PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jack Stick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arnolf Karstark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jack Stick has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Stick
vs
Karstark

200 cm
25
167 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

187 cm
25
163 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Vikai Gear

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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jack Stick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Arnolf Karstark!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Santiago Holmes and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karstark connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Stick misses with a takedown
enabling Karstark to counter with a crisp jab.
Stick fails with the takedown
and Stick takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Stick definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Stick shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Karstark counters with a straight right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jack Stick. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Stick with a poor takedown
and Karstark counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Stick thinking.
Karstark lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Karstark.

Stick is rocked!
Stick misses with a takedown

and Karstark counters with a leg kick then a big left hand that sends Stick down! Karstark is looking to finish but Stick is intelligently defending himself.
Oh Stick is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Karstark lands a couple of elbows.
Karstark in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Karstark postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Karstark accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Karstark trying to control the position from guard on top but Stick is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Stick is on top in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karstark throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Stick seems to have got his legs back now.
Stick throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Stick really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Karstark looking for a sweep. Not yet Karstark, not yet.
Stick sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Karstark's guard.
Stick prevents Karstark from improving his position.
Karstark looks like he's trying to stand up.
Karstark has hold of Stick's hands but Stick slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Stick is keen to just control but Karstark is a slippery customer.
Stick lands strikes from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stick scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Ground and pound from Stick.
Stick thows a huge punch but Karstark dodges it nicely.
Stick winds up and cracks Karstark with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

Karstark is rocked!
Nice strikes from Stick there.
Karstark is still in real trouble! Can Stick finish him?
Stick lands a big elbow - Karstark is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Stick!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jack Stick!
During a confident post fight interview, Jack Stick thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.