PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Starner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arne Kjolby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kjolby has chosen Killing in the name of... as his entrance music. Arne Kjolby will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Starner
vs
Kjolby

196 cm
19
265 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

225 cm
25
280 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Hellraiser FightGear

Elite Canadian Threads

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ryan Starner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Arne Kjolby!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, William Peck and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kjolby looks to land a combination but Starner avoids it well.
Ryan Starner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Starner feints a jab promting Kjolby to slip. Starner then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Kjolby slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Kjolby throws a series of punches but Starner avoids them all with ease.
Kjolby showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Starner.
Kjolby throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Starner.
Kjolby tries to bum rush Starner with a series of wild strikes but Starner uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Starner decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Starner seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kjolby trying to control from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Starner is controlling the pace.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Ryan Starner.
Starner looks to throw the jab but Kjolby is out of range.
Kjolby is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Starner shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Kjolby as he jumps to the side.
Starner avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kjolby throws a combination that misses
and Starner counters with a right hand to the body.
Jab from Starner.
Kjolby showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Starner.
Kjolby throws a series of punches but Starner avoids them all with ease.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Starner misses with a hook.
Starner avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kjolby scores with a one two! Starner had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

It looks like Ryan Starner has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Starner lands with a nice body punch.
Kjolby misses with a double jab.
Kjolby looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Starner shoots in and drives through. Kjolby sprawls well.
Kjolby throws the left hand but Starner avoids the punch easily.
Starner looks to score with a jab to the body but Kjolby is just out of range.
Starner jabs Kjolby to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Starner throws a jab when Kjolby was well out of range.
Starner misses with a left hand
and Kjolby counters with a two punch combo.
Kjolby leaves Starner with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ryan Starner. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kjolby is looking to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Starner throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Starner lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Jab, jab by Starner - just one landing.
Kjolby leaves Starner with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Kjolby misses with a two punch combination.
Kjolby keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
No luck for Starner with that takedown attempt.
Kjolby misses with a series of wild punches.
Kjolby lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Starner circles away quickly and effectively.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kjolby lands with a nice body punch.
Kjolby throws a left jab followed by a right to the body, Oh Starner colapses and takes a barrage of punches from Kjolby as he moves to mount! the ref stops the fight and Starner is left battered and dazed whilst Kjolby and his camp cheer!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Arne Kjolby!
A very excited looking Arne Kjolby made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.