PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zahir Nolam (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adam Stark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nolam comes to the cage accompanied by Mo Money mo Problems. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Nolam
vs
Stark

185 cm
27
213 lbs
12 - 9 - 0

182 cm
21
220 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
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 12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Zahir Nolam!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Adam Stark!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Ian Loll and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Nolam feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Nolam throws a big right hand that misses.
Nolam throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Stark works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Nolam in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Nolam throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Nolam throws a big right hand that misses.
Nolam throws a big elbow that misses.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Nolam accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Nolam throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Stark works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Nolam scoring with some ground and pound.
Nolam missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Nolam working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nolam pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Stark is keeping the position for now.

Nolam drops back looking for a leg! Stark is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Stark manages to kick Nolam off! Nolam jumps back into Stark's guard.
Nolam pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Stark is keeping the position for now.
Nolam throwing strikes from guard but Stark blocks nicely.
Nolam loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nolam passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Nolam working the body and head with strikes.
Stark defending against the ground and pound.
Stark parries the strikes from Nolam easily there. Nolam is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Stark to escape.
Nolam has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Nolam postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.

Nolam wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Stark, who protects the arm well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nolam throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Nolam throws a strike aimed at the side of Stark's head but Stark avoids it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stark defending against the ground and pound.

Nolam tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Nolam has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Nolam working the ground and pound.

Nolam is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Stark has escaped the position, nice work there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stark taking a bit of punishment here - Nolam scoring with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nolam misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Stark takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Nolam scores with punches from side control.
The strikes coming from Nolam are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Stark takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Stark looks winded!
Nolam creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Stark sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nolam scores with punches from side control.
Nolam cracks Stark with a big right hand but Stark just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Nolam working the head with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zahir Nolam dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Nolam ducks under a wild hook from Stark.
A swing and a miss from Stark.

Nolam decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Nolam sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Stark defending well though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nolam working over Stark with some ground and pound. Stark looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

Stark is defending against the submission attempts here by Nolam.
Nolam missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Stark on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stark avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Nolam.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stark on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Nolam passes the guard and advances to mount!
Stark is breathing heavily.
Stark takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

Stark is rocked!
Nolam postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Stark bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Nolam and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Zahir Nolam!
Zahir Nolam took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'I want a rematch with Tyson Black. Give me this fight and watch me tare his head off'.