PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jan Stark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yokozuna Hirotoshi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hirotoshi is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Yokozuna. Yokozuna Hirotoshi will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Stark
vs
Hirotoshi

183 cm
18
300 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

196 cm
18
300 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jan Stark!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yokozuna Hirotoshi!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Ren Mimura and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hirotoshi tries to score a power double leg takedown but Stark sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Hirotoshi somewhat.
Stark looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!

Hirotoshi shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Hirotoshi working some strikes from top position.

Hirotoshi decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Stark tries for a takedown but Hirotoshi circles away easily
and Hirotoshi counters with a nice low kick that buckles Stark's knee momentarily.

Hirotoshi looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Stark!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stark is bucking up trying to escape but Hirotoshi cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

It looks like Jan Stark has been cut.
Hirotoshi with a couple of short strikes.
Hirotoshi has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hirotoshi looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Hirotoshi with a couple of short strikes.

Jan Stark's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hirotoshi lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

Jeez, Jan Stark's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Yokozuna Hirotoshi!