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 slips a jab and a cross from Angel.
Angel seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Stark lands with a straight right. Angel didn't see that one coming.
Stark swats away the attempt to clinch by Angel.
Stark feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Angels jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

Stark cracks Angel with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Stark has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Angel to stand back up!

Angel is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stark misses with a few strikes there.
Oh Angel is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Angel tries to clinch there but Stark circles away.
Stark is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Angel tries to close the distance and clinch but Stark swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Stark throws out a counter right but Angel avoids it with no problem.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Stark wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Stark fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Angel seems to have got his legs back now.
Angel looks up at the clock. Bad move! Stark lands a right hand from hell, dropping Angel. Stark pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eddard Stark!
An out of breath Eddard Stark thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.