PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yhorm Giant (ranked 739 p4p, 1185 weight class) and Paul Starker (ranked 93 p4p, 137 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Starker's choice of entrance music: Catrin O'Neill - Ar Lan Y Mor. Yhorm Giant had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 267.6lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Yhorm Giant has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Giant
vs
Starker

225 cm
34
292
19 - 13 - 0

190 cm
45
265
27 - 21 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Granite chin

Pit Bull Development
Arcticus University: London

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 19 - 13 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Yhorm Giant!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 21 - 0, fighting out of New York, Paul Starker!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Donald Grub and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Starker moves into the clinch successfully.
Giant lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Starker swings wildly with an uppercut but Giant uses good head movement to avoid it.
A frustrated look appears on Giant's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Giant wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Starker has him pressed against the cage.

Giant's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Giant scores with a jab to the jaw.

Starker moves into the clinch.

Giant breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Starker misses with a few strikes there.
Starker tries to close the distance and clinch up but Giant swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Starker darts in and clinches Giant up against the cage.

Giant breaks from the clinch.
Starker takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Starker looks to clinch
and Giant counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Giant circles away from the clinch attempt
and Giant counters with a head kick.
Starker misses with a two punch combination.
Giant was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Starker is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Starker swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Giant counters with a nice low kick that buckles Starker's knee momentarily.
Giant misses with a body shot.
A decent looking cross lands there for Giant.
Starker tries to clinch up but Giant circles away and keeps his distance.
Starker thows a leg kick but Giant checks it
and Giant counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Giant is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Giant connects with a body shot.
Starker wants to clinch but Giant slips to the side
and Starker takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Starker looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Giant with a nice calf kick.

Starker closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Starker throws a punch but it's blocked by Giant.
Starker lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Giant's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Starker fails to land with a series of punches.
Starker misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Starker tries to clinch but Giant moves out of range.
Giant is looking to counter with a body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Starker wants to clinch up but Giant keeps it at a distance.
Starker wants to clinch
and Giant counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Giant with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Starker tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Starker looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
An inside leg kick lands from Giant.

Giant gets tackled into the cage by Starker. Starker maintains the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Starker scores with a nice short uppercut.

Giant escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A jab lands there for Giant.
Starker throws a leg kick
and Giant counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Giant scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Starker tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Giant lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Giant connects with an inside leg kick.
Giant is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Starker doesn't manage to clinch there - Giant circles away.
Starker misses with a low kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Giant misses the target.

Giant gets tackled into the cage by Starker. Starker maintains the clinch.
Giant is trying to push Starker away but Starker has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Giant manages to break the clinch.
Starker looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Starker tries to clinch up.

Starker clinches up against the cage.
Giant tries to circle away but Starker has him pinned against the cage.

Giant breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Giant lands a big uppercut and Starker crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Starker looks OK. Giant waves Starker back to his feet!

Starker is rocked!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Giant lunges in with a left hook that violently twists Starker head around and knocks him out cold! Giant hops onto the cage and yells out at the top of his lungs - Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaah! They're showing the replay on the big screens now; that was nasty! I hope one of the photographers got a good shot of it.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Yhorm Giant!
A very excited looking Yhorm Giant 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.
In defeat, Paul Starker stepped up to the mic, saying 'I`LL BE BACK@#$%!'.