PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nuori Stara (ranked 4125 p4p, 5018 weight class) and Ryland Bronx (ranked 441 p4p, 487 weight class). Ryland Bronx has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Stara
vs
Bronx

181 cm
18
179
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
18
169
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very confident

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Nuori Stara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ryland Bronx!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Winston Alpacca and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stara fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bronx stuffs the takedown.
Bronx tries to bum rush Stara with a series of wild strikes but Stara uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Stara misses with a takedown
enabling Bronx to counter with a crisp jab.
Ryland Bronx seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bronx misses the jab.
As Bronx tries to get set, Stara tries to push him back and clinch up but Bronx manages to avoid the attempt.
Stara throws a head kick that misses
and Bronx counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bronx ducks under a wild hook from Stara.
Bronx is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Bronx clinches.
Bronx misses with some punches.
Stara tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bronx struggles to land a body shot inside as Stara controls his hands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bronx swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Stara blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Stara tries to break the clinch but Bronx is controlling the position.
Bronx tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Stara's elbow.
Bronx doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bronx lands a body punch.
Stara looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nuori Stara. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bronx throws a head punch that misses.

Stara successfully pulls guard.
Bronx postures up.
Stara keeping moving, preventing Bronx from controlling successfully.
Bronx postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Stara looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Bronx stands and throws Stara's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Bronx is trying to ground and pound but Stara uses the momentary lack of control by Bronx to regain half guard.
Stara is looking to control Bronx's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Stara avoid being mounted?
Bronx missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bronx missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Bronx thows a huge punch but Stara dodges it nicely.
Bronx missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Bronx thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Stara's head.
Bronx thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Stara's head.
Stara is breathing heavily.
Stara wants to control but Bronx is keeping busy.
Bronx moves into full mount! Stara won't be happy about that!
Stara avoids a series of strikes thrown by Bronx.
A nice elbow there by Bronx.
Bronx throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Bronx fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
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!
Bronx throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Stara because Bronx loaded up on that one.
Bronx looking to finish Stara with some ground and pound. This is bad for Stara!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Bronx misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Bronx punching from mount but Stara doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Bronx lands a big shot there that rocks Stara but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Stara blocking the ground and pound.
Bronx pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Bronx throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Bronx raining down hammerfists from mount.
Bronx pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Bronx postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Stara looks a forlorn figure.
Bronx lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Bronx scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Bronx pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bronx postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Stara looks a forlorn figure.
Stara in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

Stara is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stara wants to hold on but Bronx pushes him away.
Bronx punishing his opponent with strikes.
Oh Stara is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bronx fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
We've been informed that Bronx has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Bronx postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Stara looks a forlorn figure.
Bronx landing strikes from the mount.
Bronx with a couple of short strikes.
Bronx lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Bronx softens up his opponent with a couple of shots there and then CRACK! One massive shot lands there and Stara is out cold! Bronx jumps to his feet and celebrates on the ropes with the fans, who are, quite frankly, going absolutely mental!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ryland Bronx!
During a confident post fight interview, Ryland Bronx thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.