PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Demitri Starr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Death King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Death King will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Starr
vs
King

188 cm
22
217 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

189 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Demitri Starr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Death King!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horrible takedown by King or perhaps it was just good defense by Starr which made him look bad.

Starr drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
King manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Starr is looking to get to half guard.
King lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
King wants to control the pace but Starr is squirming around nicely.
Starr is wriggling around trying to escape.
King landing shots from mount.
Starr is in all sorts of trouble here.
Starr is working hard here to advance position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
King trying to control but Starr is having none of it.
King lands a heavy elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Starr is working to get back to half guard.
King punishing his opponent with strikes.
Starr is looking to get to half guard.
King landing shots from mount.
King looking to control but Starr is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Starr tries to reverse the position but King maintains control.
King trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Starr is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Starr is squirming around, avoiding King's attempts to control the action.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Starr is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
King cracks Starr with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
King has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Starr is squirming around, avoiding King's attempts to control the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King is landing with some decent strikes but Starr is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

Starr is rocked!
King pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Oh Starr is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Starr takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! King's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Death King!