PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mike Starr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Agepio Hades (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Starr
vs
Hades

180 cm
18
140 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

168 cm
22
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good in bed

Decent wrestler
Counter striker
Powerful

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 Montreal, Mike Starr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Agepio Hades!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Alec Ball and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Starr misses with the combination.
Starr tries to clinch but Hades moves out of range.
Starr fails with an attempt to clinch.
Some bone on bone action there as Hades checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Hades lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Hades tests Starr's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hades with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Starr fails with an attempt to clinch.

Hades gets a takedown into half guard.
Hades winds up and cracks Starr with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Starr misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Hades working Starr over with strikes.
Hades performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Starr knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Hades on the ground.
Starr really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Starr tries to get to full guard but Hades has control of the leg.
Hades is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Starr is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Hades scores with a couple of nice shots.
Starr on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Hades has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Starr on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Nice strikes from Hades there.
Starr wants to get back to his feet.
Hades working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Nice strikes from Hades there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hades scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Starr flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Hades working the head and body with strikes.

Starr is rocked!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nice strikes from Hades there.
Oh Starr is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Starr throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Hades content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

Hades is working for a kimura but Starr is defending it quite comfortably.
Starr seems to have got his legs back now.
Hades is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Hades content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Starr wants to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hades winds up and cracks Starr with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Hades perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Starr has hold of Hades's hands but Hades slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Hades controlling the action here.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Hades connects with a nice short shot to Starr's temple.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Hades in particular looking to stall.
Let's hope that Hades has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Hades working over Starr with some ground and pound. Starr looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Hades in particular looking to stall.
Hades working over Starr with some ground and pound. Starr looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Starr wants to get back to full guard.
Hades is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Hades lands a nice short elbow.
Starr wants to get back to full guard.
Starr taking some punishment here, with Hades in his half guard.
Hades is nestled in close to Starr, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Hades is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Starr missing with punches from the bottom.
Ground and pound from Hades.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Hades connects with a nice short shot to Starr's temple.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Agepio Hades dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Hades showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Starr.
Starr fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hades slips a jab and a cross from Starr.
A jab from Hades finds it's way through Starr's defenses.

Hades gets the takedown into side control.
Hades scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Starr to see if he's OK.
Hades scoring with punches from side control.
Hades lands some shots froms side control.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Starr taking punishment in the form of punches.
Hades landing strikes.
A lull in the action here as Hades stalls from top position.
Starr is trying to buck Hades off.
Hades controls the position from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Check out the look on Hades's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Starr looks to move to half guard but instead Hades has passed into mount! Damn!
Starr takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Hades tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
A nice elbow there by Hades.
Starr is working to get back to half guard.
Hades blocks Starr's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Starr is wriggling around trying to escape.
Hades lands a big shot there that rocks Starr but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hades working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Starr is in all sorts of trouble here.
Oooooh, big shot lands for Hades! Starr is hurt baaadly! Hades is firing away with more strikes - Starr is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Agepio Hades!